Art Saves Again!

January 7, 2020.Reading time 1 minute.

Bill Murray tells the story of how a painting saved his life.

Tripping around the sun

December 24, 2019.Reading time 3 minutes.

After my dark morning stroll, I pulled one of my favorite cards, Three of Cups for my birthday.

thankful for friends in faraway places

December 5, 2019.Reading time 1 minute.

I have so much gratitude for artists reminding us of our humanity.

everything changes yet it’s all stardust in the end

November 9, 2019.Reading time 18 minutes.

“I found an island in your arms
Country in your eyes
Arms that chain
Eyes that lie
Break on through to the other side
Break on through to the other side
Break on through oh, oh yeah”

The Doors

AFP Breaks My Heart ~ American Sentence (lost) Day 85 of 108

October 25, 2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Amanda Fucking Palmer blows my mind and my heart. She is relentless in her raw vulnerability, an inspiration, an ardent champion for humanity in all its passion and messiness and ugliness and real-ness.

There is no intermission. Only life.

Photo of Amanda Palmer in Ireland by Stephanie Zakas

Never Forget – People Have the Power ~ American Sentence Day 108 of 108

October 1, 2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Was there ever a time when imagination and love are not more important than ever?

Image: Detail of Sky Pixel 4 – in progress

music is medicine ~ American Sentence Day 105 of 108

September 14, 2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

bring it down, into the body . . .

Fragments of Samsara

September 12, 2019.Reading time 3 minutes.

Mandala painting by Jill Sans.

sam·sa·ra
/səmˈsärə/
the cycle of death and rebirth to which life in the material world is bound.

Gripped by Love!

September 4, 2019.Reading time 1 minute.

Trippin’ down memory lane, finding new things along the path, and feeling hopeful for the future.

Change, Art, and Meaning across Generations

August 29, 2019.Reading time 10 minutes.

This week, I posed for three local artists after taking quite a long break from the work. I had forgotten how my mind sort of spins as my body becomes a landscape. There is a shift in my perception, like I am taking in light.