Aug 27, 2022Member-onlyOn ColorHow do you see the world? “What’s your favorite color?” It’s a question adults are fond of asking children. Every child knows the answer and begins to understand their preference as a way of defining their personalities, even if the definitions are childishly simple: People who like red are bold…Colors7 min readColors7 min read
Published in Women Writing Memoir·Apr 5, 2021Member-onlyI Still Like It LoudA love letter to music — In an episode about New York culture in the popular Scorcese/Netflix series, Pretend It’s a City,writer and raconteur, Fran Leibovitz declares, “No one is loved like musicians” and “Music is a drug that doesn’t kill you.” Could there be any truer truths? I have been crazy about music ever since…Music7 min readMusic7 min read
Published in P.S. I Love You·Jan 31, 2021Member-onlyRemember Sundays?Ode to the 7th day — As I was walking to meet friends for a hike in the small Mexican town where I live this morning, I mindlessly noted less traffic on the streets, many bolted shop doors, and relative tranquility. And then I remembered. It was Sunday! The day of the week in many cultures…Family4 min readFamily4 min read
Nov 5, 2020Member-onlyOn Structure and BeautyA perfect pair. — Each artist and writer has their own approach to the creative act, and what leads them to arrive at the essence of their particular expression, but regardless of the outcome, and whatever its materials, at its core, every creative form contains structure and beauty. …Art6 min readArt6 min read
Jul 16, 2020Member-onlyI Peel The GarlicA poem — I Peel The Garlic and think of skin pale and open and wanting, like yours. Mine the color of cherries languid and sea-varnished. Its thin veneer heals each night like Prometheus, his eagle greets me again at dawn with a talon tear. I peel the garlic the static crackle recalls your savage…Poetry1 min readPoetry1 min read
Jun 12, 2020Member-onlyOn AvoidanceIn painting and writing. — “Tell me, doesn’t your painting interfere with your writing?” “Quite the contrary: they love each other dearly.” ~ e.e.cummings This response from poet, e.e. cummings resonates deeply since my visual art and my writing often look to and play off each other as he describes. I’ve been grateful for the…Art5 min readArt5 min read
Published in The Startup·May 23, 2020Member-onlyOn Painting and SmokingOde to my old studio muse. — I’m thinking a lot about cigarettes and how nice it would be to have one. As a long time smoker (and long-time quitter) living alone during this quarantine, I’m remembering how they used to be such good company, especially in the studio where cigarettes measured brush strokes and decisions and…Smoking5 min readSmoking5 min read
