Objects have connotations unrelated to their purpose. Art can stretch these personal and universal undercurrents into something that celebrates life. Federico Uribe was born in 1964 in war-torn Colombia. The Columbian Conflict, as history books name it, began in the mid-sixties and continues today. His homeland has been ravaged by armed warfare for the entirety … Continue reading Reclaiming Objects: The Playful Art of Federico Uribe
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Quote for Today: Virginia Woolf
When, however, one reads of a witch being dunked, of a woman possessed by devils, of a wise woman selling herbs, or even of a very remarkable man who had a mother, then I think we are on the track of a lost novelist, a suppressed poet, of some mute and inglorious Jane Austen, … Continue reading Quote for Today: Virginia Woolf
Quote for Today: Alice Walker
You think you can avoid [pain,] but you actually can't. If you do, you just get sicker, or you feel more pain. But if you can speak it, if you can write it, if you can paint it, it is very healing. --Alice Walker Image: Sorrowing Old Man, Vincent van Gogh, 1890
Originals by Synkroniciti: Outgoing Tide
After a few years and two floods, I'm finally painting again. Nothing calms me down better than putting some color on canvas and seeing what crops up. The section of wall to the left of our fireplace has some damage from whatever hung there in the past. It's a rather tall footprint, and I didn't … Continue reading Originals by Synkroniciti: Outgoing Tide
Quote for Today: John Burroughs
Writing is reporting what we saw after the vision has left us. It is catching the fish which the tide has left far up on our shores in the low and depressed places. --John Burroughs Image © Adityamadhav83 with CCLicense
Synkronciti’s Faerie House Gallery
On the last Saturday of March Synkroniciti had a small gathering to build faerie houses. It was cathartic and fun. We had many folks express interest who were unable to make it, so we are going to build homes for the little people again on June 15th. Shawntil, Kelly and I started working in the … Continue reading Synkronciti’s Faerie House Gallery
Quote for Today: Emily Dickinson
Nature is a haunted house--but Art--a house that tries to be haunted. --Emily Dickinson, Letters Image: Punderson Manor by Katherine McDaniel, 2017
