Apocalyptic Fears: Executing Peace by Katherine McDaniel
How do we deal with things that scare and anger us? Art can help us work through fear toward hope. My newest painting came about while I was meditating on fear. I …
Quote for Today: Jacqueline Carey
Your dreaming self seeks to tell you something your waking ears will not hear. ―Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel’s Chosen
An Obscure Sign: Totem by Katherine McDaniel
What do you see in this spontaneous drawing? I draw first and find meaning later, so you can’t be wrong. This drawing is entitled Totem because of its vague …
Quote for Today: Haruki Murakami
Beyond the edge of the world there’s a space where emptiness and substance neatly overlap, where past and future form a continuous, endless loop. And, hovering about, there are signs …
Drawing from the Subconscious: Metamorphic Fairies from Synkroniciti
We often limit our creativity to the fields in which we are trained. Can exploring new territory enrich our experience? Last fall I was attending a concert, a lovely performance, while exhausted and …
Quote for Today: Lee Bontecou
The little pencil is a magic box… You can take a piece of paper and walk anywhere. —Lee Bontecou
Quote for Today: Marcus Brigstocke
If Pac-Man had affected us as kids, we’d all be running around in dark rooms, munching pills and listening to repetitive electronic music. ―Marcus Brigstocke
The Shadow of Innocence: Villainous by Paul Constantakis
Children are often characterized as innocent, but watching them play reveals otherwise. Deep down, aren’t we all a bit villainous? A sleeping boy lies peacefully in his room, but all …
Images of Humanity: Storytelling and the Doll
Dolls are frequently dismissed as children’s toys. Might there be deeper significance behind them than we are willing to entertain? When I was a kid, my father traveled several times …
Quote for Today: Stephen King
Dolls with no little girls around to mind them were sort of creepy under any conditions. ―Stephen King, Desperation