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Among Life’s Rude Awakenings
“He won’t want to run into Charlie either,” Floyd said to Willy. “Absolutely not!” Willy agreed. “No–sirreebob,” Floyd shook his head emphatically. “No way, Jose!” Willy said. “Under no circumstances!”...
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Gravity and Grace; a Million Pieces of Home
Earth’s Skin, El Anatsui, 2007. Aluminum and copper wire, 10′-8″ x 32′-7″ Complete and Utter Ecofantasy…. Twenty-five years ago, I read the entire volume of the making of Judy Chicago’s Dinner Party, a...
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Making Paints from the Desert Landscape
Making Paint From the Rocks I can easily lose myself in Earth’s landscapes, especially the rocky ones. The textures and colors tell a story of chemistry, weathering and erosion. And, if providing a...
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Landscape Paint and the Chemistry Blues
Alchemy reigned at the time Johannes Vermeer painted Girl with a Pearl Earring in 1665. Back in that day, before the Periodic Table of the Elements—which didn’t show up in until 1869—painters made...
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First Crow, First Raven, First Human…the Way it Might’ve Been
I’m a big fan of crows. Ravens too. I’m not alone. Googling ‘crow’ gets 113,000,000 hits; ‘raven’ gets 116,000,000. By comparison, ‘eagle’ gets 382,000,000; ‘sparrow’ 52,900,000. Crows poll somewhere...
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Living in a Painting…
First Cut “You live in a painting!” That’s what my friend Nina said when she saw this photo of the pasture after the first cut of hay. It’s true. I live in a beautiful landscape of mountains, hay...
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