Sweets of Talents from Sirce Kwai
The Whale is my Native American Medicine card pulled during meditational inquiry: “What do I focus on in my new life?” The recent birth of my grandchild, Kara, is the beginning of my new life also. In review of my Continue Reading …
Most of my students come from immigrant families. Many are immigrants themselves. My family were immigrants. Looking back on my America, I was raised during the “Melting Pot” era when everyone’s immigrant background was stuffed away and hidden to take Continue Reading …
I messed up. On this one, the child was younger, which means the head is just a tad too long. Children are rounder at the age I teach them. But he’ll grow into that stature. This is a young Portuguese Continue Reading …
I was addicted to LINE since I was about 5 years old. Dragging pencil line across rougher art paper is a sensual drag. It was the pleasure of friction. I felt this very young. I always imagined that my veins Continue Reading …
Depression in talented persons is common. Lately on Facebook comments, I have been reading friends talking about Depression. “Depression is a mood disorder that causes a persistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest. Also called major depressive disorder or Continue Reading …
To all my friends and families too…this is for you. Mostly, now that I am Grandma, and the baby has my senses, I need to ‘come out’….I’m not in the closet because my closets are too packed with art supplies Continue Reading …
Women are the ‘new’ energy givers in this current time. Having just become a grandmother to a granddaughter changed me instantly. I am being revealed by having a granddaughter who shares my genetics. She is to become herself into an Continue Reading …
The sparrow sized bird flew into my classroom. Instantly, it realized it was caught in a room and flew frantically in circles. It landed a few times on my American Flag and when tired, it rested on the neat piles Continue Reading …
Prussian Blue is an Old World blue. It predates the modern Phthalo blue with similar coloring properties. In watercolor, the Winsor Blue (Winsor & Newton Colors) is a modern chemical version of the old, early industrial European color byproduct. From: Continue Reading …
The Middle East gave birth to both these iconic figures. Looking at them from the perspective of a Native Bronx Shaman, one is a force of chaos and one embodies all chaos turning into sanity. When I first heard of Continue Reading …