Ataturk
Ataturk Airport in Istanbul was quiet as my wheelchair raced to catch the next flight. No time was left for me to go shopping in their splendored shops. At that speed, I captured the feel of the persons on line, Continue Reading …
Elmer Gantry God
Key ’73 was the Christian Revivalist Fishing to Save Souls Movement that caught me. I was not at all interested in becoming a Christian. In fact, I saw Christianity as “Elmer Gantry“ism. To me, as a stanch feminist, it was Continue Reading …
October: Rain Today
No one does this song better than the writer: Randy Newman’s ” I think it’s gonna rain today.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4c54PAzXrM October comes with dark chocolate nights and bitter sweets. Even south Florida feels the change in the season. My mulberry tree Continue Reading …
Tools to Life
At age 70, George’s appreciation of keys are for the men’s room. “When Nature calls, you GO!”, he said in haste. The key is a tool to get you where you want to go. I like practical spirituality. Practical spirituality, Continue Reading …
Mailbox and Flag
Old Floresta is a historic neighborhood which reflects good taste in landscaping, houses that don’t shout money, and is welcoming to artists. Sitting across one home with enough space for the owners to move their cars without running over Continue Reading …
Facing the Pain
On the hunt to find out the source of the sadness and pain which has ruined my life, I found it in a poem. The poem is by Alden Solovy which became the chant of the last part of Continue Reading …
Memorial Day Beach Sunday
After a relationship breakup, what is left to do but get to the beach?! This sketch is my first crop of summer paintings. That’s a relationship I can rely upon. My pastels for this sketch are the Nupastels set of Continue Reading …
Enemy #1: the Hierophant
We have an enemy: the Hierophant. Huh? you say? Is that a variety of elephant? Nope. It’s an ancient archetypal visual of a person with great power due to great brilliance, wisdom and information who abuses that power. This archetypal Continue Reading …
The Confusion of Mysticism
There’s no doubt that I’m a mystic. As an artist calligrapher, study of alphabetical and marked shaped symbols bolstered intuitive knowledge. I’ve read texts of the human psyche and patterns such as Carl Jung. Robert Graves came at symbols and Continue Reading …
Getting Lost at Memphis the Musical
“Memphis” blasted rhythm and blues onto the streets of West Palm Beach. The interracial love affair was a reminder of how some laws should never have been written at all. The early 1950’s was a dangerous time in Memphis Continue Reading …