idioms
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As the crow flies
I made an artist book “As The Crow Flies” for my exhibit at the Caplan Art Designs Gallery– opening Oct 3 – my book was inspired when I realized that with 8 independent bookstores and 12 public library branches in the town where I live that wherever I go in town I’m within about 2…
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Egghead beginnings
My fine art exhibit continues at Burnt Bridge Cellars via the Caplan Art Designs Gallery. I am continuing to create more fine art for later this year when my current exhibit moves to the Caplan Gallery to be exhibited there along with my new artworks. These new artworks will primarily be 3d sculptures. Here’s a…
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Figures Of Speech 2.0 Exhibit prep
I’ve been busy framing and packing up my artwork for delivery to my upcoming exhibit at the winery Burnt Bridge Cellars via the Caplan Art Designs Gallery. My exhibit is titled Figures Of Speech 2.0 and it opens at the winery June 7th – that’s this coming Friday! – and will continue through the end…
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Flew the coop
Last week I shared the beginning of a new painting. I continued to work on it in short bursts despite a busy week that included intense physical therapy for my ankle. Thank goodness for work stools on wheels. As I painted I thought about the various confining worldviews I have lived within during my life…
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Night owl
Since beginning recovery from my ankle injury I’ve become less of a night owl than I used to be. Lately it feels like I have all the stamina of a Christmas cracker so I work in even shorter bursts and retire early most days. Plus physical therapy sometimes starts before 9 am which requires an…
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A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
Imaginary birds flew in my last post and I knew physical therapy was on my near horizon. So I did my best to think of P/T as an opportunity (see my email newsletter) and I remembered the phrase “A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush”. That phrase inspired the weeks work…
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Under the rose
Last week I worked at an easel perched on my tummy while I laid on the couch with my hurt ankle elevated. I worked on this painting… ….which I’ve finished and titled “Under The Rose”. I’ve been reading a book by Muriel Barbery (see below) and thinking of various reasons why people feel a need…
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Oops-a-daisy
I’ve been working on a new painting as I mentioned in my last post that illustrates an idiom often said when a small child falls – “Oops-a-daisy”. Yes, the idea for this painting was inspired by my falling and hurting my ankle. (See also my recent email newsletter about SOCK questions for how I use…
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thinking marbles
I’ve been reading “Flow” by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and “Looking at Mindfulness” by Christophe André both books on the topic of caring for and training one’s mind. A friend also talked to me recently about her daughter’s childhood collection of glass marbles. So I’ve been contemplating both of the phrases “collecting one’s marbles” or “losing one’s marbles”.…
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