MARK MAKING
Holy Gestures Upon A Sacred Space There is a yearning in some of us to simply make marks. It is more than just an urge to doodle, but some drive of the hand to take up a brush, or a stick, or a [...]
BEAUTY TRANSCENDS PAIN
FRIDA KAHLO’S VISION I always loved the paintings of Frida Kahlo. We all know her story—a trolly car accident early in her life left her body in a state of brokenness. She probably painted [...]
MONKEY FOREST IN UBUD, BALI
Reverence for Mother Nature’s Monkeys It seems that we have to look toward cultures not our own to find a reverence for Mother Nature that transcends the need to conquer or exploit it. Such [...]
BLAKE THE MYSTIC
WILLIAM BLAKE CONNECTED TO THE MYSTERIES William Blake was trained as a Journeyman Engraver in the 1770s. Mind you, this was the age before photography. And the printing arts—engraving, etching, [...]
