Standing at Water’s Edge: Chapter 7

Connecting with the Audience and Meeting Deadlines The final chapter in the section on relationships deals with the artist’s relationship with the audience. Dr. Paris starts this chapter with the following sentence: The difference between artistic self-expression and creating a work of art is engagement with the audience. In creating a work of art, the [...]

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The Christmas Spider Legend

Long ago on Christmas Eve, a mother prepared for a visit from Christ. She cleaned, scrubbed, and decorated the tree. When all was quiet, the spiders who’d been swept away, crept to see the tree. They crawled on every branch, admiring each ornament. Alas, when they finished climbing, the tree was draped in cobwebs! Christ [...]

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Merry Christmas 2009

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Winter Solstice & a Snow Storm

Happy Winter Solstice to all! Here is a favorite post I wrote a while back on the Solstice: Happy Solstice And here is a curious article from the Sunday Globe explaining the history of Christmas in Massachusetts. Those good ol’ Puritans. To them Christmas celebration was rooted in pagan tradition and, therefore, a bad thing. [...]

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Standing at Water’s Edge: Chapter 6

I apologize for not keeping up on my chapter reviews. The end of show season and upcoming holidays have sent my thoughts elsewhere. But, delay no more, here is the synopsis of Chapter 6. Finding Comfort in Twins In chapter 6, the shortest chapter thus far, Dr. Paris concludes her discussion on the three types [...]

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Share This!

It is the month of December and that means many people are blogging about goals and planning for 2010. Here are some blog posts on these very topics that I enjoyed this past week: Itchy Goals I loved Sarah Marie Lacy’s revelation on why goals make her itch. It is wonderful when we have these [...]

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Monday Reflection

When I speak of change, I do not mean a simple switch of positions or a temporary lessening of tensions, nor the ability to smile or feel good. I am speaking of a basic and radical alteration in all those assumptions underlining our lives. —Audre Lorde, American poet and essayist

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A Minor Disappearing Act

I am slowly returning to a relatively normal schedule now that I’ve finished the fall show season. All the preparations and other commitments that came along meant less time for blogging. I had to take a break from the computer; minimal blogging, staying off Twitter and other social networking for days at a time. You [...]

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Monday Reflection

There is beauty to be found in the changing of the earth’s seasons, and an inner grace in honouring the cycles of life. -Jack Kornfield

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ArtSpace Maynard Holiday Art Show and Sale

My final holiday show for 2009 is this weekend at ArtSpace Maynard. ArtSpace is a great artist studio building, a converted school building, in Maynard. Personally, I think it was one of the best things the town ever did…and I can say that because I used to live there. Anyways, there are 30 artists, both [...]

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