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I love your trees.

2012-05-23T16:38:02.413-07:00

I love your trees.

Ah, the city.

2011-10-12T04:44:50.826-07:00

Ah, the city.

I like this one!

2011-10-12T04:43:57.213-07:00

I like this one!

Nice...soothing blue.

2011-05-25T10:02:26.043-07:00

Nice...soothing blue.

This is so good!

2011-05-21T22:10:01.967-07:00

This is so good!

Ooooo...this one's cool. I can see the cells a...

2011-05-21T20:02:21.894-07:00

Ooooo...this one's cool. I can see the cells and what looks like a long bacterium.

Great title. Dark, but true.

2011-05-20T18:27:46.016-07:00

Great title. Dark, but true.

I am so glad you shared that with me, I love when ...

2011-05-17T16:46:09.061-07:00

I am so glad you shared that with me, I love when a phrase has deeper meaning than I intended. It also helps me make sense of why I am so drawn to iconic images. My background may prove to be very useful :) Thanks!

Welcome back to the blog world. The long face in t...

2011-05-14T06:08:36.381-07:00

Welcome back to the blog world. The long face in the top painting is great, almost surreal.

I've heard people talk about "the open space" as the place in your heart where Christ sits. Maybe your Catholic background is secretly expressing itself.

It would have been me, but the moment a moment bec...

2011-05-13T21:39:57.410-07:00

It would have been me, but the moment a moment becomes a poem I am supplanted by a poetic character :)

"paved crushing of careers" This feels f...

2011-04-27T16:48:44.496-07:00

"paved crushing of careers" This feels familiar.

The busyness of the painting conveys the feel of the city.

Is that you in green on the bridge?

Nice depth to this piece. The paper and the trees ...

2011-04-23T18:53:57.510-07:00

Nice depth to this piece. The paper and the trees both have curves.

I paint dots too, Murr! Also, lines and dots gener...

2011-04-23T09:10:30.999-07:00

I paint dots too, Murr! Also, lines and dots generally work really well together :)

Titles are SO difficult! I'm glad to know they're working.

I think one reason I am an artist/poet instead of ...

2011-04-23T09:05:24.785-07:00

I think one reason I am an artist/poet instead of a poet is that I could never tell when things were done or if I had ruined the spirit trying to make it a cohesive piece.

I am glad that there are poets and writers who are devoted to the craft of making a good piece but I am mostly trying to capture the general poetic nature of life, so it's not important if my words aren't that great. But I do know what you mean about how presentation can fool a person.

Thanks for sharing your experience, I love the napkin-writing description :)

I love the titles of these posts. Like another lay...

2011-04-23T07:04:01.981-07:00

I love the titles of these posts. Like another layer of the whole.

Sometimes, I need to paint dots. Are we incompatib...

2011-04-22T22:51:22.199-07:00

Sometimes, I need to paint dots. Are we incompatible?

I think the paper definitely affects the words bei...

2011-04-21T13:39:09.282-07:00

I think the paper definitely affects the words being placed there.

Think how it felt to write in discount spiral-lined notebooks in college. Write all you want, let your thoughts flow like sewers dumping into the ocean. You can always buy more notebooks at 39 cents a pop. And still have money left over to go out drinking.

Or the minimalist confines of the back of a cocktail napkin, each letter formed with delicate intention to avoid ripping the rough paper. And then the final words shrink with each stroke so you can complete your thought before running out of room, until they disappear into a blur of ink.

But I fear being fooled by the beautiful paper into thinking my words are better than they are. The same way with computers, where the cleanliness of the on-screen writing gives the appearance of completion.

Still, having colors and texture dance around my words as I write might encourage me to move judiciously, to ponder the worth of each word before laying it atop such beauty.

Thanks, Patricia, I always appreciate your thought...

2011-04-21T12:50:57.350-07:00

Thanks, Patricia, I always appreciate your thoughtful feedback.

I love the idea of a paperie, Hunter! There could be little tables with ink pots and calligraphy pens :)

Well, there are artisan bakeries, so why not artis...

2011-04-19T09:11:04.504-07:00

Well, there are artisan bakeries, so why not artisans paper stores (paperies?). But maybe the papers will be too nice for people to use them. ;-)

I agree, Alexandra, I admire the texture and the h...

2011-04-18T16:04:14.537-07:00

I agree, Alexandra, I admire the texture and the history embedded in the papers but I especially love what adding gesso did to the edges. I am a sucker for "organic" edges and these just stand out even moreso. I am happy that you share the evolution of your images with us -- thank you:)

Thanks all :) When I'm at the office supply s...

2011-04-16T11:31:47.813-07:00

Thanks all :)

When I'm at the office supply store I often wonder if the world would change if suddenly all paper was hand made at small mills. It has such a different presence, I'd like to think it would inspire people to be more aware of life's beauty.

If nothing else it would be so expensive people would use much less, junk mail would probably be unheard of!

Papers can look like this too! How I wish all of t...

2011-04-16T10:23:43.197-07:00

Papers can look like this too! How I wish all of them look like these!

I sometimes forget that paper can be made by peopl...

2011-04-15T14:25:13.135-07:00

I sometimes forget that paper can be made by people, and not just bought at the store. lol

The leaves in the paper look like fossils (aka history). Very cool.

Oh! wonderful!

2011-04-15T12:23:16.708-07:00

Oh! wonderful!

:-) Yes

2011-04-14T16:50:38.674-07:00

:-) Yes