Pieces No. 14, paper collage, 2022 Every human being has the freedom to change at any instant.Viktor Frankl even now an atom in the drowning sun a wilderness on its knees invokes a whisper as if to suggest absurdity is a prelude to happiness a woman underwater is an orchid without wings don’t be fooled [...]
Perception, paper collage, 2022 When another person makes you suffer, it is because he suffers deeply within himself, and his suffering is spilling over. He does not need punishment; he needs help. That's the message he is sending.Thich Nhat Hanh It occurs to me that, in every situation, I am capable of viewing other people [...]
Red-shouldered Hawk I've really been enjoying photographing the birds this winter--and enjoying the mix of birds that are visiting my feeders and hanging out in the woods nearby. Of the photos in this post that I consider noteworthy, or that are among my favorites, the majority are woodpeckers. (I have an affinity for woodpeckers.) This [...]
The Impostor, paper collage, 2021 It isn't normal to know what we want. It is a rare and difficult psychological achievement.A. H. Maslow How easy is it to answer the question, what do you want? My answer: not easy. If I’m being asked what I want for dinner or what I’d like to do over [...]
The Beauty of Everyday Things, paper collage, 2022 My latest experiments in collage art: The Beauty of Everyday Things, Petite Fleur, and If Fortune Had a Face. Petite Fleur, paper collage, 2022 If Fortune Had a Face, paper collage, 2022 Prints for all of the artwork in this post are available in my Etsy shop. [...]
To Fall, mixed media collage, 2022 i. paradise is destruction everyone knows that the contemplation of loss, or the idea of loss ties and unties the knots of our misfortune like a cotton sweater ii. my walls are decorated with the sounds of fish hooks and a reverence for Saturday afternoon jazz we were no [...]
Pieces No. 11, paper collage, 2022 where are you going the rest of your lifewe’ve only just begunthis waltz of upholstered shadowsthe moon, leaning out its windowcalling in the clarinets, horsestearing ourselves from the doorframesmaking fools of these tattered sheets Pieces No. 12, paper collage, 2022 We spend too much time looking outside when we [...]
Pieces No. 3, paper collage, 2022 where do you go when you discover yourself? where the night comes in where silence engulfs our bodies like a hammer i close my eyes and i am unborn i lie down with the bell of the oyster i am the voice of a poet who wanted to but [...]
House of Cards, mixed media collage, 2021 I’ve spent time over the past several days working with Victorian cabinet cards and found photographs. What I like most about this particular medium (aside from the fact that it’s inherently playful and fun) is the challenge. If you’re familiar with cabinet cards, you know they are Victorian-era [...]
You're a Dream, mixed media collage, 2021 In Women Who Run With the Wolves, Clarissa Pinkola Estés discusses the “life-death-life” aspects of our nature—the idea that life, in its fullest form (and woman, in her fullest form) is a series of deaths and rebirths. It is this concept of “life-death-life” that got me thinking about [...]
The Used Life 