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  • May 30, 2023

    Red Hot & Other Art

    Red Hot & Other Art

    Red Hot, paper collage, 2023 I’ve been working with new materials lately, including some 1960’s McCall’s magazines, some antique Italian architecture magazines, and Taschen’s 1000 Pin-up Girls. That’s where most of these collages come from…at least in part. The pin-ups, especially, are a lot of fun to work with; so, you can expect to see…

  • May 27, 2023

    On Nurturing

    On Nurturing

    Sewing Flowers, paper collage, 2023 I do not have children. And, if I am to be honest, I think that for a long time I did not believe I had a nurturing instinct. Or, if I did, that it was somehow secondary to all of the other things I should want to do or be.…

  • May 26, 2023

    Birds & Blooms

    Birds & Blooms

    Carolina Chickadee I finally got my garden planted for the season. It was a lot of work this year, I must say, but I very much enjoyed it. I enjoyed less how sore I was after hauling over a dozen bags of dirt and mulch. That said, I am very happy with the way it’s…

  • May 24, 2023

    Beach Babe & Other Art

    Beach Babe & Other Art

    Beach Babe, paper collage, 2023 For the past few weeks, I’ve been going through something of a low creativity phase. I’ve still been creating…just not as much as I normally do. The hardest part of low creativity phases for me is giving myself the freedom not to create, choosing to respect the natural “ebbs and…

  • May 14, 2023

    Birds of Spring, Part II

    Birds of Spring, Part II

    Ruby-throated Hummingbird (female) Generally speaking, there are three things I love about birding this time of year: This collection has photographs of all of the above. Among my favorites here are a female Rose-breasted Grosbeak, who was passing through on her journey north, a Carolina Wren perched on a wooden plank, and, ironically, the only…

  • May 11, 2023

    The Wanderer & Other Art

    The Wanderer & Other Art

    The Wanderer, paper collage, 2023 Here are some new experiments in collage art. As always, I’ve included music to pair with this collection. I hope you enjoy.

  • May 4, 2023

    Play State

    Play State

    Run Free, paper collage, 2023 After I published my last post, On Play, there were some lingering questions I wanted to answer about the ways in which my thoughts and subjective experiences regarding play relate to current concepts in the psychology of creativity. Chief among those questions was, “What about flow state?” Specifically, how is…

  • May 1, 2023

    On Play

    On Play

    Daydreamer, paper collage, 2022 The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct acting from inner necessity. C. G. Jung It is my opinion that play is one of the most undervalued and underestimated aspects of creativity, especially in adults, and in particular with regard to its role…

  • April 26, 2023

    Little Reminders

    Little Reminders

    Little Reminders No. 1, paper collage, 2023 poetry is a walking meditation in a word: mayhem being: a laundromat of syllables nonbeing: the unspeakable tragedy of a misplaced sock to laugh, or not to laugh to close my eyes and seek the proofs of living a full moon, obscene as an overripe fruit a metaphor…

  • April 25, 2023

    Sailing & Other Art

    Sailing & Other Art

    Sailing, paper collage, 2023 Here are some fresh experiments in collage art. I am very much back in my “happy place” now that I’ve gotten new materials. Although, I have to say there’s something enjoyable about the challenge of working with scraps, found postcards, and other odd bits of vintage paper that I wouldn’t normally…

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