Last (June) Day in Paris — Art, Food, Views. . . .

The last time we were in Paris, this past spring, the leaves were full and verdant on the trees although the sky was as grey and gloomy as it may well be next week when…

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Murals Here, Murals There. . .

After Friday’s post with those images of the mural I photographed last June in Bordeaux, I did a bit more research and found this video of “The Making Of”— which shows both the in-studio work…

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Art for Matrons? You’ll Be Surprised! (Women are Malleable and Art is Where We Find It)

 In my ongoing attention (see previous post) to the “random abundance” which Oregon writer Kim Stafford (in his book The Muses Among Us) is the matrix out of which “Coherence is born,” I pulled Paul…

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How To Visit an Art Gallery . . . .And Make Connections. . . Early Steps. . .

First, let me tell you that I posted myhalf-year reading listover on my Reading Blog, if you’re looking for new titles . . Last post here, I mentioned some on-site sketching with a Ten as…

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Home and Thinking about Clever Cartoons and How To Draw Horses

I’m settling happily back in, chez nous, but I’m holding off a bit on blogpost-writing because of both my current familiarity with the wee hours (thank you, jet lag!) and a determination to keep “the…

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