I’ve been following Will Steger on his recent trek. I don’t know why, usually I don’t take the time for this sort of thing. Something about the calm matter of factness of tone as he talks about his day. What stands out isn’t any grand achievement, but how unnecessary it all seems by most standards. … Read more
We visited the grand kids and family this past month. Always a good time. I am glad that I am still able to get down on the floor and hang out with them at their level. It’s hard to imagine the energy it takes to raise kids and I realize how much of it all … Read more
What if the tension I feel about art has less to do with time and more to do with meaning? In a recent discussion in my coaching program with Steve Huston, we talked briefly about the idea that when I am working at art, how do I know I am not wasting time? Or just … Read more
It’s amazing how stressful the start of winter always is. And then buy this time it is just the normal way of life. But days are getting longer… I was reading Arnold’s “Pump” newsletter the other day… In the midst of all the pushing of properly vetted, (meaning more expensive), products and the Pump app … Read more
We watched a movie the other night called “Flow”. It is wonderful, many layered and probably as metaphorical as you want it to be, seemingly about the passage of time or at least the inevitability of it, and the futility of trying to think about the why. It is one that sits with you a … Read more
Studio Pintura Small Works show Winter came this week in Minnesota. Just in time for thanksgiving travel. After an extended and pleasant fall season now moving snow and boots and coats will be a big part of our lives for the next few months. You don’t really think about it after that first good … Read more
You can already feel the light shifting. Days shortening. Especiall when I am up north…winter’s already waiting in the wings. I was reading The Art Spirit again the other night and this line grabbed me: “You will never get form till you WANT it.And wanting to want it is not wanting it.” That feels about … Read more
Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about learning, what it means to improve at something, even late in life. Drawing, especially. I’ve been doing more studies of the same image, experimenting with different approaches. Color has been tricky for me. I tend to overdo it and end up with mud. So I’ve been going back … Read more
About a week ago I became a Grandfather. October 23rd, 2020 at 7:45am Colorado time to be exact. I don’t mean to make it sound like a personal accomplishment, it was mostly my daughter and her husbands doing. But I like to think I had some hand in the process, at least from a historical … Read more