October 18, 2013
Qui se consume et chante
C’est à voir basse qu’on enchante Sous la cendre d’hiver Ce cœur, pareil au feu couvert, Qui se consume et chante. Toulet Quoted from la psychanalyse du feu by Gaston…
October 10, 2013
Prayer
Facing our responsibilities, you may call it, “life” that are far more grungy, fearsome, and simply boring than we ever imagined, must we remember how life showed itself to us…
October 07, 2013
When Death Comes
WHEN DEATH COMES Mary Oliver When death comes like the hungry bear in autumn; … And therefore I look upon everything as a brotherhood and a sisterhood, and…
October 05, 2013
Les Coquelicots a Argenteuil, 1873
Yes, there will be a season of early summer again; a moment of joy echoing to eternity! (Dear readers, As I was on my quest to fetch this…
October 03, 2013
Jazz Band from the Heaven: sometimes death opens our eyes
Here is something to brighten my day. Michelangelo’s own poem after his father’s death reads: “In your death I am learning how to die, Oh my dear father, and…
September 22, 2013
Pieta
My parents came back from Europe today. My dad wanted to share pictures he has taken throughout his ten day trip in England, Paris, Swiss, and Italy. The pictures brought…
September 15, 2013
Stairway to the Stars
Let’s build a stairway to the stars And climb that stairway to the stars With love beside us To fill the night with a song We’ll hear the sound of…
September 10, 2013
Mischievous Angel I Know
“One day I will lie nowhere with an angel at my side.” Paul Klee
August 27, 2013
Weeping Woman by Pablo Picasso (1937)
“The world doesn’t make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do?”
July 03, 2013
Art of a Cookbook
During my library stroll with my daughter, I encountered a beautiful cooking book by Alice Waters. I was struck by illustrations made through linocut printing by Patricia Curtan. I…
Simmering Art 