What is being an artist? If the art works do not sell, does making it have value? Often, but certainly not always, concurrent to not selling, is not being seen. I make a distinction here between showing, & being seen. My work has been in 3 shows, since November 2011. The first was solo,...

I danced in my sometime kitchen this week - it may be missing a bit of counter in a kitchen island kind of way - but it makes for a decent dance floor. My swan dive into happiness. I hurt my foot this winter, just woke up with not to be ignored pain in the arch one morning. Now months later,...

1st: get thee to The Bohemia, my Ojai cafe spot. macchiato. doble. rich tasting, perfect amount of milky froth so as not to overtake the inner workings of mouth & grey cells. Blurry-me, I pull up to the counter for the fix. stir the foam gently in. sip. O sweet salvation. here I am again....

what is more important? input or output. The journey has lead me to discover 2 new poets, one Canadian male poet, Bruce Taylor, through Michael Lista’s article in The National Post, one American female poet; Sharon Olds, through a friend.  I want to read more of their work, study the...

I’m broke and optimistic. This past weekend was my first step into The Toronto Artists Project where I had a booth. I’ve never participated in this kind of show before. Any group show I have been in was curated, based on a submission. TAP also operates by jury selection. The downside...

February 28 means 1 day until install of TAP show booth. What is at stake here? CBC radio news, Anna Maria Tremonti, just asked that in another context but that really is my question now too. Re art making, I am process driven. I love the physical work & the idea work, the...

This past Monday, a February holiday in Ontario, was sunny & the outdoors inviting. My BF & I went down to the water front off of Lakeshore. I’ve written about going there before. But trust me in winter, one is less inclined to venture forth. Usually an ugly cold dismal & grey...

I have been interested in what film making could be for a while and wanting to try my hand at filming. Where would my eye stray? Would the expression be an artistic event or a documentary endeavor? What do I have to say? How would I edit such a filmic happening. What can’t I say with...

Experimentation was a dirty word when I was taking my undergrad degree in Fine Arts. Exploration, experimentation implied fooling around, not knowing where you were going, being directionless, not having anything to say, being weak & rudderless. So ready or not many of us committed to a...

I have been jogging fairly regularly for years. I have done off & on yoga. I have walked a thousand kilometers. This year after years of city-biking-fear; I overcame & have renewed my enjoyment of that activity & mode of transport (with sky co-operation) A few weeks ago,...

  Writing & drawing. Poetry & paint. Important statements & walls, words & visual art. Something to say & art is ubiquitous.  It is irresistible to me. From   Magritte’s, ceci n’est pas une pipe to Bruce Nauman in neon, Jenny Holzer in the...

Show me the dime my life just turned on.  A Canadian dime is such a small thing, a barely 1cm in diameter metal disc, a thin delicate representation of worth (more or less worth depending on the global day) . With a 3 sailed schooner on it. Transition is me. I love the...

I met a man in a bookstore cafe earlier this week; I was having tea, he perusing a book he had already decided to buy. We talk, he’s a jewelry designer-maker, an artist. After a short pause, he sums up the world; ‘Everything’s CAD now in the art & design world. Nobody...

A few days ago, leafing through my recent purchase of Canadian Art Magazine, I touched the splendid picture of Fogo Island; a double spread. My hand stretched across both pages, finger tips traveling across that breathtaking landscape & I felt... a pull, an astonishment, a connection to...

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