Author: Catherine

the inner mind says ‘yes’

Nine Pioneering Female Artists in their Nineties Models of life in art, art in life. Room in my heart for more beside Jude Hill of Spirit Cloth. Found more in this article from AnOther...

burst of cool

Energized by a burst of cool weather. Anything is possible. Confession: “I miss my imagination.” I have been drawing from life, and working on staying in the present moment, and pursuing physical fitness, and...

satoyama

A new word for me – “satoyama.” I ran across it in an article: Revitalizing a Dying Region of Rural Japan with Art Satoyama refers to traditional rural landscapes, how they benefit and sustain...

constant buzzing

Contributing to unsettledness – I have my laptop set up in the front room, downstairs. There’s always a large fly in here. Buzzing. I don’t know if it’s the same fly every day or...

back, sketching

I’ve been home from India for over a month. Just starting to feel like I know what to do next. I signed up for a drawing class with Roz Stendhal. Her blog has been...

displaced, out of step

Feeling like I can’t keep up – displaced. Is there a corresponding word for out of step in time? Links to savor later: Dwelling with Place: Lorine Niedecker’s Ecopoetics The Art of Exploring: Flanerie...

“the winds”

I walked out of the building tonight about 7 pm. The wind was fresh and alive. The air was soft and room temperature. I felt like I was surrounded by air. It was delightful....