the word-hoard
The word-hoard: Robert Macfarlane on rewilding our language of landscape For decades the leading nature writer has been collecting unusual words for landscapes and natural phenomena – from aquabob to zawn. It’s a lexicon...
Author: Catherine
busy quiet balance
Favorite piece from Lesson 8. Interested in how little villages evolve in abstract paintings. Also – landscapes and distant cities.
1 march
Feeling very fond of March – the way it comes in. A month that’s tied closely with the weather. Wild and unpredictable like transitions can be.
ready and waiting
Ready to say goodbye to February. Waiting for a loved one to get back in touch…someday. It’s still cold. Walking in the neighborhood. A longer route takes me down Woodway Road to Hoyt Street....
unity in green
From the lesson focusing on unity (in color) The thrill of painting stripes, in a variety of greens. There is some mystique about green, that it is hard to learn about, hard to use....
mohonk
Ski trip!
opacity
Regarding the philosopher Édouard Glissant, Teju Cole writes: Thinking about DeCarava’s work in this way reminds me of the philosopher Édouard Glissant, who was born in Martinique, educated at the Sorbonne and profoundly involved...