I was up at 5:00 am today, capturing my gems of inspiration. Inspiration has been on my mind a lot lately. It’s as fleeting as wisps of a dream upon awakening. It’s like delicate clouds of puff that dissipate quickly. I remember hearing an Elizabeth Gilbert tape where she spoke of a poet who would…… Continue Reading
Rainy Summer Days are Perfect Movie Days! Tomorrowland, here I come. Yesterday I was transported back to my 12 yr old self. The dark movie theater, fresh popcorn, a Walt Disney movie, and me….all the alchemy needed to immerse myself into non-thinking mode, and be carried back in time. “Tomorrowland” sounded like fun, but I…… Continue Reading
Learning to Cope with Stress Changes your Baseline brain imagery. Resilience, learning to deal with traumatic, stressful conditions, big and small, is a true life-saver. A fascinating article in the May 16, issue of Time magazine, tells of 20 yr research by two psychiatrists who have found a way to image the brain before resilient…… Continue Reading
The first Ferris Wheel Dominated the Chicago skyline in 1893. I recently was awed by the story of George Washington Ferris, and his creation of a 250 ft diameter Ferris Wheel, made to outdo the previous amazing world sculpture, the Eiffel Tower. George was a steel engineer from Pittsburgh, who’s company was in charge of…… Continue Reading
Yale University is Gothic, quaint, fascinating: A True Gem! We started our summer explorations with the oldest university art museum in the western hemisphere, The Yale Art Gallery. It began with a donation of 100 paintings of the Revolutionary War, donated back in 1832. It now holds 185,000 pieces of some of the best fine…… Continue Reading
Keep the Soul excited with fascinating, sensual things, but don’t kill yourself. There’s a reason some activities, some ‘sports’, are called ‘Extreme’. The body is not made to continually push itself to the extreme without giving away in some way, shape, or form. I keep thinking of Dean Potter, who leaped off a peak in…… Continue Reading
In art, the best results often happen with least materials. Just using red, yellow, and white, with the right technique, can lead to amazing, satisfying results. It’s an interesting way art works. Once we learn the ‘secret’ technique to doing it, it becomes so easy, fast, and fun. Layers of color build up just as…… Continue Reading
