Serendipity art
I continue to be amazed at the unusual ways in which random, yet somehow perfect, essays were chosen for artists in the recent 37days challenge card art project. Here’s one more story of such a serendipity, this one by artist Kate McGovern:"When I first discovered 37 days, it was through …
Email woes
I wonder…is anyone else having trouble with Yahoo email? Over 12,000 messages downloaded into my mailbox yesterday and today – and now I can’t access that email account at all. So, if you need to reach me, or have emailed and I haven’t responded, the best option at the moment …
The very thought
Santa–the very one!–visited a local bookshop on Sunday. The very thought of talking to the Big Guy was overwhelming to little Tess. She never looked at him directly, and neither daughter has ever complied with my request that they stand in the general proximity of Mr Claus (I gave up …
Play fair
“Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people.” –Spencer Johnson It’s no secret in my house that I like watching Andy Pettitte pitch. “Your beautiful Andy Pettitte is up,” Mr Brilliant always calls from the next room. “Your boyfriend is pitching,” he’ll tease …
Art is a heart shrine
The attention, detail, and work that went into the art created for the recent 37days book project is just astounding to me. The artists were from around the world–from New Zealand, England, Hong Kong, and beyond. Several arrived arrived from Germany, from an artist named Tari Goerlitz. Two pieces about …
Put yourself in the picture
A reader from Washington State, Esther Louie, wrote recently to tell about her process in creating this artwork for the 37days book art challenge, working with her son, Nick: "I started out NOT normal, and I was sure everyone’s perception of the normal person was not me. Everything I saw …
Art Stories
In some cases, the essays chosen at random for artists participating in the 37days Challenge Card project were the right essays, the very one they needed. Such was the case for Jan Stovall: "I was randomly assigned your Red Convertible essay, and I figured it was a sign. My husband, …
The time is now.
I want one. A watch where every moment is now (wheels, pins, pivots, and jewels have been replaced with sand and a stone etched "Now"). Now is the time. The time is now. "Eternity is not something that begins after you are dead. It is going on all the time. …
Art has a story
Jerome Bruner has written that we make meaning of our world through story. We are constantly storying ourselves (and others, and the world around us). Making art is no different. As the art pieces for 37days started flowing in, so did the back-stories of how they were made, why they …
A Reddi Wip Day
I’m not the sort, ahem, but if I were, today would have been a Straight-from- the- can- into- your- mouth Reddi Wip kind of day. At 4:58 p.m., I hit <send>, and all 84,372 words swept out of my computer into the ether, like magic, to the publisher. What remains …
