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 …
My mailbox exploded
Today, my mailbox exploded–with color, texture, amazing creativity, brilliant hues, mindfulness, incredible thoughtfulness–art from readers of 37days who were assigned random essays to illustrate. Oh, my, what an incredibly generous group of people–and what artists! I am simply overwhelmed and so touched and amazed by the generosity of all of …
37days on your wrist
Sometimes we need reminders to make the most of our 37 days, don’t we? Several readers have asked about the 37days jewelry that I’ve posted here before–I had a few pieces made by a wonderful artist in Santa Fe for my older daughter, Emma. Sarah has agreed to make them …
My whole self saying and singing
Variation on a Theme By Rilke (The Book of Hours, Book I, Poem 1, Stanza 1) A certain day became a presence to me; there it was, confronting me — a sky, air, light: a being. And before it started to descend from the height of noon, it leaned over …
