There are three deaths. The first is when the body ceases to function. The second is when the body is consigned to the grave. The third is that moment, sometime in the future, when your name is spoken for the last time. ― David Eagleman, Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives I went on… (read more)
I received a lot of feedback in response to “I Fit the Description…” Some of the emails and comments were down right hateful, so much so that I shut down comments on my blog and I stopped reading the emails. When I finally went back to them, I found a couple from a Girl Scout Troop leader… (read more)
Painting is a way to see if something is possible. In a real way, exploring a motif is an investigation to see if it is possible to be painted. I wonder sometimes if something cannot be painted. Wondering is pointless, however, because the only way to know is something is paintable is to try to… (read more)
Ferguson has really affected me as it has a lot of people. I have cried a great deal. I cancelled Thanksgiving plans because I felt like I would be eating with a mouth filled with tears and blood. I had a panic attack in the Museum of Fine Arts. (The great thing about this is that… (read more)