Life in General
Joyous New Life of Spring
My son was born this week.
When I left for the hospital, the magnolia tree outside my daughter’s room was still in tightly wrapped fuzzy buds. When I arrived home three days later, it was stretching out fuchsia pink blooms.
It’s a beautiful day.
Moments Frozen Under Glass
Ever been in a creative frenzy?
It seems to happen alot to chronic artists. Immersed completely in their craft, they tune out all external stimuli not directly connected to their immediate needs and process. A strange, obsessive madness occurs in which a technique is plumbed to its depths and iteration after iteration of work is produced…
Lost in Translation
Think about this: your eye is an evolutionary wonder. It collects and focuses reflected light onto sensors lining the back and your brain interprets it into shades, colors, shapes, and depth. Think then, of how much that same visual information is translated and re-shaped when a digital picture is taken, edited, and translated on to your computer screen.
Painting Dragons
I’ve been painting dragons lately. On canvas, in my mind, and with words. Dragons are amazingly, and almost inexplicably present in a huge range of cultures. Scratch beneath the surface of ideas of where they came from and you’ll find that the theories are shaky at best, and nobody really knows how dragons first entered human culture.
Irrational Beauty
I am constantly amazed by the complex order of nature.
Take trees for example. You look at most of them and they’re pretty random, right?
Wrong!
