Waking Up in Italy
I wondered what it would be like. I'm talking about waking up in Italy after making the most life-altering choice and change of my [...]
Living with an Open Focus
This has been an important, ongoing shift for me. And it’s one that has been accelerated during my big life change of moving to [...]
Introducing “Going with the Flow”
This latest oil painting is still drying on its easel. And I am contemplating the next subject in this theme that has taken hold of [...]
Let the River of Life Carry You Along
Life keeps teaching me to let go and to let its current take me. Again and again, I find myself reflecting on the river [...]
Taking It Slowly, Mindfully
Painting is a journey of self-discovery for me. As usual, my painting is a way of exploring what lurks inside my psyche, bypassing the [...]
Introducing “Fluidity”
Rarely have I had a painting flow out of me like this one. I didn't think that would be the case. I had thought, [...]
When We Look Deeper
Usually, it’s far too easy staying in familiar grooves of seeing and experiencing. My mom, who was a brilliant art teacher and mentor, both at [...]
When you’re ready to throw in the towel…
There’s been a lot of that sentiment going around. Especially after two torturous years of uncertainty. I, for one, have felt like I’ve been [...]
The Tao of Italy
The Tao of Italy will teach you the art of “wu wei” or “effortless action.” It can be a hard lesson. Old habits die [...]
The Danger of Italian Fantasies and Stereotypes
Not once have I regretted my decision to make Italy my home. Was I motivated to move here by Italian fantasies? Somewhat. Did I have [...]
A Year of Surrender and Taking a New Path.
2020 challenged even the best of coping mechanisms. Funny how we can delude ourselves into thinking we have it all together when life is [...]
Living in the here and now.
I don’t often go through the archives of my past paintings… Recently I did and came across this one, entitled [...]
Seeking Light in a Period of Darkness
The world seems like it has gone mad. For me, despair comes when I enter circular thinking in an attempt to figure out two [...]
Children Will Listen…and Learn
These lyrics, part of "Children Will Listen," rendered by the extraordinary Stephen Sondheim, are more on my mind than ever. Why? Because, in the [...]
Has My Love Affair with Social Media Gone Too Far?
Time to reclaim my peace and sanity. The Covid-19 crisis has provided far too fertile ground for reigniting my love affair with social media. [...]
Untangling Our Knotted Up Places
Crisis has a knack for dynamiting the status quo. And when two come along, double-barreled, with the pandemic and the massive protests and outcry [...]
Can You Make Peace with Yourself During Crisis?
In this crisis do you wake up stuck in your head, ruminating non-stop? It has become far too easy (myself included) with such extended [...]
“Normal” Goes Bye-Bye in the Wake of Covid 19
Our lives have been irrevocably altered. The Covid 19 crisis isn't just a major speed bump in our lives. No, it's more like [...]