When I first started this site, I envisioned it as a place to put my art-related writing. When Covid hit and my metal projects flatlined, I shifted direction. The site became a place to process what was going on around me.
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Highlight Real
I want to do something a little different today. I want to show you my vacation pictures. Partially because the world can use a little beauty right now, and partially because I finally had time to edit them.
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Creative People: Kaitlyn Kirchmeir
Kaitlyn Kirchmeir is an emerging artist and recent graduate of Mercyhurst University, where she majored in art therapy and psychology. I got to meet her in person this past winter when we chatted about art and life over hot cocoa. Little did either of us realize how lucky we were to have squeezed in a visit when we did, nor what the next six months would hold.
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The Last Hurrah
Pandemic. Civil unrest. Political blood sport. Nosedive of an economy. I put on five pounds. Four on a good day. Really, only three. But it feels like twenty.
Everything about life is heavy these days. Emotionally heavy, financially heavy, even the weather is thick with humidity. Time has slowed down to a crawl, mostly because we can barely keep track of it. We put on a pretense of normal, just like everyone else. But we all know it’s an act.
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The Land of Expectation
I recently wrote about the ducklings, and I have to do it again. One, because #adorable. And two, because they really do teach me so much about the creative process. About life.
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Creative People: Christine Chitnis
Today’s Creative People interview is with Christine Chitnis, an author, photographer, and publishing consultant from Providence, Rhode Island. Christine has spent the past decade traveling to India with her husband and three children. Her stunning photographs from those journeys form the basis of her new book, Patterns of India: A Journey Through Colors, Textiles, and the Vibrancy of Rajasthan.
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