August 2016

	Christopher Alexander says an artwork is a living thing. When I see a drawing, I hold his assertion in mind and pay attention to how strong a presence I feel from the work.
8.1.2016

	The shape that emerged today reminds me of George Ohr, the mad potter of Biloxi. While I always feel Ohr's presence when I stand with his work, now that I am giving space to the idea that an artwork is a living thing, I can appreciate the way the object reflects the potter but speaks with its own voice.
8.2.2016

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8.4.2016

	A river envisioned as the flowing, emergent result of the intertwined relationship of two bodies of land at the place where their waters meet.
8.5.2016

	Tat Tvam Asi : Thou Art That
8.6.2016

8.7.2016

8.8.2016

	Rising waves, muscles contracting, hearing stories, accepting the movement, not getting pulled in and not looking away, and I'm holding simultaneous views of attention and awareness, I mean, I am that point of view.
8.9.2016

	A successful studio visit and work for the September show in NYC is all selected. Ready to break into new territory!
8.10.2016

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8.14.2016

	Awash in summer heat, High on humidity, Insect larvae stop Swimming in the the rain bucket, Leaves curl, Dragonflies settle down, And even indefatigable spirits Rest quietly in the afternoon shade.
8.15.2016

	It's not about stopping anything from happening or forcing things to be a certain way but about observing all that unfolds with equal fascination.
8.16.2016

	"Put aside your freedom for the sake of other's growth and your freedom will increase a hundred times," says Creativity to the Self-Absorbed.
8.17.2016

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8.20.2016

	Even five minutes, five *seconds*, of introspection, opens doors.
8.21.2016

8.22.2016

	That flash of possibility, sketched in the mind, seeds imagine, still safely ensconced in the flower but sensing somehow that the flower will soon be undone, what will become of me then, how will I grow?
8.23.2016

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8.25.2016

Circular and spherical variations are becoming persistent in the daily drawings and I'll be sharing a lot more of these types of drawings in the next few days. I have even begun to make up explanations, guesses about what this form symbolizes and why it is appearing. My story ideas range from seeing the drawings as diagrams of internet driven accelerating globalization to them being maps of the shifts in collective hope triggered by the newly discovered (sort of nearby) exoplanet. I invite you to give me your variations on this theme and email me a story about the planetary drawings from your perspective - hey, maybe this collective storytelling is what these images are all about?

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8.31.2016