more clear better~

more clear better~

reducing life to a simple need, properly understood in relation to one’s capacity at the moment~ I know my aim~ merton to set stone on stone, not for architecture, but for eternity. hope so bright I can almost see it. sarah manguso what if it is this very hope,...
tell me it is beautiful~

tell me it is beautiful~

Tell me it is beautiful I know that in all its odd, old, stone, peeling it is Just like the rest of us Tell me I have done a marvelous job I appreciate that reminder that I am not working in vain caring to no better end Tell me it was wonderful I need that  to...
Guest artist blog: James Edward Scherbarth

Guest artist blog: James Edward Scherbarth

When asked why I teach my oil & cold wax abstract painting workshops I have a short answer and a somewhat longer answer.  The short answer is quite honestly that I teach to learn.  The somewhat longer answer follows- The image above is my “first”...
i have to wring out the light~

i have to wring out the light~

you have to experience your experiences. richard rohr why it is that humans only, not birds, not fish, not elephants or even chimpanzees. Certainly not the water filling more of the earth than skin. Certainly not the grasses or flower petals, nor even the high sky...
I call it God~

I call it God~

The moon glow yellow-white at 3am through my kitchen window the chirp and tweet not long after when the earth is ripe the men arriving tools and straps and big trucks tackling the job I alone can not manage the couple passing quietly at first then with those voices...