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Anita Reynolds (Featured Artist)
By Polly Castor on February 7, 2025Read moreI love Anita Reynolds' artwork and its deep connection to the place in which she lives.
01The Choice (Book Review With Quotes)
By Polly Castor on February 6, 2025Read moreThis is the best book I've ever read by a holocaust survivor. The lessons she learned were clearly explained...
Playful Experimentation (Quote by Lewis Noble)
By Polly Castor on February 5, 2025Read moreIt's a life long exploration.
Water, Snow, & Air: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (New Conceptual Painting)
By Polly Castor on February 4, 2025Read moreCan we just embrace nature already, instead of fight against it out of human insecurity or hubris?
What You Can Do About the Biggest Security Breach
By Polly Castor on February 3, 2025Read moreWithout a legal baseline– for both parties– we are in for serious trouble as a nation and world.
Get Through (New Poem by Polly Castor)
By Polly Castor on February 2, 2025Read moreSimply and routinely give up and being perfect.
Acceptance (Poem by Kerry Hardie)
By Polly Castor on February 1, 2025Read moreI don’t know how else to explain the calm of this grey wetness with hardly a glimmer of...
Bits and Clips January 2025
By Polly Castor on January 31, 2025Read moreI hope you find something among all this artwork, photography, memes, links, and quotes that spurs you on, inspires,...
Getting Through (New Large Painting in Ink and Pastel)
By Polly Castor on January 30, 2025Read morethis painting shows that we can flow on regardless of the ominous obstructions in the way. Also, if we...
Come to a Zoom I’m Giving Today Explaining Abstract Art
By Polly Castor on January 28, 2025Read moreI'm always interested in helping people understand and value abstraction.
Cold Comfort Farm (Book Review)
By Polly Castor on January 27, 2025Read moreI'm not usually one for satire or parody, but this book was surprisingly entertaining, poking humorously at Jane Austin,...