Fostering a new renaissance through creativity, authenticity, spirituality, and art
Polly Castor 
Well, first of all the scene on the cover never comes close to happening in the book. Secondly, the title is all wrong because it isn’t really about the man in the iron mask. It is a sequel to the Three Musketeers…
Check out a small fraction of our garden produce this year in this post. We especially enjoyed those crisp, thick walled red bell peppers raw…
Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful.
Beauty is God’s hand-writing – a wayside sacrament…
I enjoyed this movie about an elderly Queen Victoria and her new friend Abdul, a Muslim from India that was both common and uncommon.
Would those massacring shooters have done those horrible things if they had enough art in their life? I genuinely mean that question in a deep way, so let’s consider this.
I would like to promote abstract conceptualism for I believe that the mixture of metaphysical abstract thought required, together with the process of objectifying those non-material thoughts in a way they can be shared with others is a very healing process both for the artist and the viewer.
True belonging and self-worth are not goods; we don’t negotiate their value with the world. The truth about who we are lives in our hearts.
I have been thinking about Psalm 91 since the hurricanes, fires, earthquakes, and general calamities over the last month, and now yesterday with the news of another mass shooting, I settled down to prayerfully finish this painting.
As much as I love color, I enjoy an ongoing project of taking photos in black and white. They are value and mood studies, and sometimes works of art in themselves.
All I can say is bravo. This is an artist to watch and treasure. Collect her work too if you can!
Here is the best of what I read or saw on the internet this month. I hope you find something here that is interesting, helpful, enlightening or inspiring. Check out these live links:
I have long wondered about the first Mrs. Einstein’s role in the origin of the theory of relativity. The fact that when she divorced him she was awarded all financial proceeds from his future Nobel prizes, only supported all sorts of evidence from letters that the early work was actually hers.
See here my two most recent abstract conceptualist paintings in pastel: Psyche and Voltage. Tell me what you think!
I live in a beautiful place surrounded by flowers. Here are just a sampling of the beautiful blooms I have enjoyed this month.
Try using roasted beets this season! What a welcome thing for us to have in abundance over here!
This quest is huge,
unbiased, profound,
and never ending.
Thankfully, by design,
fruition is unfolding
and assured.
