Polly Castor
Palm Sunday Poem and Paintings by Polly Castor
Hosanna! (pastel) by Polly Castor Palm Sunday Shouting, dancing, waving, and cheering, fronds euphoric, the new world order we’ve waited for is here, although we didn’t expect it to arrive on a donkey. We thought it would be a military coup, trouncing the Romans. This is freeing us instead from sin and sickness! This humility … Read more
Stop Craving Particular Feelings (Quote by Yuval Noah Harari)
Suffering ends when we stop grasping for good feeling and trying to repel bad ones, realizing instead the ephemeral nature of all feelings.
Bits and Clips (March 2023)
I hope you find something in all these photos, paintings, quotes, poems, memes, or links what inspires, interests, educates, helps, motivates, or enlightens you:
Abstract Face Play (Experiments Part 1)
Let’s try something new: include people in our abstract paintings without being literal or realistic, or putting the eyes in the wrong place.
Roasted Maple-Miso Brussels Sprouts (Recipe)
These are a yummy alternative preparation for Brussels Sprouts.
Hike photos from Huntington State Park (March 2023)
I’m still walking in the same place seeing nuances of the season everywhere, particularly attracted to reflections, blue shadows, composition, and abstract vignettes.
Grace Notes #46 (with Photos)
I am furthering my ongoing goal of appreciating such a continuous, overflowing abundance of random good.
The Beginner’s Mind (Richard Rohr Quote)
Jesus says the only people who can recognize and be ready for what he’s talking about are the ones who come with the mind and heart of a child.
Community Shellfish from Maine (with Video Seafood Recipes)
Bob is a videographer who has videoed some great seafood recipes. They are available online, and I wanted to be sure to share them with you.
Steel Crow Saga (Book Review)
The book particularly follows four different characters, each from a different affected country in an imagined post colonial world, including the ruling, victorious one.
Teaching Abstraction to Manchester Arts (Photos and Student Work)
Yesterday I taught Intro to Abstraction at the Manchester Art Association. I had fifteen students in an excellent room in a local church. This was basically the first day of my three day workshop, and there were a mix of media students were using: acrylics, pastels, and watercolors, mostly. As usual, the students stepped out … Read more
Ilwha Kim (Featured Artist)
South Korean artist Ilhwa Kim makes fabulous, undulating, sculptural works of art out of thousands of handmade paper ‘seeds.’
Baked Lemon Pudding (Recipe we made with our Homegrown Lemon)
This is light and neither overly sweet nor overly sour.
Companion with These (New Poem by Polly Castor)
Companion with These Divine ideas are fresh, vital, full, and glad. They are never stale, frayed or worn out. They are eternal, always conscious, indestructible substance. They are luminous. They outshine material sense. They gleam radiantly, vaporizing false beliefs. They are never transferred to or through the human mind. They are never hindered, never subject … Read more