Recent Black and White Photos
Value and composition are both so important, I look for them everywhere, and lack and white photography is a great way to study and consider them.
A Dress of Violet Taffeta (Book Review)
I liked this historical fiction about a woman who started her own fashion line and lived life on her own terms.
Recent Pages in my Artist Journal (watercolor and ink)
It is so therapeutic and refreshing to spend some time with color when the results do not matter.
Asparagus Goat Cheese Tart (Recipe)
Wow, this was really good, and you just use all-butter puff pastry for the crust, so it is not as difficult as it looks.
Take up the Cross (New Poem by Polly Castor)
Cruciform #5 (acrylic) by Polly Castor Take up the Cross Jesus did not vicariously shoulder and endure the cross for us. He was showing us what we must also do, and even said that if we don’t carry our own cross we cannot be his disciple. Material sense hates spirituality, and tries to rebuke it … Read more
Sufficiency (New Large Abstract Pastel Painting)
Each one of us is enough and has everything needful. There is a striking simplicity to this fact.
Mirror Work (Book Review with Quotes and Affirmations)
If you actually do what she says here you will have some epiphanies and will make progress in your life and in your relationship with yourself.
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.