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Bits and Clips for April 2023
By Polly Castor on April 30, 2023Read moreI hope you find something here that inspires, educates, motivates, reassures, or interests you:
01International Pastel Show Spring 2023
By Polly Castor on April 29, 2023Read moreThis show has very little pure abstraction in it, but I included the pieces I liked best for you...
Blind Contour vs Peek Contour Drawing (Sketchbook Ideas #7)
By Polly Castor on April 28, 2023Read moreOur Youngest Receives the “TA of the Year” Award
By Polly Castor on April 27, 2023Read moreWe are proud her hard work and of the way she has comported herself. We are also delighted her...
Choosing Joy with Crabapple Photos
By Polly Castor on April 26, 2023Read moreHow exalting it is to meet the joy of life with appreciation and humble thankfulness.
The Naked Don’t Fear the Water (Book Review)
By Polly Castor on April 25, 2023Read moreA reporter on the war in Afghanistan goes undercover in 2016 to accompany his Afghan friend and interpreter on...
Two New Abstract Paintings in Monoprint Collage
By Polly Castor on April 24, 2023Read moreHave you ever done monoprint collage before? It is great fun.
Are You Perceiving Truth? (Quote by Hermann Hering)
By Polly Castor on April 23, 2023Read moreSuppose yourself looking through blue glass at a white horse...
Silver Rain (Poem by Langston Hughes)
By Polly Castor on April 22, 2023Read moreIn time of silver rain when spring and life are new...
Pondering Magnolia Shapes (New Poem by Polly Castor with Photos)
By Polly Castor on April 21, 2023Read moreI yearn to amplify and articulate them...
Spring Growth (New Abstract Mixed Media Collage)
By Polly Castor on April 20, 2023Read moreI hope you too are growing this spring, like a watered garden unfolding and stretching in the sun!
The Housekeeper and the Professor (Book Review)
By Polly Castor on April 19, 2023Read moreI found this excellently written short novel original, elegant, and charming.