Ninety times Rembrandt van Rijn asked the question, ‘Who is Rembrandt?’ And ninety times he answered himself for all the world to see. In commemoration of his 400th birthday on June 15, 2006, I spent the 4th of July with Rembrandt, another independent artist who valued his freedom. Criticized often for poor drawing technique, held [...]
Loving Art and Conversing with Artists - Having spent decades in Corporate America, living in the artists’ world has brought many delightful surprises and some horrifying questions. I am continually amazed by the questions friends, family, strangers, fellow artists, neighbors, and service providers ask me. Here are some examples of the worst questions that I hope [...]
Franz Kafka said, “Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.” Beauty keeps you young. Nothing much has changed about the truth of that statement in thousands of years. People today are still drawn to beauty. They purchase art to bring beauty into their lives. Obviously, everyone has a personal concept of [...]
By mid-morning, the glorious clear blue sky had vanished. Ominous gray clouds now hung low as the onset of the predicted snowstorm advanced. This was to be a significant event, and severe weather alerts had been issued. In anticipation of the imminent onslaught, my husband and I rushed around the farm to make the necessary [...]
Art Buyers Must Be Art Detectives to Buy Authentic - Artist/Teacher Barbara Garro says. Seeing as an Art Detective can be amazingly rewarding for perfectionists and great conversation for everyone. How many times have you looked at a painting and felt something seemed not quite right. Of course, not being an artist, you may have trouble [...]
I wish you all a Merry Christmas or Happy Whatever You Celebrate and for 2012, I share my secret to being a happy person–I associate with happy people! Honestly, it is that simple– Back in 1982 during my first year of clowning I did birthday parties, taught clowning at ———— Community College, and invented a [...]
As is the way of our life, nothing runs smooth or like clockwork, and today was no exception. Every day this week I have been working on finishing the up-date to our Solar system. Everything had been going to plan, except I had run out of battery cable. Now this is a heavy-duty cable and [...]
Will the 99% bring down capitalism? Protests on Wall Street and across America highlight the inequalities of life in a materialistic and financially centred society. Millionaires are common place, whilst Billionaires abound in this new world of the super rich. Protesters in London only managed to close St Paul’s cathedral, not the Bank of England [...]
Have you ever thought how often taking the wrong option can ruin your life? My father did till his dying day. In 1947 he had all but completed the long correspondence process by letter of obtaining what he saw as his dream job as the manager of a fruit farm in the highlands of Ethiopia, [...]
I hate cheating. I hate songs about cheaters. – Secret Lovers, As We Lay, any song that has to do with someone indulging in sexual pleasures with someone they ain’t got no business laying up with just makes me shake my head in disgust (although I’ll admit that musically, Me and Mrs. Jones is a [...]
