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Lessons from a Caryatid
Taken at the Metropolitan Art Museum On a recent trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan, I saw this sculpture and was taken aback by the sense of anguish. It mirrored the strain I...
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Painting and Perfectionism
“Perfectionism has nothing to do with getting it right. It has nothing to do with fixing things. It has nothing to do with standards. Perfectionism is a refusal to let yourself move ahead. It is a...
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Loosening my grip
Pencils (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I’m taking an art class. I knew I would have to start with the basics, but I didn’t realize that meant learning how to hold my pencil. My teacher informed me that the...
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Americana
While on my way home from running errands one Saturday morning in March I drove down my town’s main street and was treated to quite a display of Americana. Lined up and down the street were fire...
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You Don’t Always Have to Choose
I’ve been reading a book called “One Person/Multiple Careers: The Original Guide to the Slash Career (Volume 1)” by Marci Alboher. I can’t recall where I heard about it, but the concept was intriguing...
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Becoming a Photographer
I didn’t think much about photography until 5 years ago. I was going on my first trip to Paris! Paris, one of the most beautiful cities in the world. I didn’t even own a camera, so two weeks before I...
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Boundaries
My grandmother kept a baseball bat underneath her bed. Every night she’d collect the day’s burglaries, rapes and murders from the eleven o’clock news and then slide her nightstand in front of the door...
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Embracing Uncertainty
One of the best things I could have done for my writing was to take a painting class. Though it uses the same skills that I use as a writer, I’m less obsessed with the outcome. I’m more aware of...
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