Happiness
Dear Artist, My studio is now silent. Visitors have evaporated to their own spaces. It’s…
Monthly Archives: August, 2001
Incubator
Dear Artist, My friend Joe Blodgett has a painting on his secondary easel that’s been…
Freedom
Dear Artist, On Tuesday, Fred phoned from the art school. “I graduated,” he said, “I…
Don’t
Dear Artist, Yesterday, I visited an energetic fellow who has produced his first ten paintings…
Sensitivity zones
Dear Artist, There are times in the days of artists when we rise to our…
Island
Dear Artist, Here on this sleepy summer island artists and artisans are everywhere. Men with…
The artistic alternative
Dear Artist, At no time in our progress do we stop wondering what the secret…
A Day in the Life of a Thai Monk
The temple bells ring at four a.m. The temple dogs start howling. My friend Jibba…
River’s end
Dear Artist, It’s over. Running the boat up onto the waiting trailer — it’s as…