Thoughts on teaching
Dear Artist, In the incredibly dark and grubby Odessa airport, waiting for the short flight…
Monthly Archives: October, 2008
What success?
Dear Artist, While wandering around in Romania I inadvertently hit on some Wi-Fi and noticed…
The world of icons
Dear Artist, Every Bulgarian Orthodox church has an iconostasis spanning its center and holding up…
Among the whirling dervishes
Dear Artist, In dark light, a dozen musicians mysteriously appear wearing long black cloaks and…
Lessons from a Turkish market
Dear Artist, In Istanbul the great marketplace is jammed. Arm in arm the shoppers come,…
The dialogues
Dear Artist, What’s not to love about Greece? Whitewashed houses cling like rambling flora on…
The guru syndrome
Dear Artist, Over the past week a few artists have written asking what I meant…
Art in hard times
Dear Artist, During the past couple of weeks this inbox has been overflowing with emails…
Seven useful ploys
Dear Artist, Many painters find basic ploys to be old hat. For those who don’t,…