The feminine mystique
Dear Artist, Many readers of my letters may not be old enough to remember Betty…
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Seizing the day
Dear Artist, Out over the dark sea, near the horizon, whales move steadily northward. People…
Art by committee
Dear Artist, Yesterday, Zehava Power of Halifax, Nova Scotia wrote, “I work for an art-sales-and-rental…
Art and grief
Dear Artist, Yesterday, Adrianne Moro of Curitiba, Brazil wrote, “I am very fond of your…
The anticipation response
Dear Artist, Feelings of pleasure are triggered in the brain by food, sex and illicit…
Fix my roof!
Dear Artist, Yesterday, Hope Barton of St Augustine, Florida wrote, “I’ve just finished a commissioned…
Selection and rejection
Dear Artist, Norman Rockwell never called himself an artist. When I met him in his…
Do you have a creed?
Dear Artist, Model-making artist Joe Fig has produced a remarkable book, Inside the Painter’s Studio, in…
Things to go and come
Dear Artist, I don’t think our daily newspapers are going to be with us much…
An object of beauty
Dear Artist, Like a lot of artists, I don’t read a lot of novels. I…