Good days
Dear Artist, It often seems to me that the business of being an artist is…
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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…
Tuktoyaktuk
Dear Artist, Here in the Mackenzie Delta the wildlife enriches — Arctic terns, Loons, Scoters,…
Something’s happening here
Dear Artist, In the Mackenzie Delta the great river slows down. We wind through countless…
Pilgrim’s Progress II
Dear Artist, In the easel station on the bow of the “Alexander Mackenzie,” moving down-river,…
Three Miracles
Dear Artist, Miracle one: In this overcrowded world there’s an empty landscape where a vast…
Anticipation
Dear Artist, Like the kid (and the dad) in the Disneyland ad, I’m “too excited”…
Balancing act
Dear Artist, “Neither an ogre nor a patsy be.” I don’t know who said it…
Dry periods
Dear Artist, Harlan Simantal wrote to say, “Lately I’ve wiped off about eight out of…