Have I told you about my son?

Get ready. Shameless bragging about my son, Cameron. Mothers know the brilliant talent before anyone else sees it. Cam was making special contraptions, tinkering with gizmos, designing special draw bridges and ramps and boardwalks for his lizards, rabbits and cats before ten. Precisely drafting what he was going to make, the map to make it, then every tool needed for the plan. Somewhere around eleven or twelve Cam overtook me. Knew where design pitfalls were and what materials wouldn't work when it came to planning and building a "thing". Completely autodidactic, he's really shy and handsome, but humble, and loves to make crazy christmas toys for his cats. Hey, I said shameless. His new website created by his little sis and her Alex.

Poem for Monday

This weekend I officially set up my new painting studio. First time I've had a space dedicated to just painting. It measures 18' x 32' and makes me giggle and become terrified almost at the same time. Alone can be a biggy for me. It can take me for ever to get there but once I do... well you know the magic. Robert Bly often speaks of conversations with the soul. I'm looking forward to a lot of chats with mine in my new space.


Conversation With The Soul
-Robert Bly

The soul said, "Give me something to look at."
So I gave her a farm. She said,
"It's too large." So I gave her a field.
The two of us sat down.

Sometimes I would fall in love with a lake
Or a pinecone. But I liked her
Most. She knew it.
"Keep writing," she said.

So I did. Each time the new snow fell,
We would be married again.
The holy dead sat down by our bed.
This went on for years.

"This field is getting too small," she said.
"Don't you know anyone else
To fall in love with?"
What would you have said to Her?

Images by Eric Fischer via his flickr account. 

These images he creates mapping geo tagged photos from around the world.

New Years Eve Party Heals Cocklaphobiacs

My gallery owner, Kate Levin, and the folks from the creative economy group in New Bedford (AHA) asked me to have a paper hat making table for the big bash they threw New Years Eve.  A "sewing circle" of local artists met for weeks prior, snipping and folding and rolling recycled paper adornments. The night was a beautiful smash. The photo booth my friend Kate Mello ran was a magnet for both the proud hat wearing and the shy hat phobics who became spirited converts. To see more of the event you can go to here.