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Beltaine Frost

May 1st, 2008 · No Comments

A lovely way to start the first morning of May is with a reminder of Lord Whimsy’s post about David Brenner’s moss garden. I love moss and don’t care much for water hogging cultivated lawns or obsessively hedge trimmed blandscapes. There is a small cottage up the road with a moss path to the door […]

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Tags: In The Garden · Inspirations · Permaculture · Sound Art

Signs of Life

April 18th, 2008 · No Comments

I’m still floating in the mist. I think it’s called a brain fog. The signs of life I refer to are (unfortunately) not mine. Not yet. They are outside, here on the coastal homestead among the flora and fauna and wildlife. Spring flowers, mint, oregano, garlic, purslane, parsley, dandelions, sage, spring onions, rhubarb, and […]

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Tags: In The Garden · In The Studio · Inspirations

Wizards and Harpies and Ganesha Oh My

August 9th, 2007 · No Comments


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It’s Only A Paper Moon

April 28th, 2007 · No Comments

“We can no longer physically read the book, so in that way it is made redundant; and yet on another level it has taken on a new life and is telling a different story.”
This is from the artist statement for Su Blackwell. These are called book cut sculptures. I found the link through Blue […]

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Jennifer Angus - Ant Wrangler

November 15th, 2006 · No Comments

The installations of Jennifer Angus gives new meaning to the expression “fly on the wall”. I find this work aesthetically pleasing but I really don’t know how I feel about it, which is part of the reason it fascinates me. I think there are several elements combined here that are interesting; perception shifts using displaced […]

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Tags: Inspirations · Wild Nature

Of Pretty Things and Tribal Kings

August 4th, 2006 · No Comments

The heat wave has broken so I will make a post and then work in the studio for while. It has been too hot to be in the crow’s nest where my work space and office are located. I’ve been sitting in the first floor kitchen which is more or less below ground, in a […]

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Tags: In The Garden · In The Studio · Inspirations