Sewanee
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Judging Your Work
I have learned from personal experience to let the creative flow just flow. Judge later after it is done. Here’s a great article discussing just that from An Artist in Brooklyn Blog @ Creative Blocks. Dee Wilcox’s comments from Creative Perch, who’s commented on my blog are worth perusing. She’s got a wonderfully informative blog too, btw, even though, I’ve noticed it takes long to load when it used to not (FYI, Dee). Short post today because I’m en route traveling back from Sewanee, TN (dropping off my son for his final year, we hope) then traveling to KY to photograph over 1,000 pictures to archive my Aunt’s paintings. What…
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Tragic Loss
“What happens when art dies?”…”It leaves a hole in the universe,” said Washington artist Aziza Gibson-Hunter (as quoted from the story about Peggy Cafritz’s home suddenly burning to the ground recently in The Washington Post). She had a massive art collection and I think this quote is very profound to describe the loss. Sadly, this quote without reference to art, may ring true in a personal way for those who knew the Weeks brothers. How could one not be moved by the obituaries of Stone Taylor Weeks, age 24 and his brother, William Holt Weeks, age 20? As a mother of two boys about this age, Piers (turning 21) and…
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Rebel’s Rest
We just returned recently from picking up our son from his school in Sewanee, TN. We were fortunate to stay at Rebel’s Rest — an on campus inn for alumni, guests and travelers. I was pleased with the quiet, cozy ambiance and the artwork captured the essence of overlooking the bluff. As the University had just ended it’s school session, we’ll have to check back in the fall to finally see those restored watercolors of the domain.
