Joe’s Rock Art and Rock Climbing I have come to realize that building an art career is not “Just sitting around all day painting pictures” as most assume it to be. For me at least, it has been a constant climb into the inner workings or rather innermost misconceptions of mind. A constant descent and …
Finding Crows Thoughts About Trees and Birds I usually wake up to the sounds of birds. Hanging a bird feeder in a huge linden tree was one of my first priorities moving into this house. It was as if a call was sent to ask nature to please come and hang out here, I need …
Cumberlandite A Little About Rocks and Something About Time and Place Cumberlandite is the official rock of Rhode Island, a random bit of information I learned. It isn’t impressive to look at, it is a dull color of black or blackish-grey. It isn’t worthy of interesting descriptive words; seemingly ordinary except for one fascinating fact, …
The Artistic Process Part 3: Glimpses of Insight I imagined documenting a simple plan for drawing a bird, where I would explain drawing correct proportions, feather patterns, shading, and tone. After struggling with drawing a taxidermy crow specimen in the nature lab, I realized that this piece of art was going to be very troublesome. …
The Artistic Process Part 2: Creative Sabotage I chose a crow as a subject for a pyrography project. I have become intrigued by the sound of crows while walking in the woods. The reason why I have been going into the woods lately is because I have been wanting to be alone with my thoughts …
The Artistic Process Part 1: The Right Medium I’m compelled to write about the process of art creation. Not because I’m bragging about my talent, but just the opposite. I find creating art is a very humbling experience whereas I spend most of the process self-doubting all my abilities and criticizing myself unmercifully! I …
Learning How To Howl Why a pit bull?… I couldn’t give a specific reason… Other than it just seemed right. The name Jenga just seemed right too. “Yes, it is the name of a game” is what I tell people when they ask. However, it is a little-known fact. the word Jenga comes from the …
