Water is beautiful when it freezes. Over pebbles, far below the freezing point. Splashed with air, right at freezing. Thanks, geese. Holding the sky separate from the sky. Thanks, geese. Bridging an open […]
The Artists of Freezing Water
The Power of Words
If we call this wetland, runoff, mud, rot, ditch or swamp, we are talking about a social relationship to it, and not the thing itself. If we call the beautiful surface of […]
Come Join the Discussion on Visual Culture on Tuesday, December 5
Where: Alternator Centre for the Arts Time: 6-8 p.m. Date: Tuesday. This Tuesday. December 5. I hope you can come and take part in a discussion about the visual culture of the […]
What Colour is a Damselfly Anyway?
Note how the damselfly in the water is tall and full of energy, while the one on the butt of the birch log is weary and weighed down by the weight of […]
Vincent’s Starry Night Updated for the Pacific Northwest
The original, 1889. The evolved version, 2017. The darkness is gone. ~ Thanks, mustard.
Gardens Old and New
Old Style Rock Garden. New owners, New Style Rock Garden: You can’t cheat at art.
When Celts Become Christians
Beauty happens. Stein am Rhein, Switzerland
The Ripeness of Colour
The emotional colourings of trees and the balance between these colourings can be very beautiful. This form of art is as much a garden harvest as any other. In this case, the […]
All That Blood Spilling Out So Sweet
Taking away the leaves and showiness, and the sun reflecting in a white glare off of the scales of her limbs, and what is a saskatoon? Just look at her palette, from […]
Singing the Sun So Beautifully
Here’s a paper birch singing the sun today. Here Here are the notes for her sun song put into a ladder of spirit. This is the voice of the universe. Here are […]
