Everything in this image stopped. Still Life, Turtle Mountain Including the image. Yet, take a look at the walnut shell. Every time I look at it, I see it stop just now. […]
The Art of Stopping
Writing for the Future: An Ecology of the English Language
I wrote this for my writing blog, Witual, today, and thought that while I compile a post about new vegetables for the Okanagan, you might like to have a look about how […]
Spirit of the Land
I had a moving experience in Iceland today. I can’t wait to work through this form of practice back home in the Okanagan. It strikes me that here, at last, is a […]
Light Does Not Move in Straight Lines
Two hundred years ago, the poet and scientist Goethe observed that if light is measured with Newton’s prisms and measurement devices what will be found will match the method of measurement. After […]
The Line Comes Before the Word
Today, simplicity: Vernon Creek, 1/125 of a Second Letting the Earth speak for herself. Imagine if you slowed the mind down yet more!
Is Anyone Home?
There’s a new language in town. It’s a bit like listening in a mirror. To help you hear it, here’s an older language… Bird Footprints Among the Dinosaurs Royal Tyrell Museum, Drumheller, […]
Birds at Work
Want to get your colour palette right? Follow the birds! They make art, too. Staghorn Sumac Think of it like a paintbrush. And what do the birds make of it? Jackson Pollock, […]
The Incubator Part 2
On Friday, I introduced the Cube, an experimental art space in Campbell River, as a model for a new type of art mentorship. If you missed it, here’s the discussion. For almost […]
Knitting New Leaves for Old Trees
Here’s a way to get close to your apple trees … Can a Tree Have Too Many Leaves? Can a child not speak with its hands? What else do we have but […]
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