Category Archives: Art

JOY!

Posted on December 19, 2014 by Touch2Touch

“Take a music bath once or twice a week for a few seasons, and you will find that it is to the soul what the water bath is to the body.” Oliver Wendell Holmes At the close of 2014, a year of … Continue reading →

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Fear Not!

Posted on November 21, 2014 by Touch2Touch

Yesterday the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe, New Mexico netted a cool $44.4 million at auction for one of their masterpieces, O’Keeffe’s Jimson Weed. That more than doubled the amount ever paid for a work by a female artist, and … Continue reading →

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Today’s Portrait: FIREFIGHTER

Posted on August 30, 2014 by Touch2Touch

No, today’s portrait isn’t a flower! It’s occurred to me that other objects besides flowers can emanate presence and personality. Can demonstrate QUIDDITAS, the quality that Aristotle meant when he wrote of “thatness,” or “whatness,” or “what it is.” When I was painting … Continue reading →

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TODAY’S PORTRAIT: REGAL ROSE

Posted on August 13, 2014 by Touch2Touch

I don’t think I’d ever seen a purple rose before this bouquet arrived from the florist one day. Not only was the color regal — “born to the purple” describes a status as well as a hue — but the very set … Continue reading →

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TODAY’S PORTRAIT: violet

Posted on August 3, 2014 by Touch2Touch

In contrast to cheery Johnny Jump-ups and bold-faced pansies, there’s an introverted branch of the Violaceae family. Violets, true violets, are modest and demure. They shelter underneath their heart-shaped leaves, and even great masses of them never seem to call attention to themselves. Unless … Continue reading →

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Boundless Joy!

Posted on November 18, 2013 by Touch2Touch

Will you hop aboard my train of thought with me? It’s heading toward a place of harmony and — you guessed it — joy! The starting point was a dull morning with not much needing to be done. So I … Continue reading →

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There are Two Kinds of People?

Posted on November 8, 2013 by Touch2Touch

“There are, it has been said, two types of people in the world. There are those who say: this glass is half full. And then there are those who say: this glass is half empty. The world belongs, however, to … Continue reading →

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What Would YOU Call It?

Posted on July 28, 2013 by Touch2Touch

Like many — perhaps most — people, I come with a sense of reverence and awe to museums. Rightly so. Great works of art, the genius of human hands and minds, are awesome achievements. But not all art is solemn or … Continue reading →

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Another DON’T: Don’t Leap to Conclusions!

Posted on July 21, 2013 by Touch2Touch

In a previous post, Unlocking the Gate of Dreams, I showcased a striking painting at the Yale University Art Gallery that was titled — UNTITLED: And this is what I said about it:  Another painting, by a painter of whom I’d … Continue reading →

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Unlocking the Gate of Dreams —

Posted on July 9, 2013 by Touch2Touch

Our recent trip to the newly expanded and renovated art gallery at Yale University proved a treasure trove of images and impressions, and they haven’t quit yet. A dear friend who combined dual professions of artist and monk once said, … Continue reading →

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