Tag Archives: Painting

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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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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Beyond Shock and Awe at Yale —

Posted on July 3, 2013 by Touch2Touch

Entering the newly renovated Yale Art Gallery, we were stopped dead in our tracks by a sculpture called Shock and Awe (see previous post). Eventually, though, we tore ourselves away and began to explore other wonders of the gallery, which … Continue reading →

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FREEDOM FROM WANT

Posted on November 22, 2012 by Touch2Touch

This has been the iconic American Thanksgiving feast since the painting first appeared on the cover of The Saturday Evening Post in 1943. Painter Norman Rockwell was inspired by President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s State of the Union address in 1941 about the … Continue reading →

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To Keep the Feast —

Posted on September 23, 2012 by Touch2Touch

When I first took up painting still lifes, it was Cezanne’s apples and oranges that were my ideal and inspiration.  They were an A-B-C for me: they radiate assurance, boldness, confidence and courage. Wouldn’t you think, looking at Cezanne’s every painting, … Continue reading →

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This is Not a Pipe —

Posted on October 4, 2011 by Touch2Touch

One of the most famous images from the Dada period of art and literature comes from the brush of the Belgian painter René Magritte: As you see, it’s a painting of a pipe, with the words written on it, Ceci … Continue reading →

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“But the Beholder Wanting —“

Posted on May 30, 2011 by Touch2Touch

This is a recent post on one of my favorite blogs, cross-ties. After I read it —- At the end of the first stanza of The Parakeets at Karekare, Allen Curnow refers to “a scene waiting to be painted.” Apt, I’d say; apt … Continue reading →

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Mindfulness: Another Take

Posted on May 15, 2011 by Touch2Touch

Do one thing at a time — Watch out, pay attention — There are as many ways to define mindfulness and meditation as there are people who

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Ring the Bells –

Posted on May 6, 2011 by Touch2Touch

Perfection, if it COULD be achieved, might not be such a blessing. Take it from songwriter/poet Leonard Cohen: Ring the bells that still can ring, Forget your perfect offering, There is a crack in everything, That’s how the light gets … Continue reading →

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