While driving to Vermont to attend commencement at Goddard College, I stopped at a rest stop along I 90. After driving most of the day, its no longer clear to me whether I was in eastern Ohio or had just crossed into New York. The late afternoon sun took my attention away from my road-wearyContinue reading “FLASH OF INSIGHT on THE ROAD”
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Starbuck, Ever the First Mate, Ever Making the Same Decision
The WayMaking Cairn’s recent encounter with a discarded Starbuck’s coffee cup provides the grist for this post. First, please recall where the name Starbuck originated. A quick search on Starbuck the character takes us to the Cliff Notes website. Remember Cliff Notes? The redemptive resource for all high school English class procrastinators as they cram theContinue reading “Starbuck, Ever the First Mate, Ever Making the Same Decision”
The Magical Mystery Tires are Waiting ….
A few weeks ago I was coming home around midnight. As I drove down the alley toward my garage, I came upon four old tires lying in seemingly random locations across the alley right in front of my garage. I stopped the car, rolled each of the tires, one by one, to the side, safelyContinue reading “The Magical Mystery Tires are Waiting ….”
SNOW NIGHT LIGHT STUDY
Vermont is beautiful any time of the year. However, in the winter, there are occasions when the quality of the light on the night snow creates one breathtaking sculptural still life after another. I could do nothing else but respond to that which called me to be still, behold, and attempt to capture the ineffableContinue reading “SNOW NIGHT LIGHT STUDY”
Waymaking Cairn – IMBY
IMBY – a play on the acronym NIMBY, which means “not in my backyard.” The phrase came to be associated with community activism that protests the location of a new element within the community which is perceived as a threat to the community. Sometimes the perceived threat is economic – property values might plummet. SometimesContinue reading “Waymaking Cairn – IMBY”
Kindred Cairn
Yesterday my brother Mark suggested that the Waymaking Cairn make a trip to Cairn. Little did he know that trip had already taken place. The reunion with the long lost kindred cairn was memorable.
A CAIRN IS BORN
Today’s entry introduces the Waymaking Cairn, which has become a keystone of a new practice which I began before I knew that this would be a new practice. A practice that slowly reveals itself to me as I continue the work. First, allow me to introduce you to the cairn, photographed where it first cameContinue reading “A CAIRN IS BORN”
SAN JOSE SHOWS WRITER HER NEW WAY
“I hope that you can imagine you have journeyed with me through all the frozen, unreal and unnatural lifestyle things that we had to go through to get to this point so that could end up in Eulipia.” Opening from Rahsaan Roland Kirk’s written dedication on RETURN OF THE 5000 LB MAN album andContinue reading “SAN JOSE SHOWS WRITER HER NEW WAY”
JOY: SHEER, UNMITIGATED, BURSTING with RHYTHM
Weekly Photo Challenge: JOY. When I read this week’s challenge to upload a photo that exemplifies JOY, I immediately thought of this black and white photo I had taken of Gina Knight in July 2009. I was wandering Grant Park looking for line and form imagery to complete an assignment in my black & whiteContinue reading “JOY: SHEER, UNMITIGATED, BURSTING with RHYTHM”
Julie V Interdisciplinary Artist 