Ah, the Internets!
Ah, the Internets! I don't prowl youTube often; I'm a reader, not a watcher. But sometimes I do watch vids, of course. Two weeks ago I watched some videos about repairing stone steps and fixing…
Category: anecdotes
In the studio 4/25/15
This is a pretty good photo of the unfinished Heated Discussion. It's at the 'get it finished any day now' stage. I enjoy working on details but sometimes I give them too much attention. The stuff…
The lady who gave up
Fresh off the boat that summer; I was a wide-eyed kid in New York for the first time. I gorged myself on galleries and museums. I was as fresh and raw as a nineteen-year-old can be. One…
My Prison Studio
As a member of a Federal works program, I taught art in community centers around Dayton, Ohio. My fellow teachers were performers, musicians, and artists. The director was a dancer and leader of a troupe…
Book Thief
In the summer before third grade, we moved to a small town far from Dayton. The ramshackle house we rented was across the street from the public library. With its pink-marble columns, the library seemed…