An Essay About Grief in the Age of Social Media One of the first grieving for Paris tweets that I saw was from Harper’s Bazaar. My first thought was sarcastic…something like, “Thank you, American fashion magazine. Your tweet will totally bring peace.” But later,...
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Obviously, I like to create pink abstract paintings. I also like the movie Pretty in Pink, and I’m exploring the 1980s (again) in the novel I’m writing. That’s right…I am working on this novel again. This week was the first time I opened the...
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Our summer vacation to Iceland and Germany marked the longest trip I’ve ever taken (3 weeks), the first time traveling to multiple countries on the same trip, and the first time taking an extended international trip with our son. We experienced so many amazing...
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Way back before the internet and severe warnings of skin cancer existed, my friends and I spent every summer lounging by the pool slathering ourselves with Coppertone and listening to pop songs by The Go-Gos, Wham!, Madonna, and Blondie. I still remember how it felt...
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“Introvert, Interrupted” is a fine art print that was selected as an Editor’s Choice winner in a recent Minted art and design challenge. I created this limited edition print from a section of a larger abstract painting that I completed in early 2015....
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Þingvellir National Park in Iceland I have 24 unfinished draft blog posts going back to 2013. Some of these are just simple scribbles, notes of topics that I wanted to share or explore further. A few are semi-outlined. None are anywhere near complete. I sit here in...
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A lot of my work over the past couple of months has the common theme of water. As I’ve been exploring more of my own influences and inspiration, some that started when I was just a kid, I’ve realized what a huge impact that being in or near water has made...
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While I was working on this painting, I started thinking about the differences between diving and jumping. To dive is intentional. Deliberate. Your arms meet and point to your target. You have a plan. You know where you want to land. Jumping is more...
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Shadow Art by @melanie_biehle on Instagram In my last post I wrote about how excited I am to visit Spreepark, an abandoned and decaying amusement park in Berlin. I’m not sure if it’s the visual representation of the passing of time or layer upon layer of...
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When I was a kid I wouldn’t even put my face in the water. It took an entire summer of swimming lessons and then some. I was afraid of…everything. My grandmother couldn’t swim. She was probably afraid to really try, given that she tended to focus on...
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