December 16 2014

Have to make a correction to my saying in my last post that my Old Woman Reading was inspired by a Rembrandt.  It seems that that painting was by a contemporary and friend of his named Jan Lievens.  Rembrandt did also paint more than one Old Woman Reading, but I think the one Sister Wendy Beckett discussed is by Lievens.

November 29, 2014

To my surprise and delight this photograph of mine was one of three juror's choices in the Platinum Show at the Cambridge Art Association.

It was one of those times when something I was looking at suddenly called for photography and this time one of the shots worked to my satisfaction.  I have found that reflections and the background of my house capture my interest.  I call this one Selfie 01.

I've been having fun with the computer and photographs.  I had seen Sister Wendy Beckett on PBS talking about and showing a Rembrandt called "An Old Woman Reading" so I took another selfie in Photo Booth of my own version.

I learned from studying poetry that this is called ekphrasis from the Greek.  I was pleased that I got Sister Wendy in there too.  She's been a lovely surprise in the short TV pieces where she visits and interprets art in various museums.

I thank that's all for today.

Nov 2, 2014

It's been over a year since I posted anything, but I have a poster that came to me that needed a place to speak its piece.

This sentence may not be familiar to younger keyboarders but harks back to my high school days when I learned to type.  The revision just came to me and stuck around in my head till I found a way to set it down.  And today The Global Post reported that the UN released a report stating "the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) said emissions of three key greenhouse gases were at their highest in more than 800,000 years."  That is a lot of time.

So there it is, I hope the poster might resonate with someone who might read this blog and be encouraged to act on its message or supported in what they are already doing.