As I settle into another year of unknowns, fight the isolation that comes with the bitter cold and dig into new work and new goals, I find myself thinking about process.… Read the rest “The Making of my Limited Edition Artist Book”
Sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.
~ Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
My Artist Book, 2020 a visual & written retrospective, would not have happened if I had believed only in what seemed possible at the time.… Read the rest “Introducing 2020, The Artist Book”
We traveled by train and walked the streets of New York. We explored Central Park and the lesser known outer banks. We flew above the clouds, celebrated the beginning of my next journey around the sun, and felt like we belonged to something larger than ourselves.… Read the rest “We traveled by train…”
This weekend, as we welcome the spring equinox, my Solo Exhibition chronicling the events of 2020 will close. As I imagine into the year ahead, I cannot help but reflect on the year past.… Read the rest “The Spring Equinox”
Today, March 8th, is International Women’s Day. Last year when Ruth Bader Ginsberg died at age 87, I went back and re-read her remarks at her swearing-in ceremony in 1993 and wrote down this particular passage in my journal.… Read the rest “International Women’s Day, 2021”
2020 has come and gone And 2021 has just begun.Here in Milwaukee Winter has settled in.And so have I.My hands get cold far too soon Frozen, by the time I go in.But… Read the rest “Happy New Year!”
Did you know that the Great Lakes are the largest freshwater system in the world? Did you know that more than 20% of all the world’s freshwater is in the Great Lakes?… Read the rest “The Great Lakes”
Did you know that Milwaukee, where I live, is located on the shores of Lake Michigan? Did you know that Lake Michigan is the only Great Lake that is entirely within U.S.… Read the rest “The Earth Collection”
“When I am among the trees, especially the willows and the honey locust, equally the beech, the oaks and the pines, they give off such hints of gladness.… Read the rest “The River Tree”
It has been one week since the election and I have been trying to write a story about it ever since. I thought it would be easy.… Read the rest “Hear Ye, Hear Ye…”
I woke up with an overwhelming urge to run in the rain. Maybe it was because the misty, apocalyptic-like fog that hung heavy in the sky last night had lifted.… Read the rest “#runner”
I am honored to be a part of this conversation. With the election only 18 days away, a constant cycle of polarizing news, and fear instead of hope driving so many of our conversations, I am looking forward to a hopeful, honest, and inspiring conversation about the arts and civic engagement.… Read the rest “A Conversation: The Arts + Civic Life”
The dragonfly. Whimsical. Luminous. Larger than life. A messenger of change, renewal and discovery. She inspires wonder and curiosity. And invites us to dig into, build up and rediscover our inner selves.~… Read the rest “National Coming Out Day 2020”
It was in India almost one year ago when I first learned about the Shorewood ‘Signaling History’ Public Arts Project. It was close to 5am at my family’s home in Mumbai when I hit send— I had pulled an all-nighter, along with my neice Kushi who was also working late into the night, in order to get my application in on time.… Read the rest “Signaling History”
One of my favorite moments in the process of creating, second only to finishing a drawing or a story, is seeing my work come to life at the press check of a new collection.… Read the rest “The Fall Equinox”
washed in color full of promise light as air
she dances evolved transformed transcendent
mesmerized, we follow this dance with our eyes spirit dreams
awakened
#heartbroken … Read the rest “Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 1933-2020”
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