Open to Love

I love shadow and light. I think it’s what draws me to photography. I believe that experiencing shadow here on Earth is what guides us to experience Light more fully. I see so much light shining through beauty in humanity. It’s there if we choose to see it. The more I see, the more it…

I have the weekend to myself. I have been consumed by the intensity of my relationships lately and appreciate this opportunity to exhale. Part of this process is organizing my thoughts, projects and papers. While cleaning out my basket of journals, pens, books, art supplies that goes everywhere with me, I ran across this list,…

I spent about two hours last night untangling a skein of beautiful chenille yarn that became a tangled mess because I neglected to roll it into a ball when I first took the wrapping off. (Such a novice, I am.) Normally, I haven’t the patience to sit that long and do such tedious work. As…

Mixed media on plywood. The shapes were cut from a watercolor my three year-old painted.

“Spirit can be made by other spirits, but matter is bound with divinity itself.” ~Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz These orbs belong to an artist whose spiritual path clearly lies in his manipulation of matter. When I asked him why spheres and balance figure so prominently in his work, he said, “I don’t know, I guess I’ve…