A friend once worked as a guide for a wilderness program for troubled youth called Aspen Academy out of Loa, Utah. He brought this home from the field once and I thought it was so useful I’ve carried it around ever since. I hope you’ll find it instructive, too. Rules For Being Human 1. You […]
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What Makes Life Meaningful?
Fifteen years ago, today, I died (see previous posts My Story Begins, My Re-Birthday, The Night I Died: The Whole Story, Part 1 and The Night I Died, the Whole Story, Part 2). There are people who don’t understand why I would mark this day, let alone celebrate it, but March 8th forever changed my course. […]
A Great Art Project, Part 2
Because it can be somewhat intimidating buying your first art supplies when you begin to paint (not to mention overwhelming, confusing and expensive), I offer here a list of materials to get you started (this is for acrylic, although most of these colors are available in oils and watercolor as well). I recommend the following […]
A Great Art Project, Part 1
If you’re one of my students reading this right now I know you’ll chuckle to see me writing any kind of “how to” piece on making art. That’s because over all my years of teaching I have discouraged my students from reading or even looking at “how to paint” pieces. My reason for this is […]
The Cookie Thief
Once again, I am guilty of losing the source of this quite sweet poem. It’s such a great reminder that what we think we’re seeing isn’t always what’s real, so I wanted to share it with you. Let’s all try to be flexible with our perceptions! The Cookie Thief A woman was waiting at the […]
Are You Ready to Love?
A friend asked me the other day if I have been humbled. It’s a good and a fair question. I don’t know how much you think about this. I really hadn’t until he brought it up. He didn’t mean it in the sense of loosing power or strength. He meant quite the opposite. I think […]
Art Matters: Alvaro Cardona-Hine Answers Why is Art Important?
From the very beginning, whenever man has found a moment he doesn’t have to devote to survival, he looks around, gauges the distance, assesses the world, does this against himself, against his temporal weakness. A woman in a cave, after cooking the leg of a bear for her family, might have taken a piece of […]