pics & quips from a wandering writer, photographer, professor, reprobate
Background information is often essential to understanding a work of art. Artists expect that we either already know that information, or are willing to seek it out. Video #3 in … Continue reading Prerequisite for Understanding Art
Art can be difficult to understand. Learning to look closely is the first step. Video #2 in a series exploring art & the humanities.
Art clarifies and reveals values, and values motivate everything we do. If, therefore, we want to know ourselves better, learn to perceive art with insight and sensitivity. This Introduction is … Continue reading HUMANITIES Thru The Arts
Phones often distort/ignore formatting; best to view on larger device – from the INTRODUCTION to my latest photo book, w/ sample images Controlled environments undeniably provide once-in-a-lifetime opportunities to view … Continue reading WILDLIFE, Interrupted
A visual meditation on the passage of Time. 🙂 🙂 🙂
When dolphins are frolicking, you know it’s gonna be a good day! 🙂 🙂 🙂
“I have found my masters.” – Pablo Picasso Ever wonder what prehistoric cave paintings were all about? You might be surprised to learn that they were not just pretty decorations … Continue reading Birth of Consciousness
from the INTRODUCTION Looking askew and askance is a fun habit of mine. I tend to scan visual environments upside down and inside out. I don’t know if I am … Continue reading Architectural Abstracts
256 = the number of tonal variations between pure white & pure black My first visit to Yellowstone National Park was in 2008. Since then I can’t count the umpty … Continue reading NEW Photo Book
One of my current online students asked if she could interview me for an assignment in another class. It’s for her History class. Each student, apparently, is giving out the … Continue reading Touch the Future: A Look Back
Remember trick-or-treating when you were a kid? Going out again this year? Not so fast. Streets ain’t what they used to be no more. 🙂 🙂 🙂
A quick google search of “pyometra” is enough to rattle anyone’s composure. Dr. Montor wasn’t open on weekends but she got Tzuri under the knife first thing Monday morning, three … Continue reading Queen of the Ruff Collar
Giblets & Flapdoodle 