Category Archives: mindworks

NaNoWriMo Begins: Measuring Space and Time

Posted on November 3, 2016 by randomyriad

National Novel Writing Month started yesterday and once again I am on board. I am not at all sure where this novel is headed. I have a vague cast of characters loosely organized tossed out like fortunetellers bones and stones. … Continue reading →

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Three Random Quotes In Search of A Unifying Title

Posted on September 6, 2016 by randomyriad

I have been trying to figure out a title to fit all three quotes under that would tie them together, but could not manage it. Maybe they only fit together in my mind. Maybe they are pieces to completely different puzzles … Continue reading →

Posted in Being Human, mindworks, my museum of inspiration, Other peoples words, paying attention, whereever you go there you are | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Quiet Please! I Am Trying to Hear The Ghosts Behind The Scenery.

Posted on August 29, 2016 by randomyriad

  I have always felt that there was a dialogue going on imperceptible to my inadequate senses like voices mumbling in another room, mumbling made up of light and waves and interruptions and strings of events, as if, with a … Continue reading →

Posted in All part of the process, Being Human, Chaos and Order, conversations, mindworks, paying attention, philosophy, thinking in words | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Vibrations of Line and Color Inspired by Kandinsky

Posted on July 18, 2016 by randomyriad

  Last week I made two rough studies on 140 lb watercolor paper to choose the pallet. Narrowing the colors down orange, yellow, brown and violet oxides with some permanent violet dark and burnt orange and black and white for shading. For the final … Continue reading →

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Summer Evening Mountain with Accidental Birds and Train

Posted on June 26, 2016 by randomyriad

I was following a little bird, a killdeer leading me away from her nest with a convincing act of being wounded. I was trying to focus the image of the bird huddled quivering on the sidewalk, when she took off, fluttering and gliding, disappearing into the … Continue reading →

Posted in All part of the process, Art in Nature, capturing light, mindworks, mountains, My Art, summer, thinking in words, time travel, Wild Life | Tagged , , , , , , , | 5 Comments