Category Archives: paying attention

Superbowl?

Posted on February 7, 2011 by randomyriad

I have been so busy this week and so absorbed in writing that for the first time since I was a small child I did not even remember there was a Super bowl in progress. I just moved through my … Continue reading →

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Century #5: The Fly in the Basement

Posted on February 6, 2011 by randomyriad

11/7/1988 I have to turn on the light now as darkness has come into my basement office. This is where I write. The silhouettes of trees stand against the last gray background of this long wet day. It is autumn … Continue reading →

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Inspirations

Posted on January 30, 2011 by randomyriad

I breathe in living particles through tubes into smaller tubes connecting to my heart.   I create future fields in bloom rings of color radiate surrounding small pools of spring rain.   I travel the passage leading to a room … Continue reading →

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Abstraction

Posted on January 28, 2011 by randomyriad

Abstraction is often the most definite form for the intangible thing in myself that I can clarify in paint. . . I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn’t say any other way– things I … Continue reading →

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What Sky Will We Reach For This Week?

Posted on January 24, 2011 by randomyriad

No one shows a child the sky– African Proverb   Another long work week begins, and I begin with this idea. I will not try to show children the sky, but give them lots of opportunities to look up and … Continue reading →

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