Seeing Through an Artist's Eyes: My Mother's Watercolors Let's start by saying I struggle even to consider myself an artist. Part of it is not taking myself too seriously, the other part is the vast chasm between my a..
Mom had dozens of articles and publications about her work and shows she was participating in. I thought it would be pretty interesting to share some of them. Here is one from 1997 about her table setting series.Here it ..
Reflections in Light and Legacy: Revisiting Patricia Pilié's Artistic Voice Cover of American Artist, April 1997 — Featuring Patricia Pilié There are moments when time bends. When the ordinary act of cleaning..
Climbing Through Fire: How a Dream Became a Painting, a Song, and a Scene Recently, a friend asked me about my creative process. I wasn't prepared to answer. For me, it's never consistent—it flows like water..
Crimson Rada: “Hello Christopher. Tell us where you are from and a little about your upbringing.” Christopher: “Thank you. Where should we start? Guess we can start from the beginning. I was born in Gulfport Mississ..
Come up to meet you, tell you I'm sorryYou don't know how lovely you areI had to find you, tell you I need youTell you I set you apartTell me your secrets and ask me your questionsOh, let's go back to the startRunning in..
Fearless people careless needleHarsh words spoken and lives are brokenForceful aging help me I'm fadingHeaven's waiting it's time to move onCrossing that bridge with lessons I've learnedPlaying with fire and not getting ..
"Seasons" Summer nights and long warm daysAre stolen as the old moon fallsMy mirror shows another faceAnother place to hide it allAnother place to hide it all And I'm lost behindThe words I'll never findAnd I'm..
Black then white are all I see in my infancyRed and yellow then came to be, reaching out to meLets me seeAs below so above and beyond, I imagineDrawn beyond the lines of reasonPush the envelope, watch it bendOver thinkin..
Melissa Doi, 9-1-1[edit]Melissa C. Doi was a graduate of Northwestern University, and despite aspirations to become a ballerina, she worked as a manager at IQ Financial Systems, and phoned 9-1-1 from the 8..
Did you knowIt was all going to go, so wrong for you?And did you seeIt was all going to be so right for me?Why did we tell you thenYou were always the golden boy then?And that you'd never lose that light in your eyesHey ..
"Forty-Six & 2" Join in my, join in my child,And listen, I've been digging through my old numb shadow... My shadow'sShedding skinI've been pickingScabs again.I'm downDigging throughMy old musclesLooking for..
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull dayFritter and waste the hours in an off-hand wayKicking around on a piece of ground in your home townWaiting for someone or something to show you the wayTired of lying in the..
Whenever I'm alone with youYou make me feel like I am home againWhenever I'm alone with youYou make me feel like I am whole again Whenever I'm alone with youYou make me feel like I am young againWhenever I'm alone w..
I've been looking so long at these pictures of youThat I almost believe that they're realI've been living so long with my pictures of youThat I almost believe that the pictures are all I can feelRemembering you standing ..
Well, I'm a voodoo chileLord I'm a voodoo chileWell, the night I was bornLord I swear the moon turned a fire redThe night I was bornI swear the moon turned a fire redWell my poor mother cried out "lord, the gypsy was rig..
Is it that God is dead? Does he remain dead? Did we kill him? If so, we are a notorious murderer. Friedrich Nietzsche made the claim and we could make the case that he was right. The soil that we till has been poisoned b..
"Since you cannot be my bride, you must be my tree! Laurel, with you my hair will be wreathed, with you my lyre, with you my quiver. You will go with the Roman generals when joyful voices acclaim their triumph, and the C..
"Are you still looking to uproot and move to New Orleans?" Christophe asked as he turned and stared through Louis."I know you very well Christophe. Of all the questions I'd thought you would ask as the first comments to ..
I had a dreamOh, yeahCrazy dream, uh-huhAnything I wanted to knowAny place I needed to goHear my songYeah, people don't you listen now?Sing alongOhYou don't know what you're missing, nowAny little song that you knowEvery..
"And that is what the soldiers did. Meanwhile, standing near the cross of Jesus were his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he lo..
Recently there were people visiting my home for a social event. Almost all of the art that I have ever created hangs on the walls in my home. It is interesting looking at the reactions as people browse an observe what I'..
