Today I did one of the most important things I wanted to do before leaving Seattle. I visited the Tsubaki Grand Shrine to ask for courage, focus, and creative inspiration at the shrine of Ame-no-Uzume-no-Mikoto. I feel a special closeness to the Fearless One, patron of the arts, among many other things. I love the […]
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I’ve now done the last major thing on my slate – being with my friend while she had surgery. I’m a strong believer that no one should be alone in the hospital, and I was glad to stay with her. But now that’s over, now it’s less than a week to my departure, a flock
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Today I made the first steps toward closing my studio. I signed the lease for my space in October of last year. I was full of anxiety. It was so expensive. Could I really do the work I had in mind? It was a big decision, and I was full of doubts. Kij looked at
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Nicholas Roerich was a painter, a poet, a travel writer, a set/costume designer, and became a follower of various forms of Tibetan spirituality. I knew going into his tiny museum that he and Madame Blavatsky and the infamous Gurdjieff were pioneers of the theosophist movement at the time, and I will not lie, they had
Welcome to my website and blog! This is a work in progress. I have more galleries to add, and more blog posts to write, but it is done enough for me to let you look at it. Eventually, there will be a store attached where you can buy prints and other kinds of things (calendars).