The Discipline of Work
“Standing in the room pictured above, not just a bit overwhelmed by the immensity of the body of work, I saw proof of the confluence of two ideas…”
Creating
Discovering Wayland’s Smithy
In the vein of how traditional artists teach their art, Wayland had an apprentice called Flibbertigibbet…
Stitching and a Quilt (Part 5)
“Or, rather does the crazy quilt’s power lie in what has been accomplished stitch by stitch…”
Stitching and a Quilt (Part 4)
The quilt has become bound by the Seamstress of Time ever more firmly into the country’s identity and cultural consciousness.
New Gates
Seems at times that life is just one big succession of new gates…
Listening to Three Sources
At times, I find myself doubting a thought or perspective that pops up like a weed in the midst of what I consider the inner garden of my mind. Usually, though, if I am patient enough, multiple occurrences arise that help me unify my thoughts. Early last week, I had begun to sense a difference … [Read more…]
An Unbounded Horizon
Early June brings the storms and their seasonal rain to central and eastern Montana. The storms also deliver something else…drama.
And in drama, lies a story, complete with a setting and a plot…
The Message of Winter Wheat
Today is the day before Easter. It is a time that commercially we are told to commemorate by brightly colored eggs and chocolate bunnies. A time to gather. A time to renew. A time to celebrate tomorrow. But today, yet again, in what feels like a three-year long winter, the wind blows straight out of … [Read more…]
Manifesto for the Creative Person
We believe that in the tangle of our daily demands, we find the possible in the impossible. We understand that in the crush of surviving, we thrive most when we understand and express our unique perspective and voice. We respect the creative possibilities in each of us. We support what each of us creates and … [Read more…]
Living Concretely
Back in what feels like another lifetime, nearly three years ago, I had the opportunity to spend a day with a roomful of rawhide braiders – and the one person who arrived in the class to a chorus of “Who let in the Saddlemaker?” Today, when I opened my social media page, the first post … [Read more…]