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The drawing process with Life Drawing
August 17, 2017 -
There is a story of a zen monk who would get drunk on rice wine then dip his long hair into a bowl of ink and swing it a...
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empathy from California to New York
October 03, 2014 -
So here I sit, in this beautiful gallery space in Brooklyn, New York known as Succulent Studios. It is an amazing experi...
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the yellow house and the artists...
September 12, 2014 -
The second drawing presented from the recent series created during a 2 week retreat into nature is "the Artist." This pi...
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the Tao, Carl Jung, and a lot of crosshatching...
April 11, 2014 -
Expressions of the Tao, paying homage to the words, meanings, and spirit of the Tao Te Ching and it's author Lao Tzu. Fo...
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the spirit and the culture....
March 31, 2014 -
In spiritual literature, one of the reoccurring themes is the duality of the self and the eternal, or the possibility of...
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searching and finding after ten years
February 28, 2014 -
Upon graduating from art school around a decade ago, I began taking all that I learned up to that point in regards to th...
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uprooted...
February 14, 2014 -
I love meeting new people. I love being present with every type of individual and listening to their story. Past, presen...
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the truth transforms us (message to Christopher)
February 10, 2014 -
Change is rarely met without the struggle of moving forward. Change, when it occurs with anything that we place high val...
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end of one year and beginning of the next (2013 reflection)
January 28, 2014 -
the end of another year, the beginning of a next. Another page added in the compilation of our life's history and ever i...
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cell therapy
January 23, 2014 -
Recently I have watched a number of documentaries on American prisons. For no real reason at all. One in particular, "Af...
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the nature of everything...
October 21, 2013 -
For around a year now, in my life and reflected in the art I create, the focus has been nature. Nature in the sense of u...
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paying heed to the words of Epicurus...
October 17, 2013 -
A friend of mine once said, "without philosophy you're
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". Though a tinge crass, I hold these words true. At the be...
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primordial headpiece...
October 15, 2013 -
When throwing one's self into the worldly openly, one is in a constant flow of meeting people from all spectrums. In my...
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youth is wasted on the young- Bertrand Russell
September 09, 2013 -
It is always an experience of deeper realization and reflection in working with the elders. Today I did a little paintin...
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The Uncarved Block... with Genevieve
August 19, 2013 -
Recent collaboration piece with Genevieve Lounsbury. Our relationship continues to blossom as it is reflected in these c...
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The Screwtape Letters (by CS Lewis)... part 2
July 31, 2013 -
So yesterday, I created a drawing of the character Wormwood, from CS Lewis' book The Screwtape Letters. The main charact...
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The Screwtape Letters (CS Lewis)
July 30, 2013 -
Recently I had the joy of reading CS Lewis' "The Screwtape Letters". The basic format of the book is thru the narrative...
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mind itself is reality...
July 29, 2013 -
This piece is the result of reflection that occured on this past Saturday in Bloomington, Indiana. I had awoken in the m...
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mourning love
July 06, 2013 -
In the writing of my book yesterday, I was reflecting on where i've been and where I'm at. Mentally, spiritually. In loo...
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life has become a miracle again...
July 05, 2013 -
Amidst the bbq's, beer drinking, music, and so fourth occuring all thru the city during the fourth of July yesterday, I...
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Transformation and Change reflection...
July 02, 2013 -
A piece that I began while camping over night in nature... It seems like such a powerful way to find one's center again...
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youth and age
June 18, 2013 -
One of the subjects for anyone that follows these writings may realize that comes up often is the work that I do with th...
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paying homage to the elders
May 25, 2013 -
For a few hours a week, for close to the last 6 years, I have had the fortunate experience to work with elderly thru a p...
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the recipe of struggle and victory
May 13, 2013 -
Teaching at art college, it has been an experience of inspiration to meet so many young minds and witness evolution and...
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the sun and the moon...
May 08, 2013 -
reflecting on the wisdom of the world... that even if the situation of the world may be of a dis-satisfactory state to p...
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letter to Daniel...
May 07, 2013 -
In reflecting on the nature of suffering, the nature of love... human relationships came into question. Some of them I w...
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the process was one of transmuation, just like the concept of the piece itself....
May 04, 2013 -
Such a simple piece, but to complete it was such an adventure... For an upcoming themed group show being flowers at Mode...
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sentient being
April 29, 2013 -
So much time spent just to end up where we first began. As children, unconditionally experiencing the world. Exploring,...
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apprecation of life reflection/expression...
March 24, 2013 -
Imagined figure with reflection on appreciating life for the miracle that it is... enjoy. 'with these eyes do I see the...
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filial piety
February 25, 2013 -
A short story of one. I was surprised to come to my Art With Elders Class today and be joined by Mr. X. I am always mild...
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homage to my brother from another, Christopher Jernberg
January 24, 2013 -
Deep in recent reflections of gratitude in past/present/future relationships is Christopher Jernberg. He is like family.
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the paradox of pain
January 24, 2013 -
Listening to Lao Tzu's the Tao Te Ching, I have been inspired in various reflections. One of those is truth and it's par...
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vulnerability
January 23, 2013 -
Though its been years, I love the art of self portraiture. I've always seen as a confrontation with the self. In art sch...
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imagined Helen bust... homage to my closest friend
January 23, 2013 -
There is a place…. There is a place, for you. Like the night sky above filled with stars, yours is the nebula that expl...
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mediation in drawing
January 23, 2013 -
meditation. Having gone on vacation, some do so to get away from it all. Party, let loose, relax. I did all this recentl...
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reflecting on friendship
January 22, 2013 -
For 2 weeks, my friend Audi and I drove from SanFrancisco south crossing the U.S./Mexican border into Baja. We camped on...
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life/death...
October 26, 2012 -
This piece is a homage to my grandparents, all four of them who have passed away by this point. The painting is of my gr...
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thank you elders
October 20, 2012 -
The world is so alive right now. My eyes are involuntarily wide open, and it is overwhelming like daydreaming on the sho...
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electric head
June 05, 2012 -
the drawing began with a red paint marker, used to lay in flat shadow shapes. From there it was just a matter of buildin...
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drawing...
May 28, 2012 -
Having finished another semester of teaching, it always involves taking a break from it all immediately after. The itch...
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