A font library from the past
The Medieval version of a font library found in a 500 year old book, that was probably used as a sample book of alphabets, is now on public display. The Macclesfield … Continue reading
Scribe
I love words. Mostly English ones for now, since it is the language I speak. I love letters, typefaces, that is, also known as fonts in our computerized cosmos. If … Continue reading
Making art for the wall
Transitioning today from so much work in the cyber world to working with hands-on collages made a while ago (learning to use the new Epson scanner.) But images of new … Continue reading
Accidental landscape
How many computers does a real artist need? At least more than one. [……visit the forest for another view……]
So much depends…
So much depends on the arrival of a new scanner to replace the one the came several weeks ago which scanned with such poor quality that I had to research … Continue reading
Mandala that tweets
Tweet Wheel Life is a circle that spirals. Often we re-visit issues thought to be over. They come around in new form if we need a message. this morning’s Burnout … Continue reading
glass houses…no stones
[ on a visit to the Big Sur coast of California, halfway between Cambria and Carmel…not sure of exact location, just up a long dirt road into the mist and … Continue reading
reinventing the wheel…
There are artists, and then there are Artists. The distinction seems to come from how much money someone forks over for something made by your hand or executed by others, … Continue reading
one more thing for tonight…
The view from Hugh MacLeod from his gapingvoid.com world: Have you read his new best-seller book? Ignore Everybody: and 39 Other Keys to Creativity You can buy limited edition prints … Continue reading
claiming the life of an artist…
Never have I felt connected to the title “artist” or used it as a way to describe me. I have been known to make stuff. I have made an series … Continue reading
Keep your back door open…
A bluebird flew into the house today through the open back door (no screen door because the door is a full glass panel and I love the view.) Over the … Continue reading
The tried and true…
May 21, 2009 To the Editor of Newsweek, Jon Meacham Dear Mr. Meacham, Watching my pennies these days (which is not the emphasis of this letter) I have been thinking … Continue reading
Write a new chapter in the story of stuff…
A notion about recycling stuff…change it into art. Don’t put it in the recycling bin or the trash can. Hang it on the wall or wear it or sit on … Continue reading
Mandate for an artist…
The story of the art, its biography or “provenance” or evolution into form, is what brings meaning to the work. Not that art has to have a stated meaning, but … Continue reading
This is art…from Sulamith Wulfing
Sulamith Wulfing is the creator of these artworks. She lived in Germany from 1901 to 1989. She started painting at age 4 and died at age 88. I discovered her … Continue reading
Wesak Full Moon: Awakening the True Self
(The Wesak Full Moon is the first full moon after the sun goes into the astrological sign of Taurus, usually in May, sometimes in April. The full moon is at … Continue reading
So…
I give up. What’s next? My grandfather, an earlybird pilot, Walter E. Lees, brought this buddha back from China in the 1940’s. I never got to talk to him about … Continue reading
Change
So I moved a framed piece of cloth, a small part of a handwoven coverlet made in the 1700’s by one of my ancestors, from the place high on the … Continue reading
View from the clothes pins
Looking up the Kaweah River Canyon (deeper than the Grand Canyon ) toward Sequoia National Park with Ash Mountain looking sharp and rocky in the late afternoon on a Wednesday. … Continue reading
Can I see the forest for the trees?
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Elsah Cort 🌀 Artist 