CognEYEzant: 365

Day 176

Lookinglass: A Study Inspired by Käthe Kollwitz’s “Death Grabbing at a Group of Children” Charcoal on paper  And I think art impacts culture by defying culture, by simply handing culture a mirror. I adapted this piece from an essay I wrote for the final of MoMA’s Coursera Massive Online Open Courseware (MOOC) Modern Art &…

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CognEYEzant: 365

Day 168

Transcendence and the Two Nadias: Inspired by Henri Matisse’s “Nadia” Acrylic on printer ink on paper Art gathers memories and touches our lives, and even defies time. When I was 12, I visited the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) with my family. It was one of many visits, and it was there that we saw…

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CognEYEzant: 365

Day 154

My Coincidence Goes Like This: Inspired by Abstract Art and Piet Mondrian Acrylic on paper   Abstract art sits through the ages, connecting and supporting our malleability. Abstract art sits through the ages, connecting and supporting our malleability. Today’s piece was inspired not just by the perceptive power of abstract art but by a stroke…

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CognEYEzant: 365

Day 140

 Eye in the Sky Found in Darkness: Inspired by Van Gogh’s “The Starry Night” Acrylic on canvas From a life of observation, I’ve noticed that much of life is rooted in polarizations, in binaries: woman/man, right/wrong, us/them, on/off, you/me, night/day. And we, as people, get so caught up in one side or another that we…

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CognEYEzant: 365

Day 138

Tahlia: What it Takes to be the Future: Inspired by Kate DiCamillo and Chiaroscuro Graphite, watercolor, gouache on paper Thanks to Tahlia, I got to revisit one of my favorite authors. Kate DiCamillo‘s stories infuse themselves into you. Her name whisks me to the far-off afternoons of childhood, listening to my mother read aloud. DiCamillo’s books…

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