Day 365

One Year Later Part 3: The End Acrylic on canvas A project is nearly born, only a few more words, a few more strokes of brush on canvas, and CognEYEzant:365 will be finished. Finished. This week, as I sat down to write and reflect on the end of this gargantuan, year-long project CognEYEzant:365, I realized…

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Day 254

Asking for Presence Watercolor and graphite on paper This week, inspiration led me to Maria Popova twice. Her work on The Marginalian has nourished me, intellectually and creatively, for many years. While I was reviewing articles and inspirations from years past, I came across the Marginalian article “9 Learnings from 9 Years of Brain Pickings”…

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Day 251

Inter-Planetary part 2* Acrylic on canvas “The cure for loneliness is solitude.” –Marianne Moore My inspiration for the Inter-Planetary series comes from the increasing complexity of our internal lives. Lives that could be called solitude or loneliness or maybe richness. As I painted, picking up where I left off, I began listening to Helen Macdonald’s…

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