Archive for October 2020
Pass the Wipes
Deadlines don’t care about pandemics, but it’s very challenging to craft a novel when the dumpster fire that is 2020 is more consuming than any work of fiction could ever be. This year is full of tangled storylines, confusing subplots, and conflicts that never get resolved. As @mia_sade’s viral post pointed out, “So many plot…
Read MoreFinding Order in the Chaos
Previous to the UK going into lockdown, I was planning to start a new series of work. But having taken delivery of canvases and paper, I found the country shut down. Being a Type 1 diabetic, I am in the group most vulnerable to complications from Covid, so I went straight into isolation. It was…
Read MoreThe Music Continues
On a recent bike ride along the Charles River in Boston, I came across a violinist and bass player filling the air with sweet jazz. I was especially taken by bass player’s facial expressions, even beneath the mask, as well as his fingers, which moved like fine-tuned machine parts. The pandemic goes on. And so…
Read MoreSocially-Distanced Painting
The social isolation during the past six months of the pandemic has changed the way we live and the way we think about in-person human interactions. I was curious to explore what would happen to my artwork if I imposed similar restrictions, i.e., standing at least six feet away from what I was making and…
Read MoreMarch 2020: Birthdays and a Pandemic…
March 12, 2020 was my wife’s birthday. I left early to go to a sales meeting in New Jersey from my apartment in Manhattan. An Uber picked me up at 7a.m. and I was at the Marriott in Teaneck in 25 minutes flat. Breezed through the GW bridge in mere minutes; the city was already…
Read MoreWelcome the Rain
I’ve been hoping for rain for two reasons. First and foremost, Massachusetts, like much of New England, has been in the midst of a significant drought for the past four months. While this has led to lots of welcome outdoor days, the effects of the drought are evident—so many distressed trees in the parks and…
Read MoreEbb Times
In April of this year, as the apple trees were budding and an abundance of water fowl near my home were nesting in preparation for their eggs to hatch, The Pandemic paid no notice. It raged on invisibly moving through communities while visibly wreaking havoc. I was teaching college students visual literacy via an online…
Read MorePass the Wipes
Deadlines don’t care about pandemics, but it’s very challenging to craft a novel when the dumpster fire that is 2020 is more consuming than any work of fiction could ever be. This year is full of tangled storylines, confusing subplots, and conflicts that never get resolved. Like @mia_sade’s viral post pointed out, “So many plot…
Read MoreCovid Reflections
As an artist, I seek to blend the contents of my mental and emotional world with selective components of external reality, often derived from photography and digital painting. Bits and pieces of the external world are frequently the basis of my compositions, which are intuitively distorted into different levels of abstraction. There is always a…
Read MorePandemic Shofar
We’ve all had to learn to adapt. Wearing masks. Maintaining social distance. Washing our hands more than we’d like. It’s a new normal. Yet perhaps those who’ve felt it most are religious institutions. Worship—especially in Western faith traditions—tends to be communal. But in the age of Covid-19, churches and mosques and synagogues have learned to…
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