You were too big a boy or girl to have mommy leave a light on. There were no "nightlights" plugged into wall outlets back in those days. You heard a creak outside your bedroom door. Your tiny fingers pulled the blanket closer to your chin. You tried to disappear into the sheets -- to shrink to the size of an apple. You listened, barely breathing. There it was … [Read more...]
A master’s words
"It is an acknowledged fact, that we perceive errors in the works of others more readily than in our own." -- Leonardo da Vinci Is this an accurate statement? For master artists - maybe. How about the rest of us? I don't know about you, but the only thing I see in my work are mistakes. There seems to be no worse critic than ourselves. I suspect that Leonardo's treatise was … [Read more...]
Learn a new language
My mother was a math teacher. She was kind of famous in the county where she taught. Some folks told me she probably taught over half the kids in the county over her lifetime. It seems they either loved her or hated her. There was no in-between with mom. I, myself, didn't do really well in math. At least not like my brother who was a math whiz. He ended up going to MIT and … [Read more...]
A child’s imagination
My daughter-in-law Nicole texted us this morning with a video she secretly recorded of our granddaughter Sloane. Sloane was dancing on the deck behind their new home. I wonder if Philip and Nicole realized they were adding a performance stage to their house. Did they think about ballerinas and stage lights? It didn't take long for Sloane to figure it out, … [Read more...]
Texting and Painting
Did you know ninety-seven percent of American adults send text messages every week, if not every day? Since 97% pretty much includes everyone, I guess it's no surprise we send over six billion texts every day. It gets worse, though. Text messages have a ninety-nine percent open rate. We respond to a text in about ninety seconds! Did you ever get annoyed when you got … [Read more...]
Your Journey of Self-Expression
Your paintings are the windows to your soul. Your paintings express your inner feelings in a way words can not. What do your paintings say? Alexander Art will help you release the poetry in your soul. Alexander Art will help you turn your paintings into a symphony. People will look. Then look again. And never quite figure out what's different. Alexander … [Read more...]
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