Category Archives: Drawings & Paintings

Why Not Paint the World?

“Art is the child of imagination and gives life.”  Mirka Mora (1928-2018)   Mirka in Melbourne VIA and Mirka with painted sweater VIA Mirka Zelik Mora (1928-2018)  recently died. Born in France, in 1942 Mirka, along with other  Jewish family … Continue reading

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The Burden of Beauty

Frederic Leighton was an English artist who followed his own shadow looking for a direction to go in. Maybe it was because he was still very young but I had a feeling it was because he was ambiguous within.  In … Continue reading

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Freud’s Cat

Nothing can be more overwhelming for self-image and self-esteem  than a lousy love life—something I quickly learned after an abrupt break up. Unhappiness is very destructive and I began developing a series of quirks and tics  For example, I draped … Continue reading

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Nick Cave’s Weather Diaries

It was our first night together in the big room with a little bed on via Garibaldi.  Nick Cave and the Seeds provided the background music.  Hugh found it all so poetic but, to tell the truth, Nick kinda unsettles … Continue reading

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Eudora Welty (1909-2001)

Even though the fan was going full blast, I was suffocating.  It was a night in June of 1963 and I was in Jackson visiting my friend Eudora.  There’d been much tension in town due to the demonstrations. Nerves were … Continue reading

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