Category Archives: Drawings & Paintings

The Self in A Portrait

Posted on July 20, 2013 by Art for Housewives

Self-portrait, Livadia When you look at yourself in the mirror, you see your opposite and not the way you really are. So is a self-portrait really possible? I mean, how can you truly know yourself via  a reflection. Seeing yourself in … Continue reading →

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Kalo Taxidi

Posted on July 19, 2013 by Art for Housewives

My Zen teacher and friend is leaving Paros tonight.  I will miss her.  A lot. Kalo taxidi, Connie!

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A Book of Errors

Posted on June 27, 2013 by Art for Housewives

On Market Street in Parikia, there’s a tiny little shop, PAWS,  that raises money to feed stray animals by selling donated items.  That’s where I bought “The Unknown Errors of Our Lives” by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni. (Divakaruni is better known for … Continue reading →

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Practice your mistakes

Posted on May 21, 2013 by Art for Housewives

We all have something in common—we make mistakes. But what makes the difference between us is how we deal with them. Julian Jaynes wrote that thinking too much can inhibit learning.  He used the example of one learning to type … Continue reading →

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Space debris

Posted on May 4, 2013 by Art for Housewives

Dr Brian O’Leary, physics professor,  astronaut and founding president of the New Energy Movement, made this claim a few months before his death: aliens have been trying to contact us for a very long time. Well, one may wonder, just … Continue reading →

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