Quotidian #20 Joan Didion

This 8" x 8" oil on museum board is another depiction of my favorite things.  The top two books are beloved Joan Didions.  Her prose is so luminous, that I go back to it again and again.  On top of that, these books are bound in beautiful colors that I enjoy looking at on my bookshelf!

why i paint what i paint #6

Yesterday I saw a staggeringly beautiful film. I was spellbound by the lighting, the images and the themes. The film is "Never Let Me Go" and was adapted from the book by Kazuo Ishiguro. I cannot recommend the book and the film highly enough. It explores themes of technology, ethics, human worth and dignity, and the place of art as an indicator of our intrinsic humanity. Oh, and it re-visits the concept of 'duty and service' that was so beautifully rendered in Ishiguro's "The Remains of the Day". Interestingly, Ishiguro is an immigrant, raised in England by his Japanese parents. He finds the concept of duty very similar in Japan and England and except for his Japanese name, the reader would never question his English lineage.

Monk Librarian #1.

Yesterday, I was puttering in the pocket garden that opens off my studio...for a small break from painting...and thinking about how much I am loving this stage of my life. After an enriching 35 years of raising six children, I am experiencing CHUNKS of working and thinking time....glorious!