Posts Tagged: art

Imagine Aging Boldly – How My Younger Self  Envisioned Me Aging

Buried in a sheaf of old yellowing drawings I did in 1977 as an art student was a selfie of sorts that caught my eye. The assignment given by my teacher at SVA was one I vividly remember. Draw yourself

Imagine Aging Boldly – How My Younger Self  Envisioned Me Aging

Buried in a sheaf of old yellowing drawings I did in 1977 as an art student was a selfie of sorts that caught my eye. The assignment given by my teacher at SVA was one I vividly remember. Draw yourself

Queens Man Indicted

Where better to begin the downfall of Donald Trump than in New York City? The Big Apple has long known their spurious son is rotten to the core. It is perfect karma that the beginning of his end was dished

Queens Man Indicted

Where better to begin the downfall of Donald Trump than in New York City? The Big Apple has long known their spurious son is rotten to the core. It is perfect karma that the beginning of his end was dished

Does Beauty Have an Expiration Date?

Today I turn 68 and to believe the media, I have long passed my expiration date of desirability as a woman. But here’s the un-botoxed- wrinkle in that. Every woman is an “ageing woman.” Yet the window for beguiling is

Does Beauty Have an Expiration Date?

Today I turn 68 and to believe the media, I have long passed my expiration date of desirability as a woman. But here’s the un-botoxed- wrinkle in that. Every woman is an “ageing woman.” Yet the window for beguiling is

Happy International Women’s Day 2023

Don’t just accept the card you are dealt. Play your own hand. It’s no mystery- women are powerful Happy International Womens Day

Happy International Women’s Day 2023

Don’t just accept the card you are dealt. Play your own hand. It’s no mystery- women are powerful Happy International Womens Day

Sold Straight

  Being 14 is a confusing time no matter what time period you lived in. Understanding the facts of life can feel confusing. Especially when the facts of life you are taught aren’t even facts at all. In fact, they

Sold Straight

  Being 14 is a confusing time no matter what time period you lived in. Understanding the facts of life can feel confusing. Especially when the facts of life you are taught aren’t even facts at all. In fact, they

A Christian Nation Not Just For For Christmas

While some want to keep Christ in Christmas, others desperately want to keep Christ in America. Oh for Christ’s sake! We are not a Christian nation. Well, except maybe at Christmas when it is hard to avoid the 24/7 onslaught

A Christian Nation Not Just For For Christmas

While some want to keep Christ in Christmas, others desperately want to keep Christ in America. Oh for Christ’s sake! We are not a Christian nation. Well, except maybe at Christmas when it is hard to avoid the 24/7 onslaught

A Window Into My World

If you are in the New York area on October 16th I am inviting the public into my home and studio for an archaeological dig into the mid-century culture. As part of the Heckscher Museum of Arts Long Island Biennial

A Window Into My World

If you are in the New York area on October 16th I am inviting the public into my home and studio for an archaeological dig into the mid-century culture. As part of the Heckscher Museum of Arts Long Island Biennial

art collage women appropriated images

Women’s Equality Day

Though often unacknowledged, August 26 is Women’s Equality Day. More than  40 years after the women’s liberation movement stormed onto the scene opening a floodgate of dialogue about women’s rights, its déjà vu all over again. Today women are still

art collage women appropriated images

Women’s Equality Day

Though often unacknowledged, August 26 is Women’s Equality Day. More than  40 years after the women’s liberation movement stormed onto the scene opening a floodgate of dialogue about women’s rights, its déjà vu all over again. Today women are still

The Problem With Aging Is the Problem

The real problem with aging is that we consider it a problem We don’t need to defy aging. We need to embrace it and not see it through the lens of decline. Or diminishment The images of “older women” were

The Problem With Aging Is the Problem

The real problem with aging is that we consider it a problem We don’t need to defy aging. We need to embrace it and not see it through the lens of decline. Or diminishment The images of “older women” were

How Old Is Old -Women, Aging and Art

How old is old is, an age-old question and the answer keeps changing especially for women. Forty may be the new thirty and sixty the new fifty, but aging itself continues to be seen as diminishment and decline. Long ascribed

How Old Is Old -Women, Aging and Art

How old is old is, an age-old question and the answer keeps changing especially for women. Forty may be the new thirty and sixty the new fifty, but aging itself continues to be seen as diminishment and decline. Long ascribed