Monthly Archives: September 2009

Community Hurts Like Heaven

My dear friend and brother Corey Beals gave a chapel talk with that title at George Fox last Monday.  Corey teaches Philosophy and Religious studies here at Fox and is a scholar of Wendell Berry and the philosopher Levinas. Thought … Continue reading

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Sorry, it Was Really Envy,

I have yet another recent ink, watercolor and gouache to share with you. This one has a funny story; well I think it’s funny in retrospect here….  You may recall my comment in my September 8th post, that I’m completing … Continue reading

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A short time in expectaion.

Read a little bit of Henri Nouwen this morning and thought I’d share some of what I read with you.  I am always moved by this man’s honesty and depth.  He wrestled with his angels and loved many. Here’s the … Continue reading

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Both, And

Well, thought I’d share with you another one of the ink gouache and watercolor pieces that I’ve completed as of late.  Hope you are having a good evening (well, or morning, afternoon etc…).

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Fun with reclaimed lumber

So working on the frames for all these monoprints and mixed media pieces and I decided to endeavor to get wood that has already has had a life as something else.  I will admit I wandered the isles of Home … Continue reading

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A couple of quotes from our friend Leonardo

I Saw an exhibit several months back on the Renaissance painter Leonardo daVinci; here were some of my favorite quotes I found of his: “It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and … Continue reading

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Variations on a Theme

When I was about seven, I received a toy my parent’s gave me that they had gotten in their travels to Ireland.  It was a wooden stacking head of a man with blue eyes and a yellow pipe.  The brim … Continue reading

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J.D. Perkin at Laura Russo

An artist friend of mine, J.D. Perkin in September has work up at the Laura Russo Gallery in Portland.  His current set of ceramic figures are these delightful “boxers” some of which remind me of thoughtful toys or the old … Continue reading

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A Little F. Scott Peck Quote…

Just read this a few days ago and found myself resonating with this remark of Peck’s.  Thought you might find it of use as well: “We are called to wholeness and simultaneously to recognize our incompleteness; called to power and … Continue reading

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Getting ink, watercolor, and gouache pieces done…

In the summer of 2005 I was at the tail end of doing a series of ink and watercolor pieces that I had been creating for two years.  To begin these, as I traveled about in my bag I would … Continue reading

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