Last night - 9 1/2 hours of sleep - was the first night in as long as I can remember - that I woke up fully rested.

And now all of this has been pouring out.

Thanks to: Sleep - deep + restorative Beautiful dreams Sunlight bright. George Orwell Sleepy cats who let me sleep.

 ESSAYS: TRAVEL AFRICA: Malawi Mozambique Ethiopia: cornfields by Malawi the hospital. I want to die in Varanasi, India. Confetti: chief in NYC on eve of millennium. Butterfly sanctuary in Mexico Mexico Journal

 ESSAYS: GREAT ART experiences Georgia O'Keefe's cloud painting at Chicago AI Anselm Kiefer-Fort Worth Modern Richard Avedon-Amon Carter Van Gogh-Chicago Lee Bontecou-Chicago Beatrix Potter-Morgan Library Tom Coleman Sheldon Art Gallery Collection Fabergé Eggs-Kimball what happens in this moment?

2.22.18
Headlines are so shitty, how about some fashion headlines instead?

LIQUID ENVY

THE WORLD NEEDS MORE SPARKLE

FAR BEYOND THE ORDINARY LIES THE UNFORGETTABLE.

Artists are sometimes subconsciously trained to believe "business bad." But I believe that young artists, whether visual or performing, would be well prepared to understand budgets, business plans, and strategy. Artists step into the world pretty much un-armed with practical strategies for keeping their art alive in the real world. b. What was I involved in? I was pretty much totally involved in being a young art student. The art dept. provided us with small studio spaces, and every evening from sophomore year on was spent at the art

dept. I loved it. I worked in the journalism dept. in my sophomore year under Professor Marron (a character! He dressed like Benjamin Franklin) and then at Sheldon for my junior and senior years. I loved all three experiences. After graduation, I taught several freshman drawing classes, and loved doing that. So it was art studio time, work at my job, and go to bars for a beer at 10, 10:30, or 11 at nite mostly. Now—a long gap, 7) What brought me to Texas? My now husband Kelly Nash got a job with the EPA in Dallas in 1978. I