It is love that holds everything together, and it is the everything also. –Rumi
#AdventWord #Walk
He was called “Bobby.” He walked this earth with gusto and loved well. So well that when he died in 2013, those he left behind wove pink ribbon and silk flowers into a chain link fence around a vacant lot on North Clybourn Ave. in Chicago. Today, wild vines weave in and out among the ribbons, their brown, crinkled winter leaves mingling with tattered and faded silk flowers. Bobby’s likeness printed on a white plastic sign is also faded, but he is laughing out loud with wind blown hair. I encountered Bobby’s memorial on the streets of Chicago because I…
AdventWord
If you are a regular reader of my blog, you will probably recall that for several years, I have used my blog to participate in an international phenomenon called “Advent Word,” begun a number of years ago by the Brothers of Saint John the Evangelist. I have been participating since before it became an international phenomenon and before I had a blog with which to create my contributions. AdventWord is now a separate organization with its own website, Facebook page and other social media platforms. Whoever runs it, and I’m not sure what role the Brothers of SSJE currently play,…
Double the Fun
Two shows kick off at near the same time! “Order/Disorder” is an online show, and it is up and running. I was so excited when jurors Virginia Becker and Giselle Obermeier picked Cat’s in the Cradle because it was one of those images I loved but that got passed over by show jurors several times. I don’t necessarily value my work according to whether it gets invited into a juried show or not, but it is always gratifying when someone else sees what I see. Cat’s in the Cradle is one of a series I call “Tracking Tide.” The series…
Winner!
Actually, for the second time, Boudoir for a Beast has received an award. The first was in a statewide competition sponsored by Louisiana Master Naturalist Association. Boudoir won in the “Wildlife” category. Just last week I learned that Boudoir won in the “It’s Alive!” category in a national competition run by Wild Ones, an organization devoted to the use and conservation of native plant species. Their competition featured numerous categories. “It’s Alive!” called for images that depict anything other than a plant at home in its native plant environment. I do not know what kind of log the ‘gator is…
Edge & Essence 