Category: visuals

  • Deconstruction

    Deconstruction

    “The first rule of intelligent tinkering is to save all the pieces.” -Aldo Leopold Before I say anything else… Happy New Year! I hope your holidays were grand. How exciting to be writing my very first post in 2025. I’m still quite busy with my downsizing, minimizing, upcycling (and so on) initiative, but I’ll be…

  • The Chill

    The Chill

    “In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy.” -William Blake It’s not really cold like this where I live, but the old house we reside in begs to differ. My fingers are frozen. This isn’t really about the cold though. I was inspired by a photograph I saw, of a tree, and this…

  • Art of Simplicity

    Art of Simplicity

    “The art of simplicity is a puzzle of complexity”Douglas Horton I’m sure the meaning behind Horton’s quote was a bit more profound than the way I’m interpreting it – but it’s perfect nonetheless. Simplicity is hard! Basically, for many of us I would imagine, simplicity means change. It’s like trying to eat healthy if you…

  • Less is More

    Less is More

    My riches consist not in the extent of my possessions, but in the fewness of my wants. -Joseph Brotherton A New Series is in the Works! I came up with the idea for this post several days ago, as well as the title, but this afternoon I had a hard time living up to it…

  • …in the window

    …in the window

    “My head was once a filing cabinet. Now it’s a flurry of papers, floating on a draft.” -A.J. Finn, The Woman in the Window I started this woman some time ago and just came back to her after I got tired of the newer things I’ve been working on. I keep doing that… losing interest…

  • Bare Boldness

    Bare Boldness

    Be as Bold as your Hair. I chose to use the word BOLD for a couple of reasons. For one thing, this woman must be bold because one wrong move from her could result in another Janet Jackson controversy. Haha! Poor Janet. I’m sorry I even brought that old mishap up, but it was the…