Painting is Magic but painting is really hard I reread the first line 12 years after Isabelle and Oliver were born and realized that I...

Nature is now my teacher. It tells me where I need to be. I am its embodiment

I know the work is just starting. I long for time to just let the brush touches the surface w colors, forms, intention and then let it...

The waves were relentless today. Antony hung back I looked over and knew that he was there because of me and I was glad. In technical...

Damn so beautiful today. Finally found a spot to paint. At least I offered up my body to her yesterday and she made me paid for it by...

It's almost 7 AM and the first morning light was emerging. Most morning I wouldn't know because I would be deep into my daily scrum...

I never knew how foggy SD could get until I took a day off from work since landed. But this is what I learned winter means out here. I...

From the Powerhouse park above Del Mar beach I could see the surfers and sun worshippers dotting below in the water enjoying the last...

Before I knew what painting was about, I was asked to physicalize a young Việt Cộng soldier through movements to assist an ex-Marine...

My American Mother used to remind me that when I first came to live w her I had said all trees were the same. There were not many trees in Saigon. What I first saw at 334 Warwick were the majestic trees. They were so tall reaching toward the open sky and so expansive that hid any hint of suburban living. Later, I cried a little when PSE&G had to chop one of them down because a branch had fallen on the electrical lines between neighbors on a very severe frozen night. It wa

Viet Nam was created by this beautiful story of the dragon meeting this beautiful water maiden who realized that they no longer could be...

After museum on Friday, I waited for all the students to leave before asking Frank to have dinner along with Rebekha. Happy that he said yes. I always love walking w Frank back to his home downtown from the Museum or the Park as we had done countless times over the years. Went picked up the car from garage. Knew better than parking at the MET which would charge an arm and a leg. I knew the ride downtown would be the only time we would have together. Ines said they no lo

There is no one I love more than Frank. In the refugee camp Indian Town Gap PA, when I first learned to ride my bike and gained my...

No one gives recipe for dealing w fears. Just have to jump in and swim like crazy until the body warms up and start to feel connected. ...

Ines could have given me her latest work and I would cherish and try to reach the same standard. But as my Dearest friend she, like...

I sat in my darkened car outside of Lifetime Fitness. It was almost 9 PM EST. The high school swimmers were almost done. I dreaded...

Holy is that which makes us Whole Why abstraction? My 2009 Toyota Highlander is approaching 200K miles. I gives its TLC w premium gas and oil and it gives me back the best perfornance on the road. On roadless travel, returning this rental car there will be no regrets. All the separate parts would finally meet. We are one after all. Paintings on a wall are just witnesses for a point in time. Expressing the inexpressible in an instance is why abstraction is needed. The sear