Art & Quilts

  • Big Screen!

    Last night I was able to have an early viewing of my episode that David Cowardin and Lola Visuals created.  I was a bit nervous…and was pondering why. What I know, is that we (the outspoken) are not viewed as… Continue reading

  • The Mic is Open.

    "Art is both therapy and tragedy. Somewhere in the mix lies hope for humanity. That is the foundation of our work … the intangible hope that pulls us toward some horizon we spend every day trying to explain, knowing that… Continue reading

  • All of You!

    Day two of filming "Call Me Mental"  It is hard to articulate the process for it is Art in the making…and you are just a piece of a bigger picture…and yet how you present yourself will add or take away… Continue reading

  • How I came to be…

    First day of filming done….and actually David was here for the morning.  He was wonderful wonderful!  Kind, curious, attentive and very creative, quiet, responsive, and open.  The perfect photojournalist for me!  Thanks Chad Johnson for connecting us! He wanted a… Continue reading

  • My Lady is going on Film!

    The "Roots of Rescue" is a documentary on rescuing animals in the south, or perhaps the treatment of animals or even the separation of seeing even the animal and its needs. http://rootsofrescue.com  (you can "Like" Roots of Rescue on facebook and… Continue reading

  • Comfortable being you!

    In the past few days, from a variety of people and experiences, I have witnessed the word "Worry" in action.  I had to see what the true meaning of the word is. "Worry" - give way to anxiety or unease; allow… Continue reading

  • Behind the Art.

    "It may still be decades or even centuries before humankind stops regarding the knowledge stored up in the unconscious as immaterial, as pathological fantasies of the insane or of eccentric poets, and comes to see it for what it really… Continue reading

  • Art Distraction!

    With a square border, I decided to play with squares in the middle, but it seems they became undone, like the boxes and frames of the beliefs we can get lost in…or learn to dance with! I loved this border… Continue reading

  • I had denied Me.

    In a comment on the Extoots blog post about Labels and the ensuing discussion about being judged by them, a comment struck me.  "If it isn't being said, then it doesn't exist." This technique is literally the blueprint of denial;… Continue reading

  • Walk of Grace.

    I am not sure it matters, what level of mental illness we have, how devasting it is or how life encompassing or whether we can function in the 'normal' world or not…the bottom line is we are invisible to most.… Continue reading