A Song for Sandy Hook
A Song for Sandy Hook In times of crisis, when words fail and hearts threaten to stop, I turn to art to help me make sense of something that I …
Idea No. 20: Christmas Cards
I’m gonna come out and say it, I love Christmas. I’ve celebrated it in all kinds of ways. Straight up Episcopalian religious, completely pagan, commercial x-mas, and any combination there …
Idea No. 19: If You Give a Girl a Snowflake…
As an art instructor, I make a lot of stuff. If you’ve poked around on my website you’ve probably seen my paintings and maybe even my ceramics, but I also …
Idea No. 18: Boobs not Booze
As you may be able to imagine, there are a lot of strange things about being a teenage graduate student in Boston. The most obvious is that despite my degrees …
Idea No. 17: Unbreakable Pencils
I’m working on a drawing, actually about to finish it, and in the process I have remembered something: I hate pencils. I’ve never been able to draw well with pencils. …
Idea No. 16: Portraits with Paintings (and other art)
Have you ever seen those pictures where a person is put next to a picture of their dog and it’s amazing how similar they are? I want to make a …
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Idea No. 15: Bernhardt and Bankhead
My sister and I finally had the idea for the title of our co-written autobiography (yet to happen): Bernhardt and Bankhead. Like most siblings, my sister and I have had …
Idea No. 14: Glue Hands
Little mosaic paper tiles spill all over the floor. “Can everyone help clean up this spill?” “I know how to clean it up!” Grabs glue stick. Covers hands. Proceeds to …
Idea No. 13: Four Paintings, a Bus, and a Train
One of my realities as part-time instructor and full-time graduate student is that I can’t afford a car. I have a running pro and con list to the predicament. On …
Idea No. 12: Nathan Chow Bares All
Here’s an idea, what if I just write up the most personal points of my life story and and put them on the internet for everyone to read? That’s exactly …