No. 9 in the Daily Art cycle. Finally used some collage material sent to me via Mail Artist “Nonlocal Variable“ (Oregon) for this asemic. It’s very common in #mailart exchanges to receive a packet of #collage items — and fun! Why did I pick this particular item from the collage packet? I guess I resonatedContinue reading “Daily Art Cycle”
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Daily Drawing / Meditation
I’m doing my “daily-drawing-practice-until-I-die” project. Up to No. 16 (my 16th day). I’ve decided that every time I get to 100, I will reward Self with an extremely yummy cookie. I know my friend Joan (who passed on recently and inspired this project) would approve. One nice perk is that these little drawings are providingContinue reading “Daily Drawing / Meditation”
From Tony Robles: “A Monk’s Invisible Footprints”
I’ve been keeping track of the Theravada #Buddhist monks’ “Peace Walk,” their journey by foot from Texas, through the Bible Belt, to DC. It has been a hard slog (and some of the monks are barefoot), but as they walk, the crowds that welcome them are getting larger and larger. Filipino American author Tony RoblesContinue reading “From Tony Robles: “A Monk’s Invisible Footprints””
Blogging Over Mass Social Media
I’ve been blogging regularly every since I created my first blog on Geocities around 2001. Later I switched to WordPress. Blogging brought me to a community of writers and artists, some of whom I have met in person, collaborated with on books, and remain friends with to this day. I’ve also been on social mediaContinue reading “Blogging Over Mass Social Media”
Drawing Bee
Last night I attended the online social “Drawing Bee” on Zoom sponsored by artist John F. Simon, Jr., author of Drawing Your Own Path: 33 Practices at the Crossroads of Art and Meditation. I had purchased the book recently because I was interested in drawing meditation practices, and I intend to develop a a moreContinue reading “Drawing Bee”
My Third Lung
Check out my latest post “My Third Lung” in my newsletter. Also: Mom’s Letter/Zuihitsu; Eric & Martin Demaine, Joan Takayama-Ogawa, Henry Eiland, Persistent Bloom, & Ralph Pugay; Constantinople ensemble, & Reyben Kim plays nose flute. #art #writing #1950s #music #culture
Behind the Scenes
I’ve got a new post on Substack: Behind the scenes, there is research, organizing, scanning, and filing. Also: Catalina Africa, Steve Silver, Kathryn Vercillo, Kirk Gordon; Open Reel Ensemble, and Shimon Hoshino.
Small acrylic painting on wood
“Sploosh 2025.” I haven’t painted in acrylics for several years now. But I saw an old painting I had started long ago on a recycled panel I found at Good Will. I felt the previous version was “timid,” and decided to paint over it–just had fun with it.
Jean Vengua 