Category: Drawing
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Of Bulkheads and Backstitches
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We have spent the past 10 Sunday mornings together in her sewing studio creating dress forms made specifically to our personal measurements. My friend is creating a new cover for an existing form so that it better reflects her current size. As I have never owned a dress form, making…
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Of Plantings and Pencils
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There is a section of ground by the front door that has been sheltered by the overhang since this house was built in 1954. When we moved in it was desolate and adorned only with a layer of dusty bark mulch, to the delight of neighborhood cats. I was determined…
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Of Currents and Coverlets
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Last week, as I was getting up to leave my own therapy session, I paused to take a quick photo. The items that sit arranged on top of a low bookcase, including a box of tissues, were backlit by the uncovered windows. Whoever had last pulled a tissue from the…
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Saturday Art Adventure: Coffee Shops and Creativity
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My daughter was just old enough to have the vocabulary needed to express the intense opinions that she had spent the first few years of her life cultivating. She was full of ideas and plans, and we created a new ritual between us. Every two or three months I would…