It went on a lot longer than six seconds—some of the fattest, heaviest raindrops I’ve ever seen. The wetness of this Spring cannot be overstated. A Year Ago: Cupcakes It’s a lot easier to sell soda and cupcakes than it is to sell giclée prints… [read more]
Tag Archive: water
This Too Is Water [Palette]
One of challenges of camera phones is that it’s not always easy to tell what you’ve focused on. I wasn’t really sure what I had until I got it back to my desktop computer and saw it on a large screen. When I took the photograph, I thought it was entirely about pattern and distortion…
Rain & Grit
Asheville’s not all flowers and mountains and sunshine. There’s a small but persuasive seam of urban grit to be found here, and when by god it rains—it rains like hell. Bumcombe and surrounding counties are under a flood warning. (I can practically hear Bob thinking “I left the desert for this?) I’m afraid to go…
French Broad
I’ll admit that the name makes me giggle, as I picture some brassy Parisian dame swaggairing down ze boulevard wizout geeving a feeg for ennywan, espèces de salauds, quoi! But the French Broad River is far more interesting than that. It flows in a northwesterly direction, which is completely and utterly counterintuitive, especially as it…
Ornamental Geometry
Borders are interesting places. They are loci of strife or of harmony. They can be gradual transitions or abrupt shifts; they provide the contrast that makes vision possible. Edges are where change propagates or dies. A culture that fails to respect those who inhabit the outlying regions—where the new and strange are encountered and negotiated—will…
Flow
Eight and half hours on the road again, back to Asheville. Sure, I’ll go with the flow—if the flow will go with me. [Once again, updates likely to be sparser.] A Year Ago: Here, Have A Flower This morning, I belatedly remembered that I had no coffee in the house… [read more]
Lingam
Too early. Magnolias are not supposed to bloom until at least a week or two into June. But like everything else this year, they are way ahead of schedule. I emerged from my afternoon shift at Artomatic just in time to see the heavens open up and deliver a bucketing thunderstorm. That, plus the unseasonable…
Drop by Drop
I’ve never been anywhere where the level of support and engagement with the arts, artists, and artisans/craftspeople was so ubiquitous, enthusiastic, and egalitarian. This small city is absolute steeped in art-love. Amazing. A Year Ago: Grains of Gold Today is Tax Day in the U.S… [read more]
The Arc of Spring
We have reached the apogee of Spring early this year. The normal parabolic curve of quickening, leafing, and flowering has seemingly become exponential, rocketing to (perhaps) an early flame-out. This picture is from the earliest days of the season, before the crazy warmth and the explosive growth. This quiet beginning, with only the smallest hints…