Here’s a fun exercise to try yourself. Make lines horizontally and vertically down a page, varying the distance between them. Using colored pencils, markers or paint, choose 3-5 colors and color a few (or a lot) of the spaces between the lines. Quite meditative.
And thanks so much for all the positive replies to my plan in 2024 to offer you affordable art to support color-blind non-partisan voter registration in NC.
Martin Luther King Day was last week, but here in North Carolina (where we moved from Boston 3 years ago), King’s dream has yet to be fulfilled. If you are a person of color, it can be scary to register and vote: from inconvenient registration hours, to Proud Boys’ pickups trucks near the polls with shotguns in their gun racks. I hope to partner with you this year so that everyone, regardless of skin color or political party, can vote. So each week my art will be for sale and the price will be listed below the painting (+ $10 postage). 100% of the purchase price will go to non-partisan voter registration in NC. Together, let’s ensure the right to vote for all!
One of our greatest winter pleasures is watching the birds come and go from the feeders.
Loving my New Year’s resolutions, which I’ve nicknamed “SCREL.” S for Spirit: 10 minutes on meditation (on an app), then writing 3 gratitudes + today’s “to do” list. C for Creating something for 10 minutes. R for a couple of minutes of Remembering a past event in detail. E for 30 minutes of Exercise (walking and/or yoga). L for a few minutes of Learning something new (usually on Wikipedia). About an hour total to create a balanced, healthy day! Here’s today’s Creating, which started with a scribble, then stream of consciousness took over.
