Wednesday, July 27, 2022

Unhidered

 Taking notes/sketching and pre-writing before actually attempting to write a draft of a poem or paint on a canvas has been an important part of my own creative process. Simply giving yourself a chance to write or sketch (unhidered by any inner critical voice) and being unconcered about the finished result (in that very early stage) has been liberating for my poetry and art.

7/27/2022

Thursday, July 7, 2022

Tempera Paint/Digital Art

I have always loved painting with tempera (cakes and liquid) and just a bit of acrylic mixed in (as William Blake did alongside his relief etchings). The paint is (unlike oils) wonderfully fluid and cooperative and I like being able to blend it in easily in case I need to make several fresh starts on the same canvas. I have also experimented with digital art after getting a computer in 1998 and usually take a photograph and modify it using photoshop to enhance colors and the overall composition of the image. I have found that these digital images can work well as illustrations for my poetry. 7/7/2022

Language of Light

My poetry, music and art have always been a place for me of supernatural communion between the divine and earthly realms.The liberation of t...