corita kent

The Beauty of the Amateur
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The Beauty of the Amateur

From the artist Corita Kent’s book, Learning by Heart: Teachings to Free the Creative Spirit: “A tremendously constricting force on our contemporary society is the concept of the professional or specialist, who deals for the most part with what has already been done and builds on his own limits. To the extent we can approach…

Approaching our work as amateurs
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Approaching our work as amateurs

From the artist Corita Kent’s book, Learning by Heart: Teachings to Free the Creative Spirit: “A tremendously constricting force on our contemporary society is the concept of the professional or specialist, who deals for the most part with what has already been done and builds on his own limits. To the extent we can approach…

Reclaiming our selves as artists
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Reclaiming our selves as artists

I’ve always wanted an art car. (I’ve admired them for years.) And after spending the July 4th weekend with my friend Dorcey (she’s one of the most inventive, wild, eccentric, creative people that I know), I went home and started painting my RV. It’s sort of like I broke through a barrier of some sort—from…

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