I love when there is a confluence of ideas that merge together within a short period of time. Such was the case last week for me when starlings emerged from the ether and became front and center of my focus. It started with reading an op-ed piece by David Brooks in the New York Times about how the brain works, and comparing it to the murmurations of starlings. Then just a couple of days later, I saw a flock of them flying together above the farm behind my house, during a snow storm. It took a few tries to capture them on video, because they disappeared out of view a couple of times before I could get outside with...
So happy to have seen the Ruth Asawa retrospective at MoMA before it closed. February 7th will be the last day, so if you can make it over there before then I highly recommend seeing it. I was taken by so many things: her talent, her resilience, her ability to share her work and knowledge with young people (and old people too!), her foresight to get a patent for her unique wire construction, and her ability to produce an abundance of work in a multitude of mediums. When she was 16 she was sent to an internment camp in Santa Anita, California, along with her mother and siblings, a punishment for simply being of Japanese descent, and then later moved...
I am so grateful to my sister Molly for inviting my husband and me to spend time with her in North Carolina. She rented a house right on the beach with a wrap around front porch, which made for the perfect viewing of early morning sunrises. I love what she wrote in a book that she put together since: "There is nothing more symbolic of hope and renewal than the sunrise. All things seem possible in the presence of the sun's impossible beauty. When your world is in turmoil, the simple truth in knowing the sun will continue to rise is a healing thought." - Molly Ahearn (Here is a link to her own blog post with stunning photos and...
I recently went to see a textile exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum entitled "Weaving Abstraction In Ancient and Modern Art". Absolutely loved it! It will be up until June 16th. The piece shown above is by Sheila Hicks and is entitled Linen Lean-To. Hicks was one of 4 modern artists whose work was juxtaposed with weavings of ancient Andean artists. All of the work in the exhibit utilized abstract designs and geometric patterns. If it weren't for the signage that included approximate dates for the pieces, it would have been hard to distinguish the old from the new in some cases. My sister Molly holding up an M+A Knotted Horse Hair Tassel that looks right at home in the space. Above...
Over at M + A this month we are celebrating the longer days that come with spring, and the wonder of light in general. We are so happy to shed the layers and weight of winter, and ease into sun soaked days ahead.
