Tag: Charcoal Drawing
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The Critique
“Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice.”Steve Jobs I’ve never found putting myself “out there” easy. Last month I wrote of my gratitude for friends and family who came to see my paintings on display at the Bellefonte Art Museum. I am endlessly blessed and buoyed by the incredible…
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Unlearning
“Anything worth doing is worth doing right.” Hunter S. Thompson It’s back-to-school time, truly one of my favorite seasons of the year. At 60, I still yearn to purchase a new notebook, sharpen a #2 pencil, and sit in the front row of a classroom like a nerdy sponge, ready to absorb. We live in a…
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Find My Friends
Find My Friends is an App I encouraged everyone in my family to download onto our iPhones years ago. My children were gradually scattering first across the state, then the country and then, on occasion, the globe, and I found comfort in the idea that we could always find each other (at least each other’s…
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