Shortcuts
When I moved into our current neighbourhood 12 years ago, I was surprised to see a lot of open spaces around the houses. There are hardly...
The Hum of Bees
Author Elizabeth Lawrence said “The hum of bees is the voice of the garden.” This quote embodies for me the importance of bees in our...
Dual Allegiance
I am a German citizen living in Canada, that definitely fits the “International” theme. It is an important part of who I am. I’ve been...
Wave Optics
Looking out over water every day when we got the theme “Reflection” made it natural for me to chose reflections on water as my visual. I...
Unique Identities
My final piece for the theme “Identity” is somewhat different from what I envisioned initially, and what I wrote in my last blog post....
Multiple Identities
I was thinking about our last theme, Masks, and how this new one really ties neatly into it. I think we all have within us multiple...
Same/Different (Homage to Jawlensky)
I wrote in my blog post last week about my inspiration for the mask piece. It goes back to an exhibition I saw a long time ago in Germany...
Masklike Portraits
As I was reflecting on our theme “Masks” I started to see that a mask is basically a reduction of the human face to a minimalistic set of...
The Great Divide
When I wrote about our theme Disunity a few weeks ago I had written about a chasm between factions in societies that could not be crossed...
The Time Within
All living organisms, be it plants or animals, share in their genes the same structure that helps them adapt to the time of day. We all...
