Everything moves in one way or another – living creatures, ocean waves, geological formations and orbiting planets – and art is no exception. Movement first attracted me to Inuit art, which I illustrated with a picture of a walking polar bear in my previous blog. The way Inuit artists capture movement is what first attracted [...]
I’m infected with the collecting bug, which I probably acquired at conception. I don’t think it’s contagious. In short, I surrendered to my genes, those authoritarian despots. They made collecting an expression of my character. While I am a collector, my sister Jephta isn’t, despite having the same parents and being raised in the same [...]
Reading the front-page article in the New York Times on “sensitivity readers, ” I was struck how the choice of words can have unintended consequences. Read the article and see if you agree with me. The issue is...sensitive. In brief, sensitivity readers screen for slurs, discrimination or ignorance of cultural realities for the purpose of [...]
“Bitch!” said the gentleman, before he sipped champagne. “I hope she takes a tumble,” said the lady next to him, nodding. “What a monster,” drifted across the room in a voice I couldn’t identify. By Andrew Parodi (Own work) [CC BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons The infamous 1994 Women’s Figure Skating Olympics was [...]
