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Vanitas I
This piece is based on a painting, Vanitas Still Life, by Jan Van Kessel the Elder, dating back to 1665/1670. What struck me about this painting was the sense of...
Vanitas I
This piece is based on a painting, Vanitas Still Life, by Jan Van Kessel the Elder, dating back to 1665/1670. What struck me about this painting was the sense of...
The Passage
I have spoken at length about my love of using art and writing to open portals to other worlds, times, and experiences. The following is a story about how I...
The Passage
I have spoken at length about my love of using art and writing to open portals to other worlds, times, and experiences. The following is a story about how I...
A Place at the Table
Reserving a seat or setting a table for loved ones who have passed is a tradition for some. This is a cherished and enduring custom in many families, cultures, and...
A Place at the Table
Reserving a seat or setting a table for loved ones who have passed is a tradition for some. This is a cherished and enduring custom in many families, cultures, and...
Flowers from the Underworld
Six seeds, and the sound of an armored door swinging shut for six months. Is this what the pomegranates resembled? Glistening, labyrinthine, brimming with promise and secrets. They must have...
Flowers from the Underworld
Six seeds, and the sound of an armored door swinging shut for six months. Is this what the pomegranates resembled? Glistening, labyrinthine, brimming with promise and secrets. They must have...
Blackwood
“Some of us, that day, she led inexorably through the gates of death. Some of us, innocent and unsuspecting, took, unwillingly, that one last step to oblivion. Some of us...
Blackwood
“Some of us, that day, she led inexorably through the gates of death. Some of us, innocent and unsuspecting, took, unwillingly, that one last step to oblivion. Some of us...
At the Doorway of Dreaming
Have you forgotten, as you grew, how to dream? Perhaps you lost your ability to bring the glimmers at the corners of your eyes into focus. The peripheral plane of...
At the Doorway of Dreaming
Have you forgotten, as you grew, how to dream? Perhaps you lost your ability to bring the glimmers at the corners of your eyes into focus. The peripheral plane of...