Tag: communication

  • Trial and Error

    • “The Triumph of the Nightingale” – mixed media, 7 x 14 in (17.5 x 35 cm).

    In spite of my head cold, trips to the vet, money woes, and general malaise over the last couple of weeks, I did manage to get two new pieces of artwork done.

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  • Speak, Apologize. Repeat.

    • “Oops.”

    Back in the mists of history —  about the fifth grade, I think it was — a teacher informed me that my mouth seemed to operate a bit too much ahead of my brain. Since fifth-grade teachers are prone to such Delphic utterances, I just nodded and said “Yes, ma’am,” as I always did, and continued on my way, without the slightest idea what she was going on about.

    Time has not improved my mouth-brain coordination, but over the intervening decades I’ve begun to understand what she meant.

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