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Suspended

For nearly 12 years I have attended the biannual Tempe arts street fair for the single purpose of seeing Ora Tamir’s surreal wonderlands. As if painted from within the landscapes of my own soul, her enchanting beings draw me in to a universe her and I have once shared. Each year I become braver and braver in my incitation of conversation, usually after I have spent some time preening over her latest masterpiece, I break into a humble will and…

For the Love of Art

        I am a firm believer in the need to express our selves through various creative modalities.  Our creative capacity is something that flows from the soul, and gets blocked from the critical mind.  Too often we don’t create because we are led to believe that a masterpiece should be made.  Our inner self-critic over-rides the playful innocence that wants to color outside the lines and create things that are abstract and imperfect.  We attach to the end…