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“There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique. If you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and be lost. The world will not have it.
It is not your business to determine how good it is; nor how valuable it is; nor how it compares with other expressions. It is your business to keep it yours, clearly and directly,
to keep the channel open. You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep open and aware directly of the urges that motivate you.
Keep the channel open. No artist is pleased. There is no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is only a queer, divine dissatisfaction; a blessed unrest that keeps us marching and makes us more alive than the others."
--Martha Graham to Agnes DeMille
It is not your business to determine how good it is; nor how valuable it is; nor how it compares with other expressions. It is your business to keep it yours, clearly and directly,
to keep the channel open. You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep open and aware directly of the urges that motivate you.
Keep the channel open. No artist is pleased. There is no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is only a queer, divine dissatisfaction; a blessed unrest that keeps us marching and makes us more alive than the others."
--Martha Graham to Agnes DeMille
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October apples in Michigan
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Delicious donuts with some tangy cider
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Circle of stumps at an elementary school
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Autumn Gold
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Star Bolt
Electrified Sidewalk
"Houdini" by Kathy King- my latest acquisition
Summer berries
Great colors from the National Botanical Gardens.
Giambologna Rooster
Little fishy for underglaze samples at work
Fireflies
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There is no better start for thinking than laughter. -Walter Benjamin _______________ 
Giorgio Morandi Still Life
Our family cat, Badluck.
A Chikanobu wood-block print entitled "Iris." Meiji era prints were fantastic for their depictions of traditional Japanese figures donning Western costume.
Love taking leisurely rides on my new-to-me mountain bike.
Wayne Thiebaud
Sand magnified 200x
Goats in Trees
Fiesta Ware
Palazzo Vecchio, Florence Italy
Grand Lake Theater, Oakland, California
Edward Gorey. Macabre and amazing.
Edward Gorey, sketches from "Dracula"
George Barbier Fashion Drawings
Succulents!
Beautiful brick building in Chelsea, MI
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Calder Cow
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I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it. -Thomas Jefferson _______________ 
Paul Manship's version of Aesop's "The Fox and the Crow," wherein the fox compliments the crow to entice it to speak its thanks and drop the piece of cheese it was holding in its beak.
Willem de Kooning Clam Diggers
Giorgio Morandi "Paesaggio" watercolor
Apricot Croissant Square
Scarification, appeared National Geographic, 1966.
Yinka Shonibare How to Shoot Two Heads at Once
I grew up with chickens, including Araucanas, Buff Bramas, Rhode Island Reds, and Barred Rocks. They laid the loveliest eggs!
Tiny Truck in Florence
Gibson print, with caption "A Northeaster: Some look well in it."
Buckminster Fuller Dymaxion Map - much more accurate representation of Earth's proportions.
Austrian National Library - Belle's library in Beauty and the Beast is based upon this one.
Roald Dahl and Quentin Blake- killer duo.
Matilda
Marburg, Germany
Ian Falconer's work of genius: Olivia
Natsume (tea caddy) from the Denver Art Museum's Collection
Portrait in the bottom of a teacup from my grandmother's collection.
Henri Matisse
"Havana" wood-block print by Toshi Yoshida, 1954
Fenton's Creamery, Oakland, California
Alexander Calder
Hopi Corn Maiden Fetishes
Octogenarian Twins at the Omaha airport
Crazy flower
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