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As we breathe, we write… 10 Jul 2013 | 03:28 am
Hothouse Flower …and paint…and sing…and dance... Without living a creative life, the process of bringing something new into being, we live in fear of being wrong. Salvador Dali said, “Have no fear ...
Memoir Writing Intensive 4 Jun 2013 | 06:39 am
If you were one of the many people who attended my recent “Introduction to Memoir Writing” workshop, I’d like to thank you. It was a pleasure to meet each of you and to share the basics of memoir wri...
The Human Quest for Freedom, Thoughts on Passover 2 Apr 2013 | 07:29 am
“Passover begins at sundown the evening preceding the fifteenth day of the Hebrew month of Nissan. It is the great spring celebration of the Jewish people. Passover began as a nature holiday, celebrat...
Hothouse Flower 5 Feb 2013 | 06:59 am
Today, the temperature is 9 degrees. I look out my windows and see frozen snow at least 12″ high. It’s very still and quiet… no wind blowing. No people walking dogs. I am inside at my desk typing awa...
Welcome… 3 Feb 2013 | 07:50 pm
Myrna Leigh Cohn’s paintings reflect the inner journey of her life… the people, places, dreams and emotions that remain with her and within her. If she has a photo, a piece of music, a vision or a fe...
The Tao of the New Year – 2013 1 Jan 2013 | 12:25 pm
“And now let us believe in a long year that is given to us, new, untouched, full of things that have never been.” Rainer Maria Rilke Throughout the late 60′s and early 70′s, major changes were ta...
An Exchange… 6 Nov 2012 | 03:02 am
“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters, compared to what lies within us.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson I sit in my studio-office looking out at the almost denuded trees. The sun is sh...
Color is Key… 10 Oct 2012 | 07:50 am
I walk into the gallery where twelve of my abstract paintings are hanging and three are leaning against a wall. I am immediately taken in by a riot of color which surrounds me. Looking around the roo...
Abstraction “The Highest Level of the Basics” 1 Oct 2012 | 12:56 am
“Well, it’s about time I start writing again” …says the little voice in my head. I’ve been hearing that refrain for about two weeks now, since returning from a very special trip to France. Now, there...
Is It The Left or the Right? 9 Jun 2012 | 07:13 am
Since my last Facebook Page post, I purchased eight tubes of acrylic paint and I am “playing around” with them using palette knife and brushes. I find them “lite” as compared to my water-based oils, ...
