i used to know that

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I’ve been reading The Scientist in the Crib by Gopnik, Meltzoff, and Kuhl and learning about the ways babies are so very amazing. We all began with such remarkable capabilities. The chapter on Language acquisition is most interesting.  Here’s an excerpt: “The way we categorically perceive speech is unique to each language.  In English we make a sharp categorical [...] Continue Reading »

paintings for the All Souls chapel

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[ from a. addair who is listening to Zee Avi (Zee Avi) ] “The passage into mystery always refreshes.  If, when we work, we can look once a day upon the face of mystery, then our labor satisfies.  We are lightened when our gifts rise from pools we cannot fathom. Then we know they are [...] Continue Reading »

new york doesn't care about me but i paint it anyway

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(from ashley) Creation is powered by energy; and this city is awash in energy.  Sometimes the energy is fraught with anxiety, tension, and oppression and lately, thats the kind gushing through my outlets.   As every good environmentalist knows, energy is not to be wasted and so I’m trying to give my energy to art.   [...] Continue Reading »

oh spring

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(from ashley)  Spring always makes me feel a little restless and with all the upheaval of the past month I feel a lot like those delicate little leaves budding out of their wooden cocoons.  With the bright sun illuminating my tiny leafy veins, I swell with freshness and a sense of adventure. But co-mingling with these [...] Continue Reading »