There is something that I love about art, and it is not just that it’s beautiful.    It’s not even that it’s fun (although it really is).    My favorite thing about art is that it can be incredibly personal to both ts creator and its collector. This sounds self-contradictory. How is something uniquely personal if it applies to more than one person? But it is, because the collection of art that we either create or collect tell a story of who we are and what we care about. About what inspires us. As an artist, I take deep [...]

I have THE worst luck when it comes flying. Literally. And when I say literally… I’m not saying that just to emphasize a slightly exaggerated statement. No, the amount of times I’ve had delayed/cancelled/rerouted flights and arrived almost 24 hours after my originally scheduled arrival time is proof to me that my fate as a cursed traveler is kind of a done deal. This was most recently reinforced during my latest attempts to get both home to Arkansas at the beginning of my Christmas break, and back to Boston two and a half weeks later (at one point the Atlanta [...]