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Monday Morning Art School: painting and flying

Monday Morning Art School: painting and flying

Carol L. DouglasOct 24, 20224 min read
Do I look like a person who owns three suitcases full of clothing?
I’m rich!

I’m rich!

Carol L. DouglasOct 21, 20224 min read
True wealth is in being surrounded with good people. It’s also in not coveting anything but simply experiencing it in the moment.
Art-vs.-Life is a false dichotomy

Art-vs.-Life is a false dichotomy

Carol L. DouglasOct 19, 20224 min read
By now, most of us have read about two Just Stop Oil activists who threw tomato soup over Vincent van Gogh‘s Sunflowers at the National Gallery in London. They’re part of a growing trend of annoying young people gluing themselves to the frames of great art and gallery walls in protest against petroleum culture. They ought to …
Monday Morning Art School: buying frames

Monday Morning Art School: buying frames

Carol L. DouglasOct 17, 20224 min read
Frames are my bĂŞte noire, but knowing where and how to buy them is important.
Dealing with criticism

Dealing with criticism

Carol L. DouglasOct 14, 20223 min read
Constructive criticism is one thing, but snark has more to do with the critic’s internal settings than any real problems.