Inspired by Tower Arch

I love hearing other people's thoughts about my art and find it fascinating to discover the aspects of my paintings that resonate most with different people. Sometimes the themes of children, play, and learning are most interesting, while other times it's the techniques I employ or the palette I use. However, last month it came to my attention that my art has a potential therapeutic value. I am greatly humbled by this discovery and hope that others will have the opportunity to connect deeply with my art. To this end, I would like to share with you some writing by one of my friends and fellow bloggers, Carla Cummins. She lives and teaches in Chania, Crete and muses on life, love, and inspiration in her entertaining and deeply spiritual blog, My Pursuit of Happiness. Carla wrote a wonderfully eloquent entry about my painting, Tower Arch, that compares her struggle with managing anger to the building and rebuilding of block towers. In her uniquely quirky and passionate way she celebrates process over result and discovers that "the ultimate joy derived from this activity is the activity itself." Please check out her entry called Me, Anger and a "Stacked" Life.