Roads

Raw from the Road, January 24, 2018 Roads The drive toward Life is protective, thoughtful, vulnerable, and invested in immaculate love. It is this last that marks the difference between a wise heart muddy with real life experiences in the trenches and a dry heart that functions on rote concepts alone. -Clarissa Pinkola Estes […]
Proud Mary

Raw From The Road, June 28, 2016 Left a good job in the city Workin’ for the man ev’ry night and day And I never lost one minute of sleepin’ Worryin’ ’bout the way things might have been Big wheel keep on turnin’ Proud Mary keep on burnin’ Credence Clearwater Revival I had one of […]
Feeling Groovy

Raw From The Road, June 12, 2017 Feeling Groovy Slow down, you’re movin’ too fast You got to make the morning last… Simon and Garfunkel It seems only fitting to quote a Simon and Garfunkel song about New York since I have just returned from a wonderful visit there with my family […]
Constructive Criticism

Raw From The Road, May 31, 2017 Constructive Criticism Photo by Skye Amber Poet I like constructive criticism from smart people. Prince How I hated these two words when I was younger. No one could tell me what to do or how to do it better. Nope. All I heard was the […]
Into The Woods

Raw From The Road, April 26, 2017 Into the Woods I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, they will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. Henry David Thoreau […]
Las Cruces, 18 Wheeler
Raw from the Road, Las Cruces, April 12, 2017 18 Wheeler Oh, my cargo My precious cargo I transport you from state to state How in the world could I lose you in Nebraska? Such a flat road, a light load My precious cargo My precious cargo Robbie Kaye April is poetry month. […]
Ojai

Raw From The Road, April 4, 2017 Ojai Keep close to Nature’s heart… and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean. John Muir No. 2 A beautiful summer day in Ojai, CA and the sun has just risen. Still early […]
Standing Still

Raw from the Road, February 3, 2017 Standing Still If your heart is broken, make art with the pieces. Shane Koyczan Standing Still is one of the first few pieces I painted with ‘well-traveled’ motorcycle tires (used tires). I was born and raised in New York and though I love the paradise and countryside in which […]
Getting Real?

Raw From The Road, August 16, 2016 Getting Real? Nothing is less real than realism, Details are confusing. It is only byselection, by elimination, by emphasis that we get at the real meaning of things. Georgia O’Keefe, 1922 While studying photography at USC, I was Inspired by the work of Georgia O’Keefe and […]
Don’t Shoot!

Raw From The Road, July 26, 2016 Don’t Shoot! The camera is the least important element in photography. Julius Shulman Photo: Luna and Grass Mountain, Taken with an Iphone Ten years ago, while I working at the Getty Villa Museum, I had the privilege of meeting and speaking with photographer extraordinaire Julius Shulman. He came […]
Following Foot Steps

Raw From The Road, July 12, 2016 Following Footsteps I recently did a search for famous women photographers and found a list of ten famous women. Did you know that out of the ten, five were born in the 1800’s and four were born in the 20th century? One was born in 1799? […]
I Know A Woman Like That
Tonight at Jeanie Madsen Gallery Elaine and Virginia Madsen will be presenting their documentary, “I Know A Woman Like That.” This film documents and celebrates the lively and beautiful lives of older women. Here is a link to the Film Trailer.
Day 4 – Good for my Art & Soul

Yesterday I had the most wonderful day. After dancing in my kitchen (see yesterday’s post)…I met with Jeanie Madsen, owner of the amazing Jeanie Madsen Gallery here in Santa Monica. Every now and then you meet a kindred spirit and she is one of them. We went to Bergamot Station and perused some galleries and […]