by Max Hammonds, MD – You look at your car keys. You choose to pick them up. Just like that – your arm reaches out and picks them up. Do you ever wonder – how does that work? How does the message get from your eyes to your brain andContinue Reading
Gratitude by Carol Pearce Bjorlie, Rapid River Magazine Poetry Editor/Columnist – I celebrated a BIG birthday in August. My favorite gift was a gratitude journal. Page after page is filled with words I’m grateful to know and use. Here’s a small list: joy cerulean cumulus luminous slide persevere light endureContinue Reading
From Klutzy to Keenly-Aware by Greg Vineyard – Many things we encounter on the Internet simply aren’t true (say it isn’t so!), but I recently saw a photo joking about how artists need to pay attention to where they set their dirty brush water versus where they set their coffeeContinue Reading
Business of Art written by visual arts consultant Wendy H. Outland. Contact her at imwhoknowsart@gmail.com When an artist wants to sell more work, the first conversation we have is about identifying their target market. By answering a few questions, they begin to hone in on how to direct their energies.Continue Reading
Hatshepsut’s Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt Written By Kara Cooney, Review by Marcianne Miller I was probably the only archaeologist you ever met who couldn’t stand ancient Egypt. Too hot, too sunny, only one river, and all those pointy-topped pyramids. I’ve got European DNA — give me soggy peatContinue Reading
Works by Everett Schmidt Everett Schmidt is Asheville Gallery of Art’s featured artist for the month of December. Schmidt’s pastel studies strive to depict the essence of scenes from North Carolina, coastal Maine, New York City, and Europe. He agrees with the artist who said, “We are driven to captureContinue Reading
