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Truth telling is meant to keep us from preventing the mistakes and atrocities of the past - and look where we are now …. none of the cruelty and inhumanity is new … it just should NEVER be repeated.

Trump Told Park Workers to Report Displays That ‘Disparage’ Americans. Here’s What They Flagged.

I find this blatant erasure of truth and facts unconscionable - (or please fill in the words to describe this).

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Sunset last night - finding stability and strength in the earth’s beauty to help me fight the injustice and inhumanity being forced on us.

Art is essential in these times. If you’re near Lost River, WV on the 4th of July weekend be sure to stop by Art on Cullers Run, 460 Cullers Run Road, Mathais, WV, July 4 and 5.

Every day that starts with a rainbow is a good day!

Protest today outside the federal courthouse in Maryland. If they can disappear Kilmer and the others who is next? Stand up for our Constitution and due process for all!

One Painting Got Me Through Winter (Gift Article) Piet Mondrian pioneered abstract painting. But he kept painting flowers — flowers that our critic Jason Farago can’t stop thinking about. What makes them so magnetic?

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Three For Women In The Trump Era How We Show Up for Women When the World Looks Away

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Congrats!!!

Titled “Early Morning After the Rain” but also feels like a celebration of the winter day. I kept going back to this painting and reworking it over several years, so many seasons and emotions are there.

Spending today in the studio painting. What are you doing?

Words I aspire to live by in these times!

What Thich Nhat Hanh Taught Me About Mindfulness (Gift Article) The Thich Nhat Hanh classic is celebrating its 50th year in circulation. It also taught me to be OK with life’s uncertainties.

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/w...

The new museum trend helping us regain our lost attention In a Manchester art gallery, a quiet room with just three paintings is starting a mental health movement aimed at reclaiming our lost attention spans.

Love this - creating spaces for mindful art viewing in museums.

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Map showing the number of times a location has burned in SoCal and which kind of fire it was: one burning under Santa Ana winds, or one that was a summer, fuel-driven fire without Santa Ana winds. Malibu area had burned at least 8 times from 1900-2017, and has burned twice now since. Image from Kolden and Abatzoglou (2018): https://www.mdpi.com/2571-6255/1/2/19

Here's the reality about the #LAFires this week: this isn't the first time ANY of these places have burned. Not even close. In 2018, we mapped CA fire history to look at fire frequency across SoCal. Santa Monica Mtns area burns more than anywhere else -- up to once per decade in a given spot. 🧵

Why you should see the honest, vibrant Joyce J. Scott exhibition at SAM Joyce J. Scott's multimedia exhibition "Walk a Mile in My Dreams," on display at SAM through Jan. 19, is a tour de force. Here's what stuck out to our writer.

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If you’re in the Seattle are be sure to see the Joyce Scott exhibition at SAM.

Celebrating light and rest on this Solstice Day. 🙏🏻

‘Sell Painting, Buy Land’: MAHKU Brings Voices of Indigenous Resistance to Art Basel Miami Beach Observer spoke with the Brazilian collective about art as a tool of Indigenous resistance.

‘Sell Painting, Buy Land’: MAHKU Brings Voices of Indigenous Resistance to Art Basel Miami Beach

Brazilian collective's art serves as tool of resistance, protecting Indigenous knowledge while communicating with non-Indigenous people.

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#indigenousart #nativeart #Brazil

Mountain Studies - Autumn; 3 12x12 panels - looking back since it feels more like winter today.
#mountains #artist #landscapepainting #color #artstudio #mindfulart

This is something we can do today and everyday.

#thichnhathanhfoundation #plumvillage #mindfulness

Vivian Suter’s Paintings Breathe With Life The fluidity of Suter's approach to painting and mark-making conveys an ecological sensitivity to the interconnections between people and place.

Vivian Suter is one of those rare artists who has been mythologized within her own lifetime.

#thichnhathanh #mindfulness

#judychicago #newmuseum

“Last Days of Summer” SOLD congrats to the collectors. Art will help us get through these days.