Not Painting
As we enter a new year, we hear a lot about what we are going to do or not do in the coming year. The fitness industry loves this time of year, when people get fired up to join a gym, exercise more, and eat healthier. Many common New Year’s promises point to the ways we have failed to be productive in the past. So much of our thinking is about doing. The idea is that if we check more off of our “to do” lists, we will somehow be better people, more satisfied and content. It’s not always possible to do do do, though, even though I think it is quite fun to be active. Lately, I have been...
Read MoreHitchhiker to Art Collector
We’ve all heard the warnings: “Don’t pick up hitchhikers.” I agree…however, this is the story of how my sister once picked up a hitchhiker who, over a decade later, became one of my best art collectors. “There was just something about them standing in the rain,” Katie said about that day in 2001 when she saw two men on the side of the road during a rainstorm in Rocky Mountain National Park. “It was like a jolt to my heart. I had to go back for them.” My sister did so despite any logic or warnings our mother, who watched a lot of crime shows throughout our lives, had embedded in her brain....
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