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2/18/2026 When I looked at Kiefer’s list of exhibitions, reviews, and criticisms, it was endless. I don’t recall another artist having such visibility, and I wondered why and how, even though I knew the answer. Kiefer gave the white/Western world, the world of those in power, the world of the past conquerors of the planet, a thorough look at themselves, especially as they have appeared in the last 80 or more years — at least the last century. Without obviously taking sid

2/11/2026 Recently I have been drawn back to the works of German artist Anselm Kiefer. The first time I saw Anselm Kiefer’s work his soul came out of the painting and wrapped itself around my heart like an enormous hand - it did not squeeze - it spoke only of terror and the desire to soothe itself. It spoke only of a future it saw but could not make the world see it too because the world was moving in an/the illusion of dis-reality. His work tears my heart, rips it, and s

2/2/26 The dance inside me moves my body when it does not move, moves my mind when it does not move, moves my senses when they do not move, moves the air around me, …..lying on the air, as it floats, as it is breathed, as it is kissed, as it is "the dance". If I could be the air I’d be the air, if I could be the wind I’d be the wind, if I could lie on my soul and travel thru the energy that is and just be, if I could, if only I could. The beat of the drum and the beat of my h

1/26/2026 I’ve been trying to do this one for –ever – it seems and I just can’t let it go. “IT” what is it? “IT” being all the things that keep me from moving forward the way I want to, but I don’t mean fame and fortune, I mean without the stress, confusion and the pain my mind seems to always have buzzing, buzzing forever buzzing. The moments of clarity don’t stick. It’s not like a warm blanket you can always have around you it slips off on its own and you always have to

1/21/26 Sometimes I become what my daughter calls unnecessarily obsessive about my grandchildren’s – girls – safety. I worry that some male will spoil their youth and send them into womanhood with the fears of male domination, savagery, abuse. I know it is because I have never gotten over my own experiences with these things and carry the scars, physical, mental and psychological. These do not leave. These behaviors cripple you and affect every relationship, action, every sle

1/16/26 SINKING IN! It’s over! The holiday is past and now it sinks in---the hourly, daily, monthly, yearly task of making my life work! How do I move forward – as if I have a choice – or should it be ---- in what capacity do I move forward? And what color will my days be and what mood will my months have and what music will swirl in my head as I take each step thru another series of moments in what is called “ my life ”. Should I make a list, date it, make appoints to ful

1/11/2026 I started getting emails in my inbox from a company called Medium. At first I ignored them—there are so many emails sent to your box that it becomes unpleasant. However, I finally opened one, then another, and another, and discovered that they were written by a “bundle” of young people who hadn’t grown up as yet. It was interesting to hear their points of view and to realize that it wasn’t much different from what we women had as young women. And yet, I sensed a ki