Dear Laura, After receiving your newest piece of the collective in the mail (scroll down to see the damage of the package received in the mail- yikes!), I took a…
Dear Friends, This letter is part two of a series on Gloria Steinem’s new book My Life on the Road. To catch up on part one click HERE. We both…
Dear Tina, How are you my friend? My garden is starting to come to life and I am the happiest girl, flooded with inspiration from all the lush color. Winter is WAY…
More work is accumulating in the correspondence project we have developed called “The Collective”. Currently, we have about 20 pieces completed. Each piece is in conversation with all the other…
Dear Friends, As we mentioned in our previous letter, we have been reviewing what is working and not working on our blog. We are changing our “Mindfulness” category that we typically…
Dear Friends, Laura and I make the commitment to talk on the phone weekly. We catch up on one another’s lives, studio practice, and our work together. A few times…
Dear Tina, I SO loved that gold shimmer you added to your last drawing for The Collective! It reminded me of the sun sparkling on the water here in CT.…
Dear Friends, We visited Baltimore, Maryland recently to attend the Light City Festival. Above is a short video of what we saw. We were so impressed by all the friendly people…
Dear Tina, I now see why the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is your favorite Museum! I finally went for a visit and was enthralled with Isabella’s intimate and thoughtfully curated collection…
Dear Friends, We have had some great discussions about the first three chapters of Gloria Steinem’s book My Life on the Road. See our previous post with some insights on…
Here are our newest additions to The Collective this month! ABOUT THIS PROJECT: We are mailing a box back and forth between the two of us. In this box, we are…
Dear Tina, How are you? I have been bundled up indoors, dreaming of spring and filling my well of inspiration. I’ve been binge listening to podcasts in my studio and have really been…
Dear Friends, We are excited to announce the book we have selected for our next book club! My Life on the Road by Gloria Steinem We will be reading this over…
Dear Laura, For our newest addition to our mail art project “The Collective”, I created this drawing in response to your latest piece of art. While sometimes I respond to…
Dear Laura, I wanted to remind you of one of the artists you researched during graduate school. You showed me how Friedensreich Hundertwasser created paintings and architecture inspired and made…
Dear Tina, Thank you so much for the little brass Ganesh you put in The Collective box. I put him on my desk as a reminder to remove obstacles in…
Dear Laura & Friends, It was great to read Laura’s One Little Word. She is always so good about keeping up with her word throughout the year and reminding me…
Dear Friends, In 2011 we started a tradition of picking a word that would guide us through the year. This idea was inspired by Ali Edwards “One Little Word” project. For…
Dear Tina, As we start off the new year I thought I would share this beautiful video and inspiring interview with two delightful souls: Dr. Terry Kennedy, a meditation teacher and…
Notes by Laura: I was inspired by the color in Tina’s last drawing of the birds. This zinnia was one of the last flowers in my garden and I wanted to carry over the…
Dear Friends, We have discussed Part One & Part Two of the book Wherever You Go, There You Are by Jon Kabat-Zinn. Today we will be discussing Part Three: In the Spirit of Mindfulness. Similar…
“Painting embodies the warmth of one’s emotions,” says artist Sun Xun, demonstrating his unique painting technique in settings that have personal resonance for him. From his Beijing studio, the artist…
Dear Friends, We have discussed Part One of the book Wherever You Go, There You Are by Jon Kabat- Zinn. Today we will be discussing Part Two: The Heart of Practice, in an…
This is simply a quick update on how our Collective is growing. Laura currently has the box of collected art and is responding visually this week while in her studio.…
Dear Tina, How are you my friend? I have been craving some “soulful” listening while I am painting and came across this interview Krista Tippett shared from On Being with…
Dear Laura, I have the honor to exhibit my artwork at Redux Contemporary Art Center in the Conolly Gallery this month through November 19th. Above is the outside of the…
Dear Friends, As we mentioned in our previous letter, we have been reading Wherever You Go, There You Are by Jon Kabat Zinn. We have developed four questions for Part…
Dear Laura, We survived our first hurricane evacuation and thankfully had minimal damage to our home. I am grateful that our neighbors are doing fine as well. One thing…
Hello! These are our latest additions to The Collective Project. These are sent through the mail to one another with little prompting. It is a pure visual response. Often we…
Dear Friends, We have started a two person book club. Jon Kabat-Zinn is an author we have discussed before, but never formally read together. Recognizing our common interest in mindfulness we…
Hello Sweet T, How are you? Thank you for sharing Mary Oliver’s poem with me. The graphic you made is so sweet! The poetry reminded me of the first collaborative piece of art we ever…
Dear Friends, Our mail art project is growing! Below is a picture of the works we have created this summer. We will be updating the progress of this project monthly.…
Dear Tina, Thank you for reminding me of Mary Oliver’s poetry in your last letter! I perused my bookshelves for her book, “House of Light” and found a quiet spot to immerse…
Dear Laura, I have been thinking about the poets who take my breath away with words. I will often have to reread those juicy ones over and over again. The poets…
Dear Friends, A few weeks ago, Tina visited Laura in Connecticut for a brief but fruitful time. One thing that came out of our time is the above manifesto. While we…
Check it out! Tina is the featured artist this month in Charleston Magazine. There is also a shout out to our work here at Laura Two Tina. You can get…
Yes! Dear Laura, I was inspired by your recent post and the THIRST project. It is ironic that this project developed because of the extreme drought and now it is…
Dear Tina & friends, It was very serendipitous that I should discover this installation project, Thirst when I did. I had just finished writing, “For the Love of Trees, Painting and the Earth”…
Hello! We wanted to share this fantastic resource from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. They have a brilliant idea of asking contemporary artists to speak…
Dear Friends, We began our new collaborative project back in January and are now ready to show you what we have collected. We have decided to call this “Collective” since this…
Dear Friends, Laura and I have said “I just don’t have time to create art” many times while attending to our various life commitments, whether it has been personal (marriage, raising children) or professional (working…
“I began to see that there is very little handmade stuff around anymore and I do think hand printing and making things is important.” ~ Marthe Armitage Dear Tina, I love…
Hello Friends, As we mentioned in a recent letter we have been a little quiet here on the blog. In addition to taking some time to focus on our individual art practices,…
“The most spiritual and powerful aspect of human nature is our faculty of attention, Consciousness. Attention is what allows us to see ourselves, and so within others, in order to…
Dear Laura, I would like to start this letter by giving credit to Ali Edwards for the “One Little Word” tradition (for those that are new to our letters). Last…
“Beauty isn’t all about just nice, loveliness. Beauty is about more rounded substantial becoming. So I think beauty in that sense is about an emerging fullness, a greater sense of…
Dear Friends, You may have noticed it has been a little quiet on the blog. This has been intentional. After an incredible time of conversation and viewing art in…
Dear Laura, I have finally finished the ReVision 120 in response to your Vision 120. I got sidetracked by summer travel and beginning a new teaching year. However….I have followed…
Tina Hirsig, Vision 120 …
Dear Laura, I found this video and it reminded me of why I am teaching. I know it is a bit dramatic, however this vulnerability is what drives a lot…