Tina’s series of essays on modern education and the arts.
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 outside our studio or tending to art business matters). Is this really true though? Yes, things happen and sometimes we temporarily have to step… Read More
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 of our decisions. We can’t expose that vulnerability if we are always being criticised or redirected to someone else’s agenda (i.e. modern education and standardization). I… Read More
Dear Laura & Readers, I thought you would like this video about creativity. It hits on the central piece of our work together (our essential questions for this website) about trusting, collaborating, and simply showing up and doing the WORK rather than creativity being something that some are born with and some are not. Let… Read More
Dear Friends, Brace yourself. This is a manifesto of sorts about what I will be bringing to this blog in the coming years. This clarity developed after numerous conversations with Laura and a lot of reflection about where I have been and where I am going. After teaching college for several years, I decided to return to… Read More
