On the Irreversibility of Time

My friend Mame Willey has just published a book of poems  with the title above, published by Antrim House.  The poems are wonderful–accessible, thoughtful and structurally sophisticated.  I think one of the great functions of art is to make people aware of the moment, to get them to notice something they might otherwise miss.   And all of that is to be found in this book.  I urge you to run out and buy a copy.    Of course I have to mention that Mame used one of my paintings, “Flight of Fancy” for the cover–a real honor.

Sketches

This morning we took the “Cat”–a huge catamaran ferry– from Portland to Yarmouth NS. Since everybody had to be at the pier by 7:00 a.m. a lot of people slept for a good part of the five hour trip.   I had a rare opportunity to do quick sketches of several people who weren’t moving around–perfect models. Now we’re in the tiny town of Lunenburg, off to Cape Breton tomorrow. I keep thinking we won’t have an Internet connection at the next hotel but so far so good.

Well, these two played a board game before they nodded off.

On Our Way

We’re in Brunswick, ME now, on our way to Nova Scotia so I probably won’t be able to blog for a while.  Went to the Portland Museum yesterday–a really impressive collection, with a special exhibit of the work of Harrison Bird Brown–a new discovery for me.  And then we visited a wonderful gallery here in Brunswick.   Every time I go to a museum it makes me wild to get back into my studio to experiment.  (I look at art greedily for things I can use.)   My hope is that the weather will be good enough to do some painting on this trip.  Everything I see here in Maine looks like a painting.