Strasbourg — Hybrid City
The French have been obsessed with a national identity. Maybe, more than other Europeans. This obsession has fueled attempts to keep the French language ‘pure’ and the national cuisine unalloyed by...
View ArticleHockney Does It, Why Not You: Fun with Digital Art
David Hockney has been playing with Brushes (an art app for the lPad) since at least 2010. The fun he’s been having with digital art on an iPad has led to shows and sales. I first saw his digital art …...
View ArticleGothic Churches: All The Celestial Light We Can See
Gothic churches — have you ever stopped to wonder about them? If you’re asked to put them in some category, where would you place them? How about art based on the worship of light? We, humans, have a...
View ArticleEating and Food Shopping Parisian Style —Patisseries
When in Paris, de-stress by going food shopping Parisian style. Berkeley, Paris, and Florence are cities where shopping can be an experience. In Berkeley, we’re lucky to live where world-class food...
View ArticleMorocco. Pages from our travel journal.
In Casablanca, Morocco, the guide warns, “Don’t get too close to the entry to the Hassan II mosque — women, especially.” So, we watch the mosque from afar. But the warning only piques my curiosity more...
View ArticleA Collection of Body Parts: Efficient Digital Art-making
I have a collection of body parts. No, they’re not from murder victims. They’re different parts of the body which I painted or sketched on different layers. I did them on Sketchbook Pro (Autodesk), my...
View ArticleMacau’s Portuguese Heritage: Mosaic Streets and Custard Tarts
Hongkong once belonged to the British. Most of us of a certain age know that. We might even think it was the first Chinese region occupied by European settlers. In fact, that distinction belongs to...
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