Tag: art

  • “Inspire Your Heart with Art” Day

    Today, January 31, is Inspire Your Heart with Art Day, which is delightfully vague—and honestly, that’s the point. Art is old. Really old. Older than writing, money, and older than the idea that someone could tell you your work is “interesting but derivative.” It predates galleries and critics. Before the phrase mixed media made people…

  • International Artist Day

    A Cat’s View from the Easel I decided early on to let my cat, Princess Gracie, narrate the Gnomeward Bound books.At first it was a whim — she already had that air of knowing everything while saying nothing.But it quickly became clear she had the better perspective.Cats see the world without ego, without approval ratings,…