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Copyright confessions

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Copyright is tricky. I deal with it all the time. Who would have thought being an artist would lead to such a concern for the law? Spirit of it, at least. Will my own images be used without my consent? Am I taking advantage of any photographers by using their work? I try, very hard, to be respectful of photographers. They work to get the subject, the perfect shot, and they work to make it better, and then they put it online for all the world to see, hoping, just like I do, that no one will steal their work. Usually, I get my images from sites where photographers post their photos for free use. Sites like morguefile.com, or, when usage has no conditions, Wikipedia. Occasionally, I remember to cite their names, even when the sites doesn't ask for that. Seems like the least I can do, and, all too often, more than I do. Some photos on Wikipedia have a share and share alike term of usage, meaning that, if I paint one of the animals from one of their gorgeous photos, I woul

Showing at Grasmere in Bristol

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I'm busily completing the animal alphabet again - the giraffe, hyena, deer, skunk, turtle, and fox all found homes since last time. I've replaced them with a goat, a hedgehog a dingo, and another fox. And I'm working on a squid and, maybe, a three-toed sloth for T, as per my daughter's suggestion. I'm so excited to go and visit Beth and Peter's shop, Grasmere !

The Still Silent Bisexual

For me, coming out as bisexual is either ridiculous, or feels like an unnecessary reveal about something that is no one else's business but my own. So why do it? Well, largely, I don't come out. In spite of the blogging, I'm a pretty private  person. But the world needs more voices admitting that we're bisexual. There's a visibility problem. In middle school I had my first boy crush, in high school my first girl crush, and I've had as many serious girlfriends as boyfriends (though most definitely not at the same time). I joined BAGLY (Boston Alliance of Gay and Lesbian Bisexual Trasngender Youth – note the order? And the absence in the actual acronym? Oh well. They were still hugely helpful for me) while in high school. Just before college, I had an accidental pregnancy. At the same time that I had mononucleosis, was going to a women's college, and had an identity crisis. I thought I was a  lesbian, instead of being bisexual. In spite of

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