By Sarah L. Blum, Nurse and Vietnam Veteran Content Warning: mentions of violence, mental health, suicide The poem by Amanda Gorman, New Day’s Lyric, ends with a focus on coming together. I believe that is the key. There is so much hatred and violence which drives us apart from one […]

“The Color of Freedom” by Michael J. O’ConnellA Soldier’s Perspective on the American Revolution Over us did break the April sun, warmth penetrating the depths of our cold, miserable existence. Months have seemed to drift, no rush by like the great Father Time tossing sand into the gale. The ache […]

by James Thiele I was walking through my neighborhood on a fine spring day and what I saw through a gap in some bushes made me stop in my tracks. Sitting in the yard was the unmistakable boxy shape of a classic Land Rover, star of many National Geographic TV […]

by PWA Participant Artist Crash

Long-time PWA Participant Artist Dragonsong wants to share another photo from her trip to Rio de Janeiro in 2007. “We visited the huge and awe-inspiring statue of Christ. It is a magnificent monument.” The statue is called Christ the Redeemer, or in Portuguese, Cristo Redentor. The style is Art Deco. […]

I have always felt that we are not alone in this universe. After the recent releases of footage of actual UFOs, I was inspired to paint my version of a UFO, using acrylic on stretched canvas. — PWA Participant Artist William W. Knight

“I study trees as I’m on the bus, and they’re just beautiful, so nice and full. How can I draw them so I can show what they really look like? These trees I drew from my imagination. I like trees because I know they grow forever.” — Kathleen Ruthford, PWA […]

Sisters Joyce Wallace Scott and Judith Scott Learning of Judith Scott by Tim “Birch” Schooler Judith Scott, deceased, endured tragedy in her life, and her works of texture, color, and form attest to perception and intuition of her vision. They are multicolored treasures. Since the time when she was born […]

“If I can think it, I can draw it and I love coming to the Path with Art [Open Studio] Zoom meetings. It’s so nice to be able to be supportive of not only myself but of other people’s art and their different art making textures.” —Tim Bridge, Path with […]

Misophonia by Pam Winter Sound Sufferer, Sanity Sucker, Serenity Slapper, Soundless Sobbing. Small sounds – Huge problemsBreathing, chewing, chomping, slurping, bowl bangingpen clicking, keyboard tapping, whistling, walking… Eyes engorged with sound,synapses tied in a jumble of knotsimplode with another breath. Trapped in a crater of insanitynoise echoes, brain howls.emotions eruptfragments […]