Author: Lorna
18 Nov Making the Most of What is in My Control, Accepting That Which is Not
I disappeared this Autumn to one of the more dangerous cases of tic disease, and Lyme. Spent time in outer space of the telemetry unit of the hospital but within the solid walls of family and friends, called 'Angels.' Past two days were warmer so I...
02 Feb Lorna’s responses to “A Concert Conversation”
Lew and Lorna Program Discussion ideas: Intro—conversation about Lew and Lorna’s relationship. How did you meet and how aware have you been of each other’s work? I was the first person Lew met in the Main House at MacDowell Colony when he arrived. I had been picked up...
25 Jan A Concert Conversation: Composer Lew Spratlan and Lorna Ritz
Lew and I have watched and listened to each other's painting/music since 1972, attending each other's exhibitions and concerts over decades. The idea to compose improvisationally from each other's work Lew jumped on board first. Music moves in a linear way and painting, even though...
08 Jul Mount Gretna School of Art, Pennsylvania July 2022 lecture
Beyond Habitual Seeing: A Meditation in Color...
11 Aug painting process has changed
Painting has become so much more pleasurable than those days back I tried too hard to get it right. Back then, if I was not enjoying the search, I learned to stop painting and rethink what I was after, and then go right there with...
21 Nov a most violent rain storm
18th July I was in the barn painting yesterday when yet another thunder storm tipped the sky upside down. Rainfall was more like oversized ocean waves hitting my tiny boat, meaning: I felt so small and helpless. All of a sudden a huge, long-lasting flash...
17 Jun sadness and beauty
https://www.strawdogwriters.org/pandemic/heavy-heart...