Category: Art

I don’t often read memoirs, but this one very obviously and quite literally jumped out at me when I was perusing a local bookstore in St. Louis recently. Sally Mann! My photography hero and life-long inspiration — here, her whole life so far, told in her beautiful flowing words in her new memoir, Hold Still.  As … Continue reading “Reading…”

I was lucky enough to get my hands on the advance copy of this beautiful book of photography and essays. It’s really a humbling thing to have had this opportunity; thank you Nora, for sending it my way! Read the full book review here, and be sure to pick up your own copy — it … Continue reading “Reading…”

I can’t stop watching this trapeze act! I am taking Trapeze 1 again at Bumbershoot, and let me tell you, I’m completely addicted; I find myself counting the days before I get to go back every week. Who would have thought that Monday nights would be my favorite time of the week? P.s.- The song … Continue reading “Inspired By”

William Christenberry: Red Building in the Forest, Hale County, Alabama, 1994; 1991 Left: Sheron Rupp: Trudy in Annie’s Sunflower Maze, Amherst, MA, 2000; Right: Rhea Garen: Tree/House Freese Rd., Varna, NY, 1993 Left: Rhea Garen: Cascadilla St., Cat, Ithaca, NY, 1992; Right: Jack D. Teemer, Jr.: Columbus, 1984 (my papa!) Left: Sheron Rupp: Untitled, 2003; Right: Sheron … Continue reading “Inspired By…”

Today is the 20th anniversary of my father’s passing. Which seems impossible to me, because 20 years is two-thirds of my life, and it just can’t be that he has been gone that long. It was just the other day… really. Seeing these pictures on a computer makes my heart ache. So far, they have … Continue reading “20 Years Go By”