The Sweep Of It All

Early Autumn Greets Us

Some things get ready to drop.

Others keep their slow crawl of growth. 

And eight days later...

What can be said about one of the most illuminated, intelligent and spirited alumni to have ever graced my classroom or our school community? What can be said about a young woman who spends her 32nd birthday coming back to RHS to speak to a journalism class about her life and career? You can say she is one of the best people I’ve had the privilege of working with when she was a teen and I’m grateful to watch her adult story continue to unfold beautifully. Happy Birthday Melissa! Thanks for being you!

Swept up in September

As October gets ready to emerge.

So much going on behind the scenes. 

Cheers to all. XO - CDM

Spring Ahead In Vibrant Color

Prints in progress by my students. 

This one is a hybrid of several plates being

printed atop 1970s peacock gift wrap that I 

bought from the flea markets for my students to use. 

I have been busy curating works from students in grades 9-12

for two spring exhibits... The Underlcassmen and Senior Art Shows.

This is the first time since 2019 that we will be able to have both

exhibits open to the public without any capacity restrictions. 

This is a new diptych collage for my walls in progress.

Always the collector, I have two boxes of collage material that are constantly

added to, one for large images and one for small images. These boxes house

images that are collected specifically for collages to hang in my home. Whatever

doesn't get utilized in a given collage stays stored unless I decide to place these

items in one of my collage sketchbooks... one of which I am currently working on. 

Layouts are photographed before gluing so I can remember

what goes where as elements are inevitably shifted during assembly.

And here it is complete...

Dash Dash Dash Dash

Left Panel (March 2020)

Dash Dash Dash Dash

Right Panel (March 2020)

Dash Dash Dash Dash 

Framed and installed in the living room

How did I miss this 2020 release by Washed Out?

I decided to buy it on CD and blue cassette. 

As I've told many friends, I'm so glad that cassettes

are a "thing" again as they are such fun physical artifacts.

It's been a lot of fun to find and collect cassettes both 

old and new since I started rebuilding my collection and 

 also building it forward with new items back in 2015.

Special thanks to my friend Noreen for this beautiful 

1950s Plasticville Model House Trailer in mint condition. 

More prints. More mess. More fun.

My friend Steve and I found a diner with NO matzoh 

ball soup but it's okay. We improvised with chicken and rice. 

I had fun watching the Oscars until "the slap" happened.

Here's my Oscar. My Dad got it for me in an airport gift shop

in 1994. I guess you could say my category wasn't televised. 

Color at work and at home 

with some Fran Lebowitz thrown in...

Saylorsburg, PA

Norma Desmond is thirsty. 

Lentil soup and a SkyBar. What more do you need?

The outdoor flea market is open for the season once again.

My friend Steve and I had a great time seeing our beautiful 

friend Vanessa. Even this creepy ass baby doll is excited about it!

Here's wishing everyone

a peaceful and vibrant spring.

Stay illuminated. Love, CDM