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Ritual of Enchantment: Human Clay

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

One of the most venerable functions of art is to transform the environment, to create a sacred space or a magical moment, to inspire the imagination or to open the mind to contemplate mysteries.  This may be the impulse behind the painted caves of the Ice Age, and it is why places to pray and [...]

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Collector of Souls: Alice Neel

Friday, March 30, 2012

  Alice Neel (1900-1984) is always described as an artist that was slow to find recognition.  It’s true, but I think it’s also true that her brilliance was of a kind that is only achieved through maturity and persistence.  Our culture likes to think that a genius is a genius, that they must be incandescent in [...]

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A Trio of Birthdays

Sunday, March 11, 2012

1. This week, on March 15, Drawing Life turns three years old. 2. Minerva Durham’s Spring Studio, New York’s busy basement of figure drawing and one of the forges of my creative life, is celebrating its twentieth anniversary this month. 3. On the 12th, my brother Frank Hatt is celebrating another one of those decade birthdays. [...]

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Golden Hour and Blue Hour

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Photographers and Cinematographers sometimes use the term “magic hour” to refer to times of day when natural daylight takes on special qualities that beautify nearly any setting and imbue it with drama and grandeur.  Unfortunately the phrase is used inconsistently to refer to times just before or just after sunup or sundown.  I prefer the [...]

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Dancing/Drawing Performance

Sunday, February 12, 2012

On Saturday, February 18, I was drawing as part of this performance by one of my longtime collaborators, Kayoko Nakajima.  Kayoko is a dancer and a deep student of the anatomy of movement.  Here are all the details:  ”ARt Seeds to ARt Sprouts Project 2012″ Concept: Kayoko Nakajima Improvisational/Contact Improvisational Dance: Kayoko Nakajima, Carly Czach [...]

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