Todd Wolfe
Ode to Mondrian, (or “Piet, RePiet, Three-Piet”)
one You left as my father came, your legacy already abstracted into history. Your metaphysical mind oxidized into your canvases....
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Todd Wolfe
- Aug 16, 2022
- 2 min
I Strike Through Life
I strike through life looking for The inception of this dispirited pneuma, Shallow breaths effecting shallowness, Dispirited banality...
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Todd Wolfe
- Aug 13, 2022
- 2 min
The Damned Well Ran Dry
Should have foreseen destined days. For years nothing. Parched. First, grass, then flowers. Crackle 'neath my feet. All dead. Under...
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Todd Wolfe
- Jul 26, 2022
- 2 min
Writes (and Wrongs)
How do you write? What do you write? When do you write? Wrong questions. So much of life is focused on wrong questions. Why do you...
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Todd Wolfe
- Jul 26, 2022
- 1 min
The Present Will and Testament of Todd Wolfe
(Inspired by the will of another. Thanks Leah) I have written my will and it brings me comfort. But should it? Why would it? Knowing some...
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Todd Wolfe
- Jul 23, 2022
- 2 min
A Toy In the Puppeteers Hands
One sip, one bite, one peek. Thought I’d be alright, if I could just sneak a little for just a moment. Can’t hurt this time, or bring old...
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Todd Wolfe
- May 12, 2022
- 4 min
All the Things I Do Not See
I had one of those moments a couple of weeks ago that unsettles you because it redefines some aspect about what you know about yourself...
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Todd Wolfe
- Apr 30, 2022
- 3 min
Faults
Fault: responsibility for an accident or misfortune. Fault: an extended break in a body of rock, marked by the relative displacement and...
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Todd Wolfe
- Apr 28, 2022
- 3 min
Great Ideas Take Great Work
Work: to move or cause to move gradually or with difficulty into another position, typically by means of constant movement or pressure....
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Todd Wolfe
- Apr 26, 2022
- 2 min
IT vs. ITERATIONS
When making art, or actually making anything at all, we want to be able to say, “this is IT!” We want the piece to be finished and...
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Todd Wolfe
- Apr 14, 2022
- 2 min
Let Me Get On with Failure so I Can Live My Life
Perfection is a quicksand that will drag you into hell. So many authors I have read over this past year have pointed out the pitfalls of...
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Todd Wolfe
- Apr 12, 2022
- 2 min
Rejected or Non-Accepted?
So, today I got non-accepted to an art show. I wasn't rejected, that would require them to actually contact me and say no. Rather they...
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Todd Wolfe
- Apr 8, 2022
- 2 min
Fear and Courage
Fear. Fear is real. Fear is what grips us in the long dark night, when sleep evades and the mind will not stop. Fear is what stops us...
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Todd Wolfe
- Apr 6, 2022
- 2 min
Meditate to Create
My brain is overflowing with ideas of what to do with canvas. Every day a few more spill out onto the pages of my drawing journal. ...
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Todd Wolfe
- Apr 6, 2022
- 2 min
The Art Forest
I want to talk about where the seed and the art tree that I spoke about in the previous blog comes from. It comes from somewhere. In...
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Todd Wolfe
- Apr 6, 2022
- 2 min
The Art Tree
We all know about family trees. Grandchildren. Children. Us. Parents. Grand-parents. Aunts. Uncles. Cousins. And on and on it goes....
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Todd Wolfe
- Apr 6, 2022
- 2 min
Am I an Artist or Do I Make Art?
Stupid question? Maybe. Maybe not. In 1990 at the age of 20 I graduated from Genoa Academy with a diploma in furniture making and...
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