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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....
Todd Wolfe
Aug 18, 20221 min read
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I Strike Through Life
I strike through life looking for The inception of this dispirited pneuma, Shallow breaths effecting shallowness, Dispirited banality...
Todd Wolfe
Aug 16, 20222 min read
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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...
Todd Wolfe
Aug 13, 20222 min read
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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...
Todd Wolfe
Jul 26, 20222 min read
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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...
Todd Wolfe
Jul 26, 20221 min read
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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...
Todd Wolfe
Jul 23, 20222 min read
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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...
Todd Wolfe
May 12, 20224 min read
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Faults
Fault: responsibility for an accident or misfortune. Fault: an extended break in a body of rock, marked by the relative displacement and...
Todd Wolfe
Apr 30, 20223 min read
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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....
Todd Wolfe
Apr 28, 20223 min read
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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...
Todd Wolfe
Apr 26, 20222 min read
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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...
Todd Wolfe
Apr 14, 20222 min read
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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...
Todd Wolfe
Apr 12, 20222 min read
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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...
Todd Wolfe
Apr 8, 20222 min read
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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. ...
Todd Wolfe
Apr 6, 20222 min read
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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...
Todd Wolfe
Apr 6, 20222 min read
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The Art Tree
We all know about family trees. Grandchildren. Children. Us. Parents. Grand-parents. Aunts. Uncles. Cousins. And on and on it goes....
Todd Wolfe
Apr 6, 20222 min read
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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...
Todd Wolfe
Apr 6, 20222 min read
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