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The Art of Creation: EPA's Documerica

The Art of Creation: EPA's Documerica

March 27, 2025 - Fifty-five years ago, the newly established EPA created a massive collection of images showing the harm we were doing to the earth (and ourselves). There is still much these images can teach us. By Louise Conner

The Art of Creation: Slowing Down, Part 1

The Art of Creation: Slowing Down, Part 1

March 28, 2024 -As an advocate and practitioner of “slow art,” Makoto Fujimura believes that art should be made slowly and deliberately and viewed with this same respect, not just as a background but as a focal point we can immerse ourselves into. By Louise Conner

The Art of Creation: Painting with Clouds

The Art of Creation: Painting with Clouds

February 29, 2024 - You can find photographs of this well-known artist's work in art galleries, but viewing the original pieces which the photographs capture would often require some tramping and some very lucky timing to see in person. By Louise Conner

The Art of Creation: Circlewood Photo Ark

The Art of Creation: Circlewood Photo Ark

November 2, 2023 - Today we share the photographs that you, our readers sent in for our Circlewood Photo Ark. Thanks to all who responded and feel free to keep them coming! By Louise Conner

The Art of Creation: Out of Each Other's Hands

The Art of Creation: Out of Each Other's Hands

January 12, 2023 - What happens when our attention snags on something that takes us out of our isolated selves into a larger, richer place? The poem, To the Fig Tree on 9th and Christian, by Ross Gay, gives us a taste of what can transpire when that happens. By Louise Conner