Saint Barbara Day is Almost Here!
Yes, the great day is coming. I hope you will join me at a Zoom presentation on Artists Talk on Art Every Monday Virtual Open Studios...
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Artist and Writer, Seeking the Sublime in the Everyday.
Barbara Swanson Sherman
- Nov 24, 2021
- 3 min
Happy Thanksgiving!!!!
I'm a little early this week to greet you on Thanksgiving morning. Here's my drawing titled Happy Thanksgiving which you can still see at...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
- Nov 18, 2021
- 3 min
A Few More Thoughts on Serendipity and Synchronicity
Well, maybe what I'm really talking about is--if you put a thought out in the universe the universe very often talks back. Take what...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
- Nov 11, 2021
- 2 min
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One of my favorite pieces is now hanging where you can go see it in the Abingdon Square branch of Chase Bank at 302 West 12th Street at...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
- Nov 4, 2021
- 3 min
A Little of this, A Little of That
I brought my geraniums inside this week; in past years I've just let them die in the fall but I've decided to try to keep them over the...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
- Oct 29, 2021
- 1 min
Let me get it straight
I think there's been an evil genie in my keyboard. All these mistakes couldn't be mine, could they? Or maybe, it's just Hallowe'en. Let...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
- Oct 29, 2021
- 1 min
The Address is 302 West 12th Street!
Thank you to everyone who alerted me to my grievous omission. the Chase branch where my drawings are on view is 302 West 12th Street at...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
- Oct 28, 2021
- 2 min
A Nice Surprise for Me
Monday afternoon I got an unidentified phone call and, against my practice, I picked up. It wasn't a recording in Chinese, someone...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
- Oct 21, 2021
- 2 min
Something Beautiful to Go and See
Last Friday's NY Times carried Roberta Smith's review of Be Your Wonderful Self: The Portraits of Beaufort Delaney at Michael Rosenfeld...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
- Oct 14, 2021
- 2 min
The Work Continues
I'm hard at work on my Saint Barbara project and I have a few works in progress to share. Nothing is finished but here's what's sitting...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
- Oct 7, 2021
- 2 min
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We're hearing a lot in the news this week about body-shaming and that reminded me of a blog from my early days of blogging. A Letter to...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
- Sep 30, 2021
- 2 min
A Village Hero
Saturday's Times ran the obituary for Doris Diether, Guardian of Greenwich Village. Doris Deither worked with the legendary Jane Jacobs...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
- Sep 23, 2021
- 3 min
It's My Anniversary
I got serious about posting this blog, Seeking the Sublime in the Everyday, three years ago right about now and I haven't missed a week;...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
- Sep 16, 2021
- 2 min
Finding a Quiet Place
Last Saturday, September 11, our church held a memorial service that featured this poem; When despair for the world grows in me and I...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
- Sep 9, 2021
- 1 min
Up the Stairs
A few weeks ago I wrote about this staircase I saw in Greece, And how it just stayed with me until I drew it. Now that I look at this...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
- Sep 2, 2021
- 2 min
Making a Start
Now that I've announced my Saint Barbara project I'm having technical difficulties with the questionnaire but I'll persist, nevertheless....
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
- Aug 26, 2021
- 2 min
I'm Launching a New Project
I have begun work on a celebration and exploration of the story of Saint Barbara, the beautiful daughter of Dioscorus, a wealthy pagan in...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
- Aug 19, 2021
- 2 min
Goodbye to a Dear and Inspiring Friend, Marcia Nasatir, First Mogulette
Our friend Marcia died last week at the age of 95. She was the first woman to become vice-president of a major Hollywood studio; a glass...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
- Aug 11, 2021
- 2 min
Women Celebrate Women
My post is a day early this week because I want to tell you about a show I'm in at El Barrios Artspace PS109; The show's title is Women...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
- Aug 5, 2021
- 4 min
Looking at Both Sides- Or More
A recent clue in the New York Times crossword puzzle was a four letter word for Red Rose. The answer is...Pete! Pete Rose of the...
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