Banter Studio

May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you’re wonderful.
And don’t forget to make some art. Write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can. May your coming year be a wonderful thing in [...]

Things have been pretty quiet around here for a while, but stay tuned for regular postings in the near future. Some events have taken place that have left me with a greater appreciation for the things that I’ve been given in my life and a desire to make more out of them. They have also [...]

I’ve been doing it wrong all of this time. Since I started trying to create art, I’ve put a chokehold on myself whenever I set out to make my art. I created pretty drawings, focused on the technical side of drawing and painting, doing as I was told and trying not to offend anyone. I [...]

Ever since I watched Blade Runner, I’ve wanted to be able to make sheets of paper into silver unicorns. Since then, I’ve fiddled with folding paper into shapes, but haven’t made a serious study of what I can really do with the technique over the next couple of weeks. Stay tuned to see how this [...]

So Misty and I were in the car talking after a trip to Wal-Mart. It was a hot enough day in the parking lot outside but once we got into my car it was sweltering. I decided it would be the perfect time to take a nice cool drink from the bottle of melon infused [...]

I remember a game of Gin Rummy I played with my grandfather. We both sat there trying to find sets of cards of the same rank and runs from low to high so we could score points. I’d draw one card and discard another time after time looking for that one that would let me [...]

Misty and I spent today at a Botanical garden smelling fresh herbs and wandering through pines and the visit put a few things in perspective. As much as I’d like to think that some of the things I’ve created in my life will outlast me, it’s so humbling to see how living things can change [...]