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It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and say the opposite. -Sam Levenson


On the Wretchedness of Revolutionary Art
A Single Panel of the Berlin Wall, Newseum, Washington D.C., July 2009 I've been going through old pictures of my time in Germany, just...

Jae Hodges
Sep 29, 20202 min read


The Reassurance of Age
"The public, as whole, finds reassurance in longevity, and, after the necessary interlude of reaction, is disposed to recognise extreme...

Jae Hodges
Sep 15, 20201 min read


Lidia Sitting Back
My thanks, Gwendalyn, for the terrific review of The Rose and the Whip today on your instagram site at https://www.instagram.com/gwendaly...

Jae Hodges
Aug 5, 20202 min read


Passage to a Past
Did you see my interview with Amy yesterday in Passages to the Past at http://www.passagestothepast.com/#. If not, check it out. For my...

Jae Hodges
Jul 31, 20202 min read


Rye n' Injun Bread
Thanks to Patty for today’s awesome review of The Rose and the Whip at https://bookscookslooks.com/. In her honor, I’m sharing a recipe...

Jae Hodges
Jul 27, 20202 min read


Feeling It
I've read two things in the last two days, from two different points of view, saying the same thing. Art is about feeling. Francis Bacon,...

Jae Hodges
Jul 26, 20202 min read


George's Fedora
From under the tutelage of a past fading perhaps, but never lost From out of a mirror we step On wobbling feet, walk ahead Seeing...

Jae Hodges
Jul 22, 20201 min read


Seeing Past
In my second novel, one of the themes I'm working with is seeing the past for what it is. Not truth, as truth exists only as long as the...

Jae Hodges
Jul 19, 20201 min read


The Art of Seeing
In a certain biography of an admired artist, one of the chapters begins with "No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he...

Jae Hodges
Jul 17, 20202 min read


Portal
Huntsville, Alabama, June 2020 I found this little gal trying to get in to my house this morning. This is not unusual, and is always an...

Jae Hodges
Jun 30, 20201 min read


Abiquiu Calls
Abiquiu calls, night desert under flourescent light, to it I speak One of my desires is to capture Georgia O'Keefe's spirit in...

Jae Hodges
Jun 25, 20201 min read


Chimes
Time stops the instant we fail to see the pain and the beauty suchlike A week ago, this clock chimed for the first time, perhaps in my...

Jae Hodges
Jun 16, 20201 min read


What's Important?
It isn't necessarily important to know that this guy is a collared aracari. A toucan by any other name is, after all, still a toucan....

Jae Hodges
Apr 26, 20201 min read


Shelter in Place
This guy is over a hundred years old, and 1000 pounds. That alone is amazing to me. The only thing I found more impressive about seeing...

Jae Hodges
Apr 25, 20201 min read


Windows to the Soul
Someone once said that eyes are the windows to the soul. Do you think they meant to include animals? Emphatically I say, I do! I have a...

Jae Hodges
Apr 22, 20201 min read


Red Gets People's Attention!
Aside from my travelling, I seem to use my photography as a reward for finishing some bit of, dare I say, good writing. This week I've...

Jae Hodges
Apr 19, 20201 min read


Legacies
I've been thinking about legacies as the central theme of my next novel. The legacy as a physical representation of a family heritage,...

Jae Hodges
Apr 6, 20202 min read


Even on Our Greyest Days . . .
We can find a spot of color in an otherwise bleak world; we can imagine a better day, near or far, when a spark can light up a picture;...

Jae Hodges
Apr 2, 20201 min read


Three Vagabond Women
In the cold and the snow of December 1662, three women were tied to the back of a horse cart, and whipped for the crime of being Quaker....

Jae Hodges
Feb 23, 20202 min read


White Horse Tavern
On Tuesday, May 5, 1663, Lidia Wardell was tried, convicted and whipped at the White Horse Tavern in Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony....

Jae Hodges
Feb 18, 20202 min read
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