Katya ReimannFeb 28, 20201 minLifeLego Circa 1981This photo has been circulating on the Internet since at least 2013, when someone first sent it to me, along with the caption, "Before...
Katya ReimannFeb 26, 20202 minArt I LoveSargent & Tonks: A Favorite Artist, & a Long FriendshipOne of my favorite artists is John Singer Sargent, who is best known, perhaps, for his society paintings. "Portrait of Madame X,"...
Katya ReimannFeb 4, 20201 minKatya's ArtworkClearing the deskAs I clear my desk & toss old envelopes... Comical dog in lifejacket, ~2015
Katya ReimannFeb 1, 20201 minCommonplace Book / QuotationsEpictetus, ca 100If you are told that such a one speaks ill of you, make no excuses against what was said, but answer, "He was ignorant of my other...
Time & placeSometimes it's about when you read some piece of writing that it becomes totemic. Sometimes it's just the writing. "The past," he...
Life BookshelfIt's May. I've written these words before: 'I spend a lot of time thinking about books, writing, and what it means for an artist to have...
What mighty fraud diverts our souls from deeds of honor? No doubt I have made errors in transliteration, but here is a lovely piece by the Italian poet Petronilla Paolini Massimi (1663-1728), as...