Rest well, Kathan Brown—the magical secrets of printmaking live on because you knew they must be shared.

"Hold on lightly; Attempt what is not certain; Do it right; Do it well; Don't try it alone; Tell the truth; Construct a life; Keep searching for what you need to know; Know that you are lucky."

Two lithographs from my series "Admission of Structure" (the black squares framed on the right) are up now alongside 40 other Minnesota printmakers in 'The Fine Print' at White Bear Center for the Arts. Show runs through March 27.

if you thought archives were problematic, wait till you see no archives

I still have my teenaged bookmark in a split-spined copy of "Skinny Legs and All," page 365, where Tom Robbins sets the stakes for a life in art: "The mission of the artist in an overtechnologized, overmasculinized society [is] to call the old magic back to life.” Thankful for those stakes. RIP

"Ellipses — Banff" done and ready for Puerto Rico, part of 'Landmarkings' portfolio organized by Alex Thompson and Vinicius Libardoni. Looking at structural posts holding up the edges of parking lots and sidewalks in Banff national park, and a visual nod to Canadian printmaker Jo Manning.

Paper-cutting and chine-collé day, "Patterns in Repeat" in heavy rotation.

Studio sounds today courtesy Arthur Russell—imagining life in a Robert Wilson play; clipped vowels, considered footfalls, never ending cyclorama...