The Writer and the Wanderer

Novelist and travel writer, Mary Morris, reflects on landscapes and literature and the role that each has played in her life. For more on Mary Morris go to her website marymorris.net

Monday, September 4, 2017

"A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving." Lao Tzu

Dear Theo

"I've attempted a night sky." Vincent Van Gogh to his brother in a letter.

Tuesday, August 22, 2017

A House Cat Observes the Sun Set

I have always been drawn to the tension between home and away.

Everybody should be quiet near a little stream and listen... Maurice Sendak

Saturday, August 19, 2017

A Tale of Three Cities

Actually there's not much of a tale, but here are paintings of three cities. Whenever I go to a new place, I try and do a painting o...

"There is no blue without yellow..."

In a letter to Theo, Vincent Van Gogh once wrote, "There is no blue without yellow and without orange, and if you put in the blue, th...

Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Child's Play: Reflections on Serena Williams and Pablo Picasso

Last week two events happened for me on the same day. I went to see the Picasso sculpture exhibit that is just opening at MOMA and I watch...

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