Today our Mexican-born daughter, a U.S. citizen, was stopped by an ICE agent for no reason other than skin color–not doing anything faintly illegal or even questionable. So any claim that ICE isn't doing that is false. Fortunately she had her passport card with her.

#ICE #citizen

Three of my works are included in The Common Good auction of artworks donated to the Carrboro NC ArtCenter. Proceeds will support artists impacted by recent flooding. You can learn more and bid here: www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...

#art #artist #fiber art #watercolor #donation #auction

"Streambed Genesis" is published on Open Arts Forum. openartsforum.com/streambed-ge...

See more about it on our website and occasional blog: playsonideas.com/pats-artworks.

#art #nature #fiberart

This is my 90th birthday (May 23) – a major marker, they tell me: reaching 90 with creative work in progress, with excitement about life and possibilities. I’ve made some speculations on our website and occasional blog: playsonideas.com/2025/05/23/9...

Pat's piece "Life Forms, Eventually to Wonder," on display in the Down to Earth exhibit at the Artcenter in Carrboro …

“What happens when people lose the ability to reason or render good judgments? Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you Donald Trump’s tariff policy,” our columnist David Brooks writes.

Issue #14 of our FREE monthly newsletter MUTANT FOXES is our LAST issue! (playsonideas.com/.../2025/04/...)
It concerns many of our books that are about to be removed from schools and libraries.

"Summer," my watercolor about how we're embedded in our world is published today on Open Arts Forum, a good place for artists and writers.
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#art #artist #watercolor

The writer's experience is a lot like how Pat and I felt after coming back to the States after living in Mexico for 14 years, with a few important differences. We had changed, of course. But so had America. We barely recognized the country we remembered and loved.

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Life Forms, Eventually to Wonder — my fiber piece about the surprise of life existing at all and eventually becoming able to think about all that—has been in a few exhibits. This adventure has been a long rough road, and it looks like that thinking part still has a way to go.

These are strange days—enough to remind me of the trickster Coyote's concern in our collaborative novel, The Jamais Vu Papers.
It's encouraging to see activity and comment here to help counteract attempts to warp our reality to benefit the greedy.

Issue #12 of our FREE monthly newsletter MUTANT FOXES is available. In excerpts from my plays, Voltaire and Queen Elizabeth I ponder the looking specter of democracy. Check your email if you've already opted-in to subscribe to MUTANT FOXES. You can still opt in here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

How long does it take to make an artwork?
A lifetime at least …
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