Carolyn Wing Greenlee

Carolyn

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A Convergence of Dates

Sept 12, 2011 Mom would have been 91 today. On Friday, Daddy has been gone 10 months. That was the day we unloaded the truck. My house is full of boxes and bags, furniture from the old house, papers, pictures, and tapes (audio, 8 mm, Super 8, High 8, VHS,

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The Cutting Room Floor

I heard that when someone asked Michelangelo how he sculpted his stunning, larger-than-life statue of David, the artist replied, “I just looked at the marble block and cut away anything that didn’t look like David.” A clear vision of the final product is crucial in most forms of art. In

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Two Names, One Life

It’s Daddy’s birthday. I didn’t remember until I was writing the story of the new black and white necklace I finished this morning. It’s the only one so far with two names. I wanted to make a black and white necklace—small white cubes alternating with narrow black spacer beads. To

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I’m Making Progress

I’m making progress—and rather quickly too. Here’s the update as of June 15, 2011, smack in the middle of the year. Project 1: Eternal River, Volume III I’m in the third edit. Always surprising how many things I missed. It’s getting to be fun now, because I get to sculpt

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