Inktober 2024: Playing with Portraits
I combined elements of my cubist-style portraits with my latest face play: Love it I could do this all day.
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Nov 101 min read
Inktober 2024: Pareidolia
I played with my abstract Neurographic line drawing s from 2023 to visually reimagine them as multiple faces. I love the human brain’s...
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Nov 31 min read
Inktober 2024: Cubist/Picasso-Style Portraits
Last year I inked mostly abstract . This October, I was in a surrealist portrait mood. I drew these freehand by following online...
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Oct 271 min read
I Vote for Green (Again): Jill Stein and Butch Ware 2024
The state elections office has received and counted my mail-in ballot for November 2024. In voting for Dr. Jill Stein and Dr. Butch...
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Oct 201 min read
John Adams: “There never was a Democracy yet, that did not commit suicide.”
John Adams, the second U.S. president from 1797 to 1801, was a central figure in the formation of the United States. He helped to draft...
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Oct 131 min read
Play Passions Converge: Collage, Fashion and Line Art
Collage Steampunk Chicken: Opening the Mind with Surrealist Art Don’t Regret the Spill… New York State of Mind Slow Morning Visual:...
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Oct 61 min read
Inktober 2024 Is Coming!
In November and December of this year, I’ll share my 2024 Inktober practice . I hope you plan to participate and if you do, happy inking!
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Sep 294 min read
The Tao of Working with Graphic Designers
In the Beginning My first book designer was a holdover from my corporate days. I figured, “good enough for Company X, good enough for...
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Sep 222 min read
Project Manager Emotional Intelligence: Who’s Your Ally?
Project managers need allies. Some you create. Some you find. Others find you. ◊ ◊ ◊ The first time we met was at a conference call with...
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Sep 152 min read
4 Villagers Every Project Manager Needs
It takes a village to successfully manage a project. Effective project managers actively cultivate 4 types of villagers. ◊ ◊ ◊ 1....
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Sep 83 min read
Emotional Intelligence in Project Management: Task and Relationship
Successful project management is, among other Emotional Intelligence skills, a balance of task and relationship ; finding common ground...
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Sep 12 min read
3 Steps to Creating Common Vocabulary Among Project Sponsors
Why We Need These Three Steps Each sponsor (usually a senior department manager) uses their own lexicon to describe similar ideas....
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Aug 250 min read
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Aug 181 min read
The Nation Reports: America’s Two-Party System Failure
“…A long-standing shibboleth among elite political observers is that, in the end, “the party decides”—meaning that amid the unruly tumult...
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Aug 111 min read
The U.S. Two-Party Political System is Broken
And it has been for decades. Democracy in the United States has been in the death throes. It is now on life support. I have been...
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Aug 43 min read
“My Gratitude is as Deep as the Sea”
July 29, 2024 Dear Gina, 6pm on Saturday was the deadline for filing as a Democrat running against Kamala Harris for the nomination for...
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Jul 281 min read
Truth Be Told Vol 12: It Matters What People Do, Not What they Say
You have to get out of your imagination and ground yourself in reality. Your mantra is, “I don’t want to be with somebody who doesn’t...
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Jul 212 min read
Marianne Williamson Calls for Open Convention to Decide Democratic Nomination
Democratic Presidential candidate Marianne Williamson has received more than a half-million votes in primary contests. She is calling for...
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Jul 142 min read
Marianne Williamson on ABC News Live | July 9, 2024
Dear Gina, There was much to be concerned about with Biden's debate with Trump, as well as with his interview with George Stephanopoulos....
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Jul 76 min read
George Washington’s 1796 Warning: The Threat to Democracy
Washington’s Farewell Address, published at the end of his second term, stands today as a timeless warning about the forces that threaten...
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