Isa's Journal and Studio Blog

colorful square watercolor piece

Irrational Obsession

Euler's number, or 'e' finished. I fit one artist stereotype quite well — I was never a math star. Far...
acrylic and oil pen piece Circuit

The Map is Not the Territory

We rely on maps to navigate earthly and celestial terrain, and I feel grounded, in control somehow, when I am...
We are the People

We are the People

Art by Shepard Fairey “The best thing for being sad," replied Merlin, beginning to puff and blow, "is to learn...
Corollaries

Corollaries

Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday, and the birthdays of two out of three of my favorite men fall in its...
isa catto watercolor postcard

#wetoo

Two Women in a Mandalay market from an old 1995 sketchbook. “I want to inject them with a serum that...
colored sketches in a notebook

Postcard from Colombia

“Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world. ”— Gustave FlaubertI am currently in...
two young boys reading a book in the park

The Mean

"Be generous with your time and your resources and with giving credit and, especially, with your words. It’s so much...
Isa art piece the critic

Arriving at My Own Door

I do regret the energy I spent trying to prove that I had something to offer. It made me vulnerable...
bright purple flower

Poetry in Motion

“Still, what I want in my life is to be willing to be dazzled— to cast aside the weight of...
puppy rose sitting in silver bowl

#nofilter

Rose in a bowl back when she was a puppy. #Nofilter is as pervasive a hash as any. It makes...
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