Journey
Jim Sloan
By Brian D’Ambrosio At 90, Jim Sloan has lived several lifetimes’ worth of work—carpenter, sign painter, excavator, sawmiller, road-builder and the go-to rattlesnake remover of Galisteo, New Mexico. Art may be the through-line, but it has never been the source of his income, nor the center of his universe. Sloan has always kept one foot in the studio and the other in the soil, without bothering to decide which world he truly belongs to. The truth is that he fits cleanly into neither, and he has long since stopped trying.
By Brian D'Ambrosio 2 months ago in Art
The Crossroads of Becoming
I found it by accident. Tucked between a laundromat and a shuttered bookstore, half-hidden by ivy and time, stood a rusted phone booth. Not the sleek glass kind from movies, but an old metal one—peeling paint, cracked receiver, a dial so stiff it groaned when turned. No one had used it in years. Probably decades.
By KAMRAN AHMAD2 months ago in Art
A Modern African Tarot
The fourteenth card in A Modern African Tarot marks a profound turning point. Where XII HANGED MAN invites surrender and new perspective, XIII DEATH brings closure, transformation, and the sacred necessity of letting go. This card reimagines the traditional Death archetype through African mourning rituals, ancestral reverence, and the cyclical nature of life.
By Vongani Bandi2 months ago in Art
When Art Stops Protecting You
For as long as I can remember, art was my armor. Whenever the world felt too loud, too chaotic, or too demanding, I retreated behind a canvas. The stroke of a brush or the scratch of a pen was more than just a creative act; it was a defensive maneuver. To create was to build a fortress where the walls were made of watercolor and the moat was filled with ink.
By Jhon smith2 months ago in Art











