In Montreal they've just opened a show of the work of Frederic Back, whose life of images, stories and activism inspire. Explore more here and should I succeed in getting myself to Montreal to see this show, I will tell more.

Even so, I'm inspired right here and now. More so, because I realize that this drawing thing is also a connecting thing.

Last night we had an Open House at work where about 90 fantastic people came around to find out more about our art classes. They included a bunch of recent retirees wondering how to begin or begin again at drawing. It's pretty thrilling to tell people the truth as I've seen it; those who begin to draw later in life come to the lines they make with so much life experience, so much honesty and history, that once they get past the stumbles they break quickly to a stride. One thing to know how to draw as a mazillion recent art school grads do, but it's quite another to have something to say.

I'm off to draw...
take care,
Rachael