Connection, my 2018 word

For five years, I have been choosing a word of the year.

Two years ago I said this:
Choosing one word isn't an easy task, yet that is what I assign myself
to do every year, now. BRAVE in 2014, COLOR in 2015. This one large
word/idea, like a block of basswood, begins the new year with a promise.
If I work at it with both wild abandon and careful hewning, something 
from within will be set free.

Then, came FREEDOM in 2015, and CURIOSITY in 2017.

In 2018, it is CONNECTION.

In 2014, a little tongue-in-cheek, I started choosing a word 

for the year. It felt cheesy, but making resolutions 

has always felt like instant failure to me. I was skeptical 

of the word of the year thing, too. Wouldn't I forget 

about it? How could it make a difference in my life and 

art? And, it has made a difference. Words have power, and 

well, words and images are power x power! 

What is art but connecting the seemingly unconnected into 

something new? Stay tuned. More connections in the works.