March 25, 2012:   I walk by this
wall sculpture many times each day.

Sculpted in pine, using chisels I hand-forged
myself, for a 2002 exhibit about aging
at Coconino Center for the Arts, it is a
mandala of my left and right ears, joined
together in a heart shape. The sculpture is
titled 'Listening To My Heart' and was created
in response to my loss of hearing.

Today, I needed to remind myself that there
are many ways 'to hear'; so, I decided to use
the sculpture as a still-life from which to paint.