by Gaylund Stone | Mar 26, 2026 | Embodied Thoughts
I’ve been painting for quite a long time and have made quite a few paintings, but there are many more paintings that were never made. Some exist only as quickly scribbled notes, some as drawings or ideas in a sketchbook, and some as unfinished canvasses, but most...
by Gaylund Stone | Oct 30, 2025 | Embodied Thoughts
Silence can be a gift. Find a time. Find a place – a place away from the noise of the street; a place away from the chatter of conversations; a place away from the buzz and hum of appliances. Listen quietly to your own breathing and hear the beat of your heart. Resist...
by Gaylund Stone | Aug 29, 2025 | Embodied Thoughts
There exists a general confusion among viewers of paintings. When a clear, objective ‘subject’ or recognizable object is not apparent, the term ‘abstract’ is liberally applied. In many of those cases, the ‘subject’ may be the form itself. Metaphorically, that form may...
by Gaylund Stone | Apr 30, 2025 | Embodied Thoughts
As, in Ruskin’s words, “I am, to my much sorrow, now an older person,” I’ve come to realize that the aches and pains of aging are not entirely physical. Perhaps they’re only a symptom of accumulated experience, knowledge, regret, and the sadness for our fallen state....
by Gaylund Stone | Apr 28, 2025 | Embodied Thoughts
Most of the time, the most important things can be found in the gaps, the empty spaces – synapses between nerve cells; the gap between thoughts and words (read between the lines); meditation in solitude. The best thing fishing taught me, I think, was how to be alone....
