Words

Aristotle Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

The Breast by Anne Sexton This is the key to it. This is the key to everything. Preciously. I am worse than the gamekeeper’s children, picking for dust and bread. Here I am drumming up perfume. Let me go down on your carpet, your straw mattress—whatever’s at hand...

Quotations from Muriel Rukeyser Muriel Rukeyser (1913-1980) The books I am quoting from are both paper backs, published by McGraw-Hill and I assume NYC, but they list multiple cities. 1. The Gates; Poems by Muriel Rukeyser, divided into two sections; section one...

Quotations from Louise Bourgeoise, Tennessee Williams, and Flannery O'Connor Louise Bourgeoise (1911 - 2010) "Through self-knowledge we recognize and understand the mechanisms of our fears. We cease being dependent on the unknown and the acting out stops. The goal is...

CV Carol Cole carolcole@aol.com Born in Philadelphia, MS, 1943. Lives and works in Greensboro, NC. SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2018 Carol Cole: The Bubble Blower, Empirical Nonsense, New York, NY, curated by Jimi Dams, (Sept. 5 – Nov.  3) Carol Cole: Cast a Clear Light,...

Being a Southern Artist And what does it mean? Everyone knows what Southern writing represents and where music called the blues came from, but what is Southern art? Why isn’t this culturally rich, warm, passionate region known for visual arts? Actually it is, but it...

Artist's Statement The zippered leather heads of Nancy Grossman, the 100 Boots of Eleanor Antin, and the UFO series by Herman Mhire all had a strong visual influence on me in the 70's. But it was Judy Chicago's suggestion to "draw yourself as you see yourself, as the...