Michelle Cordova
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There’s a twisting in the center of my chest, a familiar physical expression of anxiety, but with no discernible reason for it this time....
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Michelle Cordova
Sep 42 min
Deep Clean...
I can mark the time period it all started… the urge, and act of cleaning out and getting rid of my earthly belongings. I was young. It...
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Michelle Cordova
Aug 83 min
My Art Career...
As I sit down to write notecards welcoming new Hornets to Sac State, I think back to my time as a student at Sac State, my volunteer...
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Michelle Cordova
Jul 32 min
Since the Studio...
It’s warm. A day to close up and run the air, stay cool inside. Summer. Finally a day off, a day to rest, recover, and write. Thinking...
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Michelle Cordova
Jun 52 min
Art of the Brushstroke...
Teaching art is a fascinating journey. The more teaching I do, the more I learn how to break down the skills and techniques of creating...
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Michelle Cordova
May 62 min
The Art of Wabi Sabi...
“Wabi Sabi brings you back to the essence of what it means to be human, and to your relationship with natural processes, and the journey...
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Michelle Cordova
Apr 31 min
To Paint...
The urge to sketch and paint a delightful butter yellow flower bouquet offered to me by a dear friend overcomes, and finally pencil, ink...
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Michelle Cordova
Mar 42 min
Love Part II...
“I think that nothing awakens us to the reality of life so much as a true love.” ~Vincent Van Gogh I’ve written about love before, and...
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Michelle Cordova
Feb 82 min
The Art of Intention...
Over the years of teaching fine art technique to artists of all ages, I’ve learned that art concepts and teachings can be categorized...
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Michelle Cordova
Jan 22 min
Alone...
Looking out the window of my cozy little bungalow, I watch fallen leaves dressed in winter golds and browns stir up in a circle of...
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Michelle Cordova
Nov 6, 20233 min
Transition...
The following was written over the month of October 2023. Because of the emotional nature of the process of letting go of, and moving out...
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Michelle Cordova
Sep 6, 20231 min
Protecting the Art...
Art, specifically painting, is something I’ve done since I could hold a brush. As a little kid I’d use crayon to draw on my parent's...
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Michelle Cordova
Aug 2, 20232 min
The Journal & Me...
I’ve written in a journal since I could hold a pen. As a young girl, I had the types of journals with locks on them. I wrote poetry, and...
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Michelle Cordova
Jul 3, 20232 min
Love...
“Lovers don't finally meet somewhere. They're in each other all along.” ~Rumi Love. One syllable. A simple word with the most complex,...
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Michelle Cordova
Jun 5, 20231 min
Creative Energy...
Most artists I know create more than one form of art. Artists paint, make music, dance, sew, write, sing, sculpt, and do so much more to...
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Michelle Cordova
May 11, 20231 min
Still Here...
As I sit in the part sun, part shade of the patio, behind the old garage, behind the house I live in, looking out at the backyard garden...
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Michelle Cordova
Apr 11, 20231 min
Sanctuary...
“Within you, there is a stillness and a sanctuary to which you can retreat at anytime and be yourself.” ~Herman Hesse To me, sanctuary is...
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Michelle Cordova
Mar 9, 20232 min
Solitude...
“The solitude that I find in my studio is one of plenitude. I am enough for myself. I live fully there.” ~ Artist, Joan Mitchell I had...
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Michelle Cordova
Dec 5, 20221 min
Some Come Easy...
Paintings begin with the spark of inspiration. A slant of a roof, the color of the sky on a particular day, a color combination that...
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Michelle Cordova
Nov 1, 20222 min
My Beach...
After seeing Alfred Hitchcock’s film, “The Birds”, filmed in the small coastal town of Bodega, and on the coast in Bodega Bay,...
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