\u201cLove can be a very frightening thing.\u2019 \u2018That is why most great love stories are tragedies.\u201d<\/p>\n
-Agatha Christie,\u00a0Death on the Nile<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n To love is to risk. There are no two ways about it. When we pour ourselves, heart and soul, into another being, no matter what kind of love \u2013 romantic, platonic, familial \u2013 we open ourselves up to possible pain. And it is this that keeps some from giving themselves completely. For some, the fear of loss or complication is too great to open up to. For some, it feels safer to remain closed. But by doing this, perhaps opportunities are missed \u2013 while pain is often part of love, so is joy and fulfillment and all manner of things.<\/p>\n Jerri Allyn<\/a> joined us to discuss\u00a0Sx Celebrated: Expanding Erotic Power<\/em><\/a>, a recent popup at DoLA, among other things. The title of the popup was written to get around online community standards that often don\u2019t allow the word \u201csex\u201d to appear in advertising copy. The project brings Allyn full circle from the co-founding of\u00a0The Waitresses<\/em><\/a> 30 years ago. To learn more, listen to the complete interview<\/a>.<\/p>\n Jim Osman<\/a> spoke about his recent show,\u00a0Walnut 3<\/em>, which ran until December 21 at McKenzie Fine Art<\/a>. The exhibition includes Osman\u2019s sculptural works created in walnut, the medium he has used almost exclusively for about five to eight years. He discovered walnut by chance in scrap bins where he used to teach and was immediately drawn to its look. To learn more about Osman\u2019s work, listen to the complete interview<\/a>.<\/p>\n A few words to keep in your pocket<\/strong><\/p>\n Are you brave enough to love?<\/p>\n Outings.<\/strong><\/p>\n Join me in in Northampton, MA for HELICES<\/a>.<\/p>\n Interviews are available on iTunes<\/a> as podcasts, and for Android, please click here<\/a>. All weekly essay pieces are here<\/a> in a shareable format. The full archive of interviews is here<\/a>.<\/p>\n More books to read<\/strong><\/p>\n Ours is a community of readers. Tell us what books you\u2019re reading now by adding your titles to our reading list here<\/a>. Praxis user Ann-Marie Stillion recommends\u00a0M Train<\/em><\/a> by Patti Smith.<\/p>\n Opportunities<\/strong><\/p>\n Jentel Residency<\/a> provides artists a serene space for creativity, reflection, and inspiration near Bighorn Mountains. Applications for the summer\/fall Jentel Artist Residency are currently open. Visit the website<\/a> to learn more, including eligibility, details, and FAQs. Deadline is\u00a0January 15<\/strong>.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cLove can be a very frightening thing.\u2019 \u2018That is why most great love stories are tragedies.\u201d -Agatha Christie,\u00a0Death on the Nile To love is to risk. There are no two ways about it. When we pour ourselves, heart and soul, into another being, no matter what kind of love \u2013 romantic, platonic, familial \u2013 we […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":20433,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-31129","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-art-career","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31129"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31129\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31130,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31129\/revisions\/31130"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/authorsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Brainard Carey is an author, artist and educator. He is the director of Praxis Center for Aesthetics and is currently faculty at the School of Visual Arts in NYC. He has written seven books for artists, including Making it in the Art World<\/a>. His seventh book, The Problems in the Art World: An Artist\u2019s A-Z Action Guide<\/a>, is available now.\u00a0<\/em><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"