Editor's Introdcution - Five Artists

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Monthly Conversations Interviews with Social Artists, Uncommon Heroes March 20, 2018 From the Editor Richard Whittaker Five artists, and each with stories bring very different worlds to life in the mind's eye. [more] More Features Ruth Ozeki - A Tale for the Time Being Holy Beggars - Aryae Coopersmith Lea Redmnd - Say Grace Join Us! Interested in publishing your conversations with everyday heroes and artists? Want to get a hard-copy of our magazine? Want to suggest someone for an interview? Contact Us. Scuptor Ann Weber - Enough, Not Enough "I'm 65. I have 20 years left. What do I want to do with my last 20 years?" A life-changing moment led Weber to pulling up roots in the Bay Area and heading for LA, landing in San Pedro, "the kind of place that makes a sculptor drop to her knees and her heart pound in her chest. Now every day is a holiday." read more... John Wehrle - First Do No Harm Early on Wehrle found himself serving as an artist in the US Army in the Vietnam War. He and his team had a degree of freedom. As he said, "I had the rank, but we were all equal as artists. It helped with the brass. Lt. Colonels would come into our studio and take me aside and ask, 'Lt. how are they doing?'" "Sir. I never worked with a finer group of soldiers in my life!" They'd go away satisfied.

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