October 21, 2019 ‘FOG’/acrylic on canvas   By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com Fog — le brouillard — particularly if  it comes on the broad expanse of L’Avenue des Champs-Élysées — is not merely mist in the air from… Continue reading

‘AT THE CAPE’/gunther October 14, 2019 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com       Seasons always end, leaving memories whether photographic, in the mind, in the heart, in the soul. They are there for renewal, reinforcement, reassurance.     … Continue reading

October 7, 2019 ‘TUNED TO WSM, NASHVILLE’/acrylic/gunther By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com      Defining country music is like translating the ever-growing list of languages, including colorful, highly descriptive idioms, in this immigrant America. Listening to it, from the… Continue reading

‘COBALT IN OCHRE’/acrylic/gunther September 30, 2019 By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com       Sometimes what you look at is not what you see, like when you dream and the events are not reality. In both “readings,” the perceptions already… Continue reading

‘BARN AT SANDYFIELD’/acrylic/gunther September 23, 2019 By Arthur H. Gunther III        Thirty or so modest houses around a Pond called Beaver were more than just structure to the people within and about the meadows, the hills, the… Continue reading

Acrylic on canvas/gunther   September 16, 2019 By Arthur H. Gunther III CHANGE OF PACE: Song lyrics (mine) instead of an essay…   I locked the door last night, though it never had a key. You are gone, and I… Continue reading

September 9, 2019 ‘Lean on Me’/photograph/gunther By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com (also on Facebook)            Depending on the individual, “pride” is a variable. Some are too proud to accept help of any sort. Others extend… Continue reading

     Recently, the writer/artist Bill Batson wonderfully cajoled me into speaking before his great Learning Collaborative class of inquisitive adults, at the New City, N.Y., Jewish Center. He asked that my remarks be posted via my essay site. Thanks,… Continue reading

LETTER TO LIA’/acrylic/gunther   September 2, 2019  By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com (also on Facebook)            How many have received the letter Lia has let slip to the floor, her thoughts now focused beyond that red… Continue reading

  ‘BARN DOOR’/acrylic/gunther August 26, 2019  By Arthur H. Gunther III thecolumnrule.com (also on Facebook)      There probably is a barn in most people’s youth, whether you live on a farm, or you pass the iconic red structures as… Continue reading