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Don M. Forst: Painting Offers 'No Limitation'
Don M. Forst, who at 82 is the youngest of our three artists, was an architect in New York and then in Denver for four decades. That job only satisfied his creative impulses to a point. Painting fulfilled the rest, and it's where his passion now resides.
Dorothy Tanner: 'Why Stop' After Lumonics?
Sculptor Dorothy Tanner's work is best seen in the dark. That's because the 92-year-old works with light, using materials like plexiglass to bend and blend vibrant rays of color.
- "Creatures from Left Field," a Tanner exhibit, at Lakewood Cultural Center
- Tanner's Lumonics Light and Sound Gallery
CPR's Stephanie Wolf produced the interview with Dorothy Tanner.
Lois Hayna, Poet Who Keeps Going
I am busy with decisions about who
should inherit which of my wordly goods
when an angel taps my shoulder
and says “Time to go.” Almost instantly
I feel lighter and a bit unsteady.
It’s clear that wings will need some
getting used to, they shift my balance
even as they fledge and they open
astonishingly fast. Just before take-off,
I tuck my laptop under the lengthening feathers
of my left wing. With all eternity on my hands,
those glittery streets and unchanging vistas
may well turn boring. I might even
finally settle in and finish that novel.
Then, hastily, I stow a handful of CDs
under the other wing. Harp-music’s okay
to a point, but it tends to be tinkly,
and played by hosts of eager but amateur
angels-in-training could well become
pretty hellish. I snatch up some Beethoven,
some Mahler, then I turn
to my somewhat impatient angel.
“Ready,” I say and we’re off.
We don’t look back.
