Myrna Leigh Cohn

“Passover begins at sundown the evening preceding the fifteenth day of the Hebrew month of Nissan. It is the great spring celebration of the Jewish people. Passover began as a nature holiday, celebrating new life. In the priestly and rabbinic traditions, it became a commemoration of the biblical exodus and the escape from slavery in [...]

Today, the temperature is 9 degrees. I look out my windows and see frozen snow at least 12″ high. It’s very still and quiet… no wind blowing. No people walking dogs. I am inside at my desk typing away with my favorite throw over my legs. My small electric heater stands by, should my fingers [...]

“And now let us believe in a long year that is given to us, new, untouched, full of things that have never been.” Rainer Maria Rilke Throughout the late 60′s and early 70′s, major changes were taking place in society. Groups of people were standing up, speaking out and holding up the mirror of reality [...]

“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters, compared to what lies within us.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson I sit in my studio-office looking out at the almost denuded trees. The sun is shining …not the bright golden light of summer, but the subtle light of late October. We turn back the clocks [...]

I walk into the gallery where twelve of my abstract paintings are hanging and three are leaning against a wall. I am immediately taken in by a riot of color which surrounds me.  Looking around the room I see heather, green, brown, black, red, yellow, blue, orange, gold, rust and more. I am amazed! I [...]

“Well, it’s about time I start writing again” …says the little voice in my head. I’ve been hearing that refrain for about two weeks now, since returning from a very special trip to France. Now, there is so much to think about and integrate. Words and pictures fill my mind. I am unable to find [...]

Since my last Facebook Page post, I purchased eight tubes of acrylic paint and I am “playing around” with them using palette knife and brushes.  I find them “lite” as compared to my water-based oils, and the colors too intense.  This is not to say that I can’t use available mediums or texturizers to thicken the [...]

My horoscope for the year 2012 predicts many major changes in my life as I know it now. I usually read these forecasts with interest and skepticism. Nonetheless, over the years, I have experienced a high percentage of accurate readings. I could, of course, attribute this to intentions leading to behaviors, which lead to the [...]

Fleeting, fleeting, fleeting. Time marches or runs, as the case may be… so much to do and not enough time to give my all to any one thing. My to-do list: Write in journal Arrange paintings into separate galleries for new Website Identify, measure and price paintings Work on the next module of my “MoMA” [...]

I am scrolling down my recent e-mails when I notice one from “Artists Newsletter.” Curious, I click on the entry and am taken to a Website where I saw an ad from Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in NYC. It is an invitation to join one of their online courses. I am curious to see [...]