JEAN SYNODINOS

Cut up the canvas. In the spring of 2020, that's all I wanted to do. Cut up the canvas. I'd finished an abstract of an oil refinery on...

Shit happens. So do birthdays. I don't know how it happened, but I turned 60. It wasn't the huge house party I threw myself at 40. It...

More potpourri from pandemic life.

What better way to map the passing of these days with random notes about pandemic living?

Austin's singular gfire recently invited me into her studio to record an episode for her Women in Music podcast series. It's been live...

An acquaintance told me recently that they thought I'd "fallen off the map." Not as many gigs, or art shows, and certainly nothing on the...

If you were never among the privileged souls who spent some time with my dog and best friend Freida, please let me tell you about her...

I live in a quiet, working class neighborhood in deep south central Austin. The streets are wide, but the homes are small. Even though...

Written December 9, 2016 and reposted from the blog Scratch This Itch. December 9, 2016 Dear Charles, It’s been two years since we lost...

Written November 10, 2016, and reposted from the blog "Scratch This Itch." Less than 48 hours ago, Donald J. Trump became...