“Blue is the color of longing for the distances you never arrive in,” writes author Rebecca Solnit. Under an azure sky, we scout for the hazy mountaintop on the horizon; we’re silenced by a great blue heron at twilight, delighted by elderberry jam stains; and when the gentle eye of a blue whale meets our gaze, we exclaim in wonder; our pale blue dot pulsing with feeling in a sea of space.

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Using indigo ink as a medium, Bay Area-based artist Michelle Favin will share her abstract, intuitive painting practice, inviting us to explore our myriad relationships to the color blue in the world around us. Instead of copying the blue landscape we see, we will learn how to bridge the distance between our blue-hued yearnings and the paper, while sitting by the ocean.