by Robert Maniscalco | Feb 22, 2025 | CSA Advocacy, Motivational, Random Favorites, World View
America has been egging for a real knock down, drag out existential crisis since the end of WWII. Civil rights, Watergate, the Cold War, the World Trade Center attack, not to mention the collective unresolved guilt of ignoring the genocide of indigenous people and...
by Robert Maniscalco | Feb 21, 2025 | Fine Art, Motivational, World View
This is a story about a boy whose parents talked him out of caring for an injured bird he found on his way home from school. “Get that thing out of here,” his mother scolded. “He’s full of germs!” “Let nature run its course,”...
by Robert Maniscalco | Feb 20, 2025 | CSA Advocacy, Motivational, World View
I try to walk a line, as a political person, because we are all political beings, even if we shy away from politics. I push the envelope as a citizen/artist, not as often as I’d like to. I restrain myself. But as I survey the current landscape, I find myself...
by Robert Maniscalco | Jan 21, 2025 | CSA Advocacy, Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, Theatre Related, World View
What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger I am a survivor of Childhood Sexual Abuse, which deeply impacted my sensibility and sense of self worth. One positive that came out of it was it made me more sensitive to the suffering of others. Believe me, empathy is...
by Robert Maniscalco | Jan 10, 2025 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, Random Favorites
A Grandma’s love I’m very excited to show another recent commission. This one from a bunch of photos taken by a proud grandma. In this case, Cheryle gave me many options and said “surprise me.” I have found, the more latitude a client provides...
by Robert Maniscalco | Oct 19, 2024 | Art Instruction, CSA Advocacy, Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, World View
Dannagal Goldtnwaite Young has written a book called Wrong, which was recently featured on an episode of Hidden Brain (on NPR), called, “Sitting with Uncertainty.” Wrong is a very enlightening book that not only sheds a much needed light on our political...
