May 9, 2023: My favorite transcription gig is doing the artist lectures for Skowhegan. I emailed Gordon Hall very quickly after swooning all over their lecture; I was wildly tickled to get an immediate, enthusiastic personal response from their studio address. Animating the inanimate is something I'm drawn to and relate to deeply, though I've yet to take it to Hall's heights. And visiting artists who consistently ask good questions - and offer compliments! - to their colleagues? Yes, please. (Photo by Elyse Harary & Amy Mills)