Art & Inspiration Blog

Each year I donate a postcard to Visual AIDS’ Postcards from the Edge mainly because I have lost friends to AIDS and this happens to be a well run charity that I can support. Plus, of course, they solicit art from artists and I get the fun in exhibiting my postcard (along with 1000 plus others) in a top tier Chelsea gallery.

This year’s event was at the prestigious Cheim and Read. Many of the very best Chelsea NY best galleries have served with the event moving to a new venue each year.

At the time this blog is posted Postcards from the Edge benefit has raised over $83,000 and displayed the work of 1,475 artists. Thousands of guests attended, including those who pay to attend the jam packed opening night where they stalk out the postcards that become available the following morning when they sell for $85.00 each.

So far, I have only donated Genesis: Sunrise Sunset painted postcards. Partially because since my first donation I learned that they sell, but also as Genesis I:7 is the theological (but not scientific) basis for Post Conceptual UnGraven Image Art theory.

VisualAIDS Sunset 2011 is created of strokes that are all the original letters from Genesis 1-:27. It is a part of my Genesis: Sunset-sunrise series.

Visual AIDS Sunset 2011

By Judy Rey Wasserman

To see the postcard I donated last year go to: http://ungravenimage.com/blog/2011/03/genesis-sunset-for-visualaids-2010

The basic Essence Portrait of Picasso is created with strokes that are the original letters of Psalm 46. It was completed at near the end of December 2011, just in time to be included in my annual card/print and blog image.

It is a departure for me. Previously I have somewhat mimicked the actual styles of the artists whose basic Essence Portraits I made. The Picasso portrait somewhat adheres to his earlier style, but includes references to his life and work “hidden” within the image.

The Harlequin pattern, again from his pre-Cubism works, can be seen at the bottom right of the image. Several of Picasso’s Harlequins have gone for near record breaking (at the time) amounts at auction.

Less obvious are the blobby looking fingers imagery that Picasso used in Guernica and other works. There finger tips can be found at the top far left of his head.

Also, the line of shadow on the portraits right forehead is basically the Atlantic shoreline that runs from Spain to France.  Picasso was born and educated in Spain, but spent his artistic life as an ex-patriot living in France , in protest of Franco’s regime. He is strongly associated and claimed as their artist by people in both countries.

So far I have only created Essence Portraits of artists who have influenced my work. Picasso’s Cubist idea of showing a object or person from all sided on a flat plane – depicting what the artist knows is there, but cannot see from his current perspective – helped lead me to portraying the smallest essences, the pre-matter or energy strings of elementary physics, which we also cannot see.

There is another, purely visual connection, or line that runs from Picasso’s Guernica directly to my work using letters as strokes. In my senior year in the High School of Music and Art, my beloved art teacher, Mr. Bertram Katz assigned me to do an in depth report on a painting.  Although, I would have preferred a van Gogh or Monet, I ended up with Guernica.  I discovered a treasure trove of information in the Donnell Library, that included may versions or studies of the Weeping Woman (also called the Wailing Woman), the bull, Horse, etc. I dutifully traced many of these for my report. It ended up being 30 odd pages of my tracings and written information.

I learned to make studies, multiple studies, until I had what I wanted, and then that it is OK to sell them all. I watched as the misery of the Weeping Woman was accentuated through Picasso’s experimentation. I remember that there were days that I could hardly wait for school to be over so that I could head back to the reference department at the Donnell to unlock more of the mystery of the creation of Guernica.  Plus, it helped that Guernica was still at the Museum of Modern Art so I could walk from the Donnell straight to MoMA to compare what I had just carefully traced to the final painting. I recall my parents questioning me after a week as to where I was actually going as I sort of disappeared for a few weeks, until my dad saw all the tracings and notes.

If you look closely at Guernica you can see that the horse’s coat is comprised of strokes that are lines that are in rows and look a lot like a simple letter I, or small l, or number 1, or Hebrew vav, which I recognized at the time, although I doubt it was what Picasso meant..My tracing of Picasso’s horse in Guernica was the first time I can recall using a symbol as a stroke.

Pablo Picasso (Psalm 46)

by Judy Rey Wasserman

To see more basic Essence portraits by Judy Rey click: Basic Essence Portraits and also check out the links above that page for more info, including how you can commission a portrait of you or a loved one.
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Judy Rey Wasserman is an artist and the founder of Post Conceptual Art theory and also the branch known as UnGraven Image Art. Download a free copy click: Manifesto of Post Conceptual Art– A Painting’s Meaning is Inherent in its Stroke. Follow her on Twitter at @judyrey .]

This is my special holiday greeting of 2011. Whatever you celebrate, I hope that this image of Artists Poinsettia will help inspire you to see new, hidden meaning and inspiration everywhere.

Each of us actually sees the world differently from anyone else as our brains use our memories to see. For instance when we see a flower, such as a sunflower, or brain almost instantaneously compares the reflections of light it receives from the eyes to other similar reflections to discern that we are looking at a sunflower. Perhaps, like my brain, your brain touches upon memories of Sunflowers painted by Vincent van Gogh to decode the meaning of what my eyes see, whether I am conscious of the memory or not.

By seeing the works of great and inspiring artists, we are actually learning to see in new ways that can impact and inspire our lives.

Artists Poinsettia by Judy Rey Wasserman

As you probably know I create art according to the tenets of Post Conceptual Art, and this art falls under the branch called UnGraven Image. Each and every stroke of the flower and Essence Portraits is a letter from the only font in the world that is binary, phonic and alpha-numeric, and thus best represents the attributes of the elementary physic’s strings, the tiniest pre-matter and energy of the physical universe. [See the You Tube video “Painting with the Big Bang of Genesis” to discover visually how this all comes together in a painting. Click: HERE.]

Below is a close up of a section that allows you to see many of the my tiny letter strokes

Poinsettia Psalm Artists combines the hand created artworks of Poinsettia Psalm 148 with the Essence Portraits of (clockwise from top) Vincent van Gogh, Claude Monet, Rembrandt van Rijn, Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol and Leonardo Da Vinci. These artists are universally acclaimed as some of the top artists in the history of Western Art, plus each has uniquely inspired aspects of my work, which, except for Picasso, I have somewhat explained in previous blogs and article.

Artworks that combine handmade paintings or drawings into a new unique digital artwork are called “tradigital.”

More Inspiration

Many of the images used can be seen larger in articles and blogs, plus information as to their strokes and influence can be found in the links below:

In writing this message I was surprised to discover that although I mention Vincent van Gogh most frequently in my articles and blogs (notice his prominence at the top of the poinsettia!) as his work and writings have been the most profound influence on my work and even life, but I have never actually just focused upon him in a blog. This will be remedied early in 2011.

The Poinsettia Psalm 148 ‘s blog, including symbolism, choice of psalm, and more can be found by clicking HERE. It is also available as a print. Click: http://ungravenimage.com/blog/2011/12/poinsettia-psalm-148/

Monet Click: http://ungravenimage.com/blog/2009/11/lessons-from-monet/

Rembrandt Click: http://ungravenimage.com/blog/2011/07/happy-birthday-rembrandt/

Warhol Click: http://ungravenimage.com/blog/2009/08/birthday-tribute-to-andy-warhol/

Da Vinci Click both links:   http://ungravenimage.com/blog/2011/08/leonardo-da-vinci-essence-portrait/

http://ungravenimage.com/blog/2011/05/did-leonardo-da-vinci-envision-post-conceptual-art/

Picasso Note : this is the first time the Picasso Essence Portrait has been shown online and an upcoming blog will feature and explain it and also how his work helped lead me to my theory of Post Conceptual Art, including the branch of UnGraven Image.

Wherever you are, whatever you’re doing, whatever you celebrate — I hope that you have a happy, fulfilled and joyous Holiday Season,

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Watch a short video (second video down from top) that shows you how Judy Rey Wasserman’s signature-logo-self portrait is created from her name in Hebrew HERE: http://ungravenimage.com/essencevideos.php
Judy Rey Wasserman is an artist and the founder of Post Conceptual Art theory and also the branch known as UnGraven Image Art. Download a free copy click: Manifesto of Post Conceptual Art– A Painting’s Meaning is Inherent in its Stroke. Follow her on Twitter at @judyrey .]

Judy Rey Wasserman is an artist and the founder of Post Conceptual Art theory and also the branch known as UnGraven Image Art. Download a free copy click: Manifesto of Post Conceptual Art– A Painting’s Meaning is Inherent in its Stroke. Follow her on Twitter at @judyrey .

This artwork’s name tells the basics of its story: that it is created from strokes that are the original Torah font letters of Psalm 148 and that it is an image of a poinsettia.

Yet there is more to this image, as poinsettias have become a popular decoration during the winter holiday season.

Poinsettias are native to Mexico. According to legend in the 16 th century a young, poor Mexican girl was inspired by an angel to gather weeds from the roadside as a present for Jesus’ birthday, and to place these before the church alter. When red flowers blossomed the flower became associated with Christmas. By the 17 th century Mexican Franciscan friars were including poinsettias in there Christmas celebrations, claiming that the leaf pattern symbolized the Star of Bethlehem, while the red color symbolizes the blood of Christ. Plus, of course the colors that symbolize Christmas are greed and red, which are the colors of Italy where the Vatican is located.

Poinsettia Psalm 148 Print

Although the plant can be grown easily in warmer climates and is fairly drought tolerant, it was not until the Ecke family in Los Angeles developed a special grafting technique to make the plants bushier and more attractive, and then sold and promoted them across the USA that the strong association between poinsettias and the winter holidays began. This is a very recent development that was successfully promoted by Paul Ecke, Jr., who appeared on television shows such as the Tonight Show and Bob Hope’s Christmas specials.

Since poinsettia’s are native to Mexico, they are not mentioned in the Bible; nor do they play a role in any of the world’s other major religions, as other flowers, such as the rose and lily do.

So Jews, who celebrate Chanukah during the winter holiday season, also bring home poinsettias and use this image on cards and decorations. Like snowmen, poinsettias brighten winter décor without being especially religiously significant.

Poinsettia Psalm 148 is stylized to represent both or either the Jewish or Christian symbols. While real flowers were uses as models, the leaves were purposefully arranged. The green leaves have four points, while the red ones have six, visually symbolizing both a cross and Star of David. As during the same time period that poinsettias have become recognized as a holiday season flower, much of the Christian community in the USA has been increasingly supportive of the Jews and then Israel.

Poinsettia Psalm 148 can be seen as a symbol and visual prayer for tolerance and peace for the winter holidays and every day.

Poinsettia Psalm is available as an open edition fine art archival (click–>) print from the artist’s studio. It is also featured on cards, postage, ornaments, bags and attire, etc., at (click–>) Judy Rey’s Zazzle Store.

For many years my hands have been eloquently “speaking” Hebrew, specifically in Torah font as the original letters of Bible texts are the strokes of my paintings and drawings.

However, although I could read Hebrew, as it is almost totally phonetic, there were only a few words that I could read, speak or hear and recognize their meaning. I  had no understanding of the grammar. Any grammar that does not follow the rules of English has previously befuddled me.

In school, my worst subject was always any other language that I would study, other than English where I had straight A’s and advanced courses. Without the special help of a very well known and beloved French teacher, Mrs. Henrietta Rattiner in the High School of Music and Art, I might not have graduated. Before this dear teacher took me under her wing the only subject I studied was French, and I studied it for hours a day, but I was failing and it was the only subject where I did not have an A or at least a B +.

Since my video, “Painting with the Big Bang of Genesis” won Ulpan Or’s first prize in their Facebook contest, I have been studying Hebrew with their system.

Today ends my third week of  study with Ulpan Or, and I am speaking and writing in Hebrew and even understanding short stories in the workbook. This is a huge accomplishment for me, which I have accomplished with less actual time spent studying than in my previous attempts to learn another language that did not go as nearly well.

Ulpan Or’s system includes a CD of sound recordings that are keyed to the workbook. First I listen, and listen, and listen (I listen more than the times recommended as I am a visual and then kinetic learner). But I can do a lot of my extra listening while doing fairly routine or mindless tasks, so this works out fine.

The workbook has written material that corresponds to the CDs. Ulpan Or sent me three well done workbooks, which are all Introductory Level, my general workbook, one on verbs and another for learning the Hebrew letters, including script letters.

The real power behind Ulpan Or’s system for me is Miri, my teacher in Jerusalem, who speaks with me over skype twice a week. She encourages me as I stumble along speaking my new Hebrew words and sentences. Having to speak and listen in Hebrew with Miri has made a huge difference for me!

As part of my last assignment, I had to make up and write 15 sentences using at least 15 new nouns in Hebrew. This is an amazing assignment as I have only been studying for three weeks, which has been wedged into my normal full time life’s activities.

Here are some of my sentences, with the English translation beneath them. And, since I am still learning an practicing Hebrew script, I use the block letters I am so familiar with as my strokes, but have added in the vowels.

Speaking Hebrew Miri tells me I am doing very well, and I understand her. Amazingly, I am also having fun, which after wresting with French and Latin for many years, amazes me.

I also understand more of the Hebrew texts that I use for my paintings. The photocopied sheets I hold in one hand while I hold a paint brush in the other have the translation in English, but now that I am catching on to the grammar I am beginning to figure out more of what the actual Hebrew words mean.

I wonder if and how this new knowledge and even success at what has always eluded me will change my work.

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Watch a short video (second video down from top) that shows you how Judy Rey Wasserman’s signature-logo-self portrait is created from her name in Hebrew HERE: http://ungravenimage.com/essencevideos.php
Judy Rey Wasserman is an artist and the founder of Post Conceptual Art theory and also the branch known as UnGraven Image Art. Download a free copy click: Manifesto of Post Conceptual Art– A Painting’s Meaning is Inherent in its Stroke. Follow her on Twitter at @judyrey .]

Last night, I kept awakening for now reason and then just comfortably cuddling beneath the covers as I was wide awake.

As I lay awake last night , I was very much in the moment. In the Now. So I decided just to experience lying in bed.  Just being.

And it just naturally followed, as being in the now, in the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand – the I AM moment – that I naturally welled up with appreciation for it. One cannot drag in resentments, anger, fear, upsets, and any of the past woes into the now and actually be in the Now. Being in that present time, which is a kind of being in the Truth, one enjoys the clarity of appreciating the gift of the moment.

There I was cozily appreciating and giving The Divine thanks for my being cozy, for the breathing I began to experience, for the dark, for the now…At that moment, everything was perfect.And then the alarm went off. It was morning. At some point I had just fallen fast asleep.

Woman of Valor Rosebud print

Despite our daily concerns, worries and goals, we have so much to be grateful for that we did not really create for ourselves. Even a sick person has enough good health to be alive, and enjoy all if not most of their senses of sight, taste, smell, etc.

It’s not about seeing the glass as half full or half empty but experiencing the kind of miracle that there is a glass that can hold water and that there is water. For even glassblowers cannot make the silica and ingredients used to make a glass, and water is always a gift of life.

This Thanksgiving I look forward to giving more thanks quietly and personally. In appreciating small moments and acts of moments of chewing, sharing, laughing, seeing breathing and being in the now.

I hope this inspires you to join me in that appreciating and give thanks in the now, too.

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From now through Sunday, November 27, 2011 at 11:59 PM EST you can get a discount of 35% off of anything and everything available in my Art of Seeing The Divine and UnGraven Image estore: http://estore.artofseeingthedivine.com/ ! That includes signed and numbered limited edition prints, open edition prints and – for the first time ever—a discount of the initial down payment for a personal Essence Portrait for you or a loved one. Use code BLKFRI when asked for your coupon code in the easy secure check out. You can use any credit card via PayPal to pay for your order.

There are gifts available in the estore for everyone who is important to you, and in most price ranges, plus do not forget to gift yourself! Bring the Bible into your home or place of work, or into those spaces for the people you care about. This is the art that inspires a new vision.

My video, “Painting with the Big Bang of Genesis” won the top prize from Ulpan Or’s Facebook contest. SEE:  http://www.ulpanor.com/2011/ulpan-or%E2%80%99s-free-online-hebrew-course-contest-%E2%80%93-the-awards/

The contest asked contestants to answer the question, “Why I love Hebrew”. Watch the winning video below to see the amazing correlations between Torah font Hebrew and elementary physics as depicted in the radical new Post Conceptual UnGraven Image Art.

My first lesson was two days ago, and I am already saying some phrases and answering simple conversational questions. The materials include Ulpan Or’s book, a CD to listen and review what I am learning, plus, a wonderful and patient teacher, Miri, who I will be working with over our Skype connection.

The most difficult subject for me to learn, even just pass has always been foreign languages, in both high school and college. I am so visually orientated that learning to speak and understand another language is difficult. After many years of French studies, I can read French fairly well, but understanding what is said to me is difficult, beyond elementary phrases.

However, I am applying myself diligently, and am finding that the approach of Ulpan Or, through the one-to-one teaching over the phone and the CD quickly gives me more listening experience and also engages my participation.

It is my hope that my mouth will speak Hebrew as well as my hands “speak” Hebrew’s Torah font in my art. To watch that happen, see the video below.

A good work of art is original.

Not necessarily an original – since personally, I’d take a good reproduction of a van Gogh, Rembrandt, Monet, etc., over some of the “originals” I have seen recently in various galleries.

By original, I mean that the artist’s vision is unique and inspiring.

There is a great deal of good art, beautifully rendered work being done today. I know artists who have talent and training and they paint lovely paintings using oils and watercolors, especially. Just one problem, been there seen that. Who is painting what is really new and will change the way I see the world? I want to see that.

A good life is original. Each person has his or her own path. Attempting to follow another’s path only manages to take one off one’s own path.

It’s an interesting thing about paths. We can only take the next step. We cannot undo past steps, but we can correct our course if we have rambled off our path. But, a path is walked one step at a time. Try to run ahead and one goes off one’s path.

A step takes time, even though it may seem to go rather fast, such as during a brisk walk.

Imagine a step shown in slow motion. It happens second by second, bit by bit, movement by movement: the lifting up of the leg, leaning forward, the shifting of one’s weight… It’s an easy accomplishment for the average healthy person, but for a baby becoming a toddler or a person who has a foot or leg injury it takes more concentration. The time seems to stretch out. Taking a simple step demands focus and being present.

Take a deep breath. Concentrate on just breathing in then breathing out. Experience that breath. Look around. What do you see? Not what needs to be done – but what is actually where you are? What is now? (Please, give it a try — now.)

This blog was inspired by a Collector Family member who wrote me that she is having a problem staying in balance. She is very busy with a life that places many demands on her time.

Being out of balance means not being in the moment of now with the Lord. Even busy people only have now, although it may seem otherwise.

Jesus said, “I do nothing but what the Father does through me.” That’s about being in the now and focused on the Father.

Deuteronomy 6: 5-7 commands a daily ongoing relationship, in the Now, “5. And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. 6 And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: 7 And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. “

Echoing this, in the Christian Testament Paul said, “Pray without ceasing” — meaning be in communication as prayer is communication that goes both ways. Paul is taking about a constant relationship with The Divine that can only happen in the now.

My life is very out of balance in the way of the world. Experts might disapprove of my path. That’s their problem. I am focusing on staying on my path.

I am working to stay, moment by moment, step by step on the path that the Lord has for me.  Sure, I fail on a daily basis. I stumble, trip and even take spiritual pratfalls. I get lost in my thoughts of the path and future. Then I pick myself up, brush myself off and get my focus back on The Divine and what is now. I ask, What do I do now, Lord? I ask this as often as I can remember to do so, many, many times a day and I have been at it for years. What do I do now? What do I say now? There is always an answer, just not necessarily the one I want. And it is always simple and immediate, dealing with the now.

Most of us ask for guidance during times of crisis. I have learned to ask on an ongoing basis, even when I think I can handle the situation myself. On a moment to moment basis and more of my moments are spent that way. You can do this too.

We can only relate to The Divine (or anyone) in the moment of NOW. We cannot do it in the future or past.

When I have my answer, and act on it, such as late and night, when I get the sense of inspirational feedback, like, Go brush your teeth … then when I break away from the painting or the PC screen, I have a sense of balance of peace of being on my right path. (The teeth brushing thing is generally followed with the move towards bed.)

When I am busy with the many tasks that I wish I could give to the staff I don’t have yet, I try to be present in that now, focus on The Divine. Moment by moment. Easy to say, not as easy to accomplish.

For instance, putting together my shipments of prints is a task that is routine but uniquely specific in detail for each package. It is work I could mostly and gladly hand over to a competent assistant. However, it is still my own task and I have learned that there is nothing so mundane or small that the Lord does not wish to be there with you and share it.

A great painting is created one stroke at a time. The inspiration (for me communication with The Divine) that the artist had when each stroke was made shows in a painting. A great symphony is written note by note and again, the inspiration is evident. A great piece of literature… well, you have the idea.

Great works of art out continue to inspire many generations and so seem immortal.

If we live our lives one moment at a time with the Lord, we will live great lives that will inspire others. That is what Jesus, Paul, Hillel and many other great teachers have tried to tell us. In Genesis , it says that Enoch walked perfectly with The Divine and then was no more – in other words, Enoch never died. I find that amazingly inspirational.

Inspirational enough to inspire me to create a whole new theory of art, Post Conceptual UnGraven Image, where the focus is on the stroke: tiny strokes – one stroke at a time in the ever expanding and inspirational now.

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Judy Rey Wasserman is an artist and the founder of Post Conceptual Art theory and also the branch known as UnGraven Image Art. Download a free copy click: Manifesto of Post Conceptual Art– A Painting’s Meaning is Inherent in its Stroke. Follow her on Twitter at @judyrey .]

One of my favorite places in the world is a beach that begins at and surrounds a dead end. The painting, Dead End at National depicts a sunset I witnessed there. Several of the works in the Genesis: Sunset: Sunrise series are from sunsets I have observed and photos I’ve taken within yards or half a mile at most from this very spot.

Locally, we call this beach “National” since it borders the land of the famous National Golf Links. However, since all beaches are owned by the public here, there is access via the dead end. On one side one can fish or from the other side swim, when the weather permits. I have taken my dog(s) for walks throughout the year along this beach. Even the winding drive to the area is a treat during all four seasons in any weather safe enough to drive through.

Dead End At National, 2007

Genesis: Sunset-Sunrise series
Texts used for strokes: Genesis 1-2:7, Deut. 6:4, Psalm 20 frame
24 x 30 inches, acrylic on canvas

I have swim here in the summers and collected shells since I was a girl. It is where I went fishing with my Dad and then many years later my then own young son.

I prefer to leave my vehicle and walk along the beach. That is a much different experience from cruising along in my Honda Passport. However, it is also a good experience. The experience of time and space is differs from driving along a beautiful winding road to walking along a quiet beach, with pebbles and shells crunching beneath one’s steps. Sometimes the way we experience life, its joys, sorrows and challenges seems to change the perception of time and space also.

For instance, we all share times in our lives that we remember exactly where we were when we learned specific news. Boomers know where they were when they learned that JFK had been shot – and likewise John Lennon, and for many MLK and RFK also. All of us know where we were when we learned of the horror of the jets flying into the Twin Towers . Our memories are not only of where we physically were visually, but most of us can recall the temperature of the place and even the scent, and perhaps, even the sound of the voice of the news. Time seems to expand and the moment becomes super real and forever etched in memory.

Moments when life changes, when we wonder how we will go on — what we can do—how life as we know it can go on, are challenging and changing. Yet often it seems as if life just continues on somehow, but the way we see life, our unique interior views, have forever changed. These are dead ends that are openings to transformation.

In the painting Dead End at National we are standing at a dead end yet overlooking a beautiful sunset. There is more, there is beauty and glory, even hope and promise beyond the dead end where the viewer is poised. The question is, will we decide to reach out and move beyond the seemingly solid dead end and embrace the promise and beauty beyond or will we turn back and scurry into the safety of the paved and familiar routine?

I have swam here in the summers and collected shells since I was a girl. It is where I went fishing with my Dad and then many years later my then own young son.

I have walked, bicycled and arrived by various vehicles to this dead end. There are many ways to reach a dead end. For me, this very real dead end means the achievement of a wonderful destination. The first time I was in Southampton again and back on my bicycle, after years of fighting and finally overcoming acute and chronic Lyme’s disease, I headed for the dead end at National. I wept tears of joy upon reaching that destination, when just five years prior I could barely stand or walk.

So, although the sign says, “Dead End”, it also signals beginnings and good times, which are blessings.
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Judy Rey Wasserman is an artist and the founder of Post Conceptual Art theory and also the branch known as UnGraven Image Art. Download a free copy click: Manifesto of Post Conceptual Art– A Painting’s Meaning is Inherent in its Stroke. Follow her on Twitter at @judyrey .]