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beavertails greet you

just a taxicab driver
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mugshot from the al-Glasses tribunal

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let's go
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16" x 6" watercolor on Arches

backseat drivers
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I hope you have the time to
 see all six linked pages.
 As new work is finished,
 it gets dropped-in wherever
 there is a parking place.
 Click on pictures to enlarge.
 
Thanks for visiting.
 
 
 

hell for bad cows
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16" x 12" watercolor + graphite on Arches

the plane of 9/11
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24" x 18" watercolor, colored pencil & graphite on Arches

Saturday, January 12, 2008

safe haven
 
I am extremely fond of the Alphonse de Lamartine quote where he referenced something akin to the more he sees of his own kind, the more he appreciates his dogs.  With this in mind, you'll find a whole new page devoted exclusively to some of the animals either living here, or walked or flew into our world for however long they could stay. 
12:33 pm pst

Saturday, January 5, 2008

after the gold rush
 
By now, it should be obvious to repeat visitors here that the textual blog part merely supports the visuals.  The visuals are a sharing of life with anyone who wants to see.  The subjects are pretty much mundane, everyday stuff, except for a few of those collages thrown in for visitors with the drive to make it deeper into my back pages.  But still, this is all part and parcel of what our global world has become.  These are the images that will mark us into the future, whatever that may be. Quite a few of the images, especially the farmhouse series on page 3, are spaces in time where people of our past marked their journeys doing the same thing, creating works to outlive themselves.  In painting them, I make myself the judge that disperses the verdict that their endeavors, however grand or humble, stand the test of time. In this way it can be said that all creative efforts, selfless production without ego, is our contribution to posterity, a legacy of how we live and how we feel about it. The great literary genius, Henry James, said of his protagonist, Benvolio  (1875), endeavor that does not lead one to broaden his relations with others and the world at large, leads to ennui: 
 
... One was often idle when one seemed to be ardently
occupied; one was always idle (it might be concluded) when one's occupations had not a high aim. One

was idle therefore when one was working simply for one's self. Curiosity for curiosity's sake, art for art's

sake, these were essentially broken-winded steeds. Ennui was at the end of everything that did

not entangle us somehow with human life ...
 
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ventanas
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36" x 24" watercolor on Arches

Glacial Irregular vacations at Sunrise Mountain
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20" x 14" watercolor and colored pencil on Arches

sheep's cathedral
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20" x 14" watercolor on Arches

Since you have come this far, so fast, let's visit some wise friends, the light bearers, who are holding tiki torch openhouse parties along The Path. We Hansels and Gretls need a variety of nutritious insights packed in our knapsacks to sustain us through these darkest of the deep woods on our way towards destination unknown.

There is nothing to fear but fear itself.

Sing along now: Val der ree, val der rah, val der ree, val der rah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha, val der ree, val der rah, my knapsack on my back.

For the side zip pockets:

Visible Origami - an out-of-time castle of corridors with hidden doors and winding staircases leading to stained glass spires and glowing turrets of the soul. bring ear phones

Signs of the Times - any oneliner description is injustice, but it has been wisely noted as "venerable"

A Photo Essay on the Great Depression  - stark rewind in black and white. batteries included

Tao Te Ching - What is, IS. The Lao Tze intro, tuck inside your right front zip pocket.

The Truth Seeker - exactly what its name suggests, for once.  Yaaaaay, ah, sunglasses, please.

Metronome Online - your beat keeper

Country Joe's jukebox - Again, turn up your ears

What Really Happened - just see for yourself. sunglasses advised. leis and poi included in travel package

Hymn to the Magdalene - Claire Karst Rivero, speakers ON. period.

Citizen Kane - review ... Rosebud ...

Tropic Arts - oil, guache, watercolor genius at work and play

Ralph Eugene Meatyard - photographer, human being, some called 'southern gothic'

Embellishing Jupiter - watercolor wanderlust in love with life

Darwin Wiggett - photographer, naturalist, lay back in the grass and groove with his gifts

Just Get There - brand new community blog, lots to see, lots to learn. Share something heavy that moves you, changed you, share things that we need to know right now

Eugene Atget - description not required, is it.

Baghdad Year Zero - What Naomi saw when she visited the war zone

The Quilts of Geesbend - astounding art born from Slavery, a collective history, art, music, events

TOFA - transforming the world, one connection at a time

The Washington Note - real time political insider, three Weimaraners and a full dance card, backed by an informed chorus of readers ... don't miss POA on pedal steel

Twenty Great American Stories - I like to study the works of skilled writers, a lot. You, too?

Beer and Incence - following the Path in a mainstream world of weirdness

Tiny URL - clever tool to shorten long URLs so they don't distort blogger's comment pages all out of proportion

IRIS Seismic Monitor - worldwide interactive earthquake charts in real time, headlines, tetonic plates

Current Fire Detections - frequently updated current large wildfire maps in jpg.  Click on any region 

Thomas Cole - The Voyage of Life, Founder of the Hudson River School.

Guinea Lynx -  Guinea Pigs' essential medical guide and forum

Native American Quotes - to think on and remember all you ever read, were told and heard, then think again

The Daily Coyote - Meet Charlie, Wyoming adoptee, mister too-cool, living with Shreve, a remarkable photographer

Mustang Accounting - Vegas cowgirls untangle your past, present and future life into clean little columns of compliance.  Keep them close ... every day is tax season, even while trekking into destination unknown.

The Existentialist Cowboy - Watch cowpoke-daredevil Hart rope the steer.  Look for him also in sott.net Features.  Oooooopey ki yay...

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Think these will fit in the knapsack?

 
 
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  there is a lot more to see

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but take care on your way

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