Art’s Inspiration and Other Fancy Thoughts

Dark Beauty

On wiles and impressivityconsider the tomato-----------------------------from a dark and deadly familyevolved beauty fragrant and lovely Could this be enlightenment?Strength and vibrancein plump and youthful countenancecelebrating life with all it's...

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Spirit Trees

Spirit Trees

Dancing Trees From our walk the other day, when I discovered a grove of birch right next to the underpass to the freeway. It was a tiny forest surrounded by asphalt. If the faeries were hiding out there, they had a very small roaming space in this reality. It had that...

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Beloved

Frumbly mumblymired in muddling thoughts Or twinkly winklyuplifted and light The fact is you're lovedthe same huggly snuggly Nurtured and belovednight, day, light, dark, high, low Ain't that grand?(Yeah, I think so, too!)

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Hmmm Daze

Hmmm Daze

She Stood There Forever I was thinking today of one of my favorite photographers, and her super effective style of using the diptych in a lot of her image presentations, so I thought I  would give it a try. I'm not sure it translates, yet it was enjoyable. I just may...

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Carnation

the carnation is considereda more plebian flower far less expensivethan the rose yet, it exudes an odormost sweet and delightfuland intricately garbed incolors bright and beautiful sometimes, a carnationwill more than suffice

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Fear Face

Fear Face

Remembering I created this face image in the darkroom in the early 70s. I slathered vaseline on my face,  rolled my face on photographic paper,  then exposed the paper to light and  developed it. I never really did much with the image even though it intrigued me. It's...

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Plains of Love

In the company of horseswe can ride the plains of loveSeeking the one enthralling vistawhere misted mountainshug chilled and pristine lakesOr on mundane Mondayswe can ride the dusty trailpast the old abandoned well....................................................On...

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Bloom

Bloom

Where are you growing? Busy busy day. Still, I got in a very short walk. This year we actually had an iris bloom in our yard (a first in this home), but no tulips. I had to walk the neighborhood to find this one. The subtle floral border is a hand drawn ink border...

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Dogwood Blessing

Dogwood Blessing

May you be blessed... This spring is just flying by, as if all of the growing things are in hyperdrive. I'm really grateful that I've managed to take the walks that I have, camera in hand, and light surrounding everything as if staged for my convenience. Don't you...

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Northern Neighbor

Northern Neighbor

A Walk at Dusk Usually this little fella hangs out in the pineapple guava tree outside our front door, and lately he's become quite raucous. This evening, on our lengthy walk at dusk, he stood there on the neighbors roof and posed for me.  It was a lovely walk. All of...

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Exterior Decorating

Decorative phrasesfill the sensitive bodylike paisley vines on the marchunder skittish trees Tickle the plains with herdsof words and topics broadinstigate emotional mobstwisting concepts to fit the story Art or craft capableof painting hints of...

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Consternmoon

Consternmoon

Hmmmm Not a very original concept. I started with the scan of the facial features, and played from there. I didn't know it would end up this way. I had fun using my new brushes and stuff.

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