Wednesday, January 16, 2008


"want.to.know.a.secret"

"Do you promise not to tell? Come closer."

The first 45 record I ever bought. Mowed lawns to buy it. Cost a dollar when a nice small house cost twenty or thirty thousand dollars in Northern California. Same house is now half a million, five water heaters later.

This is sampled from a refresh snapshot, by now the image is very very far removed. Only under the Napoleonic Code would the image above be considered copyright infringement, I hope. If so, I will avoid visits to France and Louisiana.

The image above looks ugly small - so muddy - I almost want to take it off this page.

Have a great day, create.

10 comments:

Trijnie said...

You make me cureous, tried to read the text.
I mostly use text in my paintings.
Not redable most of the time. Its my secret.

They are beautiful both images

Its so great ; internet/blogging hopping from continent to another.

John M. Mora said...

Your English is just perfect (goot, goot) and you communicate much with your own blog, glass, photos and paintings.

You are always kind and on point - you were the first to link me, almost on my arrival.

I am amazed by all the the art you create.

Bobbie said...

I see a small window to Neda's world in this art of yours :) I do love your work! I remember the 45's too. I had quite a collection bought with babysitting money and stacked neatly by my hand me down player. I loved rock and roll and still do :)

Kris Cahill said...

I like this image and think it is beautiful, but I am curious as to how big it is. It is interesting to me in its use of space, and that I am squinting at it because I can almost see an image and then it changes to another. so you see, I keep looking at it and it keeps changing. Nice work.

My first 45 record, I am embarrassed to admit, was some bubblegum pop song by the Archies, called Justine. I was 11 or 12.

The Artful Eye said...

Secret?! My first 45,"I Feel Fine" still have it, still play it, must be troubled. I love your work. It's "I Spy" for adults. Linking your site.
Thanks for the visit.

Artists With Artitude said...

I had tons of 45s except I did not speak English, I just loved dancing though..Didn't get the connection to my collage...slow-brain morning..will come back

John M. Mora said...

Thanks everyone....you are all quite gracious.

Arfull Eye, I really like your new poppy post ....Irene recommended her blogs yesterday.

Kris, you hit the nail when you commented on the size - using Paint I have gotten used to smaller image sizes meaning they canot be enlrger beyond 11 by 14 inches unkless you want/crave fuzzy wuzzy like a bear.

I need to move on to $harePoint and supplement pics with MS paint or elkse buy lot of Microsoft stock and force gates to upgrade MS Paint. MS Steroid Paint. I have a demo version of $P.

Neda, the image almost has no correlation to the snapshot from your lovely site - it was a demon for me - a dental visit of sorts. Needed more Nedacaine....I will post a draft version (step child) sometime with more roots tied to your inspiration.

Bev said...

Wasn't this the Beatles? Like the bottom image from the internet as it is quite like a record spinning. Quite a secretive top image, seems to hold all sorts of hidden meanings lol

John M. Mora said...

PhotoShop, not SharePoint. Work versus Play. Must be:

free.association.thursday

Lucky Dip Lisa said...

Got my first tape (hehe too young to have a 45) by swapping it for a poster of Jake the Snake aka WWE wrestler of old days.. Bon Jovi- Slippery when wet.Don't have it anymore, not doubt played it till it died.
Memories....

I don't mind your muddy work..going to beam it up for a closer look when I come back though.