"twice"

Two cherry trees - each a beautiful photograph - one near Tokyo and another from The Netherlands at the cusp of Belgium. Blended on Long Island into an iced tea of sorts...intoxicating. Yes, and also an image of a magical small ball on a park bench.

Below, a detail. My best.

"again.reborn"

Sampled from Irene's blog, based on tree photos taken by her former husband. Irene is a a sweetheart. My best on a Monday morn. Back to work.

"past.all.the.rubies"

Bees wax and fridge magnets...both two dimensional and thus perfect for simple sampling.

A bit of a splanglish.dutch omelet. Obviously with tomatoes

Enjoy your Sunday,....

Close-upsof two morphs in progress.

"again"

Snippets are pan.caked and now lint.free.

"for.kappa.1"

The Altered Page left a comment atop a flap.jack and I found his blog and I enjoyed photos and content....go here.. There are some excellent shots of NYC art he took on the street. Explore. Excellent site and he truly appreciates what NYC has to offer, what most cannot appreciate.

Page includes a photo of a painting that was spectacular. When I saw the painting "Kappa,1" at MOMA at least two months back, it was the painting "in the room" that I wanted to take home. I always like to pick one thing in each room that I would take home. I try to stay with what was most amazing rather than what I would have to look at the rest of my life.

A truly great painting makes me laugh with joy. Happens less often with music, something that I also need a daily dose of.

Somehow I needed to continue work - seduced by color and here is where I went.....



In the end, I added Andrea's backyard tree and a snippets of a mandala from the artist formerly known as Sweet Irene - Nora. Not a great image, but experimenting.


"early.morning.mist"

A circuitous route to comment on how I had wanted to do something with less color, minimal. With a U-Turn. Like chasing a sun dress in the rain.

"over.coffee"

Recycled ears, and also goes back also to a John.Sue.Irene colloboration for inspiration. Also a lovely NZ cloud.

I appreciate all your comments and also am inspired daily by your posts and creativity. My best.

"bunny.ears"

The better image is at recycled.lint. This is a paid political advertisement.

This weekend we watched "Across the Universe" - a movie musical based on Beatles songs and set in 1968 in NYC. It came out this past Spring or Summer. The DVD has grown on me - both for the more than adequate versions of Beatles songs(so hard to do given how ingrained the originals are), but also because it captured the era with tenderness and zeal.

I give it four and a half peace symbols. All you need is love.

Sue's photo that I manipulated and then became the starting point of Sue's mandala as further interpreted by Irene with more than a pinch of Andrea's just desert. Shaken not stirred.

Much colloboration.

"bou.quet"

International sample. Hope you are all well.

For the past two days Irene has posted truly beautiful mandalas derived in part from my images. Go here or there.

These two works remind me of grand old European ceilings - in a basilica or a noble dining hall. They are truly elegant and peaceful and alive and detailed.

Kidding aside, and I joke too much sometimes, the collective work I see among my new friends here is like a mouse clicking 21St century Grand Tour.

I do not think Irene will mind my copying one of her lovely Mandalas here.



Irene, it is an honor for you to reinterpret my work. Your posts, your visuals and words are a daily honest delight. Your comments are always insightful and appropriate. Thank you.

Hasta la vista.

"nice.ladies.heart.eight"

Hard eight is a suckers bet at the craps table, unless you have ESP. IOU ESP ASAP.

"man.grovels"

Draft, dodger.

Lisa, again. Birds, again. Irene's web waves....I am not loosening up.

Kris, provided last minute inspiration - follow her link to upbeat video clip - cool open friendly interview of a painter painting - a fork in a Golden road.

Fiber. Those little baby carrot sticks...I cannot beleive they grow like that. By product of V-8? My friend had worked at V-8 factory and swore he would never drink it. We free associate here.

Back on topic and for Lisa- mangroves create paradise - they maintain paradise, natural policemen to hold back waves and and big fish - to keep fish fry, unfried.

Where there are birds, there is food and where there is food there is balance. Not talking about Winn Dixie or Safeway. Safeway does sell plastic forks. So, artists - la la la la, peace.

"gandhi.is.dandy"

Sample, purrr.

"dutch.tex.nick.names"

This also sampled from Irene by way of a young girl in Tejas....

Bumps along the way:





I also like this bottom one.

"one.short.sweet.dream"

Irene was kind enough to allow to poach an image - here is the original. Dutch yellow peppers made into alphabet soup, if you will.

Irene's blog is refreshingly honest, smart and Brut dry witty; her Mandala posts are gems and wonders. My first interpretation does not do them any justice.

Click to enlarge, this one looks more dreadful small.

Draft, below.


"would.should.talk"