It is inevitable...

It is inevitable that one is different than the other.
Horizon is always level.

Another Expedition

Mt. Everest, so to speak.

We made it to the top of Mt. Everest. The descent begins. If you look very very carefully at the photo above you might see us. It is 5.57516129 miles up... unless you retrace your steps because you are lost. That's straight up, as the rocket flies. But figuring a 45 degree slope, it is 7.88446871 miles up. Our next challenge!

In case you doubt whether we really accomplished the walk, I thought I'd prove it with this iphone data and map. Even the scientists in Copenhagen are impressed that such a walk could be accomplished under such challenging conditions.

Otherness

ego
nostril
ear
chin
body

I see him who thinks.

Painting at Maranda Pleasant Gallery

It hasn't sold yet. Opening (and closing) Sat., Dec. 5th, 2009, 6-10 pm

So two and a half

years ago I retired so I could paint with a brush... and, after being swept away by digital drawing, I'm finally back at it. Don't want to do anything now except paint with this little brush of mine. But I might start becoming a little dimensional someday soon after I finish off a dozen little canvases that I bought with a retirement gift card.

Tastin' Austin Air (version 2)

Above is my painting for the exhibit below. Hope someone I know buys it ($100) so that I can visit it. It's a good one!

http://www.powertableaustin.com/marandapleasant/

This magazine from the Blanton Art Museum in Austin was on my desk. The painting is by Matta, done in 1946, the year of my birth. A few days ago I said to myself that I wanted to make a painting this good. Then unconsciously I used the same colors!

Social Change: Is this me?

Social Change

1) Stop problem at root cause.

2) Repair damage.

3) Take steps to prevent it from recurring.

So the group leader asks, "Is this me?" pointing at my drawing. "No," I say, "I've been drawing this since 1959" (actually it was 5th grade, but I was having a senior moment). "Have you perfected it?" he asked. "No, but I have a few years left," I replied.

Forest Fire

The bird put out the forest fire one drop at a time.

352 Calories

Well, back to my lowest weight for a few months. That's indicating to me that I'm moving in the right direction and have survived one holiday event. The turkey soup is almost gone, and if I don't choke to death on one of the little bones that it is laced with, I should be ok.

Perfection

One leg shorter than the other.

So a couple of days ago I made a painting for a $100 Art Box Show and my daughter said she'd deliver it, but then she said that I should make a better one so I told her it was my try at calligraphy.

Then today I made a better one on canvas (above) so I wrote her and told her to bring back the other one she hadn't delivered yet so I could make it better.

Is My Big Mind Yours?

Tastin' Austin Air

Gluttonly Ravished

We ate Tom, but Maya, the dog, just smiled. As we gluttonly ravished, Maya said, "if people treated their dogs like they treat themselves they'd end up in Jail!"

Garden of Eat-on

*the apple

SINN

Before * they were neither naked nor clothed.

Is it noses...?

Is it noses that keep people apart?

...but just people.

Don't know if I should make art about my wife returning after many long days (6) or about how we found the turkey roaster pan where it was suppose to be nor how my figures are neither clothed or naked but just people.

Sometimes time should sleep...

instead of telling people it's time to wake up.

Austin Annual Interfaith Service