Heard on NPR

Give a man a gun,

And he can rob a bank.

Give a man a bank,

And he can rob the World.

John

Allergy Hymn of the Republic

Mine eyes have been assaulted by the pollen in the air

I've tried to get away but it's always everywhere

And now it's only red I see, it really isn't fair

Pollution marches on.

Found

This caught my eye on the beach in Mexico.

More Imperfection

Another unfinished rough sketch of Jane Sophia, Nicole's daughter.This was just playing around with flesh tones and messing with hair. Much more refinement is needed on my next try with this image. Also getting out of my comfort zone and showing mistakes.

Nicole

My daughter in a playful mood. She's 37 now and still just as fun.

You Gotta Keep Dancin

I saw him in Picadilly Circus with a group that was coincidentally being videoed at the same time.  Check them out here.

Pain

What if God's blessings come through raindrops

And His healing comes through tears
What if a thousand sleepless nights
Are what it takes to know He's near
 What if trials of this life

Are mercies in disguise

Laura Story

Life

A person's life purpose

Is nothing more than to rediscover,

Through the detours of art,

Or love,

 Or passionate work,

Those one or two images

In the presence of which

His heart first opened.

Albert Camus

Al Dente

One of the personality traits of someone raised in a family where alcoholism ruled is the tendency not to finish projects. My dad often said I had a grasshopper mind. True. My brain is on scan most of the time and I my interests vary greatly. Lately, art has been low on the list and is perhaps the reason why I haven't posted much over the last months. The drawing has been on my board for quite a while. I've added a line here and there when the mood grabbed but now am done with it. If you want, I could say that it's state is to represent the reality of relationship. We communicate with someone's face. What we feel is expressed by our visage. We generally remember a person's face before any other characteristic about them. So I have drawn with detail all that is important about the people.

Artistic intellectualism. Bleah. It's just unfinished.
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