I have decided to dedicate the weekends going forward to creating artsy objects. I have compiled quite a collection of digital apps that assist me in that process. So, I will be taking some of the photos in my massive portfolio and, using the tools I now have at hand, I will create “My Mind’s Eye” images. Continue reading Weekend Artsy
Next month I will have been in my RetCom (retirement community) for five years. It is such a dramatic difference from my homestead of 21 years that I left behind when I came here. The homestead was a 2.5 acre … Continue reading Swirling Clouds In Blueish Haze…
Its been 5 years since I moved into my RetCom home and therefore given up my woodworking hobby. I almost chose a different RetCom because it had a very well equipped woodworking room. I wonder what I would have built … Continue reading Really Miss My Woodworking Shop..
I am presently trying to discover where my artsy side is taking me this year. Maybe I will figure it out before the year is over. One thing I am discovering is that color is essential to future work. A very preliminary work to describe that is shown above. Continue reading Eccentricity & The Arts
In conjunction with moving my creative artsy stuff back the RJsCorner I have also decided that the best way to handle this is to put artsy and quotes together Continue reading Synergy – Artsy & A Quote
I have decided that maintaining two blogs is just not worth the effort. Soooooo, Artsy is moving back to RJsCorner. Continue reading Artsy Is Back…
There are just too many people who are risk-averse in this world today. They think being wrong is some grave thing to be avoided if at all possible. Then there are those of us who see being wrong is simply part of the creative process. I personally am wrong more than I am right. Continue reading Being Wrong
A good percentage of RJsCorner is about all the adversities I have had in my life and how, to one degree or another, I dealt with them. With my apparent focus on those things, I often forget about the good stuff that has given my joy. Continue reading Introducing – “Patchwork/Memories” -PM
“Forty is the old age of youth; fifty the youth of old age.” Continue reading Old Age is Definitely Relative
“The road to creativity passes so close to the madhouse and often detours or ends there.” Continue reading Creativity & The Madhouse
A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.
-Paul Cezanne – Continue reading The Chicken Or The Egg
“Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else: you are the one who gets burned.” Continue reading Holding On To Anger
“Doodling is a reflection of what’s happening inside us—our emotions, thoughts, and subconscious processing.” -Unknown I think it is only appropriate that we start off this new series with a link to the past. I spent 2025 primarily in the … Continue reading Doodling & Emotions
“You can only understand people if you feel them in yourself
John Steinbeck Continue reading Feeling Them Inside Yourself…
I doubt that many people see the connection between the Arts and their personal emotions. After three years of being immersed in the artsy world, I am totally convinced that the arts and emotions are instrinctionally intertwined. Continue reading The Arts & Emotions…
Since I couldn’t make up my mind, the 2026 Project at RJsCorner be two things quite different things. Continue reading 2026 Projects – Quotes & Emotions
I’ve learned a lot about creativity in the last few years. So, I thought I would give you a sample of those lessons from my other blog at RJsArtsySide. Continue reading A Snippet from RJsArtsySide
Like Superman, I need my Fortress of Solitude. I need a place where I can live life on my own (LOMO) for whatever time I have left on this earth. After four years of trying to create it, I think it is finally done. Continue reading My Fortress Of Solitude
Several times a year I change the focus of RJsCorner to a new subject. It is presently about being artsy. Starting today is will be about diversity. Continue reading A New Focus…
I certainly enjoy MyArtsySide here at RJsCorner, but I am finding those things for the most part to be entertaining but not mentally challenging. I need additional things to help me live my life mantra of Think For Yourself, Question … Continue reading The Synergy Of A Doodle & A Quote…
RJsCorner has been about several different things throughout its 17-year history. I truly believe that it has finally evolved into its true purpose, and that is:
Having My Say — Life on the Margins — My Artsy Side
Let’s look at these three topics Continue reading RJsCorner – The Final Frontier
RJ's Corner - Having My Say 