I was browsing through my 2006 Alaska cruise pictures recently and decided to select a couple of my favorites. The two that came out on top were not all the “mountain’s majesties” but instead were of simpler things. This was … Continue reading A Few Of My Favorite Things…
I have always been fascinated by murals, but when I recently saw the topic discussed on the PBS Newshour it gave me the insight for future µRV trips. Click HERE to see the PBS report. I know I need another … Continue reading Murals
I got this picture from my on-line image service so don’t know anything about the source other than I find it beautiful. My dad spent much of his retirement life making stained-glass art, but they were never like this one. … Continue reading What a Stained Glass!
A Children’s Art Contest gallery was recently displayed at my retirement community. The talent shown by these young artists is amazing. I was particularly drawn to the one above. 10 years-old and already painting such beautiful pictures. It is very … Continue reading Kid’s Nature Discovery Art Contest
I appreciate modern art such as this one for its composition and color spectrum, but more so when it has a story attached. RIP Marie… Continue reading As You Like It
Let’s mellow out for this Saturday post. One of my many obsessions in life is to photograph containers. I have hundreds of pictures such as these I took recently in Dayton, Ohio. I just love the artistry that went into … Continue reading Containers
I’m sure I got some of you imagining all sorts of things that finish off the title of this post. 🥸 Some probably think I am going to discuss a James Bond movie. Some probably have a saucier thought in … Continue reading Sometimes, Once A Day, Is Not Enough…
Let’s face some facts. The corporate world expects you to “Put your nose to the grindstone” and not let up until the job is done. That creates an atmosphere of workaholics who then go up the corporate ladder, and that … Continue reading Hard Work Is The Enemy Of Creativity
I think most of my readers recognize the title above. “Form” is the artistic/creative side of the tools and toys around us, whereas “Function” is about how well it does the intended job. It is the analytical side. I must … Continue reading Form vs Function
Let’s face it, nothing much comes from the mainstream except task forces, meeting, and other such mundane things. Innovation almost always happens on the margins. Innovation by its very definition is not mainstream. The only way paradigm type change comes … Continue reading Innovation Is A Margin Thing…
Let’s face it, mainstream thinking makes very little accommodations for creative thinking or risk taking. I worked for a number of years for a very conservative mainstream company nicknamed “Ma Bell”. Back then she controlled everything when it came to … Continue reading Being a Creative Person Means Living On The Margins
I will admit here that many of the photos I have used on my blog come from an online digital library. I pay quite a bit for the monthly access, but I think it is worth it when I find … Continue reading What a Creative Imagination
I am a writer. I don’t know why I am obsessed with that craft, but I have to put my thoughts into words and get them out there. It’s not that I am seeking fame or fortune. I think I … Continue reading Being A Writer
This is one of my favorite bird pictures and I have thousands of them. I am presenting it at three of my blogs today so you don’t miss it. 🦜🦅🦆🦢 Continue reading Birds Of A Feather…
I spent many of my 2019 µRV trips going to reenactments. The picture above is one of my favorite reenactors. He seems to just somehow be transported forward in time. It was taken at the Mississinewa Indiana reenactment of the … Continue reading Reenactments
I have never been a competitive person, except with myself. I don’t think there is an age that has gone by that didn’t have one group or person thinking that he is better than another. That feeling of superiority is … Continue reading Competition Just Isn’t My Thing
Since I am declaring Saturdays for the next couple of months my “Virtual µRV Trip” day I am bringing over some post from my now resurrected InSearchOfAmerica travel blog. There are hundreds of places that you might like to visit … Continue reading Praire Museum – Colby Kansas
This is not what I planned for 2020, but then it is what no one planned. I had 8 tentative trips planned for µRV this year and have taken zero! It’s just too dangerous for us seniors to get out … Continue reading A Virtual µRV Trip…
I am having a pretty moody day today so I thought I would give you a picture that reflects that. It is entitled Shaker Doors and was taken at the Pleasant Hill Shaker Village near Lexington KY. It is one … Continue reading Moody Day…
Just a little BTW (by the way) for you this Saturday. I know the term Red Invasion has meant many things through the years. Before the Republican Party turned Trumpian it would have meant that communists are at our door … Continue reading The Red Invasion…
It seems that EVERYTHING is about Covid-19 lately. Even most of the blogs I visit daily are about it. I don’t know if you are like me, but I am becoming somewhat overwhelmed with it lately. It has only been going on for less than a month or so but it seems like a year at least. This post is going to be a respite for me and hopefully will also get your mind off it for at least a couple of minutes too.
Continue reading “My View Of The World… A New Blog”
For this Artsy Saturday I give you a Wisconsin Lighthouse taken a few years ago. I continue of my path to becoming proficient at Abstract Realism. I now have several apps and new tools to make it happen. In these … Continue reading A Wisconsin Lighthouse
Storytelling is something that is as old as man. Before written languages were developed and taught to the masses storytelling was the only way to pass down history. Why I seem to be obsessed with trying out storytelling is a mystery to me. That is what this post is all about.
Continue reading “Storytelling…”
It’s hard to imagine that the above was once cutting-edge technology. Looking back from a hundred years from now, I wonder what people will think the equivalent is today? Continue reading The Industrial Revolution
I love the title of this post. It came from my friends at Reimagining The Future. What do we do when automation has finally eliminate the need for humans to do mundane mind boring tasks? That’s what this post is all about.
Continue reading “Our Ultimate Job is to be Human”
Welcome to another Abstract Realism post for this artsy Saturday. I am continuing to hone my skills so this one is still not quite what I want, but it is getting there. Couldn’t go wrong with the subject matter though. Continue reading The Beauty Of Quebec
For this Artsy Saturday I give you a piece of glass art I found recently at the Ft. Wayne Indiana Museum of Art. It is a piece from Micheal Estes Taylor. It will soon be included in my new site … Continue reading Glass Art
For this Artsy Saturday I give you the Frank Lloyd Wright house near Springfield Ohio. I have been trying out about a dozen apps to find just what I want. This picture is a combination of two different ones. Looks kinda nice in a Van Gogh type way, but I need more practice yet. I give this about a 50/50 between abstract and realism. Continue reading Abstract Realism
No, I’m not talking about a paperweight hospital or the fact that the sole practical purpose of a paperweight is to sit around keeping things from becoming unsettled. What I am talking about is the patience it takes to make a paperweight as shown above. That is what this artsy post is all about.
Continue reading “Patient Paperweights”When I found this post from 5 years ago this week, it grabbed my attention even more than it did then. Symmetry just seems to slow my frantic mind down. It gives me peace in these hectic days. So, here it is again… Continue reading Looking Back 5 Years – Symmetry
The title above seems like an oxymoron. How can something be abstract and real at the same time. This post is about solving that contradiction and my fascination with the very idea.
Continue reading “Abstract Realism?”For this Saturday I thought I would go WAY back to my analog photo days of 1986. About eight winters ago I spent what seemed like an eternity scanning the dozens of photo albums to put them in digital format. This is one of them. I know it was taken in 1986 but don’t know where? Even if it is a low resolution picture, I think it is one of my favorites. Continue reading The Lily Pond
I have come to appreciate the work of modern sculptures. I ran across these by James Campbell entitled “Birth Becomes You” recently at the John Waldron Arts Center in Bloomington Indiana. I plan to go back more for the monthly exhibits. (click on an image to see a larger view) Continue reading Artsy Saturday – Sculptures
I thought for this Saturday I would give you a painting I found at the Pennsylvania State Museum a few years ago. Anyone who has been in the eastern part of that State knows it is “Amish Country” and this folksy painting depicts it perfectly. Continue reading Pennsylvania State Museum
Last Wednesday I presented you with the glass gallery I discovered at the Ft. Wayne Museum of Art. This week I want to show you the other pieces of modern art I found there. Let me know what you think? Enjoy… Continue reading Ft Wayne Museum of Art – Revisited
I was recently at the Ft. Wayne Museum of Art and came across a fabulous collection of glass. If I remember right it was on loan from the New York Museum of Modern Art. I have always been fascinated by glass art and this was the best I have seen. I can’t leave you with just one example so here is a gallery of other pieces. Click on any pic to see a larger view. Continue reading Ft Wayne – Celebration of Glass
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