For this Creativity Sunday, I give you an artwork I found at the Eskenazi Museum of Art recently. To me, it is a pretty good representation of what my mind might look like. Maybe you can’t see it, but there is order to this apparent chaos. Take away one piece and the whole thing might collapse 🫣 Continue reading There Is A Certain Order In Chaos
My Amazon Photos app told me that I took this picture 11 years ago today, so I thought I would give it to you one more round. It is one of my favorite photos in my portfolio. At that bottom of this post you will see some of the variations I have published of this photo in the past. 🥸 Click Here if you want … Continue reading The St. Lawrence Fisherman…
As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, I am dedicating the weekend posts here at RJsCorner to artistic endeavors. Saturdays are dedicated to my Artsy Fartsy project and Sundays will be to my photos and morphing apps. The origin of this post was a picture I took off my deck at my retirement community home this Spring. Continue reading Spring Robins
I didn’t take this picture, but I love the story it tells me. Continue reading Avant Garde – Surrealism
I have decided to use the weekends going forward to give you some short snippet posts cataloged as “Happy Hodgepodge”. This one is probably one of my favorite photos in my portfolio This Sunday’s picture was taken in New York City’s Central Park on our last visit there before moving back to the Midwest in 2000. (Click on the picture to see a larger view) Continue reading Central Park – 2000
I have spent a lifetime studying American history, and a big part of that has been visiting museums. I dare not even try to count how many I have been in. There are many types of museums, and until recently the American history version has been my favorite. But, it seems in my elderly years Avant-Garde things are the front-runner. I now just seem to … Continue reading On-The-Road Epilogue #4 – The Dali Museum
I have spent almost an entire lifetime trying to figure out why I am so different from many others. It wasn’t until a handful of years ago that I discovered Asperger’s Syndrome, and many of those questions were answered. Being an Aspie is not about being defective, it is just about looking at life with a different perspective. People with neurological differences are called neurodiverse, … Continue reading What If Neurodiversity Was The “Normal”?
There is something about glass that is entrancing to me. Especially when the color combinations are just perfect. Continue reading Something About Glass…
Up in the sky, it’s an airplane, no, it’s a car with an airplane engine. What could be more unique. I took this picture at the Oshkosh EAA Museum in 2017. Continue reading Up In The Sky!
Life is pretty tough. You’re lucky if you live through it. Woody Guthrie Woody Guthrie is a hero of mine. He directed his life toward the common man. He seldom parsed his words when he had something to say. In 2015, I had the pleasure of visiting the Wood Guthrie Center in Tulsa Oklahoma. It was not until then that I realized the depth of … Continue reading Life Is Tough…
I don’t remember if I have included this picture in the past, but here it is anyway. It was taken at the Smithsonian ten years ago. Continue reading One Of My Favorite
I will soon be visiting Mesa Verde National Park for the 3rd time. Given my Native American bloodline, it is a spiritual place for me to contemplate life. I need that right now. Continue reading Mesa Verde – The Third Time Around
The inspiration for this image came from a photo I took one very early morning on the St Lawrence River. Although I only viewed him from a distance, and I don’t think he even knew I was there, his image will remain with me always. If you want to hear the whole story, click HERE. Of course, this isn’t the first time some of my … Continue reading St Lawrence Fisherman
The inspiration for this image came from a picture I took a few years ago at the Fort Wayne IN “Feast of the Hunter’s Moon”. This was one of the events that had the most people “in costume” . These young ladies were a perfect example. Continue reading Getting Into Costume
The picture above looks like it might have come from a SciFi movie. I do like those, but it actually came from my wife’s screen door to her hobby room. She was fascinated by bugs, as long as they weren’t too close. 🥴 If anyone can identify it I will add it to the caption of the photo. Bugs just aren’t my thing… Continue reading SciFi??
I found this at the Mississinewa re-enactment in 2020. Little did I know that that would be the last event of that I would attend for almost two years. Getting to the point of this post, I wonder if any of you know the name of this instrument? To give you a further hint, below is the full picture of the guy using it. Continue reading What The Heck!
I know I am no longer surrounded by forests, but I still found some signs of Spring right outside my patio door here in my retirement community. The birds still haven’t picked off all of last year’s crop of tiny crab apples, but more are on the way. I hope this Spring is without the masks of the previous two. Continue reading Signs of Spring
The inspiration for this pic came from a wedding present some 40 years ago. I still treasure it after all these years. Continue reading Life Is A Bowl Of Cherries
I am trying to expand my creative side here at RJsCorner, beyond text that is. I caught a picture of this young lady one dewey morning at my old homestead. (click on the pic if you want to see a larger view). Continue reading A Doe In The Dew
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 from a quick stop in Prince Rupert, BC, Canada. I don’t remember what else we saw there, but this sign and its surroundings has just … 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 hobby/interest like I need a hole in my head, but I do need things that increase my happiness in my final years, and this seems … 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. I’m not sure if this glass has some underlying significance, but I just find it chaotic nature beautiful. 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 Van Gogh like in it simplicity. I don’t want to leave you with just this one picture, so here is a gallery of a few … 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 this brand of advertising. 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 mind. But, I am a 75-year-old guy, so put that out of your thoughts. Once a day would be plenty enough 🤪 Let me explain … 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 self-propagation results in a less creative environment. The more hard work you indulge in, the less creative you become. What is the answer to this … 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 admit that I am stuck between these two poles, but when it comes to deciding which was to go, I almost always go to the … 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 is through out-of-the-box thinking. Far too many of us just go with the flow and don’t make waves. We draw our salary and do as … 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 communications type stuff. When I started working there as a young engineer I had many ideas about how to make things better for both us … 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 just the right photo to use for a blog post. This is one of those rare times that I have discovered a photo that deserves … 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 do it because my brain will explode if I don’t. 🤪 But seriously, it is more than that. I write to codify my thoughts and … 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 battle of 1812. Yeah, that was a war that most don’t remember anymore. It was where Britain tried to re-capture its colonies. 🤓 I will … 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 just part of human nature. But, in my mind it is a more negative part than a positive one. We all learn about pissing-contests early … Continue reading Competition Just Isn’t My Thing
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