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
When I took the original picture years I was in awe of the surroundings. So, to think that it could be even more dramatic was unimaginable. But, I do love the artistic effects of this version. Continue reading MME101 – Even More
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
The photo from which this “MyMindsEye” artsy was made from was taken on Christmas Eve 2008 at the Chicago Navy Pier. Continue reading MME102 – A Peek Into The Night
I have decided to do primarily “MyMindsEye” images here at MyArtsySide for 2026. Continue reading MME100 – Another World
“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
I became familiar with Van Gogh in my pre-teen years and have had his painting “Starry Night” on my walls ever since. There is just something about the vivid colors and distorted forms that drew me in. Continue reading Post-Impressionism
“You can only understand people if you feel them in yourself
John Steinbeck Continue reading Feeling Them Inside Yourself…
Even though the steel mills are gone, Pittsburgh will remain a gritty city that thinks it’s a small town. During my last visit there in 2017 we spent an hour just roaming through some of the neighborhoods. It is a fascinating place. Continue reading MME99 – Quintessential Pitt
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
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