Anthem Community Park – Anthem, AZ Life teaches us toBend like the willow during a stormGlide like an eagleUnder the sun mighty and warmBut to stand togetherNo matter the weatherUnity is all for the betterMarie Helen Abramyan There’s something about stumbling upon a willow, in the midst of the palms, that lends itself to aContinueContinue reading “Oh Willow, Titwillow, Titwillow”
Monthly Archives: February 2022
Lines We Can Cross
Anthem Community Park – Anthem, AZ These ivory spacesbetween those somber lines I saved them just for you.Laura Chouette, When Dusk Falls Shot on Pixel 6 Pro, black and white filter.
The Tralfamadorian
Smartest duck in the room – photo taken @ Anthem Community Park I was rather excited to get this shot. Wise, slightly aloof duck finds the best spot in the park. Fully sheltered from the sun and looking down on his feathered friends who now have to swim toward the other bank, and cope withContinueContinue reading “The Tralfamadorian”
Wandering Again, Naturally
Getting my travel fix again this week (because if there’s one thing the month of February does well, it’s convincing me to head to warmer pastures), this time to the Phoenix, Arizona area. Prepare to be bombarded with more shots like this. Shot on Pixel 6 Pro, black and white filter.
The Art of Making Art
“The Strong Man” by Honore Daumier (1865) @ Through Vincent’s Eyes I like landscapes very much, but 10 times more these studies of everyday life, sometimes of terrifying truthfulness, [that artists such as] Daumier […] have drawn with such mastery.Vincent van Gogh Posting this one for all my Renaissance Festival, recovering street performer, theater producingContinueContinue reading “The Art of Making Art”
Making Our Faces As We Go Along
“Self-Portrait at the Age of Fifty-Six” by Anna Bacherini Piattoli (1776) @ By Her Hand I want to grow old without facelifts… I want to have the courage to be loyal to the face I’ve made. Sometimes I think it would be easier to avoid old age, to die young, but then you’d never completeContinueContinue reading “Making Our Faces As We Go Along”
Where Ideas Come From
Picture if you will, a cold winter day in the Detroit area. We’re in the midst of a pandemic, vaccines still a vague concept, businesses still operating with restrictions, groceries being delivered to homes with near reckless abandon. The camera soars across the metro Detroit grid and swoops down into a nondescript suburb, then throughContinueContinue reading “Where Ideas Come From”
Watch This Space
For the first time in a long while, I put a “watch this space” teaser post onto my social media account about an upcoming theatrical production that I will be directing. And I suppose it’s only fair to warn my blogosphere connections as well, that thespian geekery, nerditude, and wonkiness is likely to interrupt myContinueContinue reading “Watch This Space”
Pulling Our Leg
“Mary Magdalene” by Orsola Maddalena Caccia (1620-30) @ By Her Hand At first, this strikes the viewer as yet another depiction of a Biblical figure at a time when that was all the rage. Then, you see her face, with a look as difficult to pin an adjective on as Mona Lisa’s smile. Then, ifContinueContinue reading “Pulling Our Leg”
Along Comes Mary
“Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy” by Artemisia Gentileschi (1620-25) @ By Her Hand Can’t we look to Mary Magdalene as simply an early church leader whose rightful place next to Christ should have been acknowledged? There are no Scriptures to place her anywhere but right next to Jesus. Even a cursory reading of the Bible showsContinueContinue reading “Along Comes Mary”
Muttering Retreats 