In Honor Of My Father

Memorial day is day that honors those who served........Today I honor my father who served in World War II. A good man with a kind and loving heart who raised two great sons.

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"It is good to love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is well done!"

-Vincent Van Gogh

Mothers Day 2014

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"The chief enemy of creativity is good sense." 

– Pablo Picasso

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"I am not designed to come second or third, 

I am designed to win" 

-Ayrton Senna. 

Today is the 20th anniversary of his death.

Billiken Type Dance

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A little fun with a custom Billiken photoshop brush and the program Typo-Painter.

The Gonzo Illustrator

“I still think the computer has so confused us that we don’t quite have the strong moral compass that we should, I always say to people that I like to see wet ink. A computer leaves me unable to do what I live for: to find something unexpected.”

-Ralph Steadman

I'm interested in seeing the documentay film.

Quote DuJour

At the root of creativity is an impulse to understand, to make sense of random and often unrelated details. For me, photography provides an intersection of time, space, light, and emotional stance. One needs to be still enough, observant enough, and aware enough to recognize the life of the materials, to be able to 'hear through the eyes. 

- Paul Caponigro

Easter Greetings!

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Quote DuJour Duex

Quote of the day: The past cannot be changed. 

The future is yet in your power.

 - Mary Pickford

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“People don’t like to think. 

If one thinks, one must reach conclusions. 

Conclusions are not always pleasant.”

― Helen Keller

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"Getting the first draft finished is like pushing a peanut with your nose across a very dirty floor." 

-Joyce Carol Oates

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“Well, I suppose nothing is meant to last forever. We have to make room for other people. It’s a wheel. You get on, you have to go to the end. And then somebody has the same opportunity to go to the end and so on.” 

– Vivian Maier

Neuroscience Of Color

The Fast Company web site has an interesting blog post by Eric Jaffe on the power of color in art. An interesting read on how color effects the viewing of art.

http://www.fastcodesign.com/3027740/evidence/the-fascinating-neuroscience-of-color

Steal Like An Artist: Austin Kleon at TEDxKC

Quote DuJour

"If you are out there shooting, things will happen for you. 

If you're not out there, you'll only hear about it."

- Jay Maisel

Commuter Drill Team

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“Vision without action is a daydream. 

Action without vision is a nightmare.” 

– Japanese Proverb

Fog 2-20-14

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Simple Quote DuJour

Available light 

is any damn light that is available! 

- W. Eugene Smith

Short and to the point!

More Snow

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"Uncertainty is where things happen. It is where the opportunities – for success, for happiness, for really living – are waiting."

-Martha Nussbaum

Snow Tree

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"An artist must be open to the muse. The greater the artist, the more he is open to “cosmic currents.” He has to behave as he does. If he has “the courage to be an artist,” he is committed to behave as the mood possesses him. . . .

The price an artist pays for doing what he wants is that he has to do it."

-William S. Burroughs

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“When something you make doesn’t work, it didn’t work, not you. You, you work. You keep trying.” 

– Zach Klein