A few years back, before I retired, I looked at my many airbrushes I had accumulated as an illustrator and then looked over at my computer with its digital tablet and stylus. I figured my airbrushing on illustrations was over. With Photoshop and Painter programs, the illustration board, gouache paint (a special type of watercolor) [...]
You may think I am talking about an art show but not this time. It’s Tuesday morning and at 9:30 a.m. I was voting along with a lot of my neighbors. In fact, it was the busiest I can remember. Everyone coming in was glad to see such a good turnout. In the past, I [...]
These two ideas are incompatible. The two have worked together for a while but socialism must have dominance to survive. Creativity comes from the individual who most of the time needs incentives to create. Socialism takes away positive incentives and replaces them with fear. At first, the threats are veiled, but as socialism gains dominance, [...]
We cleaned the leaves out of the gutters and stacked piles of them around the yard; took down my hammock; and the swinging chair. I guess that means summer is really over, never mind the frost of the last few evenings or the small fire in the fireplace to chase away the chill. The fact [...]
Actually there are two art shows at the same location. One is the 2012 art exhibit by VSA Ohio, the statewide touring exhibit of artwork by artists of all abilities throughout Ohio and our own Sky High Arts artists’ exhibit under the direction of Alice Kennedy. During the month of October the walls of the [...]
Exactly how powerful is one candle power? Powerful enough to see what you’re writing? To see where your ideas are going? Powerful enough to see where you’ve been? Light enough to chase away the darkness? Once, with a spelunking group, I was in a cave hiking alone following the new passages opened up by a [...]
When I first got up there was frost in the field out my window. As the sun came up, a fog set in and the field became an indistinct light gray. I couldn’t see the grass anymore just a very light outline where the far trees met the sky. Mornings are a very special time [...]
Often we are moving and thinking at such an accelerated pace we often miss the beauty that is all around us. You have heard the simple saying, “stop and smell the roses,” well, most of the roses are gone now. But as you leave your front door, stop, smell the leaves. If they are wet, [...]
