De Sider

A quotation worthy of contemplation and production of art:

"But sex as a physical act is merely athletics, a momentary relief.  What it needs to be powerful is desire, and the strongest element of desire is longing.  It's in the work.  De sider-, sidus:  from the stars.  The longing that reaches beyond space and time. " ~Rosemary Sullivan from Labyrinth of Desire

Desire

"Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything." ~Napoleon Hill

Five

 The number 5:

Chanel spent seven years of her life at Aubazine, an abbey founded by Cistercians – a Catholic order which placed great emphasis on numerology. This is where she learned to sew and became aquainted with the mystical nature of the number 5.  Five was symbolic of the pure embodiment of a thing - its spirit and mystical meaning – something essential and beautiful. The Cistercians took their name from the five-petalled flower, Cistus, which grew in the abbey gardens. When selecting her first perfume in 1919, Chanel was presented glass vials of scent.  She selected the fifth vial telling Master perfumer Ernest Beaux that, “I present my dress collections on the fifth of May, the fifth month of the year and so we will let this sample number five keep the name it has already, it will bring good luck.”  She was right. 

Works in Progress

Worshiping A Rose

"...had we not worshipfully beheld the sunset, the sea, or a flower? Who of us had not loved something or somebody? We're not these things the tissue out of which our lives were constructed? Did not these feelings after all, determine the course of our existence?

It was impossible to say we had no capacity for faith, or love, or worship. In one form or another, we had been living by faith and little else." ~ Bill W.

sage atelier

I found a fabulous new web site, sage atelier, an art, design and decor place.  I know it is a great site when I find myself plugging it into Flipbook, signing up for it's RSS feed and posting about it at my web site.  Check it out.  It is beautiful.

Multiple Cello is Like Multiple Orgasm

Treasures and Trash

One man's trash is another man's treasure.  I was reminded of that while cleaning out lately.  I ran across the program for the ECVA Visual Preludes and realized what a treasure of a memory this is.  I guess that's why I still have sketches I made when I was a kid.  When downsizing to move to a cottage I pitched expensive furniture and china.  But I kept my treasures.

My work is the icon of Mary Magdalene at the bottom left and the fire mandala in the middle left.  All work can be seen in the ECVA archives linked above.

Gold Fades Fast

As brillant as gold is, it doesn't last long. It fades as do all beautiful things.  Here I tried to freeze the brillance of gold in much the same way Van Gogh tried.  Our tools, however, differ tremendously.

This piece was originally painted on my iPad and exported to Photoshop Touch where I combined and blended it with a stone textured layer.  It was then exported to Photoshop, cropped and framed. I like to use different techniques on one piece and have been playing with the options since I got my iPad two years ago.  I am glad to now read about others doing this in the context of Adobe Creative Cloud promotion.  I am kicking around the concept of Creative Cloud.  It would be fun to work with all of Adobe's programs.

Small Beauty

A perfect small piece of nature brings me to a place of humility the same way the gigantic beach does. Such exquisite detail. Who created this, and who made me to delight in it so?