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Comment by Nancy Bell Scott on July 27, 2011 at 11:19pm

Oh no and *$#^%@*.  How can I erase the blank space?  Man, did it fool me, the box told me it was pasting it!!!

Comment by Nancy Bell Scott on July 27, 2011 at 11:17pm

Eerie and elegant book cover, SH -- thanks for posting that, I don't think it'll leave my mind, and wouldn't want it to.  You are so prolific, all you've posted recently -- very impressive.  I'm wondering how it started to happen, your taking your inspiration from book covers?  That doesn't happen to everyone by a long shot.

Now an experiment, to see if what I posted of Theresa's on my blog can be pasted here:

Theresa Williams and Walt Whitman

• Posted by Nancy Bell Scott on July 27, 2011 at 11:38pm
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I find this beautiful beyond words:

For some, it may be a first to see a photo of Walt Whitman younger than how he is usually pictured, as an old man with white beard.  Here he is the handsome, sensitive, strong, and yet vulnerable-looking poet of his earlier years (in his 30s?), when he began to write "Leaves of Grass," and Theresa's piece has done him full justice, in every sense of the word "full."  She not only created this beautiful and ethereal portrayal of Whitman -- with delicate gauze of ribbon covering the lower half of his face and the word "folly" and term "culture clash" -- but also included a quote from one of his critics in 1860 (which includes that word "folly").  Inside there is a Whitman quote and a simple display of a few earlier American stamps:

Below is Theresa's note, because it expresses how much Whitman means to her.  This is a very special and poignant piece, Theresa, and I treasure it.  Thank you so much.

Comment by 1cgqtuoblpeqc on July 27, 2011 at 7:37pm

came across this book cover while googling images, and thought it was incredible:

Comment by 1cgqtuoblpeqc on July 27, 2011 at 5:14pm

inspired by:

Comment by 1cgqtuoblpeqc on July 25, 2011 at 8:02pm

this time lightly inspired by:

Comment by 1cgqtuoblpeqc on July 24, 2011 at 1:39am

i have a bad habit of standing by my beliefs.

it gets me in all kinds of trouble. ;-D

Comment by 1cgqtuoblpeqc on July 24, 2011 at 1:28am

the point was to show that we understand the concept of deconstruction / reconstruction and graphing. i've gone trhrough calculus I - III and have extensive understanding of transposition of points across not only a two, but three dimensional grid as well. but, as is often the case with me, my issue was not with the assignment itself, but the teacher's philosophy in general. she talks ceaselessly about her "master artists" and treats them as some kind of gods, something unapproachable by mere student-mortals like us. i found it discouraging and demeaning (especially considering how my art was so very personal; when nearly every piece i was producing at the time has something or other to do with the death of my son). on the surface, the assignment would have been approachable, it is the deeper meanings that troubled me. and put me off from drawing class.

Comment by 1cgqtuoblpeqc on July 24, 2011 at 12:28am

diane drudging up some old memories, remided me of these poems about gabriel (my son: died age 4 last november).

Comment by 1cgqtuoblpeqc on July 23, 2011 at 9:23pm

no problem. ;-D

Comment by 1cgqtuoblpeqc on July 23, 2011 at 1:54pm

i'll make a note and print you out a minotaur next time i'm playing with the SD card.

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