Being extremely near sighted, I am constantly grateful for the ability of modern science to correct vision. My inspiration for this was a series of recent eye exams and an antique anatomy chart.
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King of the Cowboy Cats
Fate crossed our paths.
"She who sleeps and eats"
Mighty hunter of gophers in his younger days
1994 - 2009
Siblings and best friends
"When we all think alike, then no one is thinking."
— Walter Lippman
— Walter Lippman
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What it is
There are two things in my life that have been constant, no matter what: art and the need for unstructured time to play.
I am a compulsive maker-of-things who believes that every day must have some time set aside to feed the creative spirit. This would include making art, looking at art, reading about art, experimenting/playing with materials, learning new skills, and general studio art-play.
To support my habit and spread the joy, I was an art educator for 38 years. I'm now retired from public education, but still enjoy teaching occasional workshops locally.
I will try to share some of my adventures in both art and play here in this space.
I am a compulsive maker-of-things who believes that every day must have some time set aside to feed the creative spirit. This would include making art, looking at art, reading about art, experimenting/playing with materials, learning new skills, and general studio art-play.
To support my habit and spread the joy, I was an art educator for 38 years. I'm now retired from public education, but still enjoy teaching occasional workshops locally.
I will try to share some of my adventures in both art and play here in this space.
Followers
Roy
King of the Cowboy Cats
Chance
Fate crossed our paths.
From My Etsy Shop:
The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.
-Albert Einstein
Lucy
"She who sleeps and eats"
Fred
Mighty hunter of gophers in his younger days
Eddie
1994 - 2009
Lucky & Lucy
Siblings and best friends
"There is no doubt that creativity is the most important human resource of all. Without creativity, there would be no progress, and we would be forever repeating the same patterns."
— Edward de Bono
— Edward de Bono
A Short Play
M. A. Rosanoff: "Mr. Edison, please tell me what laboratory rules you want me to observe."
Edison: "There ain't no rules around here. We're trying to accomplish somep'n!"
— Thomas Edison
Edison: "There ain't no rules around here. We're trying to accomplish somep'n!"
— Thomas Edison
"I believe that education is all about being excited about something. Seeing passion and enthusiasm helps push an educational message."
— Steve Irwin, Crocodile Hunter
— Steve Irwin, Crocodile Hunter
6 comments:
I completely agree. Without my glasses I can't see even a couple feet in front of me. I like the different elements of this, it makes me think of the necessity that different parts of our body have for each other.
When I write (since it's fantasy) I sometimes think about what it must have been like in a medieval society for the poor. Surely most couldn't afford such luxuries. I had the thought to write a character that had that flaw. You don't see it often in books.
Very insightful comments Robert !
And I like the idea of creating a character with a flaw.
Ann, this is both beautiful and haunting. Have you ever seen the Twilight Zone with Burgess Meredith as the last man on earth who wants nothing to do but read, and then breaks his glasses?
I guess we both has eye doctors on our mind lately.
Thanks Sherry!
Yes that Twilight Zone episode is a favorite!
One of the most disturbing aspects of aging was after living 40 years with 20/20 vision, my eyes started to change. First a loss of close-up vision, and then a gradual blurriness of long-ditance. Honestly! It was like a switch went off in my body..."You are now 40 -- time for your vision to go"! Talk about Twilight Zone! (I remember that TZ episode too!) Love that the eye is green in your piece. I have hazel eyes, but I always wished for startling green...
Yes, the body plays wicked tricks on us as the years go by.... wait another decade, it gets even more interesting.
Think of it as good fodder for art... body angst.
I have green eyes by the way, so the eye in this piece was appealing to me on that level as well.
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