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Category: Art
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Sunday Beautiful
It’s supposed to be a day of rest. I’d like to say I’m spending it thusly, but my son has the house turned upside-down to get his bedroom reorganized, and since this involved moving a part of the family library… But yesterday I did stop and spend some chilly moments in contemplation of beauty. …
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Maple Leaf Rag
Art and music: The Maple Leaf Fractal and the music that it made me think of as soon as I started to see the shapes emerge from the math.
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Huevember
Last month I did a no-ink drawing challenge, N’Inktober. This month I am looking forward to color! I asked friends and fans to contribute their favorite colors, and added those to the surplus prompt words (and phrases) I was given for the October challenge. This I then translated to hexadecimal, and that into colors…
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Kerfluffle, Bookwyrms, and a Hint of Something…
I’m racing the clock today. Long list of to-dos and little time to accomplish it in. But I put up the most-requested artwork so far from Ninktober as prints, so there is that! Keep in mind I will be publishing an artist’s sketchbook next month of all the art, plus bonus content so if…
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Ninktober
Since I am not going to buy into Inktober this year (copyright issues) I asked my fans and friends on social media to suggest prompts for me to draw and create from this month. I received more than I could possibly use! It was wonderful. A little work later, and I have October’s daily…
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Early Cell Division: Art
Sometimes I find things deep in the fractal universes that set my mind wandering down other paths. Like this one, which made me think about the patterns of early cell division in a developing embryo. I started to think about deuterostomes, and cell spirals, and the membranes that both divide and bind cell walls…
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Jeff Duntemann’s Dreamhealer
Jeff is a wonderful, thoughtful writer who brings a strong sense of philosophy to his work. Dreamhealer is no different – it’s the tale of a man who can enter other’s dreams, and fight their nightmares for them. Unfortunately, when the being who sends the nightmares realizes who and what he is… I’m really…
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Bibliophilia: Sanders’ Reader
My grandmother gave me this book, and today as I was contemplating the subject for my next post on the love of books, it stuck out at me. Particularly so when I re-read her note on it, describing where it came from and what it had been used for. I used to collect antique…
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Alphonse Mucha: Art Nouveau
I’ve always loved the art nouveau period, more than the cleaner modernistic lines of art deco. But I learned things about Alphonse Mucha reading this article, that I did not know. That, for instance, he was killed while being interrogated by Nazis. Anyway, here’s an overview of his life and work, and how he…
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Bibliophilia: Encyclopedias
I don’t know about you, but I have fond memories of encyclopedia sets from a very early age. Mom and Dad had a set of World Book encyclopedias – long gone, I’m afraid. My grandmother, who I spent quite a lot of time with as a child, had a Children’s Book set that may…
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Bibliophilia: Child Stories
I make no secret that I love Kipling. So it shouldn’t surprise my readers I have a collection of antique Kipling books. I don’t usually read them, but as you’ll see, they are beautiful, not just space-fillers on my shelf. And I love gilding on books. So luxurious. This collection, published in 1899, contains…
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Finish Line
So… I fell short of my goal with the writing Marathon. I didn’t write 30,000 words in the last ten days. I wrote 27998. So close! But my hands are too tired and it’s too late tonight to write a couple thousand words. Just can’t do it. But! I did finish the novel. I…