 Muse in the Morning |
Time for a break from poetry…in order to create some art.
| He thought: How difficult it is to explain yourself to yourself. Sometimes there only is, and no knowing.
–Aidan Chambers |
 Purple Chasm |
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Jul 06 2011
Muse in the Morning
Jul 05 2011
Muse in the Morning (Fireworks edition)
Back on New Year’s Eve on 2009, I published a diary called New Year’s Eve Light Show, wherein I displayed my own feeble attempts at simulating a fireworks display.
Well, here it is, Independence Day of 2011 and I feel in the mood for more fireworks, even though I can’t help thinking about how cool it would be if the freedom being celebrated extended to people like me.
Maybe someday we will all have the freedom to be who we really are.
 Sparkle Plenty |
Without further ado, I invite you to my brand of fireworks…which includes some new pieces to go with those published in that previous effort.
Jul 04 2011
A Coney Island Greeting on the Fourth of July
Cross-posted several places but the Daily Kos post could use some support.
This started out as a gray day in New York City. Instead of a view if the Palisades and an armada of small boats slowly making their way down river for the Macy’s Fourth of July fireworks, my windows seemed like very large glasses of milk. it looked like a perfect day to enjoy a second viewing of John Adams on HBO and remembering what politics was once like in America.
Two years back I worked on the Fourth so I made a photo diary out of my lunch break. It was a celebration of the local farmers who also worked that day, The Lincoln Center Farmer’s Market on the Fourth of July. Ron Binaghi, a 6th generation farmer who really knows his product, explained the importance of being able to “Eat it raw.”
Last year on this date, I think it was about 98° and way too sunny. Because I was too busy enjoying the crowd and fun at the Coney Island Hot Dog Eating Contest, I did not write a Fourth of July diary. So on this day, as I enjoyed John Adams, I found some of those photos and put together a Coney Island view of the Fourth of July.
Jul 01 2011
Muse in the Morning
| Muse in the Morning |
Time for a break from poetry…in order to create some art.
| I don’t know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.
–Abraham Lincoln |
 Blitz 3 |
Jun 30 2011
Muse in the Morning
| Muse in the Morning |
Time for a break from poetry…in order to create some art.
| Don’t live down to expectations. Go out there and do something remarkable.
–Wendy Wasserstein |
 Blitz 2 |
Jun 29 2011
Muse in the Morning
| Muse in the Morning |
Time for a break from poetry…in order to create some art.
| I do my thing and you do yours. I am not in this world to live up to your expectations, and you are not in this world to live up to mine. You are you and I am I, and if by chance we find each other, then it is beautiful. If not, it can’t be helped.
–Frederick Perls |
 Blitz 1 |
Jun 28 2011
Muse in the Morning
| Muse in the Morning |
Time for a break from poetry…in order to create some art.
| Sleep my little baby-oh Sleep until you waken When you wake you’ll see the world If I’m not mistaken… Kiss a lover Face your life –Neil Gaiman |
Bang |
Jun 27 2011
Muse in the Morning
| Muse in the Morning |
Time for a break from poetry…in order to create some art.
| Life is neither static nor unchanging. With no individuality, there can be no change, no adaptation and, in an inherently changing world, any species unable to adapt is also doomed.
–Jean M. Auel |
 Bang 4 |
Jun 24 2011
Muse in the Morning
| Muse in the Morning |
Time for a break from poetry…in order to create some art.
| To think is to differ.
–Clarence Darrow |
 Bang 1 |
Jun 23 2011
Muse in the Morning
| Muse in the Morning |
Time for a break from poetry…in order to create some art.
| If I speak of myself in different ways, that is because I look at myself in different ways.
–Michel de Montaigne |
Kaboom |
Jun 22 2011
Muse in the Morning
| Muse in the Morning |
Time for a break from poetry…in order to create some art.
| “The unique must be fulfilled.”
–Martha Graham |
Jun 21 2011
Muse in the Morning
| Muse in the Morning |
Time for a break from poetry…in order to create some art.
| Let others determine your worth and you’re already lost, because no one wants people worth more than themselves.”
–Peter V. Brett |
 Fiber |