This world is so wide that, even if you flitted around and around it, you would never reach the end of it. This blog is a collage of more or less literary and humorous, outlandish or sometimes even serious glimpses at this great wide world.
An unknown artist's embellishment of a switch cabinet in my neighborhood.
Going by the letter of the law, the creator of the graffiti did not violate the rule printed on the switch cabinet – "Bekleben verboten" ("Do not stick posters"). Nothing was said about spray painting.
As a contribution to Anna Carson's Project Green I'm posting a video of Peter Green performing Man of the World – a song from the early blues days of Fleetwood Mac. Both the picture and sound quality are excellent. Lyrics below.
Man of the World
Shall I tell you about my life They say I'm a man of the world I've flown across every tide And I've seen lots of pretty girls
I guess I've got everything I need I would't ask for more And there's no one I'd rather be But I just wish that I'd never been born
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And I need a good woman To make me feel like a good man should I don't say I'm a good man Oh, but I would be if I could
I could tell you about my life And keep you amused I'm sure About all the times I've cried And how I don't want to be sad anymore And how I wish I was in love
This painting, done specifically to create something titled Composition in Red, Blue and Gold, is the outcome of two done simultaneously on two different acrylic paper blocks using the same colors. I ended up disliking one of them so intensely that I tore it up, but then took some of the pieces and glued them onto the other one. Unfortunately, these two layers are hardly discernible in the scan. Gold and black ink I added after the rip-up and paste-on process.
Detail from Diamond Doors, 2006 Acrylic and ink on photo paper
This was when I discovered high-gloss ink jet photo paper scraps as a medium for painting. It makes a bright white shiny background on which even bright colors appear somewhat dull. I liked the effect.
A few days ago, a colleague at work sent me this cartoon in an e-mail to properly reflect the state a difficult project had put her in. And, believe me, she is not normally a crybaby.
Doesn't this give you a feeling of warmth and sunshine? And yet this picture of an old wall in the city was taken around midnight in the light shone on it by a street light.
Public art for Anna Carson's Project Green.
