Every year without fail, I take the time to lose myself totally in the words of J.R.R Tolkien. First I re-read The Hobbit as if it was that very first time I picked up my copy of it, fifty plus years ago now. And then after a few days, once I have completed it, I [...]
When my interest in Motor-X or Scrambling as we Brits call it started. The big names on television races were the likes of Jeff Smith, Dave Bickers, Chris Horsefield, Arthur Browning, the Rickman brothers and the Lampkin family. Bikes were predominantly UK with BSA, Greeves and AJS at the head of the races. At this [...]
This chant is some Hindu thing which is supposed to really help. It isn’t a Christian teaching and it is not meant to be an attack on Christianity as far as I can tell. It’s meant to help resolve financial issues: I need to make being a writer financially support me – or else I [...]
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“Violence! Violence! Sometimes it truly makes sense!” – from the song Violence by Mott the Hoople. We are facing another school shooting at Virginia Tech. A man killed a police officer and then himself Thursday at Virginia Tech, said media reports, in the first gunfire on campus since 32 people were killed there in 2007 [...]
Why Color Matters in Selecting Art. You know certain colors appeal to you. Certain colors evoke emotion, express your personality, and stimulate you. Consider the color red. When you think of red, do you think of Coke? Many people do. Certain popular companies have actually created signature colors. For example, IBM is Big Blue. We [...]
“The man who has honesty, integrity, the love of inquiry, the desire to see beyond, is ready to appreciate good art. He needs no one to give him an ‘Art Education’: he is already qualified. He needs but to see pictures with his active mind, look into them for the things that belong to him, [...]
Couples making decisions about art purchases: Art is real. It lives in its space. It speaks. It makes important statements constantly. If someone lives or works in a space and does not feel comfortable with the art, it stresses them. Why? Because art is so real it cannot be ignored. In fact, it will not [...]
Ninety times Rembrandt van Rijn asked the question, ‘Who is Rembrandt?’ And ninety times he answered himself for all the world to see. In commemoration of his 400th birthday on June 15, 2006, I spent the 4th of July with Rembrandt, another independent artist who valued his freedom. Criticized often for poor drawing technique, held [...]
Loving Art and Conversing with Artists - Having spent decades in Corporate America, living in the artists’ world has brought many delightful surprises and some horrifying questions. I am continually amazed by the questions friends, family, strangers, fellow artists, neighbors, and service providers ask me. Here are some examples of the worst questions that I hope [...]
