son of a pony
Last night I went to a live reading, the “son of a pony” open mike, at Cornelia Street Café. A few highlights: Many poems about Hurricane Sandy. Heard an echo of Emily Dickinson in...
skyshot
Attempt at photo manipulation with added text Plain old photo of the sky this morning plus a crystalline filter. It reminds me of a bathroom window, but I enjoyed all the colors that came...
nov violet
Saw a flash of purple raking leaves – a late violet.
escalation
Escalation into quietude observing long silent flight on outstretched wings numerous busy chipmunks fail to meditate warm breath adds a drop of heat to this fabulous November chill * (was from Poems for Last...
pear skin*
“Pear skin” refers to a Japanese term for a pattern of dots. In this case, it’s a blend known as “dissolve.” And a Gaussian blur to make the nice soft edges. From a photo...
rinpa
Designing Nature, The Rinpa Aesthetic in Japanese Art Trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art today. It is open on Monday holidays, so it seemed like a good time to go. The exhibit I...
burning bush
Decomposition and recomposition of a photo of a burning bush. First layer – extraction of brightly colored leaves. It is an exclusion layer, which usually results in a blue-green, but didn’t in this case....