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Road to Success – 1
Three Steps to Success as an Artist 1 – Get Found 2 – Get Famous 3 – Get Rich The internet is awash with “x-easy-steps-to” tutorials that over-promise and under-deliver. This is not one of them, unless you are easily confused by my use of confusing semantics. Success is an elusive goal, to reach it… Continue reading Road to Success – 1
Art as Decoration
Art as Decoration? You worked long hours, sometimes tedious hours, to get each piece just right. At the start it was the idea, the composition, the lines, the light, the message. You poured yourself into each image. The final “processing” helped you to share yourself, your inner thoughts that words could not express. Now you… Continue reading Art as Decoration
Super Moon Fake
The Super Moon Spectacle “Supermoon wows sky-gazers for only time this year” – Fox News. “Stunning pictures show the spectacular phenomenon, which has only occurred once this year, rising across the world’s skies.” so reported NBC-NEWS. The super moon mania is a rather new phenomenon. Only in recent years has there been this craze about… Continue reading Super Moon Fake
Internet Down
Internet Down Outside the wind is driving the torrential rain sideways. The howling is frightening. Lights flicker a few times then go dark. My laptop is the only source of light in the room. No point going on typing, the indicators on the router also went out, the internet connection is down. It lasted just… Continue reading Internet Down
The Ways of a Mind
The Ways of a Mind It was frustrating, excruciatingly frustrating. A small task, an easy chore that I had done many times before, on this day it just did not work. What could be so difficult about setting a header on a website? Programming had been part of my working career and this wasn’t even… Continue reading The Ways of a Mind
Black and White Photo
A Black and White Photograph Everybody knows what a black and white photo is. It is an image devoid of color, just grays in shades from black to white. So why isn’t it called a gray-scale photo? Well, it is. It is also called a monochrome. But somehow the term black-and-white has caught on. If… Continue reading Black and White Photo
Making Pupusas
Making Pupusas at the Gateway International Food and Music Festival Pupusas are the official national dish of El Salvador. What is a pupusa? Think of pupusas as corn-flour pancakes stuffed with a savory mixture of cheese and meat or vegetables. I can’t take you to El Salvador, but I can show you a bit of… Continue reading Making Pupusas
When is a Photograph Not a Photograph
When is a Photograph Not a Photograph? Our illustration here shows an image of a worksite with some shovels stuck in dirt on the left. Clearly that is a photograph. Then it blends into some colorful “satin tiles”, digital art, on the right. It is even signed. Clearly not a photograph. Yet the right part… Continue reading When is a Photograph Not a Photograph
Shrimp and Corn
Shrimp and Corn In recent years shrimp and grits has become an iconic dish of the South. The South is that area in the south-eastern United States, from Virginia to Texas, that is synonymous with hospitality and good cooking. When I first came to Georgia many decades ago, I wanted to become part of my… Continue reading Shrimp and Corn
Persian Pasta
Persian Pasta It is said that need is the mother of inventions, but sometimes opportunity can be the inspiration of a fabulous product. I offer the story of Keiller’s Dundee Marmalade as an example. But I am getting off the track already. For the past few weeks every time I rummaged in the dry goods… Continue reading Persian Pasta
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