Graphic Ratings of the Phases of the Moon

phases of the moon

I have been noticing that certain phases of the moon produce pleasing shapes and those shapes get used in paintings, photos, and graphic designs. But there is another set of phrases, just above the half moon, up to just below the full moon that are not great shapes. They are lumpy. They look like potatoes. […]

Watching Paint Dry

metal box

At my local Benjamin Moore paint store asking for help to paint 48 aluminum boxes with a different color on each side for my newest interactive sculpture. People will be able to move each box up and down and also rotate them. With different colors on each side of the boxes it should be big-time […]

The Book About Walter

dog waits at trail split

When my beloved dog Walter passed away I decided to make a book from the very many photos I had taken of him. (12 years of Walter calendars.) But this was my favorite image: Walter waiting where the trail forked, to confer with me about which trail to take, left or right. To me, this […]

The Leaf and the Arrow

leaf and arrow

What got my attention was not just the leaf reversed out of the white line, but the fact that: The leaf was not sitting ON the line, but had been painted over with the white paint, then disintegrated, so the road showed through. I like this. Not a moment of joy, but a glimpse of […]

2 Is An Odd Number

2

The number 2 is an even number, not an odd number. But 2 is a prime number, and is the only even prime. Which makes it a very odd number, in a different sense.  Is it a lonely thing, being the only even prime number?

Another Thing About Horse and Buggy

Horse and Buggy

I’ve been riding my bike to my fitness workout and each time, during warm weather, I pass an older, probably retired, fellow sitting in his driveway, watching the cars go by. I wave to him and sometimes stop and say hello; he lives on a hill, so I often need a breather at his house […]