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Pretzel Logic

June 2, 2018October 4, 2020Posted in digital artTagged art, collage, digital art, history, mashup, montage, music, Napoleon Bonaparte, photo composition, photography, photoshop, sculpture, time travelLeave a comment

cf. Alphonse François (After Delaroche), “Napoleon Crossing the Alps” (1851) and
Dihl et Guérhard, “Napoleon Bonaparte as First Consul” (ca. 1800)

“In Memory Of Elizabeth Tappenden”

May 29, 2017May 29, 2017Posted in poetryTagged history, mental illness, music, photography, poems, psychiatryLeave a comment

Unknown, “Elizabeth Tappenden” (1876)

In Memory of Elizabeth Tappenden

Elizabeth,

I reach across time

to tell you

Cassius was wrong —

the fault is not yours.

–J.S.
 

“In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed” by The Allman Brothers Band

Tobacco Road

October 11, 2015November 24, 2017Posted in photographyTagged history, music, photography, photos, vintageLeave a comment

Lewis Wickes Hine, 7 year old Alec applying for job on tobacco farms… (1917)

Things are gonna get easier

October 9, 2015November 24, 2017Posted in photographyTagged family, history, inspiration, inspirational, motivational, music, photography, photos, quotes, the great depression, vintageLeave a comment

Dorothea Lange, Young family, penniless, hitchhiking… (1936)

They heard the call and they wrote it on the wall for you and me we understood

April 14, 2015January 13, 2018Posted in art historyTagged animals, art, art history, cave paintings, Franz Marc, history, Lascaux, Little Blue Horse, music, paintings, side by side, steely dan, The Caves of AltamiraLeave a comment

Left: Cave painting at Lascaux (ca. 15,000 B.C.)
Right: Franz Marc, Little Blue Horse (1912)

Wright Brothers

January 28, 2015December 7, 2017Posted in dreamsTagged believe in yourself, dreams music, famous documents, first flight, history, inspiration, inventions, inventors, photography, science, technology, telegram, van halen, wright brothersLeave a comment

’65 Love Affair

September 3, 2014November 15, 2017Posted in humorTagged american history, butter, field trip, history, how to make butter, humor, I was a car hop, music, Old Sturbridge Village, Paul Davis, photography, photos, polaroid, schoolLeave a comment

If I could go back in time
Well, I know somehow you’d still be mine
I wouldn’t be so blind
To that wonderful
’65 Love Affair
When rock ‘n’ roll was simple and clear
Oh, I still can hear
I can hear it baby…

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Starry night over the Rhône #Art #VanGogh #Painting #Photography #Spinning
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"The Odd Couple" #comedy #humor #parody #satire #photography #photoshop #art #artists #montage #collage #composite #digitalart #PhotoComposition #ContemporaryArt #ContemporaryArtist #ModernArt #ArtistsOfInstagram #ArtistsOnInstagram
"Le déjeuner sur l'herbe" and "Lunch atop a Skyscraper" parody #montage #collage #humor #parody #satire #photography #photoshop #paintings #art #composite #outside #lunch
"You Make Me Feel Brand New" #art #photography #humor #parody #satire #photoshop #painting #The Son of Man #Magritte #LIFE #Surrealism #advertisement
Cat Cartoon Theme Song #music #cats #synth #instrumental #dancemusic #cat
"Star Trek: The Me Generation" #Humor #Parody #Satire #Dolls #Art #Collage #Photoshop #Digital #DigitalArt #PhotoComposition #ContemporaryArt #ContemporaryArtist #ModernArt #ArtistsOfInstagram #ArtistsOnInstagram #StarTrek #TV #SciFi #ScienceFiction
Happy Mother’s Day! #humor #parody #satire #mothersday #mother #mom #whistlersmother #art #photography #photoshop #painting #maxell #advertisement #music
My Transcription of Allan Holdsworth's Electric Guitar Solo on "In the Dead of Night" #music #musictheory #allanholdsworth #guitar #progrock #guitarplayers #musiceducation #musiccommunity
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