Virtual Brush Box

More 15 Minutes

I’m not doing very well at staying away, am I? As with the previous post, I just had to say something. To understand my delight about this, allow me to provide context. Back in the dark ages of print coverage, Previous Horse & I occasionally did well enough at big enough shows to have ourContinue reading “More 15 Minutes”

Breaking Radio Silence

A helmet! I spotted a helmet at the World’s Championship Horse Show! On an adult no less! This is THE big saddleseat show, held in August in Louisville KY. To ride on the “green shavings” is the dream of every saddleseat rider. And one of them did so wearing a helmet! See for yourself: DougContinue reading “Breaking Radio Silence”

Hiatus

Getting off the blogging treadmill for a while. I’m tired of writing for free. I’m tired of scavenging posts from scraps of progress. I’m tired of falling back on post ideas about other people’s horses. I’m tired. Why now? Rodney was a twit, more so than usual. New camera arrived and has to be returned.Continue reading “Hiatus”

Boot Camp Bucks

[Explanation of saddleseat Boot Camp here.] This week’s Boot Camp lesson was on lanes. Lane 1 is on the rail. Lane 2 is a few feet in. Lane 3 a few more feet in. And so on to the center of the ring. At the top of the ring, a rider picks a lane andContinue reading “Boot Camp Bucks”

Blades of Progress

At Exploratorium-style science museums, exhibits are full of buttons to push and levers to slide. Many of the displays work with optical illusions. Stare at the black dots on a white background until gray false dots appear in the interstices. A concave model of a face will appear convex. Lines misbehave. It’s all about theContinue reading “Blades of Progress”

Mystified

Why is this even an issue? Sure, there are equine images that are overly twee for my taste. Then, there is the horse screaming in the center of Guernica. Art lies in the treatment of the subject, not the subject itself. I found the badge here while trawling deviantART. The creator invited passersby to share,Continue reading “Mystified”

Boot Camp Moment

[Explanation of saddleseat Boot Camp here.] First lesson, me and four munchkins. I am closer in age to their grandmothers than to their mothers. Still, I am as new to this as they were. Once we got going, I didn’t feel out of place. True, one hopes that I will be better at grasping conceptsContinue reading “Boot Camp Moment”