Author Archives: Virtual Brush Box

Awareness of the outside world. Let the future begin. I am blue. This is known. Politics aside, I think this is brilliant messaging. It emphasizes the pivot from a contest between two old men. [Life in Alabama, Being a Bad Blue Dot In A Really Red State] ~~~ In the end, we came to the sameContinue reading “Hay Update”

Awareness of the outside world. Museum of Bad Art. A repeat, but how could I not? [Sad Clock] ~~~ How to Make Bad Art: Crash CourseLauren BeagleMake Bham24 July 2024 The idea was to draw fast and by the pageful in order to shut down the internal critic. As with the Art Journal class, IContinue reading “In Which I Make Bad Art”

Reference page. I wanted to keep track of these links & the changes in my contact history. However, they don’t need to be on the public facing contact page. State of the Blog [Archives] CURRENT Email virtualbrushbox@gmail.comrodneyssaga@gmail.com I check both. I have gotten out of the habit of checking, since the majority of the messagesContinue reading “Contact Page History, State of the Blog”

Photography of the outside world. Total support for photographers doing their jobs. However, the cameras surrounding Biles are certainly a thing. Imagine competing under those conditions. On the gripping hand, in modern sport, media brings in the money. ~~~ Cool Water For A Hot DayFountain DetailOld Mill SquareShelby County Arts CouncilColumbiana AL1 August 2024 “TheContinue reading “Cool Water For A Hot Day, Photography”

Awareness of the outside world. I am late to the party. Ilona Maher is awesome. ~~~ Stepping Stone Farm has been summer camping, so I’ve been having driving lessons lately. Easier to fit in before the camp day starts. The driving is going well. Are the lessons going well *because* I’m not riding? Or becauseContinue reading “Summer Driving”

Awareness of the outside world. Dark Sky: Eiweiler Star Village becomes the eighth International Dark Sky Place in Germany, Reagan, July 29, 2024. Article does not have the cool comparison photo that was posted on Instagram. @darksky_intl, July 29, 2024. We can light the ground without lighting the sky. ~~~ Summer 2024 Intense heat. SeguedContinue reading “Summer So Far”

Awareness of the outside world. The test by Chipmunk and Jung was poetry. That is how eventing dressage should be done. ~~~ The other pile of loot from our Virtual Tevis, 17 blog posts, including today. The above is a screenshot. Links below. Titles After the first few entries, I noticed I had backed intoContinue reading “Post By Post, Virtual Tevis 2024”