Category Archives: Thoughts

Art of the outside world. Hyperrealism. From pencil to paint. Cj Hendry website. Examples under CJH: Originals. Hat tip to Bored Panda: This Is Not What It Looks Like! These Giant Paint Blobs Are Actually Pencil Drawings, Grašytė 2017. ~~~ Color Mixing I was fascinated by the shapes. Blob was on the palette from acrylicContinue reading “Paint Mixing, Photography”

Awareness of the outside world. Wild Horse Fire Brigade. I know it’s more complicated, but horses eating down excess vegetation sounds like a good plan. ~~~ Ears. (Click) What was that noise? No. I will not put my ears up. Distractions in front of me will not work. I will remain alert. You are doingContinue reading “In Which Ramsay Deals With Papparazzi”

Awareness of the outside world. AMNH: Museum Researcher Names Lizard Genus After Tolkien’s Dragon Smaug, 2011. Hat tip LTU&E: Oh no! ~~~ RazzyHunt seat lessonThe Hunter Place7 September 2025 Razzy and I jumped a course. Well. Actually. I jumped a course. Razzy trotted around the ring over two crossrails and a low vertical while wonderingContinue reading “Of Course”

Awareness of the outside world. Yahoo!News: Scientists create compact, room-temperature fusion reactor that fits on a tabletop, Shavit, September 7, 2025. Some of us remember the 1989 kerfuffle. “Cold fusion became a taboo topic in mainstream science … formed a peer group to re-investigate cold fusion under strict, modern conditions.” ibid. The interesting bit hereContinue reading “Foot Festival Fades into the Distance, Finally?”

Awareness of the outside world. Whatever: 20 Years of “Being Poor”, September 3, 2025. Whatever: “Being Poor,” Ten Years On, September 3, 2015. Whatever: Being Poor, September 3, 2005. ~~~ Has feed changed? We can’t seem to get the feed right. Seems we are always fiddling. In the past, we bought a bag & fedContinue reading “Feeds and Breeds”

Art of the outside world. MoMA: Acrylic Paint. 6 works online. ~~~ Beach Scene, or in my interpretation, Sea Monster Returns to the Ocean to be Greeted by BatsAcrylic Painting Class with Chris CruzClass 1 of 4Shelby County Arts CouncilColumbiana AL, USA7 September 2024 Instructor website, Chris Cruz Designs Another art class? Think of itContinue reading “Beach Scene, Acrylic Class #1, Art”

It recently occurred to me that I have two types of posts. The horse posts, Monday through Thursday, are reactive. I talk about what has been happening. Have I had a lesson? [Discussion in the Shadows] Any new purchases? [Hack from the Manufacturer for Felicitous Foot Care] What is the home team been up to? [Rodney CelebratesContinue reading “Thinking About Posts, State of the Blog”