Category Archives: Art
Faces
Category Art
Everywhere you look you are likely to see faces. And those faces will be seeing your face as well. If you’re not seeing faces, then maybe you are a prisoner and you’re in solitary confinement. Or maybe you’re in one those isolated spots on the face of the planet without people, electricity or, heaven forbid, [...]
The Frontiers Within Us
Category Art, Movies
The neighbors are on the warpath. What’s a homesteader to do? You carve out and clear a swath of land from the forest – back breaking work to say the least – then you struggle to put up a house, capture and save water, and grow a few meager crops. It’s an ongoing battle to [...]
Colors: Past and Present
Category Art, Movies
It is early 1969. The colorful word counter-culture had begun to creep into your consciousness. Your name is Dennis Hopper. You are 33 years old and have a growing acting career. But you haven’t gotten ‘there‘ yet. Stardom is still around a few more corners. Somehow you, fellow actor Peter Fonda, along with writer Terry [...]
Ships At Sea In The Movies & Art plus Three Captain Jacks
Category Art, Discussion, Movies
Since water constitutes about 71 percent of the Earth’s surface and is essential to all known forms of life, it is a safe bet to assume that if you are reading this you have access to water on a daily basis and you likely live near a body of water. Given that many of you [...]
Three Faces
Category Art, Discussion, Movies
As you know, noted actor Paul Newman passed away recently. Newman had been married to actress Joanne Woodward from January 1958 until he died. They weren’t your standard version of a Hollywood couple. In fact, at the time of his death, they had lived in Connecticut for many years.
Happy Thanksgiving 2008
Category Art
First, let me wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving. Even if where you live, Thanksgiving as a holiday isn’t celebrated, it is always correct to offer thanks for all the good things we have. A lot of turkeys help us celebrate today, and for all of them, it was the last thing they did in their [...]
Buckaroo
Category Art, Movies
Recently I watched the movie, The Hunt for Red October (1990). This is a real man’s movie filled with submarine warfare, geo-politics and its offspring – political brinksmanship, as well as great heaping gobs of pure testosterone. There’s no sex or romance in this tale, in fact there may not even be any speaking roles [...]