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I suppose if one has a blog set up one ought to add to it periodically.
I wonder if anyone actually reads what I write here.
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Stamps’n’Stuff: Postage Stamp Art

Different media and genres can and do coexist. One does not need to out-do, or eradicate all others.
When the studio is dark and cold I work on projects less gooey than oil. One year it was Mattress Art. This year it is stamps.
Collage and doodles are scattered through my journal pages and correspondence. This is an [...]

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ʎɔuɐddılɟ puɐ ƃuıddılɟ

˙pǝʇɔǝdxǝun ǝɹɐ ʎǝɥʇ ǝsnɐɔǝq ʇsnɾ unɟ ǝɹɐ sƃuıɥʇ sǝɯıʇǝɯos
˙ǝƃlnpuı ı sıɥʇ ɹoɟ ‘os ˙spɐǝɥ ɹno ɥɔʇɐɹɔs uǝʌǝ ǝqʎɐɯ puɐ ɥƃnɐl sn sǝʞɐɯ puɐ uoıʇuǝʇʇɐ ɹno sǝɥɔʇɐɔ ʇı ʇuǝɯoɯ ɐ ɹoɟ ʇnq ˙ʎlʞɔınb plo ʇǝƃ llıʍ ʇı ˙ʞɔıɹʇ ɐ sı ʇı ˙ƃuıʇıɹʍ uʍop ǝpısdn ǝɥʇ sı ʞǝǝʍ ǝɥʇ ɟo ʞɔıɹʇ ǝʇıɹoʌɐɟ ʎɯ puɐ ˙sǝʇou ǝɯos uǝʇʇıɹʍ [...]

I think of topics all the time. Apparently I am not developing them.
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Hello Out There

Hello. Today I looked at the website statistics for the past three months. 30,000 hits from bots. It is interesting in that there are so many system sifting systems. The data says humans are looking from about 80 countries. It measures “authenticated users” page visits, view time:
Visits duration July 2009
30s-2mn : 31
2mn-5mn : 15
5mn-15mn : 16
15mn-30mn : 13
30mn-1h : [...]

A is for

A is for A
B is for B
1 and 2 is 1 and 2
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Reasons Not To Write

1. There is already so much writing in the world.
2. Who cares what I have to say.
3. No matter what I say it will be imperfect.
4. No matter what I say it is bound to irritate someone.
5. I spend so much time painting (and stuff) why add another medium?
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Scaruffi on Art & Science

“Thus, in the end, ‘Art’ is simply a different name for… life. —Art came first: Science is an evolution of Art. —a reason if humans engage in artistic activities. —Evolutionary Benefits: 1. you learn more about the environment, 2. you simulate a variety of strategies, 3. you are better prepared to cope with frequently changing conditions. —to deal [...]

Another Day in Paradise

One flower
—was mauled by a banana slug
One flower withered and died
One flower became a weed
One flower survived
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Mimsy Nonsense

`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.   *
To face that one simply cannot make sense of something can be infuriating, frightening or maybe sometimes invigorating.
The human brain is a meaning fanatic. It seeks reasons for everything. It uses languages to persuade [...]

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