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How to Create a Cubist Collage, Part 1.

VMac — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 16:07:58 +0000

While researching Cubist collage techniques, the history of Matisse and his Cubist contributions, this nice bit of "how to" came up on Google. Many thanks to Ken Schwab for posting a lesson plan geared toward high school-age art students on IncredibleArt.org. ... read more

Using Adolescent Novels to Disseminate Agricultural Information

VMac — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:09:30 +0000

Some of the oddest items in my collection would have to be my boy-hero novels from the early 190s to the 1930's. No decent segue here -- bear with me.... ... read more

Plastic Sleeves for Matchbooks

VMac — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:17:06 +0000

I stumbled into an amazing cacaphony of matchbooks about three years ago. Michael Cable's Woodside Antiques, an auction house in Farmville North Carolina, offered box loads of stuff at the end of a large estate sale. Cable is a marvelous auctioneer who inserts bits of trivia with every round of bidding. I hesitate to admit how much of my household detritus and ephemera was purchased through his auctions. Lots of decapitated dolls and schmucky bric-a-brac which somehow became art... ... read more

Shelter Island vs Rodeo

VMac — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 15:18:37 +0000

Well, the rodeo won out, with Shelter Island viewing coming in on Monday instead of today. We're going to the Bob Martin Agri Center and I'm hoping the sights and scenes will provide much artistic fodder. Artists and writers must get out of the studio and observe, duh... of course you know that, but for me the real treat is in observing and photographing those who dwell outside my comfort zone. ... read more

Thoughts occurring during the quiet before Christmas.

VMac — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:43:21 +0000

None of us will really go gracefully into that dark night. You should know we will kick and scream and try to stop death. You should know it's not always visible -- the struggle and yearning to stay right here in this very moment. It's hidden sometimes, just behind the eyes, the fight to remain in this stage and not to transition to the next. ... read more

Don’t close this browser window until upload is complete.

VMac — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 01:14:07 +0000

Are we ever really finished uploading the celestial orb? Wih the MacAir, the "don't close" message is seemingly non-existent. When I worked in a Microsoft environment, I knew that the order to not close the window meant REALLY do NOT close the browser window... fatal system crashes would occur. *Update: In 2010, this type of message rarely occurs for the every-day web surfer. We have enough RAM to consider completing myriad tasks and objectives. The CPUs of old didn't have enough memory to download a new program or software package while performing other functions. The reason for the warning appears to be one for older CPUs. ... read more