Weblog 267
March 27, 2011~ 12:00 am
I'm still in a state of 'flux', parachuting down through clouds of moods. I have been seeing healthy green shoots of daffodils and tulips ready to burst free, so that's hopeful. Spring is right there, sitting on the lip of the horizon......
and there I stand, dark eyes staring straight ahead as though I don't quite trust it. (It's that unease I've been contending with......) and when I feel this way I drift from site to site, finding wonderful things to flood the senses like that painting by a Polish female artist who lived from 1865 to 1940, Olga Boznanska, whom I'd never heard of till cruising around the net. What a haunting little face.
Naturally, I then became interested in finding other Polish artists. I came upon a delightful collection of Polish surrealists, none of whom I'd been familiar with, but every one compelling. So many eerie and evocative visions....
like that one, painted by Zdzislaw Beksinski. It looks like a crucifix on the wall of that opened tomb, and there's Death itself, rocking a strange cradle. And how about this one? (It's my computer wallpaper now.)
Two fleshy praying mantis-like creatures sitting at a bistro table and having a meal. LOL!!! I LOVE THEM! It's the work of Jaroslaw Kukowski, who had another entirely of 'teletubbie' looking little guys with fleshy outcroppings on the top of their heads that seem to signify their religious persuasions. Wonderfully strange!
If you're interested in having a more in-depth look around at these and other Polish surrealists, pay a visit to Polscy-Malarze. You'll be fascinated, staring and staring at the sometimes nightmarish, often simply whimsical peeks at truly talented painters.
That's how I browse when I'm in flux. Art sites, and vintage jewelry. Oh my yes, I do love to window shop in those! (I've been trying to decide if I want to purchase a 1920's Czechoslovakian ring. It's pale green glass, emerald cut-- set in what they describe as base metal, which is often a mixture of zinc and brass with a bit of gold fill. I've found I've developed quite a fondness for Czechoslovakian Egyptian Revival style jewelry- though those pieces are a bit out of my price range, I keep looking. Trouble is rings are my favorite-- (then necklaces) but I'm always uncertain of the sizing. I've already transferred some funds into my Paypal account, but in checking my ring size once again, I can see that it will be too small. Drat! If you want to see my favorite site for vintage jewelry and ALL KINDS of vintage memorabilia, stop by Thanks For The Memories. I just get lost in there.
March 29, 2011~ 4:15 pm
I was so tickled to hear that one of my two favorite Steelers, Hines Ward
is tripping the light fantastic on 'Dancing With The Stars'. (No, I didn't catch it, but the story has been everywhere. Just LOOK at that smile!) That's a thousand watts of happiness for sure!! (I'm not in the least surprised that quick moves on a dance floor could quite easily translate from quick hips and feet on a football field. Besides his constant twinkle, he's now a 'twinkle toes'.) Good luck, buddy!
(And an update on my search for online jewelry).... alas, the link above-- though a wonderful place for me to browse, did not accommodate Paypal by way of payment, but I've got a necklace and a ring winging to me from another retailer, so all is well. Paypal. You can't beat it for safe transactions and no adding to credit card debt: you spend what you can afford, and right out of your own bank account transfer. That's smart shopping. All's well that ends well, so I'm smiling. Waiting on the postman. :)
March 30, 2011~ 12:00 am
So long to a friend....I'll miss his writing and his VAST, great heart.
There he is, Joe Bageant. Read what that link has to say, then begin casting about for everything, anything this man wrote in his all too short 64 years on this earth. He was a plain-spoken, big-hearted.... wise, wise human being. I will miss reading his essays (but there's plenty on the net to serve as food for the soul for quite some time.)
(And I understand the 'Nah'......I'll say the same one day) --but while he lived, a man with his background, his talent, his deceptive 'folksiness' when combined with absolute integrity and decency, you cannot beat that combination in a human being OR a writer.
Joe's own online photo album (from which I whisked away that cropped, wonderful picture) is right here - so pay a visit and aquaint yourself.
(He's lookin' on. I'm sure of it.) Goodbye, you prince of the heart. You made the world a better place and that's a laudable thing. (It may sound like the barest of epitaphs, but it's by far the hardest to come by, so thanks Joe.)
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I'm still in a state of 'flux', parachuting down through clouds of moods. I have been seeing healthy green shoots of daffodils and tulips ready to burst free, so that's hopeful. Spring is right there, sitting on the lip of the horizon......
and there I stand, dark eyes staring straight ahead as though I don't quite trust it. (It's that unease I've been contending with......) and when I feel this way I drift from site to site, finding wonderful things to flood the senses like that painting by a Polish female artist who lived from 1865 to 1940, Olga Boznanska, whom I'd never heard of till cruising around the net. What a haunting little face.
Naturally, I then became interested in finding other Polish artists. I came upon a delightful collection of Polish surrealists, none of whom I'd been familiar with, but every one compelling. So many eerie and evocative visions....
like that one, painted by Zdzislaw Beksinski. It looks like a crucifix on the wall of that opened tomb, and there's Death itself, rocking a strange cradle. And how about this one? (It's my computer wallpaper now.)
Two fleshy praying mantis-like creatures sitting at a bistro table and having a meal. LOL!!! I LOVE THEM! It's the work of Jaroslaw Kukowski, who had another entirely of 'teletubbie' looking little guys with fleshy outcroppings on the top of their heads that seem to signify their religious persuasions. Wonderfully strange!
If you're interested in having a more in-depth look around at these and other Polish surrealists, pay a visit to Polscy-Malarze. You'll be fascinated, staring and staring at the sometimes nightmarish, often simply whimsical peeks at truly talented painters.
That's how I browse when I'm in flux. Art sites, and vintage jewelry. Oh my yes, I do love to window shop in those! (I've been trying to decide if I want to purchase a 1920's Czechoslovakian ring. It's pale green glass, emerald cut-- set in what they describe as base metal, which is often a mixture of zinc and brass with a bit of gold fill. I've found I've developed quite a fondness for Czechoslovakian Egyptian Revival style jewelry- though those pieces are a bit out of my price range, I keep looking. Trouble is rings are my favorite-- (then necklaces) but I'm always uncertain of the sizing. I've already transferred some funds into my Paypal account, but in checking my ring size once again, I can see that it will be too small. Drat! If you want to see my favorite site for vintage jewelry and ALL KINDS of vintage memorabilia, stop by Thanks For The Memories. I just get lost in there.
March 29, 2011~ 4:15 pm
I was so tickled to hear that one of my two favorite Steelers, Hines Ward
is tripping the light fantastic on 'Dancing With The Stars'. (No, I didn't catch it, but the story has been everywhere. Just LOOK at that smile!) That's a thousand watts of happiness for sure!! (I'm not in the least surprised that quick moves on a dance floor could quite easily translate from quick hips and feet on a football field. Besides his constant twinkle, he's now a 'twinkle toes'.) Good luck, buddy!
(And an update on my search for online jewelry).... alas, the link above-- though a wonderful place for me to browse, did not accommodate Paypal by way of payment, but I've got a necklace and a ring winging to me from another retailer, so all is well. Paypal. You can't beat it for safe transactions and no adding to credit card debt: you spend what you can afford, and right out of your own bank account transfer. That's smart shopping. All's well that ends well, so I'm smiling. Waiting on the postman. :)
March 30, 2011~ 12:00 am
So long to a friend....I'll miss his writing and his VAST, great heart.
There he is, Joe Bageant. Read what that link has to say, then begin casting about for everything, anything this man wrote in his all too short 64 years on this earth. He was a plain-spoken, big-hearted.... wise, wise human being. I will miss reading his essays (but there's plenty on the net to serve as food for the soul for quite some time.)
(And I understand the 'Nah'......I'll say the same one day) --but while he lived, a man with his background, his talent, his deceptive 'folksiness' when combined with absolute integrity and decency, you cannot beat that combination in a human being OR a writer.
Joe's own online photo album (from which I whisked away that cropped, wonderful picture) is right here - so pay a visit and aquaint yourself.
(He's lookin' on. I'm sure of it.) Goodbye, you prince of the heart. You made the world a better place and that's a laudable thing. (It may sound like the barest of epitaphs, but it's by far the hardest to come by, so thanks Joe.)
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