tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70052042305898240362024-03-14T00:55:36.632-04:00Why Not: A BlogThings relating to art; the artist's life and the vast world of creativity.James Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11373279694875764071noreply@blogger.comBlogger213125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005204230589824036.post-26998090386514007242023-05-28T16:56:00.002-04:002023-05-28T17:00:55.700-04:00Neal Adams / The Sketch Book<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0D1qkgY45jwI-0YTHyMkavvMqsJoy4gwVdFPseG2dZ7ketDqkwa707PTxTUra99voUDOfk_YxeTBLu5F_tiwZE76T2ghLBYtLRtwvPBsSDbYzyha_qewaEcDopwsdT81AEKL8w0V0qY_RfDW7qv2aRx9twac3yBD5EJhf7NRK4hFFFGyV-lM7iYBi/s763/Neal%20Adams%20Book%20Cover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="763" data-original-width="614" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0D1qkgY45jwI-0YTHyMkavvMqsJoy4gwVdFPseG2dZ7ketDqkwa707PTxTUra99voUDOfk_YxeTBLu5F_tiwZE76T2ghLBYtLRtwvPBsSDbYzyha_qewaEcDopwsdT81AEKL8w0V0qY_RfDW7qv2aRx9twac3yBD5EJhf7NRK4hFFFGyV-lM7iYBi/w258-h320/Neal%20Adams%20Book%20Cover.jpg" width="258" /></a></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal"><i><b>Recently I purchased
"Neal Adams/The Sketchbook" on line. I received my copy just a few days ago by mail.
I was very much impressed as a whole and greatly enjoyed it! The book's editor
and designer Arlan Shumer asked me to write a review of his book to post at his
" Neal Adams Almanac" page on Facebook after finding out I had written one
for Amazon. Here’s that brief review:</b></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><b><br /></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><b>"Neal Adams/The Sketchbook"<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal">Previously
unpublished originals by the great Neal Adams are seen here publicly, many for
the first time. Adam’s powerful, emotional and heroic works are vivid reminders
of his phenomenal talents. The untouched works by the artist's hand, heart and
mind are enhanced by the distinctive editing of historian Arlen Schumer.
Schumer uses Neal’s words from private interviews they shared while leaving out
his questions. This makes for a most unique, insightful and flowing literary
experience. Sometimes funny, sometimes serious, while always informative. The
text often has the feel of an informal, relaxed seminar of sorts on Neal’s
favorite subjects; comic books and creativity.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbXVqJxQHd51Z_WGlytFF5oe0w85ZOlt7SbPK3hU0nKsga0jzYiINEiwAks2OQPtD4jliRfvtjJnSfzqaCkZ5pSS9leFMmm0k2UjoK_VdQX8Dg1dyE2Kv1hhrG-MUHOeCOQ3aWOsTeB4qbxPuS3v1G8ca2iPFu_Ao8Gcd3qrD_qhl9EkstKlD-sYCy/s1901/000%20sketch%20book%2000.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1033" data-original-width="1901" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbXVqJxQHd51Z_WGlytFF5oe0w85ZOlt7SbPK3hU0nKsga0jzYiINEiwAks2OQPtD4jliRfvtjJnSfzqaCkZ5pSS9leFMmm0k2UjoK_VdQX8Dg1dyE2Kv1hhrG-MUHOeCOQ3aWOsTeB4qbxPuS3v1G8ca2iPFu_Ao8Gcd3qrD_qhl9EkstKlD-sYCy/w477-h260/000%20sketch%20book%2000.jpg" width="477" /></a></div><br /><div><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Neal Adams for most
considered himself a story teller rather than an artist. That being the case;
story telling is a grand tradition and he is among the most “artful” of the
form. While at the same time; this volume exists and can also be enjoyed as a
look at the portfolio of the master draftsman he was, one of the best of the
creative geniuses of our times.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKR-lTjMPK_6kC30-4Smo_B6McT-qU4OCu9oHgfO28cY0VJsQTWtvt2UXs3ajFbqoP5Y6ubjo7QBEv9qViyPRcwd7A8raNagxnu037Upq52bT13Y3fw7N7kXQg1XC98x8DzO7Ml_w8fbEChLg1B3ARYF_c6PlNvz6SLA_Cakl83yBWSXyiUS-kRuce/s857/000%20sketch%20book%2007.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="857" data-original-width="646" height="518" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKR-lTjMPK_6kC30-4Smo_B6McT-qU4OCu9oHgfO28cY0VJsQTWtvt2UXs3ajFbqoP5Y6ubjo7QBEv9qViyPRcwd7A8raNagxnu037Upq52bT13Y3fw7N7kXQg1XC98x8DzO7Ml_w8fbEChLg1B3ARYF_c6PlNvz6SLA_Cakl83yBWSXyiUS-kRuce/w391-h518/000%20sketch%20book%2007.jpg" width="391" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTFQ79o72bykNUw4CvBGl4_Xs0_i4tAHcM2SmgsfYZBVAZv_LlQBW-BUsZH5nTwTG5VWmKafe00lVy9mLF2P6uX_HVnjbeQuPmh_26s6qSU_S7J6cJ7n8zV7mUatinJl0pdf9dkGH8mdsGGZqNNFrcHI1cK3EIobrkqOx2L1xNouoBDGbeDUaRtCh0/s832/000%20sketch%20book%2001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Visit @ Facebook.com </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>James Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11373279694875764071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005204230589824036.post-72048536710796186402023-04-09T12:54:00.004-04:002023-04-09T15:09:04.556-04:00Selected Works by Helen Frankenthaler GAGOSIAN <p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-TOqUmc2ZBzwes0qGiI_AQD-T98Hr0Zj0NsFN2EhpVC-O6dZ7Cw16JQnvTtZ61ij-hiiLUZg8XA5FR9icXMRaKGde7shU7Ojzlbkmg1ng2kA_Qe6JmMcOrLyfa4_0jmPIzJ8cF5M9EUTxOrxuTUGWNgbAev4es6JHhTmvfdctUzLGpCmg10jdalhV/s1965/BLOG%20IMG_20230408_104548968.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="860" data-original-width="1965" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-TOqUmc2ZBzwes0qGiI_AQD-T98Hr0Zj0NsFN2EhpVC-O6dZ7Cw16JQnvTtZ61ij-hiiLUZg8XA5FR9icXMRaKGde7shU7Ojzlbkmg1ng2kA_Qe6JmMcOrLyfa4_0jmPIzJ8cF5M9EUTxOrxuTUGWNgbAev4es6JHhTmvfdctUzLGpCmg10jdalhV/w538-h235/BLOG%20IMG_20230408_104548968.jpg" width="538" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><br /></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><br /></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><br /></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><br /></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><br /></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><br /></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><br /></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><i>“My pictures are full
of climates, abstract climates, and not nature per se. But a feeling of an order that is associated more with nature; nature in seasons. And I think art itself is order out of
chaos.”</i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Helen
Frankenthaler<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIHgN1mIAoMmx_3Z1ossHCROTRBnhY_D78WRcX7REuxYaCkl_AcX50FWvGDvCcVRXxUTr58WIKBbhZZnzjja2P2Nt1B2hOfzDShi_-nkz_aWVDPymvwewYxY7grdAJVAXMTY4Xh5gVXhaBCf8TtCPDzsh4PQ5xpgCqxsNEOumh6svuULDAcH0HB08B/s1108/BLOG%20IMG_20230407_205811340.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="673" data-original-width="1108" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIHgN1mIAoMmx_3Z1ossHCROTRBnhY_D78WRcX7REuxYaCkl_AcX50FWvGDvCcVRXxUTr58WIKBbhZZnzjja2P2Nt1B2hOfzDShi_-nkz_aWVDPymvwewYxY7grdAJVAXMTY4Xh5gVXhaBCf8TtCPDzsh4PQ5xpgCqxsNEOumh6svuULDAcH0HB08B/w378-h229/BLOG%20IMG_20230407_205811340.jpg" width="378" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6XtOlvJ8WC0E4DRBLDi2NBodKtX7V7NZw-sRUd4gUWH07WGSsvy8Xm5CtBxrU2pXlujVJf-zS4u5RFgInepnWVPvdwGamQ3aW5r0RE2EdHBfmljVbpP1sZ-0Bb_G_NNyRysXZAJRLW8I0NcVJQ1lfeZpKA0NpharUTb5Mw_e_yl8puOqZt568B6R8/s1101/BLOG%20IMG_20230407_210007050.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="626" data-original-width="1101" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6XtOlvJ8WC0E4DRBLDi2NBodKtX7V7NZw-sRUd4gUWH07WGSsvy8Xm5CtBxrU2pXlujVJf-zS4u5RFgInepnWVPvdwGamQ3aW5r0RE2EdHBfmljVbpP1sZ-0Bb_G_NNyRysXZAJRLW8I0NcVJQ1lfeZpKA0NpharUTb5Mw_e_yl8puOqZt568B6R8/w374-h213/BLOG%20IMG_20230407_210007050.jpg" width="374" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiika35mmo9-MKtTV0PRjUm3Poac1AiHrjiC5spuiRvYbwc5W-BGHxikOvKSWP4hog7fSo3eLf_UWBz0PVB_0LjmFVAWhdqhZR1q6YMppMRMTAXbs1Kb48z0Fueil6RzPwZAVpkzmD-P9QKkSIkpP8n0uYprZKDp3Vwe_pGlCinpi7-8lJAzDiAaO0f/s1249/BLOG%20IMG_20230407_210355726.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="703" data-original-width="1249" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiika35mmo9-MKtTV0PRjUm3Poac1AiHrjiC5spuiRvYbwc5W-BGHxikOvKSWP4hog7fSo3eLf_UWBz0PVB_0LjmFVAWhdqhZR1q6YMppMRMTAXbs1Kb48z0Fueil6RzPwZAVpkzmD-P9QKkSIkpP8n0uYprZKDp3Vwe_pGlCinpi7-8lJAzDiAaO0f/w366-h206/BLOG%20IMG_20230407_210355726.jpg" width="366" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMqAeaV9457DzqeYFrxIRObDjQeMdbnQJPPlipHcfRr9rxZ_OSqfvHnTUPWL7QsZdhta2V7DjaNwb4EJwNdx0WcCHGc1sG1Pbh8Wl3WLH02Uuarn2mp26QbhP1ihKVGvYFNuayAl3IAJ2QT-ou7OMz9Nw_OGQOJkYa5AwQwMii5vyOzXyuLLN8ZQuj/s1413/BLOG%20IMG_20230407_210634287.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="977" data-original-width="1413" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMqAeaV9457DzqeYFrxIRObDjQeMdbnQJPPlipHcfRr9rxZ_OSqfvHnTUPWL7QsZdhta2V7DjaNwb4EJwNdx0WcCHGc1sG1Pbh8Wl3WLH02Uuarn2mp26QbhP1ihKVGvYFNuayAl3IAJ2QT-ou7OMz9Nw_OGQOJkYa5AwQwMii5vyOzXyuLLN8ZQuj/w366-h253/BLOG%20IMG_20230407_210634287.jpg" width="366" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP8KLsB9wXkGoTb144v3fB0BURRifNBkh-NL3kGExHkZUbh1U6dMuDeyTUqJuIfc8HXfGleOUaNUMursTZb6Wvt9AA7gLV99prlg0qJy_YHwXprnVI9IfUujOR6f6Rn0RPwvtfxHtyzjlxGvxtmFLI5PCZtn7wMYBbunEcRvvYVp7f1lRUc0iXGwHe/s1388/BLOG%20IMG_20230407_210739252.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="980" data-original-width="1388" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP8KLsB9wXkGoTb144v3fB0BURRifNBkh-NL3kGExHkZUbh1U6dMuDeyTUqJuIfc8HXfGleOUaNUMursTZb6Wvt9AA7gLV99prlg0qJy_YHwXprnVI9IfUujOR6f6Rn0RPwvtfxHtyzjlxGvxtmFLI5PCZtn7wMYBbunEcRvvYVp7f1lRUc0iXGwHe/w362-h256/BLOG%20IMG_20230407_210739252.jpg" width="362" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>HELEN FRANKENTHALER<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Drawing within Nature:
Paintings from the 1990s<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">March 9–April 22, 2023<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">541 West 24th Street, New York<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPV4Qy1dNtfsP4gBPuOuQ2sYcWZ-ZM2Of6qZH7CUnCkDm0mMKDLEoLoYfnT2j8V2Z-ljZ487n0AkvqZvSyP2CjG238rUo_oDRDnOIyB4RzldyyeMaNcpUausWh137xZ9vKyvwzVT6hjyNjri0kd-QlcPiiXJW1RuUO5e-x_RIfLKo3d8GGASOz95m6/s1732/BLOG%20IMG_20230408_104709451%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="912" data-original-width="1732" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPV4Qy1dNtfsP4gBPuOuQ2sYcWZ-ZM2Of6qZH7CUnCkDm0mMKDLEoLoYfnT2j8V2Z-ljZ487n0AkvqZvSyP2CjG238rUo_oDRDnOIyB4RzldyyeMaNcpUausWh137xZ9vKyvwzVT6hjyNjri0kd-QlcPiiXJW1RuUO5e-x_RIfLKo3d8GGASOz95m6/w596-h314/BLOG%20IMG_20230408_104709451%20(1).jpg" width="596" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>James Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11373279694875764071noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005204230589824036.post-20292337734075827832023-04-01T07:42:00.003-04:002023-04-01T07:53:38.153-04:00WEATHER REPORT<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqashW66D7o" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="532" data-original-width="1067" height="332" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0hYGRVUTsqc9hA7_GMF9NIEH8XmS048pXA2rQKg1MK0N4evR32K8HHhPhQUD_tDncE3eJBC9cGsb9Myria8inO3IT8FzK7XFNILp7WT6nHqKzhWON2y84hG2CFVtPV5wki603Qt9xp_xP42qGqs6yny5h9OYdI_leU-VBXvqPEQTvuYRbQ7cfy1im/w658-h332/Weather%20Report_Weather%20Report_%2007.jpg" width="658" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href=" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfvfXA2SIRU" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="115" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiacvzbo3nR7jUVmHT3uPvESAnMc6AnxOdHNo17gAHYJwBRgiCkfG7PoEw11MOtz0zyCvB7nxO0E48Og3Ggi_V-9DRqQP9TIBD30dxToo1jpj6BELt9lAlxm_z1miYdxUMAnd7EUVSLTJcuDpTg1McRFfprny9sn4gXE8mA1A3BjS5OVqY7io3g3lxn/w115-h115/mysterious%20travler%20(no%20text).jpg" width="115" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><i>With the recent passing of Wayne Shorter (March 2<sup>nd</sup>
of this year) </i></b>the iconic Jazz Fusion Band Weather Report has lost the third of
it’s core and most influential members. First there was the untimely passing of
Jaco Pastorious ( Sept. 1987) followed next within days of exactly twenty years
later by his fellow Joe Zawinul (Sept. 2007.) These three seminal musicians,
each were individually profound as well as collectively. Each musician a ground
breaker for their chosen instrument and in their collaborative achievements
when they came together as Weather Report. Mr. Shorter for saxophone, Mr.
Pastorious, electric bass and thirdly Mr. Zawinul, key boardest. They mastered
music and created sounds and thematic themes comparable to the world’s greatest
music. They crossed, mixed and created forms, genres and styles within their efforts.
And in the passage of time their legends have grown and continue to flourish.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The men of Weather Report were visionaries and artistic explorers
in a very real sense. They inter-acted and played with the greats of their
times; Miles Davis, Joni Mitchell, Pat Methany, Herbie Hancock, Carlos Santana
and Esperanza Spalding to name a few. They played with and composed hit music
for other recording artist that would become modern standards; Mercy/Mercy/Mercy,
Birdland and Steely Dan’s Aja’. Earth,
Wind & Fire, Patrice Rushen and The Manhattan Transfer are among luminaries
featured on their albums. They loved and were dedicated to literature,
philosophy, the arts and sciences. It is all reflected in their music and life pursuits.
Their music resides among the most imaginative, innovative, challenging and
beautiful the world yet knows. </p><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6IS7DoW_WM9_Sh9ABGUc4QFYb6xDbKyS-_1-Kunn6OOaEV5pzogeqyZIEilNwm5Yoi-FBsuTRsPe1yiApWY9wmMGGhnetILIX-jSAaE7m5xzv28BKRcfd32lap5_O6b57xcZbwUtiJ875jJnQMtGhDktKX1BhCz4uTZPo9pQGQDn1TAuq9Go4brJm/s1375/weather%20report%20core%20members%2001.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="581" data-original-width="1375" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6IS7DoW_WM9_Sh9ABGUc4QFYb6xDbKyS-_1-Kunn6OOaEV5pzogeqyZIEilNwm5Yoi-FBsuTRsPe1yiApWY9wmMGGhnetILIX-jSAaE7m5xzv28BKRcfd32lap5_O6b57xcZbwUtiJ875jJnQMtGhDktKX1BhCz4uTZPo9pQGQDn1TAuq9Go4brJm/w554-h234/weather%20report%20core%20members%2001.jpg" width="554" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div> <b><i> Jaco Pastorious Joe Zawinul Wayne Shorter</i></b></div><br /><div>This blog is a celebration of these artist’s lives and what they
have given the world. For such accomplished artist of their sort nothing speaks
more eloquently or profoundly for them than their recordings. I have included links
to some of their most stunning music along with the gorgeous album covers that
house it. Here as tribute to their
greatness I hope you will enjoy!</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href=" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXgkDw0ieJ8" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="656" data-original-width="653" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC5kCQpzX74mOTe0RVMezSSU8WtPnerW6i_k60okx9RNF7eOWSTdKGVuZs9j-4IWYbeo9StJ-LuUHiHZEWzMUe3YAurfwn2wjyWN1fSHUl5D85FOsScKzxyL3Lp72E4mZnjFHxSh99xYfFmtQGAUQghOJFxEwj-eN3Z9c2Xrix-P4N94zPvj72cdxG/s320/Weather%20Report_mr%20gone%20cover.jpg" width="319" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 58.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.5in;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXgkDw0ieJ8"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--></a><span style="line-height: 115%;"><i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXgkDw0ieJ8"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;">Mr. Gone</span><b> </b>“Young & Fine”</a><b> </b></i><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Rz1avJ1EG4&list=PL0q2VleZJVEm9_1cPLL7hjSSPkYbHsI5X&index=4 "><img border="0" data-original-height="582" data-original-width="582" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr-0HY0MR73krRPO6dUfhHuaNh5Pg6ae1t_42K73VGDO9Y1i4DrmZWWMJSzX5HLg6jMm8evMZ5qfqbXFM8btshRtq7KfGSolkvqbTQnupNbuSdRp30mZbfoIUGEhlM-_jUIZnZ9Kvz1NU1qX79lZcBlTfpSZXu_Hs-A5VU3K80KD9bnLsx8yJSZwDV/s320/Weather%20Report_Eight-Thirty%20Weather%20Report%20Cover%20Art.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Rz1avJ1EG4&list=PL0q2VleZJVEm9_1cPLL7hjSSPkYbHsI5X&index=4 "><b><span style="font-size: medium;">8:30 </span></b> "A Remark You Made"</a></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Rz1avJ1EG4&list=PL0q2VleZJVEm9_1cPLL7hjSSPkYbHsI5X&index=4 "><span></span></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cW7IdhfCHVo "><img border="0" data-original-height="592" data-original-width="600" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwxZvM5admGFhuEMoKLMNNUXv0Ed9U4cFuVmLVLh1ROp3njoEZZ76xBT8999OfeqGI5U_49LcZmHMZpcRNGFfodHqF4w9sfm4K-Qe24EP-gABPTNSPCL2AfhM_ibIrWV7G3yx2CQHfBDkcbGiN5x2nf-_vqe3mBia5v310Err3fNg_xtILejgURV_N/s320/Weather%20Report_Heavy%20Weather%2001.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cW7IdhfCHVo "><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Heavy Weather </b></span> "Palladium"</a></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oq_KNmEljQ8&list=RDOq_KNmEljQ8&start_radio=1 " style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="568" data-original-width="1237" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7E7EgPA-R5ANFHtL05pZJ-DQG5qzh1WHfDRvM_FjRWo2ujThXHbKqa1VqjhG42_AcqsP8Z6v4Lm5Ld1jGnj-OIdjI6NVcUOQwEhLaBZGvSymzzIiLKaf8zuzWEGlOR66rVYs89aAL09vxUIaoBQQysdM7tfzDMpVmCGHYprj63nOCtrMa4MT8xEC9/w635-h292/Weather%20Report_City%20Scape.jpg" width="635" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-c78fZpMU0Y&list=RD0P8nt_G5Wk0&index=13"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8VrPa87GPY25s5m-3XvCAScnryz8yLylTiF66FUQLSN8YxQdd8x_TlD8u3gXoBzFiTn1iOBSwkIurQEjeQlFuL5DjAwqV2K-BrkQUri6DwnEA5aUwFrM1p68PKwuAvjzWaah3QJr9O81G6IADTdHVz8hsXBEEdxUjdQY8Gi-zLi7lhxLycK5B0txE/s320/Weather%20Report_Procession_where%20the%20moon%20goes%2001.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-c78fZpMU0Y&list=RD0P8nt_G5Wk0&index=13"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Procession</b></span> "Where the Moon Goes"</a></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0ARSkjpkjc&list=RDQ0ARSkjpkjc&start_radio=1&rv=Q0ARSkjpkjc&t=12"><img border="0" data-original-height="587" data-original-width="593" height="317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN9EWcnoeEZbwId8I00IkscMC0ip7ylfaDN9koJxbmNRbkGJBFvHnI7MjBkf07BalfT_5DQc3p6JehpMWzpbTJwx54lm_gZv-jR3JzrFygEboBttx7QXqkZNIB0Cif9f-XzhwUXSCl92ER6lGkp3TUS0ESaZ6Ox4TD9K-IDfVPCAcTELg8etB_7rcu/s320/Weather%20Report_Weather%20Report_nightpassage%2001.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0ARSkjpkjc&list=RDQ0ARSkjpkjc&start_radio=1&rv=Q0ARSkjpkjc&t=12"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Night Passage</b></span> "Three Views of a Secret"</a></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43YtKhMjGY4&list=PLJ51yXNWJSWyR7OYbyvZKggF1nNtAt-pU&index=5 "><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="498" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimcEunQXTUuQO_j6eHK7t8CAZv5cuRQHi2Lmkfo9zjhh7oY8giL7cMoMfOdFBWq2gky4T1emOS73AyOaHtA79P_wO0GTenQa436Bsy9MpAYYlwpXiXQYvlQALuBi33DPeHUL-_b8usax9Ff4t3CvToyTCFM9pXr-yUFm9pSwnVvhV5TCepXOGYtPK0/s320/Weather%20Report_Weather%20Report_%2004.jpg" width="319" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43YtKhMjGY4&list=PLJ51yXNWJSWyR7OYbyvZKggF1nNtAt-pU&index=5 "><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Weather Report </b></span> "When It Was Now"</a></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2vEQh8kbWo " style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="572" data-original-width="570" height="177" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0qOUZud1ZjWyu3KDoNxnrHrn7JXrTboELzH_HXDMVTsICIqhtb4xpFUqHxVf0AQkvE3VyDHIz51hYLaUW4DD0cgB0EeORKQCl_HpTAwozNQh9_qKdsxUMUYpCNCkC-y9tfKqdnN79E-uKLMGGA9D_VOy2Q3_lmaAa17E-lQz2jJ3ScihzyhT_IvEI/w176-h177/Weather%20Report_mr%20gone%20back%20cover.jpg" width="176" /></a></div>James Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11373279694875764071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005204230589824036.post-77390626172327607072023-03-23T10:37:00.001-04:002023-03-23T10:37:48.410-04:00Oba: The Belgian Malinois <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSTImIPjJNBhPyLhJPBiJ-U5NhYmD9CYYMJUPg8-cPWqtH9TYw85eklrFdeI_zAMhxqiJK0CAyFSu5z-SXQlMxtRy8_X-ZLeIrJPayUNnExI3j5D995B38r3RbkXrLoKtm68PKCDx6piK0Y2L3pP8bET2dP-gn93b2d52ampJWtU6JojL1TbhvEIEe/s1418/Oba%20Blog%20Pic.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1418" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSTImIPjJNBhPyLhJPBiJ-U5NhYmD9CYYMJUPg8-cPWqtH9TYw85eklrFdeI_zAMhxqiJK0CAyFSu5z-SXQlMxtRy8_X-ZLeIrJPayUNnExI3j5D995B38r3RbkXrLoKtm68PKCDx6piK0Y2L3pP8bET2dP-gn93b2d52ampJWtU6JojL1TbhvEIEe/w456-h303/Oba%20Blog%20Pic.jpg" width="456" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size: medium;">I often marveled at Oba the Belgian Malinous’ strength,
speed and agility. </span></i></b>Many times over I enjoyed just visually following her stride as she
ran back, forth and around as we played fetch.
She was and remains a through-bred in form, coloration, temperament and
intelligence. In short; she was one truly amazing animal. Malinous have been
described as the Lamborghinis’ of the dog world. They are as a breed the most
popular choice among the current military and law enforcement.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Oba was a strikingly beautiful animal. Whenever I took her out
on the street or in the park she never failed to be complimented by some
passerby. She was also protective, intuitive and vastly inquisitive. She used
her strength to great effect often pulling me as we strode down the street and over and through hilly fields of grass, brush and trees. Oba loved these adventurous
outings like a true champion. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRE-O-QdeaiUmfMzhfhP5POAzC2UqVCk2Lb6ukGT7zPzAEZ-h1ageNs5lTNhpNONIGLq5LrbEqGFVlK8HsUMOaA8EyNqLOX5l1A2w1WdJBXBgLXEi2rSE1RHV7wj69-iQbCR8I6IMDeEHbdbMXOiJ35-8f7b1LvV8HJpInRpyccEEy1dzoHopKHSRU/s4160/Oba_20220820_171724212.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="445" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRE-O-QdeaiUmfMzhfhP5POAzC2UqVCk2Lb6ukGT7zPzAEZ-h1ageNs5lTNhpNONIGLq5LrbEqGFVlK8HsUMOaA8EyNqLOX5l1A2w1WdJBXBgLXEi2rSE1RHV7wj69-iQbCR8I6IMDeEHbdbMXOiJ35-8f7b1LvV8HJpInRpyccEEy1dzoHopKHSRU/w334-h445/Oba_20220820_171724212.jpg" width="334" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">The Malinous; as bred, are working dogs that are on a 24
hour cycle. They enjoy being on guard, hitched up to and pulling brush, digging
holes and amusing themselves rolling and retrieving rolling balls and other objects often completely
on her own. I have heard from other
Malinous owners that their herding instincts are applied to small children. The
dogs will follow toddlers lightly snipping at their heels guiding them around a
room or other area.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx2OmkBR3BLXYirz1kkFY-NsSJ_E5IXLYCwO1JO58809DJcyw9Grk2jkLAZFmh0uXj7ySJgXvQh5Ng2DbZZ1Bx1_cvpLAvOJ5PUXnxI-zqj0U_GjsfxGuzUDD9BjAkOVvosZoc9zNdIKl7IdPG9ICoQiWOcBLWIIYmH0TUBEIFsbMI8DARwHwhArbZ/s1280/Baby%20Oba.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx2OmkBR3BLXYirz1kkFY-NsSJ_E5IXLYCwO1JO58809DJcyw9Grk2jkLAZFmh0uXj7ySJgXvQh5Ng2DbZZ1Bx1_cvpLAvOJ5PUXnxI-zqj0U_GjsfxGuzUDD9BjAkOVvosZoc9zNdIKl7IdPG9ICoQiWOcBLWIIYmH0TUBEIFsbMI8DARwHwhArbZ/s320/Baby%20Oba.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Baby Oba</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Oba had other amusements included when we took
our walks, wading in streams, stretching, chewing and sniffing out anything she could find. She enjoyed her rope throw toys more than anything. I was
constantly reworking them because she loved to chew them apart with her sharp teeth. I believe this was often in an effort to redesign them. She would always wait patiently
while I repaired them and they would always look different from their previous incarnation when I finished. She loved her indestructible Buffalo Horn. She chewed on it (along with bones and wood, her favorites too) and because it was so round in shape she
could throw it and roll it away from herself and then chase it. She would
sometimes throw it into the air catching it, then rolling it again. Another
thing that seemed important and fun for her was barking at neighbors walking by, often with their own dogs and barking at them each. Oba was something of an endless
entertainment.</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3RMiqEVOxv9CKFk5fxwfEJcyjSPuRFf1okQcaZSZVA_z4G2WjJIyygCdltg-Ba0F7TQauJApAD3TC37l-YSyDvfnzhgU9Nrk8UC95TIZF0ZtnHYQhN_Y3WZ_lO124ToKeI_-xZg0HcSaAPQazAJveyWp5Dmh9ydCAcUljE5vtPR5T50UuazI90b4O/s1662/Oba%20Throw%20Toy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1096" data-original-width="1662" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3RMiqEVOxv9CKFk5fxwfEJcyjSPuRFf1okQcaZSZVA_z4G2WjJIyygCdltg-Ba0F7TQauJApAD3TC37l-YSyDvfnzhgU9Nrk8UC95TIZF0ZtnHYQhN_Y3WZ_lO124ToKeI_-xZg0HcSaAPQazAJveyWp5Dmh9ydCAcUljE5vtPR5T50UuazI90b4O/w288-h190/Oba%20Throw%20Toy.jpg" width="288" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Oba's Favorite "Throw Toy"</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><p class="MsoNormal">Oba is named for a West African Yoruban River Deity. She possesses a
regal presence not unlike one you might expect to find in a goddess. She is; technically and in reality a Malinous
X. Belgian Malinous and German Shepards
are very similar dogs but they do have different traits and personality characteristics.
Their temperaments, size and human interactions are not exactly the same. The
Shepard is more stable and steady while the Malinous is much more eager and reactionary, depending on situations. The Belgian
Malinois is a keener/ impulsive breed. Many of their actions are even comedic. The dogs are bred together in an effort to combine the best
of both breeds but the off spring will overwhelmingly possess distinctly one or
the other. Oba's ways, for all practical purposes, 100% Malinois. </p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2zVkqIyotpM80PY3biKlpAdpEF7DXeibihxTHYb-dXxEfL6eSJJoGji2Vy2Ezwfu2Le0efa7vj0_VtGurJlaH7InZQmL5lXJb7w87XqGr5C68qDK65ZXkmMXoxR1N4v2SlcD2beCyiXqJbmGCnXT09zkdNlrGCvln2Qnq5P71NZFdF_wVrV-tAtr5/s1515/Oba%20and%20Me_composite_.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="766" data-original-width="1515" height="333" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2zVkqIyotpM80PY3biKlpAdpEF7DXeibihxTHYb-dXxEfL6eSJJoGji2Vy2Ezwfu2Le0efa7vj0_VtGurJlaH7InZQmL5lXJb7w87XqGr5C68qDK65ZXkmMXoxR1N4v2SlcD2beCyiXqJbmGCnXT09zkdNlrGCvln2Qnq5P71NZFdF_wVrV-tAtr5/w658-h333/Oba%20and%20Me_composite_.jpg" width="658" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I learned many life lessons through my interactions with
Oba, things that I might not have known otherwise, things that were made fresh
because of her and much more deeply resonant. The bond between particular dogs
and humans is so integral to nature itself. We have so much in common; warm blooded,
caring, hunting and group bonding (the pack.) The dogs keen senses combined with their
strength and endurance give humans extended powers in much needed situations, ways
particularly beneficial when living without the many modern technical
advantages we now have. We were able to provide shelter, warmth (originally
through fire) and the numerous advantages of our opposing thumbs for the
animals. It comes down to the most basics of life and existence that are at the
core. After centuries still, the DNA of both creatures remains the same…man and beast. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnXAIp5O21Vcy8b6h2VnYYgM_yKkCkmDvrY79WwlLdEfiF4mQ1CrDg-bcF4xBUTwSXgpwwkiyR2ZHclcW-sD0IsldIcu752GEG6iD2Pv6FPlH287vg4Mu_StG0sqBjeuZpMtjjhufa6NENQ_x_qTKB7QNgtLh01otBKoO63QtVE871PwDTpLvKXR7d/s5489/Oba%20Compilation%20%20V.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2081" data-original-width="5489" height="331" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnXAIp5O21Vcy8b6h2VnYYgM_yKkCkmDvrY79WwlLdEfiF4mQ1CrDg-bcF4xBUTwSXgpwwkiyR2ZHclcW-sD0IsldIcu752GEG6iD2Pv6FPlH287vg4Mu_StG0sqBjeuZpMtjjhufa6NENQ_x_qTKB7QNgtLh01otBKoO63QtVE871PwDTpLvKXR7d/w876-h331/Oba%20Compilation%20%20V.jpg" width="876" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Sadly my time with Oba was for only about six months. Oba
was owned by my granddaughter and she was unable to keep her chiefly because
she lived in an apartment and Oba was a “Barker.” Oba was given up for adoption a couple months ago and she quickly found a new owner that just happens to be a
veterinary student. I couldn’t think of a better scenario for Oba. Her continuing happiness, health and care are most important to me. </span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIRW5kSlFDhK9PTJbN5mo1s5yaMJMndLMGuJhUalgSOJWZPg3RrN51SxeIXybcqhh5vNBls0N9Xd1cSx6uyMhHQHgVUY49l04DOVKDIF4p7bJXgzbOgJgam_SsDwAELYzEEH_e265dV5ZIGe69O2KgWBMESw_p9svDickTupW_5LIybm-xqSAJCWIM/s3513/Oba%20The%20Kitchen%20Dog.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3513" data-original-width="2922" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIRW5kSlFDhK9PTJbN5mo1s5yaMJMndLMGuJhUalgSOJWZPg3RrN51SxeIXybcqhh5vNBls0N9Xd1cSx6uyMhHQHgVUY49l04DOVKDIF4p7bJXgzbOgJgam_SsDwAELYzEEH_e265dV5ZIGe69O2KgWBMESw_p9svDickTupW_5LIybm-xqSAJCWIM/w319-h384/Oba%20The%20Kitchen%20Dog.jpg" width="319" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I like to think of the value of my days with Oba in the way
that unfolded in the literary classic “Black Beauty.” The protagonist in the
tale; a magnificent black horse with a white forehead star would go through life with many different owners. The various
owners of “Beauty” ranged from kind and understanding to brutal, ignorant and
unforgiving. In the end though she found her way back to her original home, to the peace and
tranquility of her early life. I like to think something of the sort
might be in Oba’s future. She may be home again. I still keep her water dish on
the patio and some of her toys in their dining room box. Who knows?</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpgA7X-OuFEh7WOc7n3-KiWJyDmm2YaPaZzbUi0cEMJw5qt1bC8mfmTFvUnq-hsZZY5sZwOmQBvoq0M5goMYMhhBrq5sudbf4csEDNgX201vG_zYZzO-9flfU8o2ahHEeWMvHH_7bxg52IeQheA_peW-blOP2NLP5UWbFJyDuvbEMg4-OChHdYSsM3/s4160/Oba%20by%20Window%2004.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpgA7X-OuFEh7WOc7n3-KiWJyDmm2YaPaZzbUi0cEMJw5qt1bC8mfmTFvUnq-hsZZY5sZwOmQBvoq0M5goMYMhhBrq5sudbf4csEDNgX201vG_zYZzO-9flfU8o2ahHEeWMvHH_7bxg52IeQheA_peW-blOP2NLP5UWbFJyDuvbEMg4-OChHdYSsM3/w291-h388/Oba%20by%20Window%2004.jpg" width="291" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvFNJBQphekbZfoSal7NYEQoXIDW3qLGzVte89YDyePCb58I-NdkwedUWWuBiW-C7xaSFxmazv-mfI5_NL7mWx9X1dOpCYWBG33w9wPGK4shzfIRo-FFy1AS0C9Uhxe8t6FfCWQEmxIiTAV2Eb0xEkYoasL0Dn4pjXzuoL-dS9VM-f4aNWM6vkZ8qU/s1040/Blog%20Oba%20by%20Window%2006.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1040" data-original-width="780" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvFNJBQphekbZfoSal7NYEQoXIDW3qLGzVte89YDyePCb58I-NdkwedUWWuBiW-C7xaSFxmazv-mfI5_NL7mWx9X1dOpCYWBG33w9wPGK4shzfIRo-FFy1AS0C9Uhxe8t6FfCWQEmxIiTAV2Eb0xEkYoasL0Dn4pjXzuoL-dS9VM-f4aNWM6vkZ8qU/w209-h330/Blog%20Oba%20by%20Window%2006.jpg" width="209" /></a></div>James Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11373279694875764071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005204230589824036.post-8887646322887719832023-03-14T15:17:00.001-04:002023-03-14T16:37:11.221-04:00Ridley Scott: "Gladiator" Story Boards, Sketches and Inspirations<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSLKhOEDhwtXp_wlZEvUINQ8oWUIsgxe0rXwMSM-XxOBzuag1fgNwl7srrHEu_iANIfSyD-w03UFC7M4WrDen6jUkMHePQQ-n3L_HLDZnft4wplJO2tlXLkV7OWQooMneLyVgX3-k-8upesFclQhknv6nmEW--IwvA1ij_64cZRrgskljUK_p75xGP/s2381/000.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1453" data-original-width="2381" height="335" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSLKhOEDhwtXp_wlZEvUINQ8oWUIsgxe0rXwMSM-XxOBzuag1fgNwl7srrHEu_iANIfSyD-w03UFC7M4WrDen6jUkMHePQQ-n3L_HLDZnft4wplJO2tlXLkV7OWQooMneLyVgX3-k-8upesFclQhknv6nmEW--IwvA1ij_64cZRrgskljUK_p75xGP/w550-h335/000.jpg" width="550" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div> </div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="text-align: center;"> </span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmY4kwtb-VgxoKg1ghBUcd7k17GepZsZkb2nOnvXGWxS_bPcCkasbe2mcPNcnWq26-GCM-Odpp1hcLisG0jpq_FoDWMzH6SQY2XWviccsa_dFUSVLLlOcjoAJIrjiswouBp_TXIHaMlJooNdF6BnuCUlFuU_Mf_gRXmPP_DEa3v1En7TZRSir8-wz7/s400/MOV_b1c3040c_a.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="301" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmY4kwtb-VgxoKg1ghBUcd7k17GepZsZkb2nOnvXGWxS_bPcCkasbe2mcPNcnWq26-GCM-Odpp1hcLisG0jpq_FoDWMzH6SQY2XWviccsa_dFUSVLLlOcjoAJIrjiswouBp_TXIHaMlJooNdF6BnuCUlFuU_Mf_gRXmPP_DEa3v1En7TZRSir8-wz7/w138-h183/MOV_b1c3040c_a.jpg" width="138" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal">Artists have long been influenced/inspired by the works of
other artists (creative types) and their respective works. Composer/Arranger
Isaac Hayes developed his popular version of the Bacharach/David song “Walk on by”
while viewing Sergio Leone’s landmark film “Once Upon A Time in the West.” His interpretation is in perfect coordination
with the film’s prologue scenes imagery when paired with them. The Peace Movement’s
anthem like; “Imagine,” was for many years credited to John Lennon alone. It
was actually taken literally and tonally from the writings and thoughts of his
wife, Yoko Ono. Van Gogh’s inspired copies of Millett, Delacroix and Doré
became famous in their own rights. Picasso reproduced Velasquez and Delacroix to
stunning and respected results in his time.
Director Ridley Scott is no exception to this artistic norm. His
masterpiece of a film; the contemporary classic, “Gladiator” is directly inspired
from his imaginings of the Orientalist masterpiece “Pollice Verso” (A Turned Thumb)
by the great Jean-Léon Gérôme. The muses be damned.<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDReQrliom2_hoWtazViKzI0iDsCQTYxkHcQAtfhPDOBZcBHUqt1v-iNnTIDdoIm_miXuznMmWT7tcDb4fKOIScIToGHMLGxpg63HI677KhRKCW9GqD0m6VZhF_Z8zA2ZVWaxCrg7pFnysrygsb1G_HL9nd_WhhSeiwuBh84ZajKWooXiJUmtVjxCk/s1151/Jean_Leon_Gerome-GLADIATOR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="803" data-original-width="1151" height="363" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDReQrliom2_hoWtazViKzI0iDsCQTYxkHcQAtfhPDOBZcBHUqt1v-iNnTIDdoIm_miXuznMmWT7tcDb4fKOIScIToGHMLGxpg63HI677KhRKCW9GqD0m6VZhF_Z8zA2ZVWaxCrg7pFnysrygsb1G_HL9nd_WhhSeiwuBh84ZajKWooXiJUmtVjxCk/w520-h363/Jean_Leon_Gerome-GLADIATOR.jpg" width="520" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="line-height: 18.4px;"><b>“Pollice Verso” by </b></span><b>Jean-Léon Gérôme</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal"><i>"That image spoke to me of the Roman Empire in all its glory and wickedness. I knew right then and there I was hooked."<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><i> Ridley Scott</i></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB2z6-LwBMMypbHQMBt5T6-iop8HwBjvomZ9kKabPbEyx0X6LPSXL6UKb1mswYCgH-RFeh126ipk98YIMOcqx7py0In-MUZ6L97sRuLFfP0MVWTFsUUpvk-YyXUkAmOpuWfS2jHp8F5-__JVle-9H5s5jZubsX6gLMW4iLEGyp0ZfZte7HZ4hUPMLa/s976/Scott%20001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="643" data-original-width="976" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB2z6-LwBMMypbHQMBt5T6-iop8HwBjvomZ9kKabPbEyx0X6LPSXL6UKb1mswYCgH-RFeh126ipk98YIMOcqx7py0In-MUZ6L97sRuLFfP0MVWTFsUUpvk-YyXUkAmOpuWfS2jHp8F5-__JVle-9H5s5jZubsX6gLMW4iLEGyp0ZfZte7HZ4hUPMLa/w534-h352/Scott%20001.jpg" width="534" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal">Scott’s career in film originally saw him as art director on
various projects. His ever present artistic eye has served him well on his own films
as diverse in content and tone as <u>Alien,</u> <u>Gladiator,</u> <u>Thelma
& Louise</u> and most recently <u>Raised by Wolves</u>. His sets, camera compositions, lighting and
angles, costumes and props have a realistic believability as well as an
imaginative aesthetic. His films visions and narratives benefit and are enhanced
by these efforts. He also often lends his own hand to his films concept art and
story-boarding. Among his most interesting are those for “Gladiator.” What follows is a portfolio of some of the
intricate and precise drawings done for that triumphant film.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWKZKLzjNJ5ShEj40jebhtkkscdkqYOyofAsJ26ZOIZFYgbD8WTfacWz26erQubMiFz74zZCmdGma-tSCAgxQL7s_d7rmWfTWVg0XSUgMeGbIWhWLTOAOueH9ky_Op5rXBgym05gsZGzzAVoJ2IbHdsIwXpi5jigFKE8jsNGFGp9370IFuzc3QMqIh/s1011/Blog%20001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="478" data-original-width="1011" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWKZKLzjNJ5ShEj40jebhtkkscdkqYOyofAsJ26ZOIZFYgbD8WTfacWz26erQubMiFz74zZCmdGma-tSCAgxQL7s_d7rmWfTWVg0XSUgMeGbIWhWLTOAOueH9ky_Op5rXBgym05gsZGzzAVoJ2IbHdsIwXpi5jigFKE8jsNGFGp9370IFuzc3QMqIh/w602-h284/Blog%20001.jpg" width="602" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjarPsO97cPQ-7oNVaMu2nwDX8XFYQYZbL3zXOViTgOROb-9ElkgN6EyMMV4jIr-gB0A3gqpAxqCYL8RF2S5wqk-T5FrU-FNKvruO5kIDVQKaT1KQIE6UGVa3gYiO-htsilB8iHhkp0bHOXQwor94MUKSdqLBgZMMFYBcUlwsFZ2USa_jSmi_MKawhi/s1040/Tiger%200027.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="529" data-original-width="1040" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjarPsO97cPQ-7oNVaMu2nwDX8XFYQYZbL3zXOViTgOROb-9ElkgN6EyMMV4jIr-gB0A3gqpAxqCYL8RF2S5wqk-T5FrU-FNKvruO5kIDVQKaT1KQIE6UGVa3gYiO-htsilB8iHhkp0bHOXQwor94MUKSdqLBgZMMFYBcUlwsFZ2USa_jSmi_MKawhi/w635-h324/Tiger%200027.jpg" width="635" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Another major aspect of “Gladiator” is the illustrious score
by Hans Zimmer. I have enjoyed elements of it for many years. It remains one of
Zimmer’s most memorable works. I have included portions below.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='272' height='190' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwTz7uHTUkwwtEW3nEL_0J3r_b2hNGjniM_Y21v1td2yVwfW7mxe2KRYeoAEwb0PFQ9gt2oTZJOcmsndJlRdg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div> <i><b>Music From the Film</b></i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="text-align: left;"><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i style="text-align: left;">“A good score should have a point of view all of its own. It should transcend all that has gone before, stand on its own two feet and still serve the movie. A great soundtrack is all about communicating with the audience, but we all try to bring something extra to the movie that is not entirely evident on screen.”</i></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><b> Hans Zimmer</b></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD0QeD4fiWPHzJkDnhMY90sN5_jeO7x2CqSDIrPEc_MX94t_0ORKqzUPuDRJqfSYhSOaZCmwfmhs-bqRmskGLzpG3I1-xu1SXWLaTqeCDw56HDhi9LvGh9MnX-XLCEFmauis8VK70cpEzxHT4O28a90GIpTnrA5IpeuONKel8cYeEOvZ7l-vUr6qKV/s977/End%20001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="534" data-original-width="977" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD0QeD4fiWPHzJkDnhMY90sN5_jeO7x2CqSDIrPEc_MX94t_0ORKqzUPuDRJqfSYhSOaZCmwfmhs-bqRmskGLzpG3I1-xu1SXWLaTqeCDw56HDhi9LvGh9MnX-XLCEFmauis8VK70cpEzxHT4O28a90GIpTnrA5IpeuONKel8cYeEOvZ7l-vUr6qKV/w428-h234/End%20001.jpg" width="428" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCR5xjQwq9v2jlnG4Gf13AQLoyUAatZYtszm7Eh6sgonJMG2oWUQylLwC47-gehYsoi0cjJAB65gspPnwq7CrEZmE4S_aEXvpII2xzoDwu1iPqwRPOnJifOLQetKxJrqMXokGv_9-2Zuf-rtKdHqNrmmzis9f4KMwnyidAFIyaeCAu_Uy6mwH32Cmu/s859/End%20002.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="665" data-original-width="859" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCR5xjQwq9v2jlnG4Gf13AQLoyUAatZYtszm7Eh6sgonJMG2oWUQylLwC47-gehYsoi0cjJAB65gspPnwq7CrEZmE4S_aEXvpII2xzoDwu1iPqwRPOnJifOLQetKxJrqMXokGv_9-2Zuf-rtKdHqNrmmzis9f4KMwnyidAFIyaeCAu_Uy6mwH32Cmu/s320/End%20002.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal">“Gladiator” has stood the test of time up to and into this
point after it’s theatrical release. I believe it to be among our collective contemporary
classics. It is a true cultural landmark that works well on many levels (evidenced
by eleven Oscars wins) in ways that few films do. It is of special note; particularly
in this digital age where films and film makers seem to have lost their way and
ironically creative originality.<o:p></o:p></p>
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Here is a small selection from my personal favorites. Hopefully yours too. Do enjoy them this Christmas and in future Christmas' to come.</b></i></div><div><i><b><br /></b></i></div><div><i><b><br /></b></i></div><div><i><b><br /></b></i></div><div><br /></div><div><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvp9YSdiVWwI8pV1Kyb0qPRYxS4xmMLNt_YHmoB2vzXS31ULrO8Tzs4SrtCLOF_MYMhhvm_PIc465b-i6o1K6fWmwdbKl5g5UyjNTWRJPGmYrBX3OllQZlh1m6ykTPNu74k1NVHXBvVAV1735nlPrHVDOSchE5ZpSUNnX31omUV3bHdMNQnPgWqS8D/s932/Merry%20Christmas%202022_%20MJQ_James%20Jones%20Jartistt%2002.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="932" data-original-width="430" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvp9YSdiVWwI8pV1Kyb0qPRYxS4xmMLNt_YHmoB2vzXS31ULrO8Tzs4SrtCLOF_MYMhhvm_PIc465b-i6o1K6fWmwdbKl5g5UyjNTWRJPGmYrBX3OllQZlh1m6ykTPNu74k1NVHXBvVAV1735nlPrHVDOSchE5ZpSUNnX31omUV3bHdMNQnPgWqS8D/w205-h442/Merry%20Christmas%202022_%20MJQ_James%20Jones%20Jartistt%2002.jpg" width="205" /></a></div><b><br /></b></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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color: white;"> <span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>From the very first words you spoke; we knew you were Batman.</b> It was the sound, the tone, the heart of the character; we hadn’t realized it but we had heard the voice collectively in our minds forever. We celebrate your life, your many accomplishments, we mourn your passing.</span></span></i></div><span style="background-color: black;"><br /></span><br /><p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9jU9Q_JfJHWbeNQKB3eJ98gpkpK75b7X4k-avai5ghnWGcAMyMcibZvLFsMUMCXiaxGaXvvvd6twS4FcGFs_rYzQXCZl2-3zgv4xHu99WQUjwC-EsZicWMMBlfDQ_bZ2D8lBp2NvkHyPlXsyLvePrH2IxUYe6tAvri8MMlLUL77owjr-r8w6lBBwS/s1280/Poster%20Art.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="720" height="431" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9jU9Q_JfJHWbeNQKB3eJ98gpkpK75b7X4k-avai5ghnWGcAMyMcibZvLFsMUMCXiaxGaXvvvd6twS4FcGFs_rYzQXCZl2-3zgv4xHu99WQUjwC-EsZicWMMBlfDQ_bZ2D8lBp2NvkHyPlXsyLvePrH2IxUYe6tAvri8MMlLUL77owjr-r8w6lBBwS/w242-h431/Poster%20Art.jpg" width="242" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyn1I9DlIMRcvLs-aAMfH94o9MFHn50QXY9KaQ-EH94efsMYxocSmMvQwlj3ETM1XSPEs-55QB6cY9xlixs6A' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Kevin explains the importance of Batman to the multi-generational fans of the character.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTwvDgNZ3b3OmRyJHrqfPiGAOhSQD7m7Of8E8gbBZYZRVgEI0b565jU8GuPpw0-RJSaR7U7hQ-e3heIVq5L9sX9awXKOpHJsV_ZkSj124zF-v5SG-J3_MAT6xQyokmZ_D7cARtUQnsaz8JHtt8oMfnS9xHziqCl6ngo-e3KuPnfJzIQCyNI_MnZSUp/s1920/R.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1920" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTwvDgNZ3b3OmRyJHrqfPiGAOhSQD7m7Of8E8gbBZYZRVgEI0b565jU8GuPpw0-RJSaR7U7hQ-e3heIVq5L9sX9awXKOpHJsV_ZkSj124zF-v5SG-J3_MAT6xQyokmZ_D7cARtUQnsaz8JHtt8oMfnS9xHziqCl6ngo-e3KuPnfJzIQCyNI_MnZSUp/w420-h262/R.jpg" width="420" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>James Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11373279694875764071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005204230589824036.post-76152230125706263142022-11-09T11:54:00.002-05:002022-11-15T09:21:05.217-05:00Basquiat-isms<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPPtnVthmL7l34E36JZnuPWLW7-mTqZvUD7vIYiLmXQYzMN50yAol_Z-ydAje1EkLFFbjYapEdiBMLzo2zCIOsPAfTV37ViD1FKdb6v59m4uHz7WmqyQUBBHWKmTEtPT1d4FBRMYz7wcIgkDBU_IWTkdWgG3RX73m2YtT1ea216pHhqh5GXIo1JzBQ/s2568/Basquiat-isms%20LOGO.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1180" data-original-width="2568" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPPtnVthmL7l34E36JZnuPWLW7-mTqZvUD7vIYiLmXQYzMN50yAol_Z-ydAje1EkLFFbjYapEdiBMLzo2zCIOsPAfTV37ViD1FKdb6v59m4uHz7WmqyQUBBHWKmTEtPT1d4FBRMYz7wcIgkDBU_IWTkdWgG3RX73m2YtT1ea216pHhqh5GXIo1JzBQ/w506-h232/Basquiat-isms%20LOGO.jpg" width="506" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><b><i><span style="font-size: medium;">I have never
known an artist that didn’t have something to say.</span></i></b> At the very core of it all it’s
communication that is the thing. The form can be dance, sculpture, music, or
quilting…on and on. There is something of a story, a narrative, and some
explanation, a dissection of every element of any and every work. The graffiti
artist is among the greatest exponents of this idea and it is essential to the
form. “Look at me through my work, I have a message, I have a story, I am here
and I matter.” <span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeqfDJSCTnVwhkpJ8RXCUp4J7wz2jB1UId8dQSBGE00RZCDf-v7_cqbC7OiGRn5AuJb9f4hF_Z7kzbXMe6NARkl-u2wIbgMqSAri4JoLFcYVKtORJm0AF52YmdRrPu3Q2yy_0maKYpb71H7lsGwCp6V6n5CYifFNz2ZctBrmjwc2vJnMDdzJXp0gDn/s4000/2015_Basquiat_EL135.58_4000W.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2871" data-original-width="4000" height="92" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeqfDJSCTnVwhkpJ8RXCUp4J7wz2jB1UId8dQSBGE00RZCDf-v7_cqbC7OiGRn5AuJb9f4hF_Z7kzbXMe6NARkl-u2wIbgMqSAri4JoLFcYVKtORJm0AF52YmdRrPu3Q2yy_0maKYpb71H7lsGwCp6V6n5CYifFNz2ZctBrmjwc2vJnMDdzJXp0gDn/w128-h92/2015_Basquiat_EL135.58_4000W.jpg" width="128" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Jean-Michel
Basquiat spoke cryptically and expressively first on walls and shortly
following on canvases. He was somewhat shy but he expressed himself eloquently
and poignantly in his spoken words. His thoughts and commentaries are now
collected in book form “Basquiat-isms” edited by Larry Warsh. It is certainly
of interest to his admirers across the globe. It is an excellent collection of
the voicings he imparted within his short but all so vastly incredible life. <span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDfN4v45IcvSpz9r34vlTQQYxmjjk2XIL_u3rwHJMerwfSIA6Ro7Pa8NGb19FoEmwFagKzaYHg_Ge-3AXVceGvphVs5SCnhcMytBUuWstbXhyONaWcfHDsQK_Zst1mP5jaC8vWdaZMC8zL8oY92ZbykAhHP6x-kZ_aMsi0AfbAN6DTX_V1nsi1js8X/s618/Crown_32d8ec6e79c1c223a6860d47caffa337.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="585" data-original-width="618" height="100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDfN4v45IcvSpz9r34vlTQQYxmjjk2XIL_u3rwHJMerwfSIA6Ro7Pa8NGb19FoEmwFagKzaYHg_Ge-3AXVceGvphVs5SCnhcMytBUuWstbXhyONaWcfHDsQK_Zst1mP5jaC8vWdaZMC8zL8oY92ZbykAhHP6x-kZ_aMsi0AfbAN6DTX_V1nsi1js8X/w106-h100/Crown_32d8ec6e79c1c223a6860d47caffa337.jpg" width="106" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;">In his brief
twenty-seven year life Basquiat went from poverty and complete obscurity with such
a meteoric progression that it could easily be referenced to as “over-night
success.” It was really by no means so, as it unfolded in reality, referenced as
so easily a thing as it might appear. It was however methodically planned,
executed and created by his sheer will, determination and profuse understanding
of the then (nineteen-eighties) New York art scene. It was no done without a
measure of difficulty. Basquiat went from graffiti bomber (SAMO) to gallery representation
to collected and sought out phenomenon, to now canonization. The book
“Basquiat-isms” is a representation of this. It can inform, entertain, amuse
and on occasion baffle you. I have sampled it here. </span>Do enjoy and
hopefully choose to seek it out for it’s entirety.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT0QroFPGZenQgblf5DZvZpGaQuBt7fFegQPuC1RI5stmE30felu1ACb_vETIOsSSRA9mBJk_ZbOXFw5vA-2pM8x0pUbQrtBa6BV5Shf6Da75YC9BB84ta41m1IxUbHoBvkLlgVi-8TKas37UEW-B7ijlXt5e8gaIrR4KKO77jAlJHo49p0qBm91EH/s1242/Crown_uy78rhbddamz.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT0QroFPGZenQgblf5DZvZpGaQuBt7fFegQPuC1RI5stmE30felu1ACb_vETIOsSSRA9mBJk_ZbOXFw5vA-2pM8x0pUbQrtBa6BV5Shf6Da75YC9BB84ta41m1IxUbHoBvkLlgVi-8TKas37UEW-B7ijlXt5e8gaIrR4KKO77jAlJHo49p0qBm91EH/s1242/Crown_uy78rhbddamz.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="1242" height="94" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT0QroFPGZenQgblf5DZvZpGaQuBt7fFegQPuC1RI5stmE30felu1ACb_vETIOsSSRA9mBJk_ZbOXFw5vA-2pM8x0pUbQrtBa6BV5Shf6Da75YC9BB84ta41m1IxUbHoBvkLlgVi-8TKas37UEW-B7ijlXt5e8gaIrR4KKO77jAlJHo49p0qBm91EH/w136-h94/Crown_uy78rhbddamz.jpg" width="136" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><u>Quotes & Illustrations</u></i></span></span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjpxYhaVR7MfX0Td_GdiIErP4J3x9jqthVj2zyDx7ZyMZboaOWwwXqP01djnxLGpQas3uWCB0uTKJzuBX3y25UN-Qp_RLOG9NzqUC2r4D7UKu83yYVkbaBKpLn5El-7DICKycLHhnYtWo3eVfKcU1JCLmpFSD9sweRXgXzXf9cROTs1jIoSdVW0QJc/s482/Basquiat-isms%20LOGO%20part%20II.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="482" data-original-width="334" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjpxYhaVR7MfX0Td_GdiIErP4J3x9jqthVj2zyDx7ZyMZboaOWwwXqP01djnxLGpQas3uWCB0uTKJzuBX3y25UN-Qp_RLOG9NzqUC2r4D7UKu83yYVkbaBKpLn5El-7DICKycLHhnYtWo3eVfKcU1JCLmpFSD9sweRXgXzXf9cROTs1jIoSdVW0QJc/s320/Basquiat-isms%20LOGO%20part%20II.jpg" width="222" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><i>"I like to have
information rather than just a brushstroke. Just to have words to put in feelings." </i></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"> Jean-Michel Basquiat</span></b></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3DVmxnsMaOZxJ4KlXOnTni7BVDAuXHs9geDE1XFzJ08uskvcPJwH5AX8Oa2mCtHpOWtDmCDmitMS85YcHwu2ZbsXG5a6HzMdULoIyJWiyTWigNrjU6VZiIZ7fTRDqZcbTvDYLIxpSHlT-DqASL_3Z3orHLyZfEm0ErZMCZxyXGvMyKjjTvykAbc4y/s2550/Painting-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2550" data-original-width="2440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3DVmxnsMaOZxJ4KlXOnTni7BVDAuXHs9geDE1XFzJ08uskvcPJwH5AX8Oa2mCtHpOWtDmCDmitMS85YcHwu2ZbsXG5a6HzMdULoIyJWiyTWigNrjU6VZiIZ7fTRDqZcbTvDYLIxpSHlT-DqASL_3Z3orHLyZfEm0ErZMCZxyXGvMyKjjTvykAbc4y/s320/Painting-1.jpg" width="306" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><i>“I don’t think about
art when I work. I think about life.”</i><b style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"> Jean-Michel Basquiat</span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5LTzyVQewMwWfIMQ7X0E9MQHB9FvVPmdkKo03iBSxxJEu9vFIhLtcrBaT2oEOi9ZxDARn2ziq-HTKiKXK4u95sJ29t5-HLahf4yr0wnHEetQ_cXxSh338PX_FWmT3_Oq_Y9h0prEk4B_D7tjbkgMJGspxEhTNL9irr6ESf9sPEnSq2Rbag3QE00iO/s1772/riding-with-death.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1508" data-original-width="1772" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5LTzyVQewMwWfIMQ7X0E9MQHB9FvVPmdkKo03iBSxxJEu9vFIhLtcrBaT2oEOi9ZxDARn2ziq-HTKiKXK4u95sJ29t5-HLahf4yr0wnHEetQ_cXxSh338PX_FWmT3_Oq_Y9h0prEk4B_D7tjbkgMJGspxEhTNL9irr6ESf9sPEnSq2Rbag3QE00iO/s320/riding-with-death.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><i>"Magic doesn’t especially
Interest me. I like the intuition that tells me a work is finished."</i><b style="font-size: 14pt;"> <o:p></o:p></b></span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"> Jean-Michel Basquiat</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPkErz3bUwCnWFBV9NM_lkvqXh-HX1rfzSMshUjeONlQm18HvjT1V6tzw6fEMhXG6DZTi6TTBfe3fCkPlQJA7KAQ8pR4r1UtPPJya715fnLJlsgvLeadR4etNpmIw2uvUqkrTo9Hw_py9nATOdNxz6dY4PeJq-6AYI7QNbjGPklw6oAc58lmVv7IUr/s2220/Basquiat_10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2220" data-original-width="2000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPkErz3bUwCnWFBV9NM_lkvqXh-HX1rfzSMshUjeONlQm18HvjT1V6tzw6fEMhXG6DZTi6TTBfe3fCkPlQJA7KAQ8pR4r1UtPPJya715fnLJlsgvLeadR4etNpmIw2uvUqkrTo9Hw_py9nATOdNxz6dY4PeJq-6AYI7QNbjGPklw6oAc58lmVv7IUr/s320/Basquiat_10.jpg" width="288" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><i>I was trying to
communicate an idea. I was trying to paint an urban landscape. I was trying to
make paintings different from painting that I saw which were mostly minimal
that were highbrow and alienating.</i><b style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"> Jean-Michel Basquiat</span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf-U9m4Q1IHMrQbgX9xVRineJ7_HtnbuX17XlkJY3zeBTkQpiCpntJzD8MVjXbsvhjuiD-tWtY2i6TFd-aQV7bpPa0QMUdpOMkQHXLhtCyaT9WThK5S9tPYBsHKBC-V3h2UEOOC3JTZybCpRH-aUiDJwYkNCdY6uUE8aysTZKhKiL2LD1qDT-ALuZP/s1600/OIP%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf-U9m4Q1IHMrQbgX9xVRineJ7_HtnbuX17XlkJY3zeBTkQpiCpntJzD8MVjXbsvhjuiD-tWtY2i6TFd-aQV7bpPa0QMUdpOMkQHXLhtCyaT9WThK5S9tPYBsHKBC-V3h2UEOOC3JTZybCpRH-aUiDJwYkNCdY6uUE8aysTZKhKiL2LD1qDT-ALuZP/w400-h400/OIP%20(1).jpg" width="400" /></a></div><i><p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><i><br /></i></p>"I usually put a lot
down and then I take a lot away, then I put more down and take even more away,
so it’s like a constant editing process."</i><p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"> Jean-Michel Basquiat</span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuyLfejtCIS6erWN7JQ2-ZdpXPJkRzwfUdwSvLhjWaq7hmQ4ERsR4miXrS-JOLkgqlcnGoWp-Pres-5gXTRrIk62QQI6JbSUlRyhzz_7GJ8C9QsBSI5iuKJXLdBMKmjpgTQhY8YvTAkc6ZfgCY1Gscj0djOsLJk21IZft-smRyajQvxtvX6MRxKDNv/s2400/2.-Jean-Michel-Basquiat-Hollywood-Africans-1983-Whitney-Museum-of-American-Art-ARS-New-York-ADAGP-Pariscoverweb.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2395" data-original-width="2400" height="461" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuyLfejtCIS6erWN7JQ2-ZdpXPJkRzwfUdwSvLhjWaq7hmQ4ERsR4miXrS-JOLkgqlcnGoWp-Pres-5gXTRrIk62QQI6JbSUlRyhzz_7GJ8C9QsBSI5iuKJXLdBMKmjpgTQhY8YvTAkc6ZfgCY1Gscj0djOsLJk21IZft-smRyajQvxtvX6MRxKDNv/w462-h461/2.-Jean-Michel-Basquiat-Hollywood-Africans-1983-Whitney-Museum-of-American-Art-ARS-New-York-ADAGP-Pariscoverweb.jpg" width="462" /></a></div><span style="font-style: italic;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal">"I like words that jump
off the page when I see them."</p></span><p></p><i><p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-style: normal; font-weight: 700;"> Jean-Michel Basquiat</span><span style="font-style: normal; font-weight: 700;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-style: normal; font-weight: 700;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-style: normal; font-weight: 700;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: normal; font-weight: 700;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Umum1CJ6qzPitImDbwsIi6H0lWnfJ0fjj-3-rt3PFRbEmaMXEmg_HvRIgK3k4vnFM3UXbKtBz29tz9_oIJVq0tGELsibCZzkEnbVivepxp031ZO5zGko39o127guRcFSyFnuytYfh3lo6_WEIM8ZoiwdI8DuN6flqVgY0BtVXcz24sZfLMdFOq_K/s1067/IMG_6336-768x1067.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="768" height="395" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Umum1CJ6qzPitImDbwsIi6H0lWnfJ0fjj-3-rt3PFRbEmaMXEmg_HvRIgK3k4vnFM3UXbKtBz29tz9_oIJVq0tGELsibCZzkEnbVivepxp031ZO5zGko39o127guRcFSyFnuytYfh3lo6_WEIM8ZoiwdI8DuN6flqVgY0BtVXcz24sZfLMdFOq_K/w284-h395/IMG_6336-768x1067.jpg" width="284" /></a></span></div><span style="font-style: normal;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"> </span><i>"I am what I am, what I
am, what I am."</i></div></span><p></p></i><p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"> </span>Jean-Michel Basquiat</span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiXcFNg1OkofDO6B-_B0kOY1rfe430VZrWjOdQLVlwcOrGDI4KL7jVa3ggjLy26BFpGtuq1Tv94BwCPAlaxvCG-WoXd5TYpZ5UPOHLFw6GWMbVXJ0G2ks2vFB-sGK5AlzkUwOTmltqsKgSlP1OftoYbtT22Q5KBBwa4PBuzufRQdGvE4oN83g0vSAR/s487/basquiat-fallen-angel-1981-550.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="419" data-original-width="487" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiXcFNg1OkofDO6B-_B0kOY1rfe430VZrWjOdQLVlwcOrGDI4KL7jVa3ggjLy26BFpGtuq1Tv94BwCPAlaxvCG-WoXd5TYpZ5UPOHLFw6GWMbVXJ0G2ks2vFB-sGK5AlzkUwOTmltqsKgSlP1OftoYbtT22Q5KBBwa4PBuzufRQdGvE4oN83g0vSAR/s320/basquiat-fallen-angel-1981-550.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>"It’s pretty primal;
whatever I feel at the moment…sometimes it’s political sometimes not, I don’t
know."</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"> Jean-Michel Basquiat</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR0neVfYWrOGmroxHIFWoW5IQsG8vTj-vuDUfS1JLk6FqGkg0oePUyt4sEoPzc1AEQM8Cq6QwR0HSHQSoIgZpb69Qhzv_ndw8UB_0WYZJ0vx29S9MQNAB-U3tiS2OH8rNX7iZEtHEFhmtmH0rnwlVJyKcokjIILzaVkdIu2rWdmZgB3gwND3cIdryH/s751/OIF%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="751" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR0neVfYWrOGmroxHIFWoW5IQsG8vTj-vuDUfS1JLk6FqGkg0oePUyt4sEoPzc1AEQM8Cq6QwR0HSHQSoIgZpb69Qhzv_ndw8UB_0WYZJ0vx29S9MQNAB-U3tiS2OH8rNX7iZEtHEFhmtmH0rnwlVJyKcokjIILzaVkdIu2rWdmZgB3gwND3cIdryH/s320/OIF%20(1).jpg" width="205" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: Calibri, "sans-serif";"><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="line-height: 21.4667px;">"I think there are a lot of people that are neglected in art...I</span></i><i style="font-family: Calibri, "sans-serif";"> don’t know if it’s because of who made the paintings or what; but…</i><i>Black people are never really portrayed realistically or I mean not even portrayed in modern art"</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"> Jean-Michel Basquiat</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1yMvcpr5n9OE_0M6AthorDQfMmmm6cEPQQ5cWLwRy52heqXuUoOrEBQWiecEgKhBIQWejxt5Fl3PCwCaPrNF4rXoYgXsbP4KWleHo2b3jRkMYuhNYst_36XvIJefxNbPBZe3f-r59QNB88iVfEayF0qMqXcL28JRcsquMbhi8MB6reIgSWGPFEakF/s277/bfad35369c78fb4bba32f12c4d72c605--jean-michel-basquiat-work-on.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="277" data-original-width="236" height="277" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1yMvcpr5n9OE_0M6AthorDQfMmmm6cEPQQ5cWLwRy52heqXuUoOrEBQWiecEgKhBIQWejxt5Fl3PCwCaPrNF4rXoYgXsbP4KWleHo2b3jRkMYuhNYst_36XvIJefxNbPBZe3f-r59QNB88iVfEayF0qMqXcL28JRcsquMbhi8MB6reIgSWGPFEakF/s1600/bfad35369c78fb4bba32f12c4d72c605--jean-michel-basquiat-work-on.jpg" width="236" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><i>"The more I paint
the more I like everything."</i><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"> Jean-Michel Basquiat</span></b></p></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKQt4Bu-bs3hUzqLwv3J6g8_7ru4F_nItoSt84e3MWi45Fc_u8zRy22PIZPrhpEBJfzdtuT8HrnJJ4i8ewHDcvt1QitWS_PLJYkAw7wByAVBKOv9NDHN6SgD7oro6LwX-xAduVxZDqauCnuxcNnlLy2-y6myIIQ9dbajt1F_ihQLb0RCDAD5R-iNEN/s1024/R.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="763" data-original-width="1024" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKQt4Bu-bs3hUzqLwv3J6g8_7ru4F_nItoSt84e3MWi45Fc_u8zRy22PIZPrhpEBJfzdtuT8HrnJJ4i8ewHDcvt1QitWS_PLJYkAw7wByAVBKOv9NDHN6SgD7oro6LwX-xAduVxZDqauCnuxcNnlLy2-y6myIIQ9dbajt1F_ihQLb0RCDAD5R-iNEN/s320/R.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><i>"Since I was 17, I
thought I might be a star."</i><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"> Jean-Michel Basquiat</span></b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik6tvndym0vOzVWwYlWHvrWX72nzxiyLw0SrNbHklSvcwoCgIa0bqNVuJSbp7jg9KnYkV0HQ6M1t0brzONEDRZwTNJlZVC_bZgd4Or_Ng7XCNBv8RTD-EmsrrurFmxK3xpfc7pvKIW9o0NOn-riBzuX9WarR2WPF7SdljW7ECjcfNm25WbtHPoWRiR/s528/Jean-Michel_Basquiat_-_A_Panel_of_Experts_1982_Jean-Michel_Basquiat_-_Anybody_Speaking_Words_1982.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="508" data-original-width="528" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik6tvndym0vOzVWwYlWHvrWX72nzxiyLw0SrNbHklSvcwoCgIa0bqNVuJSbp7jg9KnYkV0HQ6M1t0brzONEDRZwTNJlZVC_bZgd4Or_Ng7XCNBv8RTD-EmsrrurFmxK3xpfc7pvKIW9o0NOn-riBzuX9WarR2WPF7SdljW7ECjcfNm25WbtHPoWRiR/w448-h432/Jean-Michel_Basquiat_-_A_Panel_of_Experts_1982_Jean-Michel_Basquiat_-_Anybody_Speaking_Words_1982.jpg" width="448" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><i>"I cross out words
so you will see them more; the fact that they are obscured makes you want to
read them."</i></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> Jean-Michel Basquiat</span></b></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKeHAQX2QCn77SzCZQt_u_NoTowovDhdRYvXTaWZ_PlpiGttz2OtcL5JzqI65xW3YiSXt4cS5meD-654ny26aJfgP4mBTA3lOJ3KU1oI8xJJljOMg7HKkHp4MNlV3nquP1uLXNnoye8x2l3sb7sKv4nqeNLZCT5q3yfytpOMFz5lGUXCY7CgMxS54Z/s504/9ca61e4a-3858-4593-96fd-f0df6332ebd3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="504" data-original-width="504" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKeHAQX2QCn77SzCZQt_u_NoTowovDhdRYvXTaWZ_PlpiGttz2OtcL5JzqI65xW3YiSXt4cS5meD-654ny26aJfgP4mBTA3lOJ3KU1oI8xJJljOMg7HKkHp4MNlV3nquP1uLXNnoye8x2l3sb7sKv4nqeNLZCT5q3yfytpOMFz5lGUXCY7CgMxS54Z/s320/9ca61e4a-3858-4593-96fd-f0df6332ebd3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><i>"I think I make
art for myself, but ultimately I think I make it for the world."</i><b style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></b><b> Jean-Michel Basquiat</b></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig3PB2U7_0RICT0fZVYcUhnZsniWU3EdizcGY14MBC74nbEZGuNjfB7s4ksxTHS1xI_o6cXoqYJerwf3ksBKxA_hbvsMJy-9gBW5MtHUA29fZU9BWEw_7E6EEMn1ECdAQCqcgaTc10jlqLRXKtQvGtIztiHOMpeR_s-v-9y1LYVFlN3FNW3muRbAtl/s768/JMB_DOWNTOWN_3_master.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="414" data-original-width="768" height="351" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig3PB2U7_0RICT0fZVYcUhnZsniWU3EdizcGY14MBC74nbEZGuNjfB7s4ksxTHS1xI_o6cXoqYJerwf3ksBKxA_hbvsMJy-9gBW5MtHUA29fZU9BWEw_7E6EEMn1ECdAQCqcgaTc10jlqLRXKtQvGtIztiHOMpeR_s-v-9y1LYVFlN3FNW3muRbAtl/w649-h351/JMB_DOWNTOWN_3_master.jpg" width="649" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>"I don't like to discuss art at all"</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b> Jean-Michel Basquiat</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1hWCVXPAM3YnzgvyR8SFTWatdlFNbILWl9vr9eDTtO8fIdSjaoODVsntyD9bYnCryAc_qdw1GWVg1OmA91WjID7A7tTSuBK2GmzHjb3sqGV1hoF-eKwSqKrIRyfH-hudQ9Fgsck-EyEVKsBndlb7P5sExZgblOQ8aga2HRBMEPt193j7m3imnfdWC/s1500/61GiJXPhcjL._AC_SL1500_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1hWCVXPAM3YnzgvyR8SFTWatdlFNbILWl9vr9eDTtO8fIdSjaoODVsntyD9bYnCryAc_qdw1GWVg1OmA91WjID7A7tTSuBK2GmzHjb3sqGV1hoF-eKwSqKrIRyfH-hudQ9Fgsck-EyEVKsBndlb7P5sExZgblOQ8aga2HRBMEPt193j7m3imnfdWC/w219-h328/61GiJXPhcjL._AC_SL1500_.jpg" width="219" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 0.75in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> - </span></span></i><span style="line-height: 115%;"><i>Other
artist in this series include: Ai
Weiwei, Damien Hirst, Andy Warhol, Yoko Ono, </i></span></span><i>Keith Haring </i><i style="text-indent: -0.25in;">and Futura -</i></span><i style="font-size: small; text-indent: -0.25in;"> </i></p></div></div>James Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11373279694875764071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005204230589824036.post-90479223767047457282022-10-14T13:47:00.001-04:002022-10-14T13:47:33.909-04:00What's Wrong With She-Hulk?<p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkUtgwyyZlaUYn5QhWkBW3BT3bcMBHuPcINClAFdLfF6JgBVo1_74YAiTs8k1zm95cKlN8FNximPjULhrv3Fxukmz8v3hSjPlAoa8ZVBl00S8UtrdAZijBJgTnMsSajCD0DrLGU50vEr5YNUhI4Rv9cb9ZaY3Zimlkb-kBfoc6uar6mlxYWay-ZmzI/s1664/She-Hulk_NOTHING!!!!!!!!!!IIIIIII.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="584" data-original-width="1664" height="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkUtgwyyZlaUYn5QhWkBW3BT3bcMBHuPcINClAFdLfF6JgBVo1_74YAiTs8k1zm95cKlN8FNximPjULhrv3Fxukmz8v3hSjPlAoa8ZVBl00S8UtrdAZijBJgTnMsSajCD0DrLGU50vEr5YNUhI4Rv9cb9ZaY3Zimlkb-kBfoc6uar6mlxYWay-ZmzI/w564-h197/She-Hulk_NOTHING!!!!!!!!!!IIIIIII.jpg" width="564" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="font-size: large;">NOTHING!!!</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><b><i>Disney and Marvel
TV </i></b>have come up with a winner this time out. As a long-time fan of the Stan Lee
and John Busema creative collaboration “The Savage She-Hulk” I am thoroughly enjoying
this recent incarnation. I was on-board beginning with issue #1 in 1980.The
series couldn’t be more faithful to the character of the transformed Jennifer Walters.
Nor could it be more entertaining and at times in it’s unique way
provocative. <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUshggX0Oo-X6sW6tKLaXXP79lEeubeghVlIv6-nhWxBpCJl_Pu36xLSpsa6116km1a9y-Qz80rTfzYk9to73NOVIj36l2kLcU6PwU3_tRktfYYLZBAe1P0ebp4BB6OZydHiMQs2nb4W1NXBa5vmAP10gdj1EHJnM_BTfb8S9ItCaELb0nj5QWQ-qL/s1024/tv%20she-hulk%20001.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="683" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUshggX0Oo-X6sW6tKLaXXP79lEeubeghVlIv6-nhWxBpCJl_Pu36xLSpsa6116km1a9y-Qz80rTfzYk9to73NOVIj36l2kLcU6PwU3_tRktfYYLZBAe1P0ebp4BB6OZydHiMQs2nb4W1NXBa5vmAP10gdj1EHJnM_BTfb8S9ItCaELb0nj5QWQ-qL/w265-h398/tv%20she-hulk%20001.jpg" width="265" /></a></div><br /><b style="font-size: large;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Lee’s idea
in creating She-Hulk was to avoid what could have been, potentially a loss and overall
problem for the Marvel franchise. The identifying name and image of “She-Hulk”
had not been copyrighted and was open to anyone that wanted to do so. Lee wisely
obtained the copyright and his choice was timely. The creators of this new TV series;
“She Hulk: Attorney at Law” even made copyright infringement the subject of an
episode in this, the first season.<b style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="font-size: large;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0zCgjl9NVuMQtJ0GaQ5kVRm8xB--0TORCO8qx7oWxfGFljW1ED-wnc2_yx5C1kw9GRoDCKLQeU_cPSuC80Y1YJWMsxlSstuRhMxTYXH9q99bT4z_sAX550JEsYev0WAgo9jdPpdzA5dZ85Zab7SykR_0gfI0I3DcvvcZOqgr2DYPRPjxTX-A5m9pT/s752/comic%20cover_%20rrr007.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="752" data-original-width="487" height="510" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0zCgjl9NVuMQtJ0GaQ5kVRm8xB--0TORCO8qx7oWxfGFljW1ED-wnc2_yx5C1kw9GRoDCKLQeU_cPSuC80Y1YJWMsxlSstuRhMxTYXH9q99bT4z_sAX550JEsYev0WAgo9jdPpdzA5dZ85Zab7SykR_0gfI0I3DcvvcZOqgr2DYPRPjxTX-A5m9pT/w330-h510/comic%20cover_%20rrr007.jpg" width="330" /></a></div><br /><b style="font-size: large;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;">As written
and along with the portrayal by Tatiana Maslany of the title character on the
current program the production is very much a satirical take on comic book themes
and the genre itself. The fourth wall is routinely broken, the villains are
absurd clichés and the laughs are perfectly timed often subtle mind games. This
TV incarnation is an almost literal version of what writer/artist John Byrne did
following the Lee/Busema run on the Savage She-Hulk book. The satire, the
breaking of the fourth wall, the leaping in and out from the mediums physical boundaries
is pure Byrne; the character was also known to have conversations with Byrne
himself (often complaining to him) as the stories were unfolding. The TV
production has followed the Byrne tenure to perfection. The subsequent artistic
teams following Byrne have stayed with his take and followed him in turn. </span></p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="font-size: large;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6IpfnGuLy7l6vJC3BEKnKMGCOvSa_bpE7H-MUYeu40gKmTTxk2GDA1W2PmrGTVDDrYWrjGeYtADXoCo3pahaDjNvWYK6x9Z426w6cE4Ze2E7j7wSLi15eMyxuqqvw53g5L97zEbnNozX6XXD5MUZtUYYaSLRgcL7aYqzPhKZjOwee6K3r7ogBorA6/s960/710f1820c46ad8d4b883559897dd48d3--fantasy-comics-she-hulk.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="700" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6IpfnGuLy7l6vJC3BEKnKMGCOvSa_bpE7H-MUYeu40gKmTTxk2GDA1W2PmrGTVDDrYWrjGeYtADXoCo3pahaDjNvWYK6x9Z426w6cE4Ze2E7j7wSLi15eMyxuqqvw53g5L97zEbnNozX6XXD5MUZtUYYaSLRgcL7aYqzPhKZjOwee6K3r7ogBorA6/w166-h228/710f1820c46ad8d4b883559897dd48d3--fantasy-comics-she-hulk.jpg" width="166" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLsqaDdNaG3gIjaDYEeLf2JItWHUlmmREdEOVw6r9IC8xa8ltaIlbkXKjtIoOYPIl0c7BgKbwrvrG6LmBL0ObAkqYZ6Hs3ugr3esezrqwZk1H0aQrzkQkgFEqatomrTebZIOtgfDyC3lf7hrizzrMq0jU7-gGwzroDlXeEPT31BAkTMESDmKJoWYOc/s1300/comic%20cover_%20Dnc59rqUcAASvr8.jpg" style="clear: right; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1300" data-original-width="856" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLsqaDdNaG3gIjaDYEeLf2JItWHUlmmREdEOVw6r9IC8xa8ltaIlbkXKjtIoOYPIl0c7BgKbwrvrG6LmBL0ObAkqYZ6Hs3ugr3esezrqwZk1H0aQrzkQkgFEqatomrTebZIOtgfDyC3lf7hrizzrMq0jU7-gGwzroDlXeEPT31BAkTMESDmKJoWYOc/w200-h303/comic%20cover_%20Dnc59rqUcAASvr8.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">At this point to address the issue alluded to in the blog title; “What’s Wrong With She-Hulk?” there have been criticisms with many detractors falling into the disgruntled line of complaints and derision. The malcontent many fans find have broad and personal dis-satisfactions. Many on-line critics give voice to their perceived disdain for the writer’s skills, catering to the “Woke” audience and the emasculation of male characters. This is something that I don’t necessarily find to any real degree within the show myself but it is something of a problem on many other franchises today. These problems do have their merit. It will always be true that beauty and wit are in the eyes, ears and tastes of the beholders. These folks essentially have different ideas of what the program should be, they haven’t read the comics and their expectations or far different than what they are receiving as content. They don’t seem to realize they have every right to stop watching at any time, during any broadcast and find something closer to their personal likings and fancies. </p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga7fz3aD8KuPxmHghxayEgoscsi7hgAESvMXaa5ofL_y4UetGHJ5-1moEuxJ2DaJ-jjVUep7pUf0m6eHpDk3BWbNMi9GkyYKMFSj8JdWGKnKHDwefmKXoDPt4r6-bxOUXUaN6LcBExx1QkdZ83DnL6wGxsjSq0Kb842iZVZCyb9am-DYNYlF6fou6U/s2492/Composite.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="598" data-original-width="2492" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga7fz3aD8KuPxmHghxayEgoscsi7hgAESvMXaa5ofL_y4UetGHJ5-1moEuxJ2DaJ-jjVUep7pUf0m6eHpDk3BWbNMi9GkyYKMFSj8JdWGKnKHDwefmKXoDPt4r6-bxOUXUaN6LcBExx1QkdZ83DnL6wGxsjSq0Kb842iZVZCyb9am-DYNYlF6fou6U/w709-h171/Composite.jpg" width="709" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgODJkZ1s5hlBg5q5duQOEoGkiB8n2Izd60YaV_c0DlpUiJu2KnweZhYUQr1Nx82dyDxf9CJjnHbOTMu9j6Y3aytU5JdR_rDYGr0_7X1BoLhcp8oycFBQ6GvizMUlWI_f6rrqnFKXrzPywDOza1jiPWwNWGNDBuWNKbdEpccCY0Q7x0xDqTOaZmQXKa/s1125/tv%20she-hulk%20new%20blk%20Logo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="1125" height="136" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgODJkZ1s5hlBg5q5duQOEoGkiB8n2Izd60YaV_c0DlpUiJu2KnweZhYUQr1Nx82dyDxf9CJjnHbOTMu9j6Y3aytU5JdR_rDYGr0_7X1BoLhcp8oycFBQ6GvizMUlWI_f6rrqnFKXrzPywDOza1jiPWwNWGNDBuWNKbdEpccCY0Q7x0xDqTOaZmQXKa/w297-h136/tv%20she-hulk%20new%20blk%20Logo.jpg" width="297" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ironically
the disillusioned continue to watch “She-Hulk” and seem to relish their
mal-content. I think it’s fantastic! The show remains captivating, engaging and
a controversial vision. It is the best of all worlds. One of the truest
measures of the content and worth of a thing is the ire that it arises in the
audience of the unannointed the “Unbelievers.” Stan Lee spoke often of the “True
Believers.” Which one do we choose to be, which one do we want to be?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXOT3yulnsVVK32kdx9eUhXm8bDMPAY7AC4j-YO_BbgRDmG42gkVUv2area1kpVijnof1oKfN5JUOglKc3QX5zxj_7eRDWO6K2GWE5YWzMAgieXhGBMRaSPHVvr6894wBK9whR9r2iwQbFCHENzF8tFapc2aPIzWichaS4UESxJhAy1sKKDVX4_FuU/s1200/tv%20she-hulk%2001she-hulk-1x09-recensione-folle-inaspettato-finale-serie-marvel-v3-59200.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="1200" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXOT3yulnsVVK32kdx9eUhXm8bDMPAY7AC4j-YO_BbgRDmG42gkVUv2area1kpVijnof1oKfN5JUOglKc3QX5zxj_7eRDWO6K2GWE5YWzMAgieXhGBMRaSPHVvr6894wBK9whR9r2iwQbFCHENzF8tFapc2aPIzWichaS4UESxJhAy1sKKDVX4_FuU/s320/tv%20she-hulk%2001she-hulk-1x09-recensione-folle-inaspettato-finale-serie-marvel-v3-59200.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">For those
that are among the undecided or the unviewed, take a-look-see. I think there is a good chance for you to enjoy
She-Hulk. Join the mirth and the mayhem. Remember; don’t worry, be happy! </p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbuDBCus_E5A5ZQSilv9zdE_QDkp9sl4yHmL1a0dgLJmzFQc8t6cuu22pXb19642Pse8Blmgten1CxWIMe_Obj2msNkcBBHvIngdAJI3aAKW9R8bmn5KYoJM_kYadzqEH2M4AnzcVxnmVm2_BdMhVsI0VGO0mTfgzi0H9JYBeritjqw4IHkZJg1Zjs/s865/tv%20she-hulk%2003.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="865" data-original-width="700" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbuDBCus_E5A5ZQSilv9zdE_QDkp9sl4yHmL1a0dgLJmzFQc8t6cuu22pXb19642Pse8Blmgten1CxWIMe_Obj2msNkcBBHvIngdAJI3aAKW9R8bmn5KYoJM_kYadzqEH2M4AnzcVxnmVm2_BdMhVsI0VGO0mTfgzi0H9JYBeritjqw4IHkZJg1Zjs/w338-h418/tv%20she-hulk%2003.jpg" width="338" /></a></div>James Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11373279694875764071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005204230589824036.post-80829749569575023542022-10-08T16:44:00.012-04:002022-11-11T20:19:46.521-05:00Good Golly Miss Molly!<div class="separator"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_mDjos6hk_TYigFqcF4qho6L6lixYjWNNFC7wHHYcWeqF1cDwOJN6V7535oLnl2ls3DXBFUXf4EtBDt28pI6A7YNxcOLdhbP7oCATJTOhQ8x7CDIH7M3iR16enhR58KpgWVm9Q8kP-BKcirfvAJSUUq8e-Cwr-wDTxkZnBfsbr1vkO2L8J5XRr-4H/s666/ewe%20too.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_mDjos6hk_TYigFqcF4qho6L6lixYjWNNFC7wHHYcWeqF1cDwOJN6V7535oLnl2ls3DXBFUXf4EtBDt28pI6A7YNxcOLdhbP7oCATJTOhQ8x7CDIH7M3iR16enhR58KpgWVm9Q8kP-BKcirfvAJSUUq8e-Cwr-wDTxkZnBfsbr1vkO2L8J5XRr-4H/s666/ewe%20too.jpg" style="clear: right; display: inline; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"> </a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX6JvnbWgXSFYA3Uj6N6T07seCQn6sKrsBwHtmib2IkCZbmprWzjWpoDzqgZ9GgXnd2Sq4h0zxFquFiUa1H-B8MS-3RBhOB5_5gVGDYIH0URq8wM69Q1yUwauh4qMjIT_QXPA88Wfb75tu-QWwNcLumPYNqWezjZVwQJM7pJTu47M2PYkGL3KK5LDs/s1387/001%20Portrait%20of%20Molly.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="932" data-original-width="1387" height="371" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX6JvnbWgXSFYA3Uj6N6T07seCQn6sKrsBwHtmib2IkCZbmprWzjWpoDzqgZ9GgXnd2Sq4h0zxFquFiUa1H-B8MS-3RBhOB5_5gVGDYIH0URq8wM69Q1yUwauh4qMjIT_QXPA88Wfb75tu-QWwNcLumPYNqWezjZVwQJM7pJTu47M2PYkGL3KK5LDs/w552-h371/001%20Portrait%20of%20Molly.jpg" width="552" /></a></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span><b><i> She is a force unto herself. </i></b><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="line-height: 115%;">She
is also, like the second side of a rare coin a force that is selfless, giving
and dedicated to humanity. Her actions are especially dedicated to the
oppressed of humanity; many times outcasts and the victims of the world’s
multitude of oppressors.</span><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span>This; as a focus meaning, the rich, the one
percenters. She is also an artist, illustrator, writer and film maker. Her work is sought-out and included
in the collections of institutions such as MoMa and The New-York Historical
Society. She is successful at what she does. </span></span>This wondrously
industrious young woman, Jennifer Caban is better known by another name. Her
nom de plume by the way is Molly Crabapple.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinxhvrUPyslW1Rf1q1cE0zrJgzO1YXeyz89aepu6ZD7EdpdcTQ0f56q9o8d2Y-Bk4xkmY8uHCmECDKUBjS1cAITJDIQ1ivY3moF7_peq0EVEpcRhOABgWByo28LJ0fA1E4FphEe5uTqyYVbn2iaHBFUtnWvNxkr0aOH46a26QHJnPLG_TPSLIZWpwb/s2542/Books%20By%20Molly.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1064" data-original-width="2542" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinxhvrUPyslW1Rf1q1cE0zrJgzO1YXeyz89aepu6ZD7EdpdcTQ0f56q9o8d2Y-Bk4xkmY8uHCmECDKUBjS1cAITJDIQ1ivY3moF7_peq0EVEpcRhOABgWByo28LJ0fA1E4FphEe5uTqyYVbn2iaHBFUtnWvNxkr0aOH46a26QHJnPLG_TPSLIZWpwb/w518-h217/Books%20By%20Molly.jpg" width="518" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Molly
Crabapple in her time has gone far beyond lip service to her causes. Including
such as the “Occupy Wall Street” movement, the many times illegally held and
abused detainees of Guantanamo Bay, The Syrian ISIS Resistance Radicals and other
disenfranchised Americans of all stripes. She’s a radical. It is more than
evident in much of her art and in her approach as well. She is at heart
springing for the counter-culture and fast becoming a just outside the edge
main-streamer.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4uMIG8naTHii2ZR0YlI2fW_ooG-2KJecQCBrMd2FagCKfRxUY__IDnoKHzNKO4ydgGF9Eoo6Zv7IC01Qhmw6_5iHYXiSPkx0gw9LlxUCJJvOue7rWQ8ZD3t3JiIe3GZba4_Xp4K7GS1dziQ0q89F-zEHjHYqv1izK8y0ZAe4go321ZP360AyyhY7e/s666/ewe.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="570" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4uMIG8naTHii2ZR0YlI2fW_ooG-2KJecQCBrMd2FagCKfRxUY__IDnoKHzNKO4ydgGF9Eoo6Zv7IC01Qhmw6_5iHYXiSPkx0gw9LlxUCJJvOue7rWQ8ZD3t3JiIe3GZba4_Xp4K7GS1dziQ0q89F-zEHjHYqv1izK8y0ZAe4go321ZP360AyyhY7e/w152-h178/ewe.jpg" width="152" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span>Molly Crabapple
is a second generation artist; growing up her mother was a commercial artist. As
a result she say first hand that there was money to be made using art or one’s
talents for profit. Molly; never short of creative ideas, sold drawings and
illustrations for profit regularly and in tough times posed unabashedly for
nude photographs, pretty much for anyone (artist or not) that could come up
with $100 and a camera; this was Molly the entrepreneur/ business woman. Molly worked for several years as the House
Artist at “The Box” an avant-garde Manhattan night club. She remembers that
fondly as being “The Box’s Toulouse-Lautrec.” She was also one of the original “Suicide
Girls” and worked in Burlesque. </span></span>You will
find with Molly Crabapple there is a definite burlesque sensuality and a kind
of <span style="line-height: 115%;">French/Rococo
influence</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span> tinged with her own wit and humor. These qualities are
implicit within many of her most successful pieces. And sometimes; on occasion,
they are simply magnificent cartoons.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-dJ5QeHcrTtIJHEO6_vGBOEuB7aWDJnly_J4fXeKoajCLGzmVcdDemKL-9mk39gNdaTRTOLZtnZdm3Cj2fvCQTm_LBmqt6ek_gQbuoAZ_fIFDvafoC5iVVHLh5PpUv96AB8N2e546KPcm9K58PFZKMS3jHi-_52XLBzHU2YbTmEIWVzc5zuZgKY4_/s899/Gggg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="899" data-original-width="600" height="587" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-dJ5QeHcrTtIJHEO6_vGBOEuB7aWDJnly_J4fXeKoajCLGzmVcdDemKL-9mk39gNdaTRTOLZtnZdm3Cj2fvCQTm_LBmqt6ek_gQbuoAZ_fIFDvafoC5iVVHLh5PpUv96AB8N2e546KPcm9K58PFZKMS3jHi-_52XLBzHU2YbTmEIWVzc5zuZgKY4_/w392-h587/Gggg.jpg" width="392" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span>Molly
Crabapple is one of the most successful, engaging and productive artist in
today’s art world. I highly recommend her memoir “Drawing for Blood.” It is
completed with illustrations, well written, beautifully packaged and provocative</span></span><span style="line-height: 115%;">.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs1AYsVCXEGFTj-uEKJusv006RBcEde2FqcHZwfmF0DDyRN1fXJiA3Mr-yz_kQP2ml4oG8iTSZ8E8y0dgGX_7SE6AgEzmYzq1e5KZnJvUN_qbG_LwIheyzL5dZzyiF_ZrPAXfC1AYzE5QQWZ6l_FW1EvuF9yWAayt_Ij5NpHewTheIIbmoGNaXMtch/s799/Miss%20Molly%2001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="799" data-original-width="542" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs1AYsVCXEGFTj-uEKJusv006RBcEde2FqcHZwfmF0DDyRN1fXJiA3Mr-yz_kQP2ml4oG8iTSZ8E8y0dgGX_7SE6AgEzmYzq1e5KZnJvUN_qbG_LwIheyzL5dZzyiF_ZrPAXfC1AYzE5QQWZ6l_FW1EvuF9yWAayt_Ij5NpHewTheIIbmoGNaXMtch/s320/Miss%20Molly%2001.jpg" width="217" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span>What remains
here is a continuation of “Miss Molly’s” drawings, posters, videos etc. Hopefully
yours’ to Enlighten, Embrace & Enjoy!</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_C2X3T4z1nyxTJrydJLw5l-l-HfobYE_Xeq7wZMxQQ89Xt7XXPqcyXzA-cypGsrkEbe8iugFQkDsJRrb_ZOZxxIVj6BjP0XIDqqOqRJ0wMQ8SCSY7iqEDcWIk62gLhRdSQSOJiz6M9xUNEs1SImWHj3lQan4Omnw3NTKaKRH7VLOFiYCOMaOuR1uZ/s1081/Illustration%20art%20001.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1081" data-original-width="887" height="643" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_C2X3T4z1nyxTJrydJLw5l-l-HfobYE_Xeq7wZMxQQ89Xt7XXPqcyXzA-cypGsrkEbe8iugFQkDsJRrb_ZOZxxIVj6BjP0XIDqqOqRJ0wMQ8SCSY7iqEDcWIk62gLhRdSQSOJiz6M9xUNEs1SImWHj3lQan4Omnw3NTKaKRH7VLOFiYCOMaOuR1uZ/w529-h643/Illustration%20art%20001.png" width="529" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">I think that school
just isn't for everyone. A lot of people don't learn well when they have to sit
in a place for eight hours. A lot of people learn best lying in their own bed,
teaching themselves from books.<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><i></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEyVcRJ6_lso8vIJdboPS0to0TkCplV2Rg4JKmtDNurcFeIb-v8Z5-lKD6c7sp5rfcMxFE-9TQn0QRacwm7ENobrG4P6lhjySS2kxsg-lLvX_Kg38ckOacnRQQbFPVfCXkiVhWAtXgD27c5oB84yIzHuICo0ct_dbspWgKiosr7Zgw8y6YvcUIMJFa/s221/Molly%20Crabapple%20Signature.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="44" data-original-width="221" height="31" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEyVcRJ6_lso8vIJdboPS0to0TkCplV2Rg4JKmtDNurcFeIb-v8Z5-lKD6c7sp5rfcMxFE-9TQn0QRacwm7ENobrG4P6lhjySS2kxsg-lLvX_Kg38ckOacnRQQbFPVfCXkiVhWAtXgD27c5oB84yIzHuICo0ct_dbspWgKiosr7Zgw8y6YvcUIMJFa/w154-h31/Molly%20Crabapple%20Signature.jpg" width="154" /></a></i></div><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></i><p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieXWJPr5g_2JmFvLmMrcuA2BrE5YDgyB9tQ4kgggOfpGx9hpGDP1MeWWC-bQ2X9EoQt9jqmo_BTo5FcePUNd-UnbX_7aE3aTr_3id2u-B3wWAxt9cwzhms8o4O_PJfCxvETdqGUPLfkf5i3uWAzBJ2aH9li0Ag8b6HxO591wFYlZHf3cdkR6zFgcEk/s3985/cat004.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3985" data-original-width="2909" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieXWJPr5g_2JmFvLmMrcuA2BrE5YDgyB9tQ4kgggOfpGx9hpGDP1MeWWC-bQ2X9EoQt9jqmo_BTo5FcePUNd-UnbX_7aE3aTr_3id2u-B3wWAxt9cwzhms8o4O_PJfCxvETdqGUPLfkf5i3uWAzBJ2aH9li0Ag8b6HxO591wFYlZHf3cdkR6zFgcEk/w155-h212/cat004.jpg" width="155" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><i>…and I was a bad student. I was a
brat. If I was a teacher, I would not have liked myself.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAkIj_kYuOhcfr4T_MEel_jOS71ZCWdTyjOFrOWaNagIE8DXcAqwZ_TpZyACPp-l55E-FEiUdzG4dSTMFltTNpe1hX8ZCJd87wTeyBRGao-UnPHJNekXxYio4shuWHGvywoqaP3FQH0PwPW2xRrVjxPTGxDVNWs1gQNtJhh_vzfbdWVA2juWTSNqhQ/s221/Molly%20Crabapple%20Signature.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="44" data-original-width="221" height="29" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAkIj_kYuOhcfr4T_MEel_jOS71ZCWdTyjOFrOWaNagIE8DXcAqwZ_TpZyACPp-l55E-FEiUdzG4dSTMFltTNpe1hX8ZCJd87wTeyBRGao-UnPHJNekXxYio4shuWHGvywoqaP3FQH0PwPW2xRrVjxPTGxDVNWs1gQNtJhh_vzfbdWVA2juWTSNqhQ/w147-h29/Molly%20Crabapple%20Signature.jpg" width="147" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i><p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Wives & Lovers<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOZOlmykBdW3IvRJKtvrIkt9mMkVXipvMHjCvhjtdmp67m1W4NA0S9PveilbtzvXQH87PLvQDOYIlAAQW_fM6CFBs8HQp8jbjpkxS-e3cOY4gEzsILWrCPfRsivFaLdijgBZHCV7FLaJphtRgslRhuyZiQtU54O52WtUsoeyPAFJgOVdcW-vP4r_HO/s1024/Photo_Olga%20Khokhlova_The-Story-of-Picasso%E2%80%99s-Women-4-1024x852.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="852" data-original-width="1024" height="351" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOZOlmykBdW3IvRJKtvrIkt9mMkVXipvMHjCvhjtdmp67m1W4NA0S9PveilbtzvXQH87PLvQDOYIlAAQW_fM6CFBs8HQp8jbjpkxS-e3cOY4gEzsILWrCPfRsivFaLdijgBZHCV7FLaJphtRgslRhuyZiQtU54O52WtUsoeyPAFJgOVdcW-vP4r_HO/w423-h351/Photo_Olga%20Khokhlova_The-Story-of-Picasso%E2%80%99s-Women-4-1024x852.jpg" title="Picasso & Olga" width="423" /></a></div><i><b> </b></i><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i> </i> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Picasso & Olga</span></span></b></div></blockquote></blockquote><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span><b>For over a century now </b>the name, art and legend of artist
Pablo Picasso has graced the world with his skill, innovation, persistence and
singular accomplishments. He is an artist seemingly without peer but he too was
certainly graced by peers and they were great ones. Chiefly among his fellows would be Henri
Matisse, Salvador Dali and to a somewhat lesser degree George Braque. Their works and honors have stood and stand
the test of time as well. Arguably; Picasso does better his peers on some
counts. Among these to consideration are
the sheer numbers of his lifetime
creative out-put, his mastery of multiple genre’s including ceramics,
sculpture, the poster, the collage and chiefly
the thousands of paintings he produced (primarily oil and gouache.) One other
thing of excellence and note for the immaculate Picasso was his acquisition of
his many wives, mistresses, and lovers. And not to forget the mistresses and
lovers that became wives. In ways he stands alone among his peers in this; his trysts,
affairs, seduction and sometimes marriages and divorces with women and not
always as a master of chivalry or particular honor.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjwTrpbsosqITgurBJFzZqVUxCOrX45-ziCoEqEdSKMkYpwxzMV0vT3COnZzfL5mbR5KnuojER8KEsR1LFFbX901vrsae9nT7pkRPjeL5HaHFmcaOXWzmUNEHfWwjPfP0upZ5hJnCZ-Zx4HJ4M4mp3NGHe4gwizdTubVv5bxXstxqEBMRXL5mwCP3T/s1024/2400508988_5f3b71d825_b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="771" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjwTrpbsosqITgurBJFzZqVUxCOrX45-ziCoEqEdSKMkYpwxzMV0vT3COnZzfL5mbR5KnuojER8KEsR1LFFbX901vrsae9nT7pkRPjeL5HaHFmcaOXWzmUNEHfWwjPfP0upZ5hJnCZ-Zx4HJ4M4mp3NGHe4gwizdTubVv5bxXstxqEBMRXL5mwCP3T/w224-h296/2400508988_5f3b71d825_b.jpg" width="224" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span>The women of Picasso include most notably Marie-Thérèse, Françoise
Gilot, Jacqueline Roque, Olga Khokhlova and Dora Maar. He loved these women,
married, competed with and often controlled them. He painted them as models and
adored them. Often the works reflected his emotions and love that sometimes
grew into scorn. The subsequent paints becoming monstrous often painful images.
The massively-egotistical Picasso even included his own penis in a portrait of Marie-Thérèse.
His art, especially his paintings were a diary for Picasso. He has been quoted
to have said: “Painting is a way of keeping a diary…” His thoughts, emotions,
politics and different life phases are vividly portrayed in his art and
artistry as record.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhruaiSlTcixH6OpcZ-9UZVfBun0U8pB6WXlNtTSWA-JwXna6ZmgD7PgZugbkmKiMiIHG039nSYtr1sgB2u0gfmVzJvqt27rT2tfiId1PhzY4TFWEVCbg35mdYJicX5zE9hpKXGpXwbi-Wdu9r90Pc9z_y82GMCSZ49xz8fu31Cw2DgPG1Sz0E9AXKJ/s320/3018944175_38601f9baa_n.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="239" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhruaiSlTcixH6OpcZ-9UZVfBun0U8pB6WXlNtTSWA-JwXna6ZmgD7PgZugbkmKiMiIHG039nSYtr1sgB2u0gfmVzJvqt27rT2tfiId1PhzY4TFWEVCbg35mdYJicX5zE9hpKXGpXwbi-Wdu9r90Pc9z_y82GMCSZ49xz8fu31Cw2DgPG1Sz0E9AXKJ/w205-h275/3018944175_38601f9baa_n.jpg" width="205" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil2MJAvSiroMfpvyWGZqYUldYN_xQBPhd-LwDUAUdSIy0QJ6XAMztVS8MHQWN3DfkP_B7rlipfpSahEUuumUTX8dNf6HfyEmLE1Lx5wfByXneO6veHhbifNxuYJKPWgX2SXSc29mRYcwOMF3KsjDVm5ZYKhfexf2HLJwP5-pWW6TFOt_p8ohZlOkrZ/s893/a93ab8ef69a5a892703d24a24d8c7610--picasso-drawing-picasso-art.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="893" data-original-width="736" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil2MJAvSiroMfpvyWGZqYUldYN_xQBPhd-LwDUAUdSIy0QJ6XAMztVS8MHQWN3DfkP_B7rlipfpSahEUuumUTX8dNf6HfyEmLE1Lx5wfByXneO6veHhbifNxuYJKPWgX2SXSc29mRYcwOMF3KsjDVm5ZYKhfexf2HLJwP5-pWW6TFOt_p8ohZlOkrZ/s320/a93ab8ef69a5a892703d24a24d8c7610--picasso-drawing-picasso-art.jpg" width="264" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ519zLC-EHCd6FdKCVtH7sA-b-wUyP_sah8NW0gFjGIle8nsy_DRper9UB4QqRtglSY7IJVuw_HEETcg29foXwwRRUgX1ip26mB0yqxPMZLVK9Szu34SJAAxKQfNAnkBD7rUbJGku7Zcxzzv5nPdqJjKyvMuQywZLtsv8xfBLqwQLqr7Puw318qTa/s1000/BlueNude.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ519zLC-EHCd6FdKCVtH7sA-b-wUyP_sah8NW0gFjGIle8nsy_DRper9UB4QqRtglSY7IJVuw_HEETcg29foXwwRRUgX1ip26mB0yqxPMZLVK9Szu34SJAAxKQfNAnkBD7rUbJGku7Zcxzzv5nPdqJjKyvMuQywZLtsv8xfBLqwQLqr7Puw318qTa/s320/BlueNude.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnpnaZt0GMOKn1VzDvU-ne1iOtk661sQIkWpxLaY44nbGxxwg1UEpUFah_IXDQlAdmNRpPR7uXhQV3IlCqZZvj5mbi34rokVwLgzu2yEhX2If_c00NbYZW7QFeNY0yQZdti9CTOSoBD3QAyYXWWKO5IMMBTs9sMpXBwq6wfxU2lwkiXwtvd5DXUIl2/s630/Olga_OIP%20(1).jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="474" height="590" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnpnaZt0GMOKn1VzDvU-ne1iOtk661sQIkWpxLaY44nbGxxwg1UEpUFah_IXDQlAdmNRpPR7uXhQV3IlCqZZvj5mbi34rokVwLgzu2yEhX2If_c00NbYZW7QFeNY0yQZdti9CTOSoBD3QAyYXWWKO5IMMBTs9sMpXBwq6wfxU2lwkiXwtvd5DXUIl2/w444-h590/Olga_OIP%20(1).jpg" width="444" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span>Gertrude Stein was another important woman in the life and
fortunes of Picasso. The wealthy writer and early patron of Modernism promoted
and wrote about him, always praising his talents and was an integral cog to his
acceptance among other art patrons while assisted his personal growth as an
artist.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWWg5GBq6ozc1ARQzNuf3j66bVnbHrERjmPSgn6uMfAQdz6FBINqz2p5eQIbbbxH3a7IEPPL18mMJ6OgMpygnzST9PDHmfcDmfTiEMlBs3WzkNrjeDRGk8F-dPHSlFBm04NnrqIhbxdIqcLci2QnLfF66N04fKRou0j-XvJyuY5ie42YqdLlcTa5JW/s1024/Photo_Dora%20Maar_The-Story-of-Picasso%E2%80%99s-Women-3-1024x751.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="751" data-original-width="1024" height="353" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWWg5GBq6ozc1ARQzNuf3j66bVnbHrERjmPSgn6uMfAQdz6FBINqz2p5eQIbbbxH3a7IEPPL18mMJ6OgMpygnzST9PDHmfcDmfTiEMlBs3WzkNrjeDRGk8F-dPHSlFBm04NnrqIhbxdIqcLci2QnLfF66N04fKRou0j-XvJyuY5ie42YqdLlcTa5JW/w481-h353/Photo_Dora%20Maar_The-Story-of-Picasso%E2%80%99s-Women-3-1024x751.jpg" title="Françoise Gilot" width="481" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">Dora Maar</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"> <i style="font-family: "Linux Libertine", Georgia, Times, serif; text-align: left;">Olga Khokhlova</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiya9k2Mo8wW_H77UegeJzzVoZZ4-GaE9CeFEUoGcKOr4nLOHvtJm6IwmuCVlyrzChL3-Df8AcqO8li0BENn0rLWWLb4t2oLAS8pkhe__QwXfA2VxhvIoy0uphf4-8rOaC-7oeF4yKnjXf_nSUKock30SXzvOn4jPMN1N3yFXQe8WzCPR4rWEanrGHx/s560/Photo_Jacqueline%20Roque_rsz_pablo-picasso-battle-empire-art-06.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="288" data-original-width="560" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiya9k2Mo8wW_H77UegeJzzVoZZ4-GaE9CeFEUoGcKOr4nLOHvtJm6IwmuCVlyrzChL3-Df8AcqO8li0BENn0rLWWLb4t2oLAS8pkhe__QwXfA2VxhvIoy0uphf4-8rOaC-7oeF4yKnjXf_nSUKock30SXzvOn4jPMN1N3yFXQe8WzCPR4rWEanrGHx/w419-h216/Photo_Jacqueline%20Roque_rsz_pablo-picasso-battle-empire-art-06.jpg" width="419" /></a></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"> </div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><i>Jacqueline Roque</i></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></blockquote><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span>Picasso also chose to depict women other than the
fore-mentioned (wives and Lovers) as different inspirations and subjects in his
works. Random runners racing on beaches, mothers and their children, various
nudes, dispossessed women along with acrobats and circus performers. Women were
as inspiring to Picasso as a favorite subject along with his Minotaur’s,
musicians and the frequent still life. </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUCGf1PdID6Aimz0y8sBXtC4VbkQYcKKO297Ubpa7vLHqbEnfSJPn-9C-AJFeftQvWivZJ9InQEM86Hgf2MY6HUKOzqD_qJa7nTlSnyphQnKc2dPe1Px9wKO0yCf0yvDwTo8G-74dEj3RcTBnXLnskCUYQQPO7DA0hN-YLICCdmNpXrXUSdeV0vR0E/s1000/Olga_4df4f97a1adc3cc42f8abb1d2279345b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="815" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUCGf1PdID6Aimz0y8sBXtC4VbkQYcKKO297Ubpa7vLHqbEnfSJPn-9C-AJFeftQvWivZJ9InQEM86Hgf2MY6HUKOzqD_qJa7nTlSnyphQnKc2dPe1Px9wKO0yCf0yvDwTo8G-74dEj3RcTBnXLnskCUYQQPO7DA0hN-YLICCdmNpXrXUSdeV0vR0E/w249-h305/Olga_4df4f97a1adc3cc42f8abb1d2279345b.jpg" width="249" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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paintings “What does it mean?” He responded “Madam; if I could have expressed
it with words there would have been no need to have painted it.”</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRA1LWqazrxox07FwtpIIS6zmg7ncTWSXO2nMZomREhnLnVWYf7SP4JdAcynxyUP1S5la2pqYABuvR9gzw2uRL1lsWTAJVzF_MMm2miD4ivEvq5Da3nu43ibhQr5s044uSdrL56sUnZ9T5os_yMb0lzrLFSaEKEzd3RZwACJl3Knpa1QDn-FwBhXx0/s1024/large%20bather%20with%20a%20book.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="767" height="551" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRA1LWqazrxox07FwtpIIS6zmg7ncTWSXO2nMZomREhnLnVWYf7SP4JdAcynxyUP1S5la2pqYABuvR9gzw2uRL1lsWTAJVzF_MMm2miD4ivEvq5Da3nu43ibhQr5s044uSdrL56sUnZ9T5os_yMb0lzrLFSaEKEzd3RZwACJl3Knpa1QDn-FwBhXx0/w413-h551/large%20bather%20with%20a%20book.jpg" width="413" /></a></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6X0U0Ifo1-t87PjBO-coA1pDwgxgcMSzBwOkT926Om18V7GvjJMWntNZbNGfzcMkE0HAe0Rj-pMjioP3nsHWKdnn974O8qC_KzhpcdiQ2QjIbqW1wEtVJG4EJEJujza06xU_Wc0a-XQJRzbzsCO1OKCY0pKdJrR83_o_9GhGg2j41RTACfD0F1KhO/s600/Picasso%20Drawing_woman-in-white-1923.jpg!Large.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="481" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6X0U0Ifo1-t87PjBO-coA1pDwgxgcMSzBwOkT926Om18V7GvjJMWntNZbNGfzcMkE0HAe0Rj-pMjioP3nsHWKdnn974O8qC_KzhpcdiQ2QjIbqW1wEtVJG4EJEJujza06xU_Wc0a-XQJRzbzsCO1OKCY0pKdJrR83_o_9GhGg2j41RTACfD0F1KhO/w200-h248/Picasso%20Drawing_woman-in-white-1923.jpg!Large.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span>An artist’s voice as expressed in the tone and content of
his work is the only true measure of the legacy and value of any said art. It
is ultimately the varied expressions and study of the works that have merit. Is
the work beautiful, meaningful, colorful, vibrant, moving, masterful or all of
the above? We make these assessments sometimes collectively but is only truly
important as we are affected individually and most importantly silently.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsfEI3Y0asfm1sArgcVxn62AmfIKy4TXcTRutMR6dPTGGAwTjKgd7Ek89qM9BwSqbNJtsiSZQ5vkwDcpciLRNfq7JigdumSevHKEY0a8Y2G6e8QjVdPf3kszeRDrS-gp07WmamVq5v_pm-TamFoynFe68EFhJ36_3qqPBOg13S4VKEXIaCBX3OUWHk/s2472/Young%20woman%20grooming%20in%20front%20of%20Picasso.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2472" data-original-width="1514" height="411" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsfEI3Y0asfm1sArgcVxn62AmfIKy4TXcTRutMR6dPTGGAwTjKgd7Ek89qM9BwSqbNJtsiSZQ5vkwDcpciLRNfq7JigdumSevHKEY0a8Y2G6e8QjVdPf3kszeRDrS-gp07WmamVq5v_pm-TamFoynFe68EFhJ36_3qqPBOg13S4VKEXIaCBX3OUWHk/w252-h411/Young%20woman%20grooming%20in%20front%20of%20Picasso.jpg" width="252" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>James Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11373279694875764071noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005204230589824036.post-51126053828615061422022-05-29T23:06:00.005-04:002022-08-20T11:59:03.988-04:00NEAL ADAMS...The Best There Ever Was...The Best There Will Ever Be.<p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfzGveSq3BWBKMQWZuWrRILtBDA2aBjdHSG4js7M7LBIshDvVtV4HWCxfIU9Rg36dg4SHXTKCEn4NPbuE5F7T0F1LgqeMwDQGEL5qiu-cR4o_4P_qBVjuTQxxvBkkXZhIHgep7Bmku_tUw6SCeA296cSbDBBF3LwIgPrXc6HhGVw_GSTAfY7Wk6cI_/s1594/Neal%20Adams%20Obit%20I.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="821" data-original-width="1594" height="355" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfzGveSq3BWBKMQWZuWrRILtBDA2aBjdHSG4js7M7LBIshDvVtV4HWCxfIU9Rg36dg4SHXTKCEn4NPbuE5F7T0F1LgqeMwDQGEL5qiu-cR4o_4P_qBVjuTQxxvBkkXZhIHgep7Bmku_tUw6SCeA296cSbDBBF3LwIgPrXc6HhGVw_GSTAfY7Wk6cI_/w688-h355/Neal%20Adams%20Obit%20I.jpg" width="688" /></a></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><i>From Archie to the</i></b>
Avengers, from Ben Casey to “The Brave & The Bold. ”He was to say; The
Natural. The Best there ever was…The Best there will ever be.”</span></p></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: times;"><b>Neal Adams 1941 - 2022</b></span></p></div></div></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXYWrMY6ZIJbtaPtQsrkrseQYOZSeGj0pj62MNFaoO61BzVto_ypUEE4akislxPR-pujo3kMv9D5adJKhmIR0jA4-IY8pL5mLyspWi1y3C7SOqVFuxiHeo8EfiohLG-dbn3AbQbGDX8Jvt1ngyLK87Q8k1LXMIAhyaroJg3lSwL-7yLBH8iIZTN6v3/s2416/Batman%20Artist%20Neal%20Adams%20Dies%20001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2416" data-original-width="1600" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXYWrMY6ZIJbtaPtQsrkrseQYOZSeGj0pj62MNFaoO61BzVto_ypUEE4akislxPR-pujo3kMv9D5adJKhmIR0jA4-IY8pL5mLyspWi1y3C7SOqVFuxiHeo8EfiohLG-dbn3AbQbGDX8Jvt1ngyLK87Q8k1LXMIAhyaroJg3lSwL-7yLBH8iIZTN6v3/w315-h476/Batman%20Artist%20Neal%20Adams%20Dies%20001.jpg" width="315" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>He was a
creative force of tireless energy.</b> That along with his mastery of drawing and artistic
innovation would cement his place in the history of the American Comic Book as
a true genius. The dialogue of what the form described and known by various names
including comic book / graphic novelization / sequential story-telling is (while in fact dating back to the dawn of humankind and civilization) has been altered from
Adam's time forward into the future by his countless contributions and
collaborations (chiefly with writer Denny O’Neil.) <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi01h_0dy9d8dRKhFlRiWnhZf7gL5-m4h2iC7lKnOUcxLiBdA47L578y6ULIz0m1ho1bE7ytJ9gbGM6FpaNS6sBxkAVfj5L8VB3YzavJkAYhz1WcofEpUfmo0ZZCdxb6qiTBMHlHeiGgUULb9PnmXp48JM2xBCSxwr-NmEyaT3TTU2W6CX-sUJKdHtS/s710/279194329_10160019461803530_7458640606036600194_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="686" data-original-width="710" height="365" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi01h_0dy9d8dRKhFlRiWnhZf7gL5-m4h2iC7lKnOUcxLiBdA47L578y6ULIz0m1ho1bE7ytJ9gbGM6FpaNS6sBxkAVfj5L8VB3YzavJkAYhz1WcofEpUfmo0ZZCdxb6qiTBMHlHeiGgUULb9PnmXp48JM2xBCSxwr-NmEyaT3TTU2W6CX-sUJKdHtS/w378-h365/279194329_10160019461803530_7458640606036600194_n.jpg" width="378" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQmEtQbWFqoTs0-ho0uL9hWoSaeNS23jS7iJinNAJBgGO9nnYOPWffwr7FuonIqjh3WeSl6kPgpFm2CY5pJR1VVTcJJlorgmhO12qDk5z16jpGYDKuI73JSayVlbwBX0WVp0g5mwkhxj8GsvJjM14X7tEsdljr_8GiEEwzOaGjXhv4OGzVgOa4LU_o/s3701/Neal%20Adams%20Artist%20at%20Work.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1994" data-original-width="3701" height="469" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQmEtQbWFqoTs0-ho0uL9hWoSaeNS23jS7iJinNAJBgGO9nnYOPWffwr7FuonIqjh3WeSl6kPgpFm2CY5pJR1VVTcJJlorgmhO12qDk5z16jpGYDKuI73JSayVlbwBX0WVp0g5mwkhxj8GsvJjM14X7tEsdljr_8GiEEwzOaGjXhv4OGzVgOa4LU_o/w872-h469/Neal%20Adams%20Artist%20at%20Work.jpg" width="872" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQmEtQbWFqoTs0-ho0uL9hWoSaeNS23jS7iJinNAJBgGO9nnYOPWffwr7FuonIqjh3WeSl6kPgpFm2CY5pJR1VVTcJJlorgmhO12qDk5z16jpGYDKuI73JSayVlbwBX0WVp0g5mwkhxj8GsvJjM14X7tEsdljr_8GiEEwzOaGjXhv4OGzVgOa4LU_o/s3701/Neal%20Adams%20Artist%20at%20Work.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNhk-EQrjAbtC0hpbYk3K26gV3qObD2FawLJkd-dr2ZawHksa_wLHLAZ0PKnkW8BQzQYszEktPdBn64by34gzK9GoBu7ImkYmBwHhuH9DltzGY15azjYKzpp3WyI2_86OsjcNWbCNfYC6251MDX394AM1h4_dDpHur1IhEShaFgYYxTkE9T_1TiHE9/s960/Video%20CONAN.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="637" data-original-width="960" height="363" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNhk-EQrjAbtC0hpbYk3K26gV3qObD2FawLJkd-dr2ZawHksa_wLHLAZ0PKnkW8BQzQYszEktPdBn64by34gzK9GoBu7ImkYmBwHhuH9DltzGY15azjYKzpp3WyI2_86OsjcNWbCNfYC6251MDX394AM1h4_dDpHur1IhEShaFgYYxTkE9T_1TiHE9/w549-h363/Video%20CONAN.jpg" width="549" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Neal
Adams was actually much more than a prominent voice of the social and racial injustices, changes
and turmoil of the Nineteen 60’s and 70’s within his chosen field; in his eminent way he was too a real life advocated for contemporary
creator’s rights, a lobbyist and a bare knuckles fighter of sorts for the community
of human kind. This was evident in along with a number of his creations and his
reaching out along with Harland Ellison, Gary Trudeau and others over his
lifetime to congress and world organizations and institutions. He fought for
the teenagers that birthed “Superman,” Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, for the
compensation and recognition they had been denied yet so richly deserved for
decades.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> He won. </span></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQUuiyrpwVwLPdAT5-6pxSu8-gxlPRYx8l3BI6S2ZD9Dk-YYfHxUvPxHxfMu3pOeh-pej-FCHhVWDavfR-A1_AGOdEchg_f0uyXPdYzdtDmliXcJ5-sf4TSXrbdAurdtwT94gd9vaCXFPMxa6qS5Hk4WtvxfpYbgO-6W6Bdr1HMo9dry1jLgA7N4Jl/s1410/Superman%20and%20Daughter%20at%20Gravesite%2003.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1410" data-original-width="960" height="650" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQUuiyrpwVwLPdAT5-6pxSu8-gxlPRYx8l3BI6S2ZD9Dk-YYfHxUvPxHxfMu3pOeh-pej-FCHhVWDavfR-A1_AGOdEchg_f0uyXPdYzdtDmliXcJ5-sf4TSXrbdAurdtwT94gd9vaCXFPMxa6qS5Hk4WtvxfpYbgO-6W6Bdr1HMo9dry1jLgA7N4Jl/w443-h650/Superman%20and%20Daughter%20at%20Gravesite%2003.jpg" width="443" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Holocaust
survivor, Dina Babbitt would become the beneficiary of Adam’s fight for the
return of her artwork that she used in bartering for the life and survival of her
mother and herself during the Nazi reign of terror. The Auschwitz-Birkenau
State Museum in Poland has recently returned said works to Ms. Babbitt. These
are only a small portion of the Adam’s body of resolutions and the righting of selected
cultural and historic failings.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmUw6ea1hMDq-f4BrTKBUmgT0-qhJZJ9H5tZhbatf6Iw-E1Zt2mXifYbjNx-MRI_iwhIWdfuHUYCDzGOAiCceCEbEq-AQF9LZPTjF79LmA-8gchBtCDodBFN9_CRmASeZxcHE1PxWfcpfftCUKnwxi0gQd71HZoJT9f_s2W65fcuQUZIceOLd0bWWX/s879/280241451_10166519536295048_1618106028111618052_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="879" data-original-width="677" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmUw6ea1hMDq-f4BrTKBUmgT0-qhJZJ9H5tZhbatf6Iw-E1Zt2mXifYbjNx-MRI_iwhIWdfuHUYCDzGOAiCceCEbEq-AQF9LZPTjF79LmA-8gchBtCDodBFN9_CRmASeZxcHE1PxWfcpfftCUKnwxi0gQd71HZoJT9f_s2W65fcuQUZIceOLd0bWWX/s320/280241451_10166519536295048_1618106028111618052_n.jpg" width="246" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <b> </b><i><span style="color: white; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: white; font-size: large;"><a href="https://jartistt-whynotablog.blogspot.com/2012/01/edgar-rice-burroughs-tarzan-covers.html"><span style="color: white;">More on Neal Adams @ Why Not: A Blog</span></a> </span> </i> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://jartistt-whynotablog.blogspot.com/2010/09/neal-adams-hes-back.html" style="clear: right; display: inline; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="445" data-original-width="477" height="135" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFkVo0i2z1jSbhBEe5ADgxp7h5n36K0F53DbKRe1ULk4ITtOag5H_IAb7SSNrNAJbbHFHsUS-wajtoxMW21q9tOaSiYgFRQbael-8CO_XaI1kGaRyFHwCzvr2ZvujVdeycZgGgRgfS5RZ95VGlVngAIPaZxOAyZgrlLCkUg5S6iT3WNBdjH6KJjn7K/w145-h135/0001%20Neal%20Adams%20HE'S%20BACK!!!.jpg" width="145" /></a></div><a href="https://jartistt-whynotablog.blogspot.com/2016/08/neal-adamsthe-art-of-comic-book-art.html " style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="643" data-original-width="420" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifN6Npmxq7BK-43CAYmQ2Gn0EQUbJUkR-N_DijjtQ59uD9ZAAqNC3URzmb_HBVLvZAWwFXFaqBsowWyU8KltHHJZlVjWuglQG66wGciKYPyskMwmK2_TZuD51ZSgsrVQLnHynln-ODAztLgI49LULft9MLT2MNKUwyFJQtpPNp2hsOlm8rPv4FQ0uQ/w121-h186/0001%20Neal%20Adams%20the%20Art%20of%20Comic%20Book%20Art.jpg" width="121" /><span style="color: white;"> </span></a></div></div><div><span style="color: white;"> </span></div><div><span style="color: white;"> </span></div><div><span style="color: white;"> <a href="https://jartistt-whynotablog.blogspot.com/2010/09/neal-adams-hes-back.html "> <span style="color: white;">Neal Adams HE'S BACK!!!</span></a></span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://jartistt-whynotablog.blogspot.com/2016/08/neal-adamsthe-art-of-comic-book-art.html "><span style="color: white;">The Art of Comic Book Art</span></a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Sadly; Neal
Adams passed on April 28<sup>th</sup> from complications of Sepsis, a type of
blood poisoning. Adams was a man as legendary as the characters he created,
developed and voiced within his visual stories. </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; text-align: left;">He was one
with no legitimate rivals while possessing legions of admirers, supporters and
friends. </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; text-align: left;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-kGqnwsN48cy58P0b0bMZIBe2lB92UoVP1feIvY24b_GAPnNOb6XaJMl3o3vlIB2Iz_eQtvs3_L0X3xSmd3c883mnIWPKl1OvLXA4jZ1SPTGsT4yfwLWtLTk63FbS4X4cmPLhCLxw3om_OK9mD1G0ON_LoF1pf_RKYrSmLNY90ywTiVl_CjKQROJC/s771/Video%20%20VI.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="324" data-original-width="771" height="134" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-kGqnwsN48cy58P0b0bMZIBe2lB92UoVP1feIvY24b_GAPnNOb6XaJMl3o3vlIB2Iz_eQtvs3_L0X3xSmd3c883mnIWPKl1OvLXA4jZ1SPTGsT4yfwLWtLTk63FbS4X4cmPLhCLxw3om_OK9mD1G0ON_LoF1pf_RKYrSmLNY90ywTiVl_CjKQROJC/s320/Video%20%20VI.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Adams 1987 Interview</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Harlan Ellison Intro.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span><a name='more'></a></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS3tJdTK8_Uw_mw6TrF3Um67olg2uYPpQlOwYfGKUAks2eq_i4Kr5WPXZmtQBLk-uRdNPAremsLgWAxokPiw57e8tXTNSLXUdGj-WiOGglF0jE9uNY0KgA8gR2zSJtZkeIXIzv59rTbQw9k1cHAqY2ld-yr5x9sAz5WTtCRs4LuULtoYsn_K5_sxpO/s426/Final%20Portrait.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="426" data-original-width="283" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS3tJdTK8_Uw_mw6TrF3Um67olg2uYPpQlOwYfGKUAks2eq_i4Kr5WPXZmtQBLk-uRdNPAremsLgWAxokPiw57e8tXTNSLXUdGj-WiOGglF0jE9uNY0KgA8gR2zSJtZkeIXIzv59rTbQw9k1cHAqY2ld-yr5x9sAz5WTtCRs4LuULtoYsn_K5_sxpO/w166-h249/Final%20Portrait.jpg" width="166" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Art,
invention, inspiration were among your talents and some would rightly say
powers…you will be missed Neal Adams…</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">RIP Sir.</span></div><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div>James Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11373279694875764071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005204230589824036.post-4495374522997267692022-02-06T10:55:00.011-05:002022-02-06T11:45:39.438-05:00"Ain't Burned All The Bright"<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEieRO26vNXtloHjjfDYmLZrFk0rCjkX5bI_dhQtlY7Y5XEUhCovySSJ6YX3OYpKh_DR4TZik66mdlkcGgt5feGfx4Wx1XFc2tiozV16qea5_nQKnjG8YopDo7b_Re0qlXfe7z8DipLXudYEi5Bl01bAQslIGnh93VDnNHDwx3X3g1mHBxUm5TeTCdTd=s480" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="480" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEieRO26vNXtloHjjfDYmLZrFk0rCjkX5bI_dhQtlY7Y5XEUhCovySSJ6YX3OYpKh_DR4TZik66mdlkcGgt5feGfx4Wx1XFc2tiozV16qea5_nQKnjG8YopDo7b_Re0qlXfe7z8DipLXudYEi5Bl01bAQslIGnh93VDnNHDwx3X3g1mHBxUm5TeTCdTd=w314-h314" width="314" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><i>Twenty Twenty was not an easy year to love…</i></b>but it was
pivotal. A year marred with the threat, shut-downs and reality of Covid-19, the
particular murder of one George Floyd and the storming of the US Capitol in an
attempted Coup d'état to name a few dilemmas.
Anxiety was hallmark and in many way no real end in sight of the near
future. A newly released young adult
fiction “<u>Ain’t Burned All The Bright</u>”
attempts to give it a different texture, tone and perspective. It is the seminal
words of Jason Reynolds and groundbreaking pictures of Jason Griffin that succeeds
in unusual and excellent form. It is
much, much more than good. It thrives and refreshes in a grand fashion.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjFbCIP2PcIuyqzGSw-e9glhtmUXWe7V5qn_TnKorTrOOwV4uHsqjvSyvjkHd1c_C_K72EiNpIGySgTNi9YXfBKXbejIgDhsP0R8vZb1Ik0zsH22Emynok82sT2OfG3CKXxW9NbXVVIb43QWzfdgpdbsWnOOpxeNKntTx4b2ejKIL_LULxtLgsxZTLx=s2012" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1400" data-original-width="2012" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjFbCIP2PcIuyqzGSw-e9glhtmUXWe7V5qn_TnKorTrOOwV4uHsqjvSyvjkHd1c_C_K72EiNpIGySgTNi9YXfBKXbejIgDhsP0R8vZb1Ik0zsH22Emynok82sT2OfG3CKXxW9NbXVVIb43QWzfdgpdbsWnOOpxeNKntTx4b2ejKIL_LULxtLgsxZTLx=w522-h364" width="522" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal">The book is in many ways an attempt at understanding events
that we try to come to terms and understanding of within ourselves and through
the media. Their obsessive fascination with the horrors of contemporary life
along with our own as viewed within our households and with our families. The words and images of <i><u>“Ain’t Burned All The Bright”</u></i> flow in a clarity much like
the drum beat of a Jack DeJohnette solo using just snare and a single cymbal.
Steady, rhythmic and consistent with the occasional perfectly placed
accent. This flow while steady and paced
is one of focused interest and a delight in it’s unfolding narration.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></p></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgY2dhjhbHHFAFjUYWGYYR3LiJzQCIL-b3NfU2QkuiJj5APnK7AfKn0PZZcUPTDxlcn0aIVfN_2voNyyqHdWiZJ3Y97aUqZHkzV9cX-LVE6epszjgSHD4YaEpkJ7bJFd3k-zlC4DzasOvbn9TKHbBM5EG-x6_1ax6OVcMbpYceQn5qt61oEdAd7PlYU=s1866" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1400" data-original-width="1866" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgY2dhjhbHHFAFjUYWGYYR3LiJzQCIL-b3NfU2QkuiJj5APnK7AfKn0PZZcUPTDxlcn0aIVfN_2voNyyqHdWiZJ3Y97aUqZHkzV9cX-LVE6epszjgSHD4YaEpkJ7bJFd3k-zlC4DzasOvbn9TKHbBM5EG-x6_1ax6OVcMbpYceQn5qt61oEdAd7PlYU=w288-h216" width="288" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"><div>And I'm sitting here wondering why my mother wont chance the channel</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgWGMXdo_2X-ejai6MDC099c5tyKKQFJ9zjw70PBPuysg2PwCtEBGRPwBLp5Kpuqy1mpxqGKki1BI_uap49_PC289wr1yso4bYySj2CgZqSP1RXp_K-NQjH2RK4LHYMq7mI7qp9uUOSdg0JDxk5rGYOOx3BoKYMzL2S9sUMqtBRWDWOuGXBO-m2sCM-=s1858" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1070" data-original-width="1858" height="124" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgWGMXdo_2X-ejai6MDC099c5tyKKQFJ9zjw70PBPuysg2PwCtEBGRPwBLp5Kpuqy1mpxqGKki1BI_uap49_PC289wr1yso4bYySj2CgZqSP1RXp_K-NQjH2RK4LHYMq7mI7qp9uUOSdg0JDxk5rGYOOx3BoKYMzL2S9sUMqtBRWDWOuGXBO-m2sCM-=w215-h124" width="215" /></a></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: x-large; text-align: left;">and why the news won't change the story and why the story won't change into something new</span></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span> </div></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjeyWlSFMrtu6YnmYNsiy7GI6ZxFiYL7ys7YFmq3aBxil4-InbW2jVV1uZ5S10xAH_U6SIQvfNEXOd6jUu4biAqP-LJXIMtW1xVlN61Yx3J0cRwmK5v1n-4BKg5EI635hcBNvrgXSU5mzX_U1lC1eWL3Dlob8iP3s85mhvrtBpBznHZMxCPD0ok9pVr=s1866" style="clear: left; display: inline; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1400" data-original-width="1866" height="385" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjeyWlSFMrtu6YnmYNsiy7GI6ZxFiYL7ys7YFmq3aBxil4-InbW2jVV1uZ5S10xAH_U6SIQvfNEXOd6jUu4biAqP-LJXIMtW1xVlN61Yx3J0cRwmK5v1n-4BKg5EI635hcBNvrgXSU5mzX_U1lC1eWL3Dlob8iP3s85mhvrtBpBznHZMxCPD0ok9pVr=w513-h385" width="513" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgWIOwLk-xhB507cYeSqLwlyBuB9ulYUI-eVhMIZqosiIn3Yzl1ST3IH0wq9tkNExxMm9cDt28VL8s1Nc_qlSC6vZ-MWwucYeCdUcgtfZNBesgflZirlMpC4eK24rTO64HiDr_VVWiRFO9Og77t5G5xLYpEGjREB0tBkiIW_OSsKdQNGcv7TplnoGsu=s1866" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1400" data-original-width="1866" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgWIOwLk-xhB507cYeSqLwlyBuB9ulYUI-eVhMIZqosiIn3Yzl1ST3IH0wq9tkNExxMm9cDt28VL8s1Nc_qlSC6vZ-MWwucYeCdUcgtfZNBesgflZirlMpC4eK24rTO64HiDr_VVWiRFO9Og77t5G5xLYpEGjREB0tBkiIW_OSsKdQNGcv7TplnoGsu=w328-h246" width="328" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">or the way we treat the world</span></div><p><br /></p><p> </p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">or the way we treat each other</span></div></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjMmObBr0uBxG_9XyTCUXbeHXdaImOgYHmcbTkR2_BVBBeas-NKdV07d4kFECeRHJY3GUghg4TQWwOM-hS13BloRuibqt7RegXwT7lCinkbLndtGLSunw2V1AR_WZ3pyi7CQoFgKyl5Jjdllr7DreENRT5Nmy_1VbL3TFemTwau_G50mdZosl0O9kG_=s1866" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1400" data-original-width="1866" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjMmObBr0uBxG_9XyTCUXbeHXdaImOgYHmcbTkR2_BVBBeas-NKdV07d4kFECeRHJY3GUghg4TQWwOM-hS13BloRuibqt7RegXwT7lCinkbLndtGLSunw2V1AR_WZ3pyi7CQoFgKyl5Jjdllr7DreENRT5Nmy_1VbL3TFemTwau_G50mdZosl0O9kG_=w580-h436" width="580" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><p class="MsoNormal">“<u>Ain’t Burned All The Bright</u>” is from the collective
efforts of two of today’s brightest young stars. They have individually and
collectively received much praise, commissions, accolades and successes
including; New York Times Best Sellers, NAACP Image Awards, residencies and
world-wide exhibitions. </p><p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="text-align: left;"> </span></p></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhv4N0ur1H6Z5xWbFyMdUdHMC0_F4ovjHtsYSrbvUePrMdKy7Unv2lcDAR_Dal4-1WduAnjR_nPqTRT7xIXJvfNDNxOAELPU0jMVkPQnz0N-JJGODQUSAidfL_ufIRkNHf6RJLb3TljJ0lsPGwgFE4VhStpBSDfJl7eagDqJON7CbcB-gXE_JX6lQ6u=s1866" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1400" data-original-width="1866" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhv4N0ur1H6Z5xWbFyMdUdHMC0_F4ovjHtsYSrbvUePrMdKy7Unv2lcDAR_Dal4-1WduAnjR_nPqTRT7xIXJvfNDNxOAELPU0jMVkPQnz0N-JJGODQUSAidfL_ufIRkNHf6RJLb3TljJ0lsPGwgFE4VhStpBSDfJl7eagDqJON7CbcB-gXE_JX6lQ6u=w562-h422" width="562" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhv4N0ur1H6Z5xWbFyMdUdHMC0_F4ovjHtsYSrbvUePrMdKy7Unv2lcDAR_Dal4-1WduAnjR_nPqTRT7xIXJvfNDNxOAELPU0jMVkPQnz0N-JJGODQUSAidfL_ufIRkNHf6RJLb3TljJ0lsPGwgFE4VhStpBSDfJl7eagDqJON7CbcB-gXE_JX6lQ6u=s1866" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></a></div><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="text-align: center;"> </span>The two Jason’s met and bonded while in college and since have
become brothers in creativity and spirit. They have collaborated once before on
another young adult novel. It has been very well received effort; “<u>My Name
Is Jason Mine Too.”</u> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi0LVWqXQzBEm__GoMKhX3cuFZjQoGkTmXUcXvevH5pYXY-miElGyiCFmkITkO3lZHZnOZUFsB4OhOHjsSRI1MaNuYN29dD-vZcfepOmtQ8fkOQBdTdUDZbX-7IzhNiBATv7Rx-A0dD8Cje_gUPfgbZ059_W665p-ebVJBpOi_PtbpTZyAgBXzC4z41=s3318" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1400" data-original-width="3318" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi0LVWqXQzBEm__GoMKhX3cuFZjQoGkTmXUcXvevH5pYXY-miElGyiCFmkITkO3lZHZnOZUFsB4OhOHjsSRI1MaNuYN29dD-vZcfepOmtQ8fkOQBdTdUDZbX-7IzhNiBATv7Rx-A0dD8Cje_gUPfgbZ059_W665p-ebVJBpOi_PtbpTZyAgBXzC4z41=w634-h267" width="634" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">We can; at this point, hope to see more collaborations and successes between and for the remarkable two Jasons.</span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEif5bIrEEQWtITkbTxUV0M-NkZginTtIJ2sOkqJxXeCKKPyhorQ-y_HlS364yWLttl5ZY9cdPmn9f78b3FhykV2FJx-g-dATGtdv9_YXuWek-YrqNm9DXFHihxAmFER1dKPcOi2rXC7gMEFUDiM0ablmoyUnFjjf2IAhvYaU5pNz4lbBbUHMe5Ny_3f=s855" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='247' height='205' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwe71Gvr6iX1Z4OOy2VLUz2Wd7AYmhDHXXn24E5p1IhGyTcacCVEzR7UC3fQZExDZ-As-UASviHMMGXpp0Ucg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div><br /></div><br /><div><span style="text-align: center;"> Jason Reynolds & </span><span style="text-align: center;">Jason Griffin </span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><i style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #00ffe1;"> </span><span style="color: #00fbff;"><a href="http://jasonwritesbooks.com">jasonwritesbooks.com</a></span></i><span style="color: #00ffd9; text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="color: #00ffd0; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.jasondouglasgriffin.com/"> <i>jasondouglasgriffin.com</i></a></span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhKhx0yH_fOs7ttnbG76Z9v6UOQq6RIk6lvzlYvLTKDwmLfy5IfhfPx04-dsfWLANnhXa8UwMcgJG9iJ6BHOPGSnw4-FzjegzxfiX6gqzg3H4TC3mE4-F7qx0UhGe9LQdqyE_D9fUVD4wDiVk88hq-19BM6kDYvSefIRUj5mRDxD-ashb00d460R4Bd=s2080" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1399" data-original-width="2080" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhKhx0yH_fOs7ttnbG76Z9v6UOQq6RIk6lvzlYvLTKDwmLfy5IfhfPx04-dsfWLANnhXa8UwMcgJG9iJ6BHOPGSnw4-FzjegzxfiX6gqzg3H4TC3mE4-F7qx0UhGe9LQdqyE_D9fUVD4wDiVk88hq-19BM6kDYvSefIRUj5mRDxD-ashb00d460R4Bd=w509-h342" width="509" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>James Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11373279694875764071noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005204230589824036.post-64222978140406300702022-01-03T10:28:00.118-05:002022-01-03T16:36:48.698-05:00 Mike Mignola "The Quarantine Sketchbook"<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Mignola has been a mainstay and luminary</b><span style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"> </span><span style="text-align: left;">in the world of story illustration
particularly comic books and graphic novels for a multitude of years. He is
unique in style, popularity and “rock solid.” With the rest of the nation and
world he has experienced the Covid 19 lock downs and quarantines with a true resilience.
His personal story within our shared (2020) isolation dilemma has become one of
dedication to creativity, craft and what appears to have been also fun and a
discovery of sorts.</span></div><p></p><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh95p-eavVOGLT_PDGnUo5XDV7COBcvFuFbxGhQLA9XZu2aRthCHnoExPecQcxgGCle2o0CFDNffTfrW0OMhh4GmXy9h2kmBgGxyJTz60DvLRFOJnoC2X7dX99QgB8emtsnJ2QdjcOAZhroJe42a4zENK9pqCm4viTx2aM6Q-pQO_Ug49nE5yiJF1Ex=s1239" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1081" data-original-width="1239" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh95p-eavVOGLT_PDGnUo5XDV7COBcvFuFbxGhQLA9XZu2aRthCHnoExPecQcxgGCle2o0CFDNffTfrW0OMhh4GmXy9h2kmBgGxyJTz60DvLRFOJnoC2X7dX99QgB8emtsnJ2QdjcOAZhroJe42a4zENK9pqCm4viTx2aM6Q-pQO_Ug49nE5yiJF1Ex=w278-h242" width="278" /></a></div><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="line-height: 115%;"><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Mignola
spent much of his time and efforts during quarantine doing what began in
childhood for the many and certainly for the most accomplished artists;
sketching. The drawings from the many months were done for his own amusement
and later he started sharing on line with his fans and followers. This led to their
submissions of ideas for more sketches and experimentation. Going beyond what
might have been a light-hearted frolic to the said drawings becoming donations
for many charitable causes resulting in auctions.</div></span><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjEb-RfGWpNE-B9nAisvydwht_BXA6k-vLY4U2lz4KwqF_6zMt65Gh3IuHow_0RedniSIIniVsXPeGaF3ezM_X-cd_t8PmbVqTshGzyERz7OqogyF66c2jjruKS-OQqMXvQ_KOM8U8dFx9u5_RW3mtjPD_hvokF4xTjNQWkSTGUS3rGJh_5JIJo7qea=s1413" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1413" data-original-width="1344" height="349" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjEb-RfGWpNE-B9nAisvydwht_BXA6k-vLY4U2lz4KwqF_6zMt65Gh3IuHow_0RedniSIIniVsXPeGaF3ezM_X-cd_t8PmbVqTshGzyERz7OqogyF66c2jjruKS-OQqMXvQ_KOM8U8dFx9u5_RW3mtjPD_hvokF4xTjNQWkSTGUS3rGJh_5JIJo7qea=w332-h349" width="332" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhjgI9G6Yln1rYoskgEpT7MHNeeEpLlfbR6ytmO54BNWw821Jrj9ACmlh-aj_jzSQaH2ilNb-sx9sXWvP6AMXpjQw5M6nfYl_o7oFmDRHKxs8VgW1_ok-GO-3NEZJVMuwR07COebcBbRNY9HnzXL_cyqREBcsI4RLMS2cIZhCKHJdTS3CCgH8UGOf5U=s1917" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1917" data-original-width="1422" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhjgI9G6Yln1rYoskgEpT7MHNeeEpLlfbR6ytmO54BNWw821Jrj9ACmlh-aj_jzSQaH2ilNb-sx9sXWvP6AMXpjQw5M6nfYl_o7oFmDRHKxs8VgW1_ok-GO-3NEZJVMuwR07COebcBbRNY9HnzXL_cyqREBcsI4RLMS2cIZhCKHJdTS3CCgH8UGOf5U=s320" width="237" /></a></div><br /><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="Calibri, "sans-serif"" style="line-height: 115%;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;">The
resulting images from those multitudes of hours is available now in book form
(released last year) “The Quarantine Sketch Book.” It is a delightfully misanthropic collection
of monsters, absurdities and abundant curiosities. Each drawing bathed in a perfection
of light and shadow enhancing a remarkable mastery of form.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Continuing
here are more sketches from the volume and other drawings from Mignola for this
blogs viewers. As reflecting with Mile’s original intention “Have Fun” with
this page!<span style="font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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information and a more detailed look at the career of “The Magnificent” Mike
Mignola follow this link:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Mignola"><span style="color: #cfe2f3;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Mignola</span></span></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://jartistt-whynotablog.blogspot.com/search?q=what+the+hellboy" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="829" data-original-width="630" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi8eAZqnrYpHtftAETAy4vTF3XiI21Ad66yaYqwRGHIHZZWVfa5PFVeDQ93xmGt_wSLjLWutrWuEo-17pk7T7_qIdmrpG8pRylqvoOzt1kqgIyPluJ2Z5T3noxa716WyFnqO-JoRzcrnFLZ3oOFRd748kuukRp-xbDcVegs6Z374rpcuHXNWZoxsPiw=w205-h270" width="205" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />James Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11373279694875764071noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005204230589824036.post-21095595282298279612021-12-22T11:54:00.005-05:002021-12-22T12:11:57.110-05:00"It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year"<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXl5YQ0sfKc&list=RD5pI-gtDY5jA&index=12" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="285" data-original-width="660" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhlCY-GvI23-O1dq0t940qI-g3VZhAU5gj-oDcnO8-nKBQQyBifj7gN4MHNgKA-p2u7eE7-B0RpBFEMmORrYt8An8ivGsjfGaOVWPiVhmgyv0UxPrXm71AGqMunm-4ZKGlb_eZL2rQEy1sclVo07kOx9BCxwtEnJg2NH4zU44eWsJybRLv-mQCgZxhU=w469-h202" width="469" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><b><i>It was the
Christmas and TV Winter Season of Nineteen Hundred & Ninety Three </i></b><span>that the
program “David Foster’s Christmas Carol” aired on NBC. The program was
something I totally embraced and appreciated at the outset of the original
airing. The fact that it was producer David Foster’s event; responsible for
many of the most popular songs from the nineteen eighties and nineties gave
reason enough for me to want to see what was being offered on that lustrous December
night. It was in a word “Wonderful!” It was also lively, reverent and a pure
joy. </span></span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTrCepaqffY&list=RD5pI-gtDY5jA&index=14" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="124" data-original-width="141" height="40" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiavWct2Gscdgh6BYnnLWWn_CzywXswkZ6BDv4IjRc4eknovIO4zrKmzut5I5Q64qyeZI-DofxGEsGW68eFS45M-Lr-wy59bsqiyxGYIHBw49YcxF6hZvArlyRFt_avVbiUHnxQj1QfEm1gqNWGu4VX5e0NVAnTeEkKhcjVVDVk8o7d5smerNQNduN5=w45-h40" width="45" /></a></div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxdr1d2NoSw&list=RD5pI-gtDY5jA&index=5" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="124" data-original-width="141" height="50" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh7CLDUna-rrSy2zEr2mSSCXmoozndDXI0R913iRetjohVs1f2GHvRLBUwntu3xk8xgs-kca9_nAbg-GS5spPmTAiV-lZfMtxphFFlEVPqXY0jQyoQkpq1P8_hMHTkZpjQaVFVE_f0Abu9EBipUM932Ef4-Jt1BEydmCuP4C9WSjVzQRbvLgiRBxU89=w57-h50" width="57" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pI-gtDY5jA&list=RD5pI-gtDY5jA&start_radio=1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="552" data-original-width="908" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi5KQzXCOclkvat3N1AM93O8bpDWgvGRrTXNmaHldSWrfMyllINhDwHXVNjYGCTUUJD6NTEG_u6lY0upAxE-3CjizjSdjfq-BeB-Q8TLMAiPv8vgYcXAIRS7xWQ-Dcrj2h6A0vojG7u_eD9MsTpI_l6dZe4eZllPCNBBzN390-pM18p-pqT3Ew836-8=w481-h293" width="481" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span><b>Johnny
Mathis </b>appearing was also a real draw for me as listener and viewer. He was and
remains a Christmas staple for myself and my family. He is at the center of
what might be called our “Christmas Sound Track” and the background music for many
of our personal at home events.</span></span><span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> <o:p></o:p></span>His segment
“It’s The Most Wonderful Time of the Year” is much like I would imagine as being
the perfect holiday gathering; family, friends, associates and the incredible
voicings of the Great Mr. Mathis! I’m featuring his segment as this blog’s
title and prominently featured opening.</span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwRtvMJhIstVmgxB85Dzy4Cu0aV5PNYg4pWA9_AGVCCWMtKp5ULpxMJHtHkFO-4ArpmXxaNZzC0efnvUkkJkw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div><br /></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Johnny Mathis / David Foster:</span></b><span style="font-size: medium;"> <i>"It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year!"</i> </span></div></b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span>There were
many others of the music world’s top performers show cased here from the TV
special as well: Celine Dion, Tom Jones, Peabo Bryson, Roberta Flack, Vanessa Williams and
Wynonna. Their brilliant, inspired and luminous contributions are just below
(just click on the photos) then see and hear the videos of several of the all-star cast…all Great and Well Received!</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJF-f03bYeU&list=PLjJKoNem5THtZwn4_ve9gZLYeN9xKtsp7&index=8 "><img border="0" data-original-height="411" data-original-width="949" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg7IwvI2vx7c0ZN1vyUkNGwhu8JtH7LP9t2yAk6jURxzAXkGe6bNDpdCtqkbEeBij4qHxduLalQcOvl2Z_EA3qSDTnuGih91Q65VLqAVfDb-WrkibEwBT-0mQnMPBusgGlWlJLw2fIT7TTdM0UDDGNVhb9n5N8caGXOW9G3ymsxswo2wCDOIVe9UH3U=w465-h202" width="465" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJF-f03bYeU&list=PLjJKoNem5THtZwn4_ve9gZLYeN9xKtsp7&index=8 ">David Foster & Celine Dion</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJF-f03bYeU&list=PLjJKoNem5THtZwn4_ve9gZLYeN9xKtsp7&index=8 "><span style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em;"></span></a></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWlDJH6BHe8 "><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="600" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj0l9KcAAeCFZ9AdVO3xJXDqBBPZZR7nwlNGY-IXe_tURDaf4nbX3BQAlkbBU0uwUuskTEBsqb5y3hkFHdQLZvLKV68dA7ulcuOgN9PhUvSvppC2ZAlU8esJzOn0iWfI9TXGC6iyw7PlIBrC1o8kJF7nodcOPYTNpodYXBvSoYB4KnmFrwW4gPGWnhO=s320" width="320" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWlDJH6BHe8 "><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">Tom Jones</span></a></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G45ktb9JiBs&list=PLjJKoNem5THtZwn4_ve9gZLYeN9xKtsp7&index=7 "><img border="0" data-original-height="1082" data-original-width="1298" height="419" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhkcN5fl7vGUox2KRw5YyYbbqQIw1jGJaXxfqzRsPrUBwvehgmIMrd6lO_iJFXfs6IyO0Xvhb5LZGKC8Pm7aJmY2jlrDSbB8_lnd2BIlbr8D_qxYQq6Eg_-5bSbWL1Su1Sw7JfNP-Z2hV8gumEqA35FRsAgL9Pd6FSDsn20bkE5tsm3OEfp6M_b4R4V=w502-h419" width="502" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G45ktb9JiBs&list=PLjJKoNem5THtZwn4_ve9gZLYeN9xKtsp7&index=7 "><br />Vanessa Williams</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxFN-6j-Ibs&list=PLjJKoNem5THtZwn4_ve9gZLYeN9xKtsp7&index=6 "><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="625" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiZXm2tcmxAV4yGDJbem4E85AB-tFv62b7NbtFb7L3bOfpZtCgpQmXlRUhYROJpBsQGuNY98w3gWo4Oc_D2GomjmfOabXtfAEIS2QHrw1utojsaTP0zI4Fga4WagD2tV97wI9lAX7C4Yw7OSPsaPzC_ULxkk1SVL_ctcXhsVFwnJL5EAixbRn0a-w93=w431-h295" width="431" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxFN-6j-Ibs&list=PLjJKoNem5THtZwn4_ve9gZLYeN9xKtsp7&index=6 "><br />Wynonna</a><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvHAkxm0Su4 " style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="701" data-original-width="526" height="507" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhYVpRmHFFvziZqFp559ITQcCk5dGW2yArcokPgSlrCAQxbxGN6GfO3I3Tv7sEkCqdFzjvq2AbyqC35AuN5UtC6AlMiuy90wG-o4UwNrc-2Oc8UUDB4KFr62qRdfxrtohQpjO29KZbNdRpuD-WDGY9Awgr-uLdg14EoyfAvTV2bn91yGDh80hqxmwzx=w240-h507" width="240" /></a></div><br /></i></b><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;"> <i> Do Enjoy and Have a <o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 24pt; line-height: 115%;"><i><b>Merry, Merry Christmas! </b></i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 24pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 24pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div>James Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11373279694875764071noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005204230589824036.post-49123148639185125402021-12-01T20:25:00.001-05:002021-12-01T20:25:32.456-05:00Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas!<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Christmas is upon us once again...my wish is that you </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">"Have the <b><i>Merriest</i></b> and <b><i>Best</i></b> you have ever had."</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zORy49PuR8A/YaJVKRPHCQI/AAAAAAAALUE/rz4rTDHyF9Y20qyRsPFMewH9fYIRfcMpwCLcBGAsYHQ/s491/FB_IMG_1563743842389.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="491" data-original-width="480" height="366" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zORy49PuR8A/YaJVKRPHCQI/AAAAAAAALUE/rz4rTDHyF9Y20qyRsPFMewH9fYIRfcMpwCLcBGAsYHQ/w358-h366/FB_IMG_1563743842389.jpg" width="358" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />James Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11373279694875764071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005204230589824036.post-9243662389319409482021-10-27T20:31:00.005-04:002022-01-03T09:36:23.846-05:00Kehinde Wiley's Rumors of War<p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nRAblDQ2EwA/YWxbBcd2ReI/AAAAAAAALNM/pAkHlFyfgQQAzqdufnuZPRR347l91CpFACLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/WileyHeader.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="620" data-original-width="1200" height="217" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nRAblDQ2EwA/YWxbBcd2ReI/AAAAAAAALNM/pAkHlFyfgQQAzqdufnuZPRR347l91CpFACLcBGAsYHQ/w422-h217/WileyHeader.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><b>It was something of a particularly beautiful and sunny Saturday
morning </b>quickly evolving into an afternoon. My granddaughter and I were on a
side trip to the state capitol, Richmond to visit the Virginia Museum of Fine Art
(VMFA.) A work by art by a renowned contemporary artist had taken up residence
at the museum and we were anxious to view it in the flesh. <div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wHFt4yhxszE/YXNianvzXUI/AAAAAAAALP4/G25JIfI3T2ExTa391TJjh02TKNjmh4jRACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/New%2BYork%2BUnveiling_71842785_2944116988966527_5130348884727431168_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="350" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wHFt4yhxszE/YXNianvzXUI/AAAAAAAALP4/G25JIfI3T2ExTa391TJjh02TKNjmh4jRACLcBGAsYHQ/w526-h350/New%2BYork%2BUnveiling_71842785_2944116988966527_5130348884727431168_n.jpg" width="526" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal">As we came within blocks of the museum we passed an empty twenty
foot tall defaced pedestal covered with graphitti and markings both offensive and
profound. The original inscription although very much in tack and still legible;
Stone Wall Jackson. General Jackson was so nick-named with it’s meaning being
the man, like a stone wall was immovable. Apparently this wasn’t altogether
true…the appearance to me was that the confederate general had move out because
his neighborhood had become intolerable due to the arrival of the new resident
to the area at the VMFA just within the next block. Kehinde Wiley’s magnificent
work “Rumors of War” features a young modern African-American man astride a
rearing war horse in his most regal ripped jeans, Nikes and dread locked hair
had invaded the neighborhood. Now existing as a permanent resident and thus an
“intolerable.” This could be the civilized solution, the secret to getting rid
of offensive historical statures that have overstayed their cultural relevance;
those dedicated to racist historical figures…voluntary relocation. </p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NlTOhCSTGSE/YXNeQdcEspI/AAAAAAAALPY/00lL8sjg34AGG_nV0fPpy2sV1-H8zAf-QCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/New%2BYork%2BUnveiling_71288232_2944115128966713_5741292567945805824_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1366" height="856" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NlTOhCSTGSE/YXNeQdcEspI/AAAAAAAALPY/00lL8sjg34AGG_nV0fPpy2sV1-H8zAf-QCLcBGAsYHQ/w569-h856/New%2BYork%2BUnveiling_71288232_2944115128966713_5741292567945805824_o.jpg" width="569" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Wiley’s work was a personal reaction to his distaste of the
City of Richmond’s honoring of a disproportionate number of the American Civil
War and it’s confederate generals and soldiers. This was during a visit to the
city of Richmond’s Monument Avenue in 2016. He would express his thoughts in
this statement:</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sfyyc15yMfo/YWxlzECSKjI/AAAAAAAALOE/tMN9gLmm21IQncCPtvCkp47g9kpx58bkwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1280/New%2BYork%2BUnveiling_71211015_2944118522299707_4128524982428893184_n.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="673" data-original-width="1280" height="366" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sfyyc15yMfo/YWxlzECSKjI/AAAAAAAALOE/tMN9gLmm21IQncCPtvCkp47g9kpx58bkwCLcBGAsYHQ/w696-h366/New%2BYork%2BUnveiling_71211015_2944118522299707_4128524982428893184_n.jpg" width="696" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p></p><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p></p><br /><p></p><br /><p><br /></p><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">“I’m looking up at those things that
give me a sense of dread and fear. What does it feel like physically to walk a
public space and have your state, your country, your nation, say…this is what
we stand by?”</span></i></div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">
Kehinde Wiley <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wUpIoBxJUf4/YXQrc_w0hSI/AAAAAAAALRI/eoEZ_H8EZBEfT8ChB57lrTfpY1ghp8VMwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/007%2BVMFA_06%2BJames%2BJones_Jartistt.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1424" height="522" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wUpIoBxJUf4/YXQrc_w0hSI/AAAAAAAALRI/eoEZ_H8EZBEfT8ChB57lrTfpY1ghp8VMwCLcBGAsYHQ/w363-h522/007%2BVMFA_06%2BJames%2BJones_Jartistt.jpg" width="363" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Wiley would react in kind with the methods he knew best.
Wiley created a work to symbolize freedom (for all) and a future of
representation and inclusion for all citizens; the work succeeds in a grand
fashion.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FGtghWtKiZs/YWxs3wPaIjI/AAAAAAAALOc/9M99PIe6MxENri43wPZVtnl3fbRFPs6pACLcBGAsYHQ/s1759/001%2BVMFA_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="763" data-original-width="1759" height="282" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FGtghWtKiZs/YWxs3wPaIjI/AAAAAAAALOc/9M99PIe6MxENri43wPZVtnl3fbRFPs6pACLcBGAsYHQ/w650-h282/001%2BVMFA_.jpg" width="650" /></a></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Wiley would react in kind with the methods he knew best.
Wiley created a work to symbolize freedom (for all) and a future of
representation and inclusion for all citizens; the work succeeds in a grand
fashion.</span></p><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EjTeAesYDKw/YXN6QtHJPuI/AAAAAAAALQ4/ltJ-5IDaiyAYMHYc9dRPvFfZo57o89YtACLcBGAsYHQ/s1261/Water%2BPlants%2B02%2BJames%2BJones_Jartistt.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="920" data-original-width="1261" height="444" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EjTeAesYDKw/YXN6QtHJPuI/AAAAAAAALQ4/ltJ-5IDaiyAYMHYc9dRPvFfZo57o89YtACLcBGAsYHQ/w609-h444/Water%2BPlants%2B02%2BJames%2BJones_Jartistt.jpg" width="609" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;">“Rumors of War” was first unveiled at New York’s Time Square
on September 27, 2018. Witnessed and applauded by an awed crowd of thousands
the statue was well received and accepted. It would go on in a few weeks to
Richmond and again welcomed by a huge gathering in December. Wiley had this to
say:<span style="font-size: 16pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">“…and today, we say yes to something
that looks like us. We say yes to inclusivity. We say yes to broader notions of
what it means to be an American.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">
Kehinde Wiley</span></b></p></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KBieggQQq0k/YWxz_26PuQI/AAAAAAAALOk/m_hZKa2e6CE6zV1Oq4jPQHeAf05sHAS6ACLcBGAsYHQ/s1345/K%2BWiley%2BVMFA_Blue%2BCrop.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="735" data-original-width="1345" height="359" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KBieggQQq0k/YWxz_26PuQI/AAAAAAAALOk/m_hZKa2e6CE6zV1Oq4jPQHeAf05sHAS6ACLcBGAsYHQ/w656-h359/K%2BWiley%2BVMFA_Blue%2BCrop.jpg" width="656" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I first became aware of Wiley’s mastery of the arts from the
cover of “Art in America.” It happened to be the April 2005 issue. I walked into
Barnes & Noble to confront what I knew was attainable but as yet to not happen;
a main stream magazine to bravely feature an elegant, sophisticated, unapologetic
and handsome portrait of an African-American young man. I just stood at a slight distance for a
minute long eternity absorbing, cherishing and inwardly celebrating the “once
in a life time moment.” Then I picked up the magazine and opened the doorway to
a new existence, a new reality. <span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EpcskFoBZ-k/YXNrJi-dzdI/AAAAAAAALQQ/qZ4O9A_iE20p4cFgTIIN9H_4oA0a2eBeQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1914/005%2BVMFA_%2B04.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="589" data-original-width="1914" height="196" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EpcskFoBZ-k/YXNrJi-dzdI/AAAAAAAALQQ/qZ4O9A_iE20p4cFgTIIN9H_4oA0a2eBeQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h196/005%2BVMFA_%2B04.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;"> </span>Not surprisingly Wiley (as is widely noted) went on to paint
the official Presidential Portrait of the nation’s first president of
African-American leanidge. In 2018 Time magazine selected Wiley as one of the
world’s 100 most Influential People. He was also prominently featured in the
landmark “30 Americans” exhibition at the Corcoran in Washington. In
conjunction with “30 Americans” he was honored with his own pool side fish-fry
at the Capitol Skyline Hotel and entertained by the Howard University Marching
Band and female troop of dancers. I was fortunate enough to attend, meet
Kehinde and enjoy the festivities with an overflow crowd. Within the process
Wiley has become a major participant in the global art economy, the world canon
and modern history. </div><div><br /></div><div>Another accomplishment for Wiley is his earning of the Yale
University MFA; the art world “Golden Ticket” of sorts. He served as well in a
marvelous fashion as Harlem’s Studio Museum Artist-In-Residence where he
increased his knowledge, standings, influence and mentoring chops. While Wiley
grows in his artistic life and journey we are privy to and the benefactors of
his gifts and inspirations. His beauty is much appreciated in his giving and
his remarkable works. </div><div><br /></div><div>And if at all possible travel to Richmond, Virginia…and see “Rumors of War” at VMFA along with masses of other beautiful and provocative works! <span style="font-size: 16pt;"> </span> </div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhYiTJfgaGgG7kIO1mRGd6rgrkbBCpIkY4nRjQUDNbDvSpJh_lb4PFm6n-tEzsakdpApyOTNf03XZaBvaCbsB2wp3_jJp1ux6FsSkIBfs78cMznB0VovBVKPIBS2gccMaJalBuzZm2yjT54_K3MCBEDQZInsO-YKrgORqqeUpsZoP2VrKE0VHp_pNzV=s2048" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1366" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhYiTJfgaGgG7kIO1mRGd6rgrkbBCpIkY4nRjQUDNbDvSpJh_lb4PFm6n-tEzsakdpApyOTNf03XZaBvaCbsB2wp3_jJp1ux6FsSkIBfs78cMznB0VovBVKPIBS2gccMaJalBuzZm2yjT54_K3MCBEDQZInsO-YKrgORqqeUpsZoP2VrKE0VHp_pNzV=w258-h388" width="258" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Take your bows Kehinde!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="text-align: center;"> </span></div><div><br /></div></div><div><br /></div>James Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11373279694875764071noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005204230589824036.post-22748478672656830202021-08-01T10:35:00.000-04:002021-08-01T10:35:45.409-04:00Yo-Yo Ma: The Music<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tffHgYWPkEU/YPRYhK5HHMI/AAAAAAAALFc/Jms8_jql-I8wRw-2G-HyPhe_5AOxCinyACLcBGAsYHQ/s800/Yo-Yo%2BMa_002S.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="770" height="467" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tffHgYWPkEU/YPRYhK5HHMI/AAAAAAAALFc/Jms8_jql-I8wRw-2G-HyPhe_5AOxCinyACLcBGAsYHQ/w449-h467/Yo-Yo%2BMa_002S.jpg" width="449" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><i>Yo-Yo Ma Doesn't Play Cello...</i></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-large;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">He is "The Cello."</span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">The music seems to exude from his very being; his essence.
His love, knowledge, commitment and mastery come together in a unique blend
that translates to a beauty of grace and elegance that is a thing of purity.
The sounds are for the enhancement, the pleasure, the being of the listeners,
his audience. The cello is for all purposes merely “the instrument” of
transference of his heart, his soul, the mind of this musical man; Yo-Yo Ma.<o:p></o:p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-large;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">There have been and are other musicians, performers in the
league of Yo-Yo Ma. They have lived throughout history; many lauded and some
unknown, that we will never hear even in recordings. <span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">A
few that fit the category, the mold for our time are his contemporaries
Perlman, Shorter, Santana, Vidović. </span> </span> They are the
purest, the naturals. They are wonders. They take us to places of elation,
understanding, comfort and bliss like only the few can achieve. <o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyQvzy5esNyK-B2VNqMAj8YdQ_GMkk3HP92DCQJVYi40YvtsKbcF5o83XLyyjY9TjXAnHXD1KZXyWvS-YRCKA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Enjoy the recordings of Yo-Yo Ma. See him in concert.
Cherish his gifts and be in the company of the treasured beauty of sound and the true
greatness of the human spirit. <o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xLShBhuSMFw/YPRYneJDBvI/AAAAAAAALFg/WnVLeWX5kLIWZnzag0Bte5aJ79jUYPF3ACLcBGAsYHQ/s950/Yo-Yo%2BMa_2d776d257008fff73df7f8efaf0403d7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="905" data-original-width="950" height="210" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xLShBhuSMFw/YPRYneJDBvI/AAAAAAAALFg/WnVLeWX5kLIWZnzag0Bte5aJ79jUYPF3ACLcBGAsYHQ/w220-h210/Yo-Yo%2BMa_2d776d257008fff73df7f8efaf0403d7.jpg" width="220" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>James Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11373279694875764071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005204230589824036.post-3984148058674324792021-07-10T15:41:00.011-04:002022-10-07T09:24:14.658-04:00American Realist: Jamie Wyeth<p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IFE2nRMO1M8/YOHHUFbdZXI/AAAAAAAAK9E/NqSiCNIMxrspStQw-RdssbW2XrgJ-StXgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1800/TheIslander_1975_hero.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1800" height="268" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IFE2nRMO1M8/YOHHUFbdZXI/AAAAAAAAK9E/NqSiCNIMxrspStQw-RdssbW2XrgJ-StXgCLcBGAsYHQ/w535-h268/TheIslander_1975_hero.jpg" width="535" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BDE_kfcImgs/YOHHqJGpGbI/AAAAAAAAK9M/hUNCsGxd2eAqjksXH6pW97cHrONCq4xzACLcBGAsYHQ/s1024/james-wyeth-paintings-wooarts-34.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="867" height="131" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BDE_kfcImgs/YOHHqJGpGbI/AAAAAAAAK9M/hUNCsGxd2eAqjksXH6pW97cHrONCq4xzACLcBGAsYHQ/w104-h131/james-wyeth-paintings-wooarts-34.jpg" width="104" /></a></div><b>Jamie Wyeth
could well be considered </b>the third leg of a secular trinity of sorts. He is one
of America’s foremost practitioners of realistic painting. He is responsible
for a formidable body of work that rivals the living and the ages. He has well
mastered his chosen; perhaps genetic and culturally…even God-given medium; painting.
Jamie Wyeth is an artist of the highest order. He is also the grandson of N.C.
Wyeth and son of Andrew together forming, and continuing their great family’s
tradition, devotion, commitment to and love of art. <o:p></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Jamie labors
painstakingly; hours, days and nights on works that result in things of
interest, passion and a richness of beauty of craft. In this world;
increasingly unappreciative of the works of the human hand, mind and spirit he
reminds </span>us of a vanishing, richer age. He continues to produce works that are challenging
while true to life and it’s very essence. </p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Wyeth’s
life-long fascination with the visual arts and imagery was first informed by
visits to his father’s studio, books, objects and an unquenchable curiosity of
the natural world. While his unceasing interest and exploring of everything
possible, he grew. As a child he asked to be able to leave school (like his
father who never actually attend formal school) early on and be educated by his
aunt Carolyn Wyeth. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EdlBFHvcJS0/YOnyHBnGY4I/AAAAAAAALDo/TXajDnKsftcpsUCuzEdhcO2khTjVewhbgCLcBGAsYHQ/s860/Portrait_.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="860" data-original-width="860" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EdlBFHvcJS0/YOnyHBnGY4I/AAAAAAAALDo/TXajDnKsftcpsUCuzEdhcO2khTjVewhbgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Portrait_.jpg" /></a></div><span style="line-height: 115%;">Her style was a departure from the expected Wyeth style of
painstaking realism and naturalism. His aunt’s style fits more readily within
the realm of a fantastic outsider/ folk genre. She also worked with oils,
unlike Jamie’s father who worked primarily with egg tempera and led to Jamie’s becoming
a practitioner of Oils. Wyeth would later study in New York where he came in
contact with the likes of Andy Warhol, Rudolf Nureyev and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
He went on to share many experiences within the New York Scene and this led to
multiple studies and paintings of a rare depth and beaut</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">y.</span><span style="font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><p></p><p></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zzErlT1PM1Y/YOHkNphDmYI/AAAAAAAAK94/O1GAIOfuLOQcCq3iycU9F5SiVKu5X9PqQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1270/be57ffef15f484f978e7cd6ae7b96bae.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="786" data-original-width="1270" height="257" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zzErlT1PM1Y/YOHkNphDmYI/AAAAAAAAK94/O1GAIOfuLOQcCq3iycU9F5SiVKu5X9PqQCLcBGAsYHQ/w539-h257/be57ffef15f484f978e7cd6ae7b96bae.jpg" width="539" /></a></div><p> Jamie Wyeth
would eventually evolve with his natural abilities into something akin to his
grandfather; an illustrator. He has to date done three children’s picture
books: “Cabbages and Kings,” “Sammy and the Sky,” and his mother; Betsy’s story
“The Stray.” In the age of Post Modernism, Abstraction, Minimalism and Dada the
Wyeth’s have never been lauded by the overall contemporary “Art Scene.” Again;
negativity from the art world elites who consider illustration unworthy of
great talent or merit. Wyeth has met disdain with the following quote:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><i>"We're charged, my father and I,
with being a pack of illustrators. I've always taken it as a supreme compliment.
What's wrong with illustration? There's this thing now that illustrations are
sort of secondary to art and I think it's a bunch of crap." </i></span><span style="color: red; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span><span style="color: red; line-height: 18.4px;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"> Jamie Wyeth</span></i></b> </p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red; line-height: 115%;"> </span> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KTexPU_wkRo/YOHmOw4DiaI/AAAAAAAAK-E/MpH0gfkOAv0P_EI70kAQTntcUkGVNa0twCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Warhol_a3530f93cd8e7807bcaccc102ff5ed24.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="295" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KTexPU_wkRo/YOHmOw4DiaI/AAAAAAAAK-E/MpH0gfkOAv0P_EI70kAQTntcUkGVNa0twCLcBGAsYHQ/w393-h295/Warhol_a3530f93cd8e7807bcaccc102ff5ed24.jpg" width="393" /></a></div><div><br /></div> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aMCBAGnFbPE/YOHmeD0vimI/AAAAAAAAK-M/-GnYu4fzM3oXE9L3aXhxMjcdt58ViP3gwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Warhol_30904940f9822bf9ffb4535bb8ed15ef.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1310" data-original-width="1600" height="194" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aMCBAGnFbPE/YOHmeD0vimI/AAAAAAAAK-M/-GnYu4fzM3oXE9L3aXhxMjcdt58ViP3gwCLcBGAsYHQ/w238-h194/Warhol_30904940f9822bf9ffb4535bb8ed15ef.jpg" width="238" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_Cd4-VQB8dY/YOHmh0UbOvI/AAAAAAAAK-Q/lrjv-TZz5R8pgudG0qUxf2IEXNfmygPnACLcBGAsYHQ/s1090/Warhol_download%2B%25281%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="856" height="517" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_Cd4-VQB8dY/YOHmh0UbOvI/AAAAAAAAK-Q/lrjv-TZz5R8pgudG0qUxf2IEXNfmygPnACLcBGAsYHQ/w406-h517/Warhol_download%2B%25281%2529.jpg" width="406" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-37hnsx3DAPk/YOHoIBdljGI/AAAAAAAAK-c/1WWL0DD6IekZqRdPdh_Y58K3ikdm_NPpACLcBGAsYHQ/s400/426012514690561878_1376508583.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="400" height="86" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-37hnsx3DAPk/YOHoIBdljGI/AAAAAAAAK-c/1WWL0DD6IekZqRdPdh_Y58K3ikdm_NPpACLcBGAsYHQ/w114-h86/426012514690561878_1376508583.jpg" width="114" /> </a></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;">The Wyeth’s
have survived and thrived in spite of some, somewhat expected snobbery and derision.
It is the price of popularity. Jamie was chosen to be a member of the “Eye
Witness to Space” group created by the National Gallery in Washington; DC and
NASA. The goal was to represent the activities of the space program for the
present and posterity. Some of the other participants were Norman Rockwell,
Robert Rauschenberg and Morris Graves. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EegfAt_25S0/YOMdX4rjbnI/AAAAAAAALAg/aphCG7OLUgMIk2BJn8WDGV010pTLwPCMQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/JW-Light-Station.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="998" height="498" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EegfAt_25S0/YOMdX4rjbnI/AAAAAAAALAg/aphCG7OLUgMIk2BJn8WDGV010pTLwPCMQCLcBGAsYHQ/w413-h498/JW-Light-Station.jpg" width="413" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eFUFq101E4w/YOHoncNmMzI/AAAAAAAAK-o/Jv-AFHY99MAdMRdGpVLMWY8KFsAGK9e_ACLcBGAsYHQ/s600/Jamie-Wyeth-Tin-Woodsman-S.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="492" height="380" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eFUFq101E4w/YOHoncNmMzI/AAAAAAAAK-o/Jv-AFHY99MAdMRdGpVLMWY8KFsAGK9e_ACLcBGAsYHQ/w311-h380/Jamie-Wyeth-Tin-Woodsman-S.jpg" width="311" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Wyeth has
been a much sought out artist of chose for other venues as well. “Harper’s”
hired Jamie as court artist for the Water Gate Hearings and later trials. The
Kennedy Family commissioned an unofficial posthumous portrait of JFK. It was
brilliantly executed from the inspiration of photos and video depicting a young Kennedy perhaps at
the time of the Bay of Pigs. The expression was something of introspection and
possible indecision. The family for the most part was not pleased but over time
public acceptance won out. It is considered one of the best depictions of the
former president known.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZLR5A4af_yU/YOHo0zRCWyI/AAAAAAAAK-w/mdckIvM799Aq92tIE7xutfumsosK8QPLQCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/Raven%2B_Jamie%2BWyeth.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="539" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZLR5A4af_yU/YOHo0zRCWyI/AAAAAAAAK-w/mdckIvM799Aq92tIE7xutfumsosK8QPLQCLcBGAsYHQ/w568-h480/Raven%2B_Jamie%2BWyeth.jpg" width="568" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Recently
Jamie has been working on a series of his own provocation, his borderline surreal, often dreamlike
seascapes. These images are coming to him within his actual night’s dreaming.
The waters are choppy, rough and stormy. The wet rocky edges of the seas are
often depicted with figures standing calmly watching the spectacle of it all.
The figures just happen to be those of many whom he has known in life that left
their individual marks on him. His father; Andrew and his grandfather, N.C. are
depicted closest to land’s end and perhaps surprisingly the figure of Andy
Warhol at a further distance;watching, almost hidden in the background trees. They are the
residents of these strange hypnotic worlds. These are the most visionary and symbolic
of any of Jamie’s works, especially when considering those of his earlier years. These works are a definite departure from the
quiet and serenity of the majority of his pieces.<span style="font-size: 8pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bvfmQ3bTKvc/YOHqvs1KPnI/AAAAAAAAK_A/6CVYVc-Ts4o3D8Rhur4XX0NputM3jSyrQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1024/Rudolph%2BNUREYEV%2B2006.6.2-E-Mail-1024x858.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="858" data-original-width="1024" height="385" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bvfmQ3bTKvc/YOHqvs1KPnI/AAAAAAAAK_A/6CVYVc-Ts4o3D8Rhur4XX0NputM3jSyrQCLcBGAsYHQ/w460-h385/Rudolph%2BNUREYEV%2B2006.6.2-E-Mail-1024x858.jpg" width="460" /></a></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2LuDDqVukU0/YOMcdu3CrwI/AAAAAAAALAY/aYF7Q6qXuvwD95vNuVrTzLOjxIT1DXM6gCLcBGAsYHQ/s700/Rudolph%2BNUREYEV%2BN0Fb7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="687" data-original-width="700" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2LuDDqVukU0/YOMcdu3CrwI/AAAAAAAALAY/aYF7Q6qXuvwD95vNuVrTzLOjxIT1DXM6gCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Rudolph%2BNUREYEV%2BN0Fb7.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Co-bzD1NEwk/YOHq_CwXfzI/AAAAAAAAK_M/29JDAwES7DUTBvL6CIAqlH43kAY2LE5SwCLcBGAsYHQ/s768/Rudolph%2BNUREYEV%2BWYETH_Jamie_Rudolf_Nureyev_detail_04_master.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="768" height="478" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Co-bzD1NEwk/YOHq_CwXfzI/AAAAAAAAK_M/29JDAwES7DUTBvL6CIAqlH43kAY2LE5SwCLcBGAsYHQ/w478-h478/Rudolph%2BNUREYEV%2BWYETH_Jamie_Rudolf_Nureyev_detail_04_master.jpg" width="478" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>At the end of
the day and much has been said Jamie Wyeth’s works are most solidly “American” in form and character. At once the speaking of his vivid, painterly voice. His paintings are robust, no-nonsense, strong pieces that seem to spring up from the very earth
and sky becoming the incredible things they are. Wyeth knows himself, his history and his work
as well and much better than most. He is yet a rare talent and blessed with an
inherited legacy few can match. We are all the better for the inspiration of
his life and works. We continue and will always admire his gifts and giving. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TcvP3wGosQM/YOMe-GkQp0I/AAAAAAAALAw/T3aylm43ks4S_IHvsF2BBaMStzFxvYThwCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/island-library-1977-Jamie-Wyeth.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="462" data-original-width="640" height="280" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TcvP3wGosQM/YOMe-GkQp0I/AAAAAAAALAw/T3aylm43ks4S_IHvsF2BBaMStzFxvYThwCLcBGAsYHQ/w388-h280/island-library-1977-Jamie-Wyeth.jpg" width="388" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AyASCJKS384/YOHsGgqK9uI/AAAAAAAAK_g/bSY1XBF9wsgbRACntrv41OKC3IauYqT9QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1280/the-rookery-1977-Jamie-Wyeth.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1280" height="454" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AyASCJKS384/YOHsGgqK9uI/AAAAAAAAK_g/bSY1XBF9wsgbRACntrv41OKC3IauYqT9QCLcBGAsYHQ/w645-h454/the-rookery-1977-Jamie-Wyeth.jpg" width="645" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-huICt9XJaPU/YOMbr8PCO9I/AAAAAAAALAQ/pzDR9SBZvMgJdf6hB9vEcs6cnEgffxdTQCLcBGAsYHQ/s750/not-detected-267430.jpg%2521Large.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="595" data-original-width="750" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-huICt9XJaPU/YOMbr8PCO9I/AAAAAAAALAQ/pzDR9SBZvMgJdf6hB9vEcs6cnEgffxdTQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/not-detected-267430.jpg%2521Large.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />James Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11373279694875764071noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005204230589824036.post-33860805267453533622021-07-04T12:11:00.022-04:002022-10-13T06:57:46.327-04:00A Brief Portfolio of Jamie Wyeth <p class="MsoNormal"><b><i>Jamie Wyeth is an artist</i></b> of such strong presence, depth,
richness and volume he merits a special notice. While putting together a
recognition blog I found more pieces worthy of display than fit a single
showcase. I have selected six paintings consisting of four oils and two watercolors with a single lithograph to represent his talents and passions. With no doubt there are infinitely more worth viewing; the work is infectious. Wyeth is
among the known artists whose works speak most eloquently of their own accord. I
will let the creations of Wyeth's hand; heart and mind tell their own
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<div><b>Katsuhiro
Otomo </b><span style="font-size: 9pt;">has been very busy over his collective years. Manga, movies, mechanisms and magic
are among his specialties. The man; the creative genius, has virtually given
the world his singular visions of the fantastic and sensational. The likes of which the many; at best, aspire
to…the promises that Otomo has achieved. He has devoted a fair amount of his time to the art of the cartoon and cartooning. He has; in not a modest way excelled, in the process become a standard in his own right among the world's many nations. His greatest recorded work is the vastly influential
anime “AKIRA.” It has been imitated countless times in both animation and live
action works around the world. It is Otomo’s great masterpiece among his many masterpieces. It is also found in illustrated form in an extended multi edition set of mangas (six volumes.). Each volume the creation of Otomo's own hand and mind. Look for his other films including “Memories “Steam Boy” and "Short Peace."You will not be disappointed. </span></div>
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works; astonishing and delightful they are, </span><span style="font-size: 9pt;">this is certainty. Let this short intro
be a segway into Otomo's universe for those that are not familiar with the powerful presence of his works. For his
legions of admirers; a meager but fitting tribute to his brilliance. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 4.0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><i>Elegant within it’s cyber punk, dystopian
madness</i></b> “Blade Runner” stands
momentously as a cinematic mild stone, a classic that continues to delight,
bewilder, beguile and intrigue. You’re right; I am a fan. Former art director
Ridley Scott set out to create something marvelous. He achieved just that as he
eclipsed his himself and his magnificent crew’s original daring visions.
Together they discovered (created) that rare wonder; a masterpiece of cinema
and in that including of all of art and creativity.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The film as a whole is purely a visual splendor. Every
performance to note from Harrison Ford to Sean Young to Rutger Hauer to Edward
James Olmos to Daryl Hannah and M. Emmet Walsh is pitch perfect, nuanced and
individually unique. The score is rich, enchanting, futuristic and reflective
of an earlier form; the film noir. This atmospheric, dark, foggy acid rain
refracting look is hypnotic and equally contributing to the film’s narrative.
Former Police Officer/Blade Runner Rick Deckard must hunt down and “retire a
group of super sophisticated, self-aware renegade androids (Replicants) and
“retire” them.</span><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The inspiration and basis of the film is the Phillip K. Dick
Sci-Fi novel “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?” It is a well-executed and
provocative work that bears almost no resemblance to Scott’s film. I am
guessing that it was Scott’s intention to do so. </span><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The film was not originally a huge hit. It was far too
radical, distinctive and for all general purposes dark for that. How many times
does the general public adapt and gravitate to the new and daring? It is an
even rarer thing and in many ways a compliment to go unnoticed and unheralded
at first encounter. I saw it at least four times in 1982 the summer of it’s
release. Imagine too; that the lead, Harrison Ford was not a star in his own
right at the time. He had appeared in “Star Wars” in 1977 a few years before
but it was “Blade Runner” that established his remarkable and unique super
stardom along with years of long and continuing acting successes. </span><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The iconic Poster (Left) features Deckard and Rachel above
the aerial view of the fabled acid rain drenched city of the then future (2019)
Los Angelos. Original versions of the poster retail for as much as $2,000. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Much of the visuals and themes of “Blade Runner” are influenced
by the look of Fritz Lang’s “Metropolis.” It is a fitting homage of sorts to
Lang’s film. It is also truly in the same vein of the H.G. Wells book “The Shape
of Things to Come.” </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The film has gone through a number of rereleases and subsequent director’s cuts. It is the original 1982 release with the matter of fact and often nuanced voice over by Deckard (Harrison Ford) that was the most striking and entertaining incarnation that I most completely enjoyed. The eloquent and somewhat world weary voice added the right touch with the “film noir” over tones and feel of the production.</span></p>
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legitimate successor. The film does create many questions in plot and purpose.
One major question concerns who and what Deccard himself might actually be. The
original cut of the movie alluded to in several instances and tone to the possibility
of the Deckard character being himself a replicant. The final director’s cut of
the film </span><span style="font-size: large;">(2007) </span><span style="font-size: large;">attempts to clear up the discrepancies. A dream sequence featuring a
startled and running unicorn is held by Deckard in his sleep. The dream along
with a strategically placed origami unicorn by the Gaff character late in the
film serves as an explanation of sorts. The inference is that Gaff is privy to Deckard’s programmed and implanted dreams. This can be interpreted as a true
explanation or the subject for more confusion; the debate continues.The mostly
unsuccessful and lackluster sequel “Blade Runner 2049” attempts to expand, to
enhance and explain other elements of the original film; the attempt was
futile. In my imagination there was no need for a sequel or expansion and it
falls far short of the original. Many, many films need no sequel and the
attempt to extend their narratives are hackneyed, lackluster attempts at best
but well the subjects for further debate. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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unchallenged champion of the cyber punk, the fantastic world of film
experimentation and it’s successful execution!</span></p></div>
James Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11373279694875764071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005204230589824036.post-5323697307532459742021-02-28T20:59:00.001-05:002021-03-01T00:25:03.505-05:00Her Favorite Thing Is Monsters!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wbSS4h4_ZtE/YDvgi4nGToI/AAAAAAAAKWc/WsyLivcMOfE0OeYad1L2FLYH2jqg3cXfgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1320/Emil%2B%2BFerris_17994036lpw-17994044-article-emil-ferris-bd-jpg_5913689_660x281.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="562" data-original-width="1320" height="211" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wbSS4h4_ZtE/YDvgi4nGToI/AAAAAAAAKWc/WsyLivcMOfE0OeYad1L2FLYH2jqg3cXfgCLcBGAsYHQ/w496-h211/Emil%2B%2BFerris_17994036lpw-17994044-article-emil-ferris-bd-jpg_5913689_660x281.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 8pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6LW-3ZhyDCA/YDw_pYT90_I/AAAAAAAAKZM/rNQ1k-a3x4ks-SFBFIRyW2ok6ZXjdnkrQCLcBGAsYHQ/s459/Picture3-350x459.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="459" data-original-width="350" height="281" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6LW-3ZhyDCA/YDw_pYT90_I/AAAAAAAAKZM/rNQ1k-a3x4ks-SFBFIRyW2ok6ZXjdnkrQCLcBGAsYHQ/w214-h281/Picture3-350x459.jpg" width="214" /></a></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><i><span style="font-size: large;">By
every standard Emil Ferris is a great artist.</span> </i></b><span style="font-size: medium;">Her work is moving, provocative,
masterful, entertaining, and just fantastically original and down-right good.
Now; on to the Monsters. Like the majority of Emil’s fans it was her breakout
graphic novel “My favorite Thing is Monsters” that first got my attention. The
title alone was a grabber for me. I have personally always loved monsters too;
yes, a true love. Frankenstein, The Wolf Man, the Phantom of The Opera; those
familiar guys and many other classics dominates my bed room like those of, I
imagine, a lot of kids from my generation. They were there as small plastic sculpture/models
that I painstakingly assembled like a mad scientist. There were magazines and
comic books too. Whenever “The Wolf Man,” “The Thing” or “The Beast from 20,000
Fathoms” aired I was in front of our television, regardless of time of day. I
remember my beloved Grandmother saying; “You like all that weird stuff.” My
response was: “Well, Yea…I do.” It
didn’t seem weird to me. In fact it made perfect sense. I associated them with religion,
mythology, psychology and society as great works of literature and art. I’m
sure Emil Ferris would agree. </span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7XivGMI0Ljw/YDvzatS2rCI/AAAAAAAAKX8/w9J3g1pM-NgYt0fuaWzNyy6fl4eXFOaBQCLcBGAsYHQ/s656/30a5e3f41f762e92ffa400a12bbe30b2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="656" data-original-width="500" height="438" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7XivGMI0Ljw/YDvzatS2rCI/AAAAAAAAKX8/w9J3g1pM-NgYt0fuaWzNyy6fl4eXFOaBQCLcBGAsYHQ/w334-h438/30a5e3f41f762e92ffa400a12bbe30b2.jpg" width="334" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>The
Ferris debut work (MFTIM) is as mentioned before as masterful as it is
beautiful and an inspiration. Her opening debut to the world stage is every bit
as fantastic as her subject matter. She keeps it equally personal and intimate
in turn. She explores her awakening sexuality, cultural norms and coming of
age. It is a love letter to the discovery of truth and beauty through the study
and observation of art. </span><span>She does all
this while wrapping her narrative in a murder mystery. This is surly enough to
satisfy the most demanding of audiences. She skillfully ties it all together
while presenting it in great style that is most assuredly her own and uniquely
so. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WPO3U2IV4BI/YDwPLJOVvSI/AAAAAAAAKZE/i-jbiU6hwusT6zPIRY0kSLYtG8l0KhScQCLcBGAsYHQ/s683/My-Favorite-Thing-Is-Monsters-Cover%2B02.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="520" height="472" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WPO3U2IV4BI/YDwPLJOVvSI/AAAAAAAAKZE/i-jbiU6hwusT6zPIRY0kSLYtG8l0KhScQCLcBGAsYHQ/w360-h472/My-Favorite-Thing-Is-Monsters-Cover%2B02.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Ferris
chooses to execute her illustrations on compositional notebook paper which
gives the work a personal touch. Every aspiring artist and young person begins drawing
with lined paper I’m sure. This is a connection to her own past as well as the
masses she is reaching with her efforts. What she is putting down is far indeed
from any kiddie stuff. </span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dw9b1wiZvcU/YDvwglLu4EI/AAAAAAAAKXs/Z8lVPNjAy2U03pyPeu0KU8Jc7ctgesOiACLcBGAsYHQ/s900/Emil_Ferris_4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="592" data-original-width="900" height="361" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dw9b1wiZvcU/YDvwglLu4EI/AAAAAAAAKXs/Z8lVPNjAy2U03pyPeu0KU8Jc7ctgesOiACLcBGAsYHQ/w550-h361/Emil_Ferris_4.jpg" width="550" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Ferris
often faithfully recreates works of the great academics such as Toulouse-Lautrec
and Winslow Homer. She does an incredible take on Henry Fuseceli’s “The
Nightmare” that is truly to marvel. Her
work; rightfully so, has been feature in the most prominent art magazine of the
day “Art Forum” a welcome validation and honoring of her achievements and uncanny
abilities.</span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-km-84AOYWOo/YDwE2jyWkhI/AAAAAAAAKYU/Vxn-B7lKWoUcuJzu0J5epmoxgYD4RPd4gCLcBGAsYHQ/s1627/Ferris%2BMontage.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1079" data-original-width="1627" height="466" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-km-84AOYWOo/YDwE2jyWkhI/AAAAAAAAKYU/Vxn-B7lKWoUcuJzu0J5epmoxgYD4RPd4gCLcBGAsYHQ/w704-h466/Ferris%2BMontage.jpg" width="704" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">Think
of “My Favorite Thing Is Monsters” when you think of “Maus,” “Persepolis,” “Sin
City,” “The Arrival,” “God’s Man” or Neil Gaiman’s “Sandman.” It is comfortable
among the best of the genre and like the other fore mentioned also rates among other
works of “High Art.” Ferris fits nicely on the book shelf with Wells, Shelly,
Bradbury and Hugo. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5ZPlmzyAVWg/YDvu-EG8FAI/AAAAAAAAKW8/jVSZQjHhu-0HxEzI90L3OUmMraogwYnjgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1249/comics-emil-ferris.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1249" data-original-width="950" height="528" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5ZPlmzyAVWg/YDvu-EG8FAI/AAAAAAAAKW8/jVSZQjHhu-0HxEzI90L3OUmMraogwYnjgCLcBGAsYHQ/w401-h528/comics-emil-ferris.jpg" width="401" /></a></div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hd8TVVW8-Jw/YDwJXlQ0cVI/AAAAAAAAKY0/PGEADM9ARBsQ_ltQPV3JGurKE2dsS615wCLcBGAsYHQ/s825/my_favorite_thing_is_monsters_3.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="825" data-original-width="620" height="427" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hd8TVVW8-Jw/YDwJXlQ0cVI/AAAAAAAAKY0/PGEADM9ARBsQ_ltQPV3JGurKE2dsS615wCLcBGAsYHQ/w320-h427/my_favorite_thing_is_monsters_3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: medium;">She presents herself with an elegance of presence and off beat flair; a character unto herself. I will not be surprised to see her cast one future day by Guillermo del Toro for one of his screen plays. What an asset she would be to any production. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vewMdRfgsuU/YDvviHgqYII/AAAAAAAAKXk/RcLnl0iBWLIxnTVfbM430DJUtGV7yFubACLcBGAsYHQ/s1160/Screen%2BShot%2B2018-01-07%2Bat%2B8.25.55%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="756" data-original-width="1160" height="460" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vewMdRfgsuU/YDvviHgqYII/AAAAAAAAKXk/RcLnl0iBWLIxnTVfbM430DJUtGV7yFubACLcBGAsYHQ/w704-h460/Screen%2BShot%2B2018-01-07%2Bat%2B8.25.55%2BPM.png" width="704" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RCGKH_wuvA4/YDv1QsDsylI/AAAAAAAAKYM/i4FrlhCgyKcEvc_4Ckbp5YswnlA_XfECwCLcBGAsYHQ/s960/1Emil%2527s%2Btwitter%2Bbird20132020_3497134890308989_7614291560061064553_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="792" data-original-width="960" height="189" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RCGKH_wuvA4/YDv1QsDsylI/AAAAAAAAKYM/i4FrlhCgyKcEvc_4Ckbp5YswnlA_XfECwCLcBGAsYHQ/w229-h189/1Emil%2527s%2Btwitter%2Bbird20132020_3497134890308989_7614291560061064553_o.jpg" width="229" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="line-height: 115%;"><b><i><span style="font-size: large;">No
problem, no fear.</span></i></b></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div></div>James Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11373279694875764071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005204230589824036.post-49926133510326740892021-01-20T22:29:00.001-05:002021-01-21T08:53:15.396-05:00The Historical Inauguration of Joseph R. Biden, Jr. <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0VqkP8jJKZg/YAjZF-ixsyI/AAAAAAAAKMw/8ONmtGMyhj0DwOqV76_vcc4VoTQVK7efQCLcBGAsYHQ/s881/46.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="879" data-original-width="881" height="390" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0VqkP8jJKZg/YAjZF-ixsyI/AAAAAAAAKMw/8ONmtGMyhj0DwOqV76_vcc4VoTQVK7efQCLcBGAsYHQ/w391-h390/46.jpg" width="391" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><b><i><span style="font-size: large;">January
Twenty, Twenty Twenty-one;</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></i></b></span><span style="font-size: large; text-indent: 4.5pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; text-align: left; text-indent: 4.5pt;">the healing has already begun. A new national tone</span><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: 4.5pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: large; line-height: 115%; text-align: left; text-indent: 4.5pt;"><span>already beginning. It has been a great day for the republic; our democratic
republic. Joseph R. Biden, Jr. was sworn into office as the forty sixth
president of the United States of America. The magnanimous event was marked by
wonderful performances, readings and a bold display of the best of the hearts
and minds of the nation’s most talented. The featured included Lady Gaga, Jennifer
Lopez and Garth Brooks along with lesser known poet Amanda Gorman. Each were
equally amazing and gracious in their contributions. The inauguration was attended by and included members
of both political parties. I send out a personal thank you to former Vice
President Mike Pence for his participation and gestures of dignity and a true
loyalty to honor, the national spirit and the greater good.</span> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 115%; text-align: left; text-indent: 4.5pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 115%; text-align: left; text-indent: 4.5pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bV0r3b1QHx8/YAjwV4mxwYI/AAAAAAAAKN4/TRmhdG67bhg71NKyvWC8mABgS746FY8RgCLcBGAsYHQ/s309/46%2BSmall%2BSeal.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="304" data-original-width="309" height="156" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bV0r3b1QHx8/YAjwV4mxwYI/AAAAAAAAKN4/TRmhdG67bhg71NKyvWC8mABgS746FY8RgCLcBGAsYHQ/w159-h156/46%2BSmall%2BSeal.jpg" width="159" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium; text-align: left; text-indent: 4.5pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: 4.5pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">President Biden’s speech was perfect in tone and content. His sincerity,
commitment and dedication all evident throughout. Joe Biden believes in America
and its people in a uniquely unselfish way. We will be all the better because of
the manner and ways he has served until now in addition to what he will enact
and contribute in the near and not so distant future. His tenure as Commander
in Chief will prove to be transformative.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: 4.5pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: 4.5pt;"><br /></span></div></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 115%; text-align: left; text-indent: 4.5pt;"></span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KUVOsiezMgQ/YAjv3vj_OdI/AAAAAAAAKNw/W3wbNV7rJYsyV0yLiDZVRKyvFK7zChckQCLcBGAsYHQ/s309/46%2BSmall%2BSeal.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="304" data-original-width="309" height="159" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KUVOsiezMgQ/YAjv3vj_OdI/AAAAAAAAKNw/W3wbNV7rJYsyV0yLiDZVRKyvFK7zChckQCLcBGAsYHQ/w161-h159/46%2BSmall%2BSeal.jpg" width="161" /></a></div><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: 4.5pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; text-align: justify; text-indent: 4.5pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; text-align: justify; text-indent: 4.5pt;">It was no easy road culminating in Biden’s and Harris’ arrival to the
White House. </span><span style="font-size: large; text-align: justify; text-indent: 4.5pt;">The campaign season in
itself was alarming, chaotic and especially brutal. Multiple legal cases were subsequently
attempted in efforts to overturn the election results. </span><span style="font-size: large; text-align: justify; text-indent: 4.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: large; text-align: justify; text-indent: 4.5pt;">The cases were as quickly extinguished and
dismissed as they were brought to court rooms and before judges.</span><span style="font-size: large; text-align: justify; text-indent: 4.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: large; text-align: justify; text-indent: 4.5pt;">In a final effort lies and reckless
incitement created and fed to the masses in an attempted coup d état lead to
the storming of the US Capitol building </span><span style="font-size: large; text-align: justify; text-indent: 4.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: large; text-align: justify; text-indent: 4.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: large; text-align: justify; text-indent: 4.5pt;">by violent armed thugs. Waving the flags of
their racists and anti-Semitic heroes from past and now present insurrections
with chants of death threats toward particular members of congress were among
the worst travesties seen in our contemporary times. A troop contingency of
over thirty thousand National Guard’s Men and Women, miles of razor wire and
road blocks coupled with over Two</span><span style="font-size: large; text-align: justify; text-indent: 4.5pt;">
</span><span style="font-size: large; text-align: justify; text-indent: 4.5pt;">Hundred arrests were enough to dissuade the “Goon Squad’s” return today. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; text-align: justify; text-indent: 4.5pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; text-align: justify; text-indent: 4.5pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-x5sXTa6Z440/YAmCqziRzwI/AAAAAAAAKOQ/7zhIHEPr3eUUlHx-3d3gFGR5ZCgX3JwXwCLcBGAsYHQ/s309/46%2BSmall%2BSeal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="304" data-original-width="309" height="167" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-x5sXTa6Z440/YAmCqziRzwI/AAAAAAAAKOQ/7zhIHEPr3eUUlHx-3d3gFGR5ZCgX3JwXwCLcBGAsYHQ/w170-h167/46%2BSmall%2BSeal.jpg" width="170" /></a></div><br /><span style="text-align: left; text-indent: 4.5pt;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large; text-align: left; text-indent: 4.5pt;">Distrust, fear, hate, disdain for humanity and social justice
have marred the nation for the last four years in unpresented ways. The new
administration challenges thou many are already being addressed. Executive
orders were signed even today. Biden’s team and we (the nation’s citizens) will
prevail. America survives; the presidential torch has passed, the systems of
laws prevail. With the power of the vote; we the citizens, the faithful, the
believers in something good and decent share this victory. We seize and glory
in this day. We are an army of workers and achievers. The night mare of the
previous administration has ended. A brighter, better era begins. This time for
celebration is ours! </span><span style="font-size: large; text-align: left; text-indent: 4.5pt;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large; text-align: left; text-indent: 4.5pt;"><br /></span></div></span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="line-height: 115%; text-align: left; text-indent: 4.5pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-E2nVNUlXcGo/YAjydIDVt3I/AAAAAAAAKOI/CL3xUib2nbE5eAUMR4zPG8ajntHs538ugCLcBGAsYHQ/s309/46%2BSmall%2BSeal.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="304" data-original-width="309" height="162" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-E2nVNUlXcGo/YAjydIDVt3I/AAAAAAAAKOI/CL3xUib2nbE5eAUMR4zPG8ajntHs538ugCLcBGAsYHQ/w165-h162/46%2BSmall%2BSeal.jpg" width="165" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <p></p>James Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11373279694875764071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005204230589824036.post-62240712403535550072020-12-13T08:48:00.000-05:002020-12-13T08:48:30.239-05:00Christmas 2020<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bwUAX_FV5ok/X9YZyXOeEGI/AAAAAAAAKHU/IQEEMW4INTU3WC0J49rgF6A-Lx_Lgc35QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1145/Englands%2BCarol_000%2BMerry%2BChrstmas%2B01_2020.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1145" data-original-width="713" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bwUAX_FV5ok/X9YZyXOeEGI/AAAAAAAAKHU/IQEEMW4INTU3WC0J49rgF6A-Lx_Lgc35QCLcBGAsYHQ/w249-h400/Englands%2BCarol_000%2BMerry%2BChrstmas%2B01_2020.jpg" width="249" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">This after the most blistering year<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">of our collective memory<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">We come to the close of the calendar year.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">We celebrate what good,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">what benefit and blessings we found.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">We cherish and cheer the possibility of a new and bright future.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;">Have the best; the absolute best Christmas that anyone has ever had!</span><o:p></o:p></p><b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 24.5333px;">MERRY CHRISTMAS</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 24.5333px;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O6jAl_r5JP4/X9YaD4Xp7UI/AAAAAAAAKHc/dwbZsUtL4VwSOQJ6V0QQidGNLgvedbI0wCLcBGAsYHQ/s1145/Englands%2BCarol_000%2BMerry%2BChrstmas%2B02_2020.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1145" data-original-width="713" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O6jAl_r5JP4/X9YaD4Xp7UI/AAAAAAAAKHc/dwbZsUtL4VwSOQJ6V0QQidGNLgvedbI0wCLcBGAsYHQ/w249-h400/Englands%2BCarol_000%2BMerry%2BChrstmas%2B02_2020.jpg" width="249" /></a></div><br /><p><br /> </p>James Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11373279694875764071noreply@blogger.com0