While on one of my many searches in print, I read an article about artists who will do “inexpensive” portraits, and I got all excited. When I read further, i was slack-jawed when I read the cheapest one was $500!! While in the art world I know that’s great deal, but for us thrifty narcissists, [...]
Entries from November 2008
November 21, 2008
Happy Birthday!
Voltaire! I heart pbs. Rene Magritte Jena Malone brought to you by a new blog I found.
November 20, 2008
Quote Day!
I like hearing myself talk. It is one of my greatest pleasures. I often have long conversations all by myself and I am so clever that sometimes I don’t understand a single word of what I’m saying. – Oscar Wilde Wilde statue in Dublin’s Merrion Square Park. Photo by anaxila.
November 17, 2008
Homelessness and Help
photo by sampac Over the weekend, while out and about i was waiting at a stoplight, and there was a homeless man standing on the side of the street with a little sign. Not bothering anyone, not knocking on car windows or anything, just a little sign. Some real “winner” in a fast little car drives by, yelling [...]
November 16, 2008
Spectrum Goodies
No color exists in a pure state. Color is affected by light, and placement of one color next to another alters the way they are both experienced. Great artists and designers have always noticed this, and used them to influence you as much as they could without writing it out on their canvasses. Let’s put [...]
