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Goodbye South Africa!
March 24, 2012Thought Process Leading up to “Abstract One”
March 23, 2012
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I was thinking about Terry Greene’s work on edges. http://terrygreenepainting.wordpress.com/2012/03/02/de-kooning-on-painting/
I was thinking about the dark jewel colors of a bouquet of ranunculus
set in front of a large dark painting. I was thinking about zebra’s stripes.Abstract One was created last week.
The First “wild animal” I Saw
March 21, 2012
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Actually, the first animal I saw on our safari was a warthog. He was right at my feet as I walked down the path to our hotel room when we arrived in Botswana. I stopped to take a picture. He stopped grazing and lunged his stocky body at me, made some kind of grunt and walked off. My heart was in my throat as I timidly followed the path to my room.
Quick Sketch Done Outside my Tent – South Africa
March 20, 2012
It was hot. I sat under the shade of a tree and watched the red Lechwe watch me.
This is one of six drawings I made while on safari. I find I can only concentrate on one medium. After these drawings, I chose my Canon with a telephoto lens. In my pocket I had a little Canon Elph. This way in a minute I could take photographs when I wanted a more normal perspective.
Quick Sketches of Animals I Saw On Safari – A Summary
March 19, 2012
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Being visual, instead of writing down what I want to remember, I draw.
Zebra’s Stripes
March 13, 2012
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Isn’t he cute? He was the baby of the herd.
Herd or zeal – a group of zebras is called a herd or zeal.
Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi
Lens 70-300 mm
1/2000 sec. at f/5.6
Have You Seen a Giraffe’s Tongue?
March 12, 2012
To show you how big a giraffe is that wildebeest is about 50″ to 58 ” to his shoulder and can weigh up to 600 pounds. They hang out with zebras, both being grass eaters.
Despite its long neck, the giraffe has only seven vertebrae, exactly the same number as man and most other mammals. Click on the bottom image to see his long tongue reaching for the green leaf.
Leopard and Springbok -A Sequence of Events
March 8, 2012
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Botswana in Silhouette
March 7, 2012
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Lantern
burning
song
flickers
into
darkness
dizzy
Monkey Business – Zimbabwe
March 6, 2012
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Morning Writing
Wash out all
those ghosts
cobwebs
worrywarts
black cloud critters
chattering
like monkeys
in your swollen
brain
swollen brain filled
with piston-like
repetition
it’s wrong
it’s wrong
it’s wrong
not good enough
for who?
for tinman
looking for his heart?
wash out all
those ghosts
cobwebs
worrywarts
and black cloud critters
chattering
like monkeys
in your swollen
brain
quickly
lay your thoughts
out on the page
protect those tender shoots
of pale green
close the book
then walk away.
