Grave Sight

I’m reading "Grave Sight" by Charlaine Harris. It's about a woman who can find dead bodies and tell what happened in the last minutes of life.

Good reading.

There's tension on every page. And from the get-go the tension is set up. Will the town pay her for her services or not? And more tensions and complications are added and built up.

I should be reading that instead of writing this!

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Abstract Painting

I love creating abstracts in Corel's Paint Shop Pro X.

It's fun and energizing.

Now what do I do with them?

How do I use them in illustration work? Are they backgrounds? Are they textures for objects or clothing?

How do I add narrative elements to them and still keep the spontaneity?

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Ghostland Observatory

We caught the last half hour of Austin City Limits the other night on PBS. "Ghostland Observatory" was on.

Wow.

So now I'm listening to a sample of their music on Rhapsody.

Wow.

Here's their web page on my space:
http://www.myspace.com/ghostlandobservatory

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New Story Idea 1

It's funny how an idea can burn

through itself in a matter of hours

or even minutes.

.

Like a delicate wildflower

that blooms and withers

in a short period of time.

.

I fashioned a new story

one day

this week

and by day's end

I had talked myself out of it.

.

Not so much killed it

as realized that the logistics

were too complex for me.

.

At this time.

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I want my stories to see the light of day.

I want to entertain others.

I want to collaborate.

To see my stories told with other voices.

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Are the other voices better than mine?

Do I feel that my writing is inferior?

.

Yes and no.

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No, because others

do like my writing style.

And I like my writing style.

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Yes, because I am not

as prolific a writer as I want to be.

That is where I feel inferior.

.

Isn't that the rub in all art?

There is not enough time or energy

to adequately connect

the inner self with the outer world.

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Steven Moffat - Writer

We just watched two Season Four episodes of Doctor Who that just blew me away.


Steven Moffat wrote the two-part episodes. They were awesome.


"Silence in the Library" and "Forest of the Dead".


There were incredible moments such as the personality imprints on the voice recorders. People's thoughts were still being spoken after they were dead. And the Doctor meets a woman who knows him well and he hasn't met her.

Yet.

We also like the other episodes Steven Moffat has written:
"Blink"
"The Girl in the Fireplace"
"Time Crash"
"The Empty Child"
"The Doctor Dances"

Steven Moffat also did "Coupling" and "Jekyll" for British television.

His stories are so complex and fascinating. We usually watch them at least twice.

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Sketchbook

I like looking at sketchbooks.

I like collecting published sketchbooks of artists. To see their thoughts on paper.

Raw. Fresh. Inspired.

I'd like to write a book called "Gesture Drawing Saved My Life."

(I like the title anyway. Gesture drawing hasn't really saved my life. Yet. There is still time.)

I like looking at sketches that artists "dump" on their blogs. I'm following some French animators. The sketches are great. And the animation is great.

To see someone's passion on paper is exciting.

Will I "dump" my artwork here in the future?

Maybe.

What is the reason to share art? What drives us to share with strangers or friends?

Scanning in my doodles is a lot of work. I'll have to plan ahead for this. (It tires me to think about it.)

But for the rest of you, keep it up. I like what I'm seeing.

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Doctor Who

We're watching Season Four of Doctor Who.

He says a phrase I don't know.

I think it's French.

"Allon ese" or something that sounds like that.

In "Voyage of the Damned" he was happy to say "Allon ese, Alphonse" to the guy left on the control room.

I think it means, "Follow me" or "Here we go".

I'll have to listen for it again.

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