tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37969405037226069842024-03-18T19:40:21.489-07:00Avian LanguageUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796940503722606984.post-61380359064604464732012-03-01T19:45:00.002-08:002012-03-01T19:47:12.775-08:00COAL OFFERING<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisO5pKskHUQgxanoi9Eqs-QkFPob9UDFpyrd6uIvhCzYgAlBXnUbO-A7LvRQ-zuAy4xuQTzx7revQdReIT7g8pQDHPJzJYNbKDLfbfbtd7yYUS2siuTnN7ThG_Q01BlGGeSrB-bsbtG5A/s1600/COAL+OFFERING.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 202px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisO5pKskHUQgxanoi9Eqs-QkFPob9UDFpyrd6uIvhCzYgAlBXnUbO-A7LvRQ-zuAy4xuQTzx7revQdReIT7g8pQDHPJzJYNbKDLfbfbtd7yYUS2siuTnN7ThG_Q01BlGGeSrB-bsbtG5A/s400/COAL+OFFERING.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715141304631770210" border="0" /></a><br /> <style type="text/css">p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }</style> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color:#000000;"> <span style="font-family:ArialMT, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b>COAL OFFERING<br /></b></span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:ArialMT, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> 2011. wood, fiberglass, ceramic “birds”, coal 32 x 32 x 96”</span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:ArialMT, sans-serif;"> Not much to offer. An interesting arrangement, but not much to offer. Nice color?</span></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796940503722606984.post-84023487116031081852012-03-01T19:40:00.001-08:002012-03-01T19:42:33.436-08:00OUTBURST<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhESG8HVpYe_nvj7zttOd2P-VjlzDGKTIq38kr2sDtoV92M3-gmQkrm5IWsfYHwkvmi7CYTk0u-YiRGB7DxzZWiJuqi6qPmfqJXHyoo2hxj4eUDHZuXlys9eaV3CiM_MYaM0JMLMu_c3us/s1600/IMG_4649.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 279px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhESG8HVpYe_nvj7zttOd2P-VjlzDGKTIq38kr2sDtoV92M3-gmQkrm5IWsfYHwkvmi7CYTk0u-YiRGB7DxzZWiJuqi6qPmfqJXHyoo2hxj4eUDHZuXlys9eaV3CiM_MYaM0JMLMu_c3us/s400/IMG_4649.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715140102418579842" border="0" /></a><br /> <style type="text/css">p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }</style> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:ArialMT, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b>OUTBURST<br /></b></span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:ArialMT, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b> </b></span></span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:ArialMT, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">2012. wood, ceramic, feathers 14”h x 9”w x 7”d</span></span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span> </p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:ArialMT, sans-serif;"> Like a grenade in the window. Patience and appropriate are not always well weighted. </span></span> </p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:ArialMT, sans-serif;"> I am not known for subtly. I am an earthquake.</span></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796940503722606984.post-968346271984250392012-03-01T19:38:00.001-08:002012-03-01T19:40:22.620-08:00MAKING AN IMPRESSION<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIhOn_Q6XdMaGPiYMC0IGHhiukDVY4OYMWoHbxTIEsIOesqXdmeFL0mKpDRowcpuGk0A9pggaAK9h_8alRhMjdFk4hyphenhyphenKqTcRDAoOpSs4RcsdmmO52SWWWW_HUlTxSKD3c6RjT5LBJF07s/s1600/IMG_4667.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 358px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIhOn_Q6XdMaGPiYMC0IGHhiukDVY4OYMWoHbxTIEsIOesqXdmeFL0mKpDRowcpuGk0A9pggaAK9h_8alRhMjdFk4hyphenhyphenKqTcRDAoOpSs4RcsdmmO52SWWWW_HUlTxSKD3c6RjT5LBJF07s/s400/IMG_4667.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715139508274420130" border="0" /></a><br /> <style type="text/css">p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }</style> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:ArialMT, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b>MAKING AN IMPRESSION<br /></b></span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:ArialMT, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> 2011. wood, paper, ceramic “bird”</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:ArialMT, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:ArialMT, sans-serif;"> It felt a bit out on the limb, but conforming to the mold was easy. The love is that good.</span></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796940503722606984.post-92165807239759509062012-03-01T19:36:00.001-08:002012-03-01T19:38:10.298-08:00PARTY ANIMAL<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvwsLjy2AVb8ZRk4BXLALdSsG0yoCRtpqMOroePb-LLuH2388p2qmHuBsBgl1PvEox1SIW6MBkq5oPswPLQPDRhEE_TOwaa6xKoFUoCqWWy88UOOUTz_83vU0E1ebdWnFbcGLw5ue-xuU/s1600/IMG_4671.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 277px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvwsLjy2AVb8ZRk4BXLALdSsG0yoCRtpqMOroePb-LLuH2388p2qmHuBsBgl1PvEox1SIW6MBkq5oPswPLQPDRhEE_TOwaa6xKoFUoCqWWy88UOOUTz_83vU0E1ebdWnFbcGLw5ue-xuU/s400/IMG_4671.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715138933649281618" border="0" /></a><br /> <style type="text/css">p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }</style> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:ArialMT, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b>PARTY ANIMAL<br /></b></span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:ArialMT, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> 2012. wood, ceramic, feathers 16h x 32 w x 11”d</span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span> </p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:ArialMT, sans-serif;"> Vortex. Attention sapper. Sex puppy. Display flasher. So proudly male.<br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:ArialMT, sans-serif;">So profoundly showy.</span></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796940503722606984.post-15566830075184379552012-03-01T19:34:00.002-08:002012-03-01T19:36:05.872-08:00IN YOUR SHADOW<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJIy2agrw__h_dX46qP5NayyuwU0IDUiXW_UlJDytmGm2CdQzEgBUxyVSu83EEeSy1udSZHxfYdYNoNWAH0kJhO37MocJILDkCYJpdsneIZmldGxUYceo4TNDTdETF6YNHVGO3OwLwJd0/s1600/IMG_4729.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 237px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJIy2agrw__h_dX46qP5NayyuwU0IDUiXW_UlJDytmGm2CdQzEgBUxyVSu83EEeSy1udSZHxfYdYNoNWAH0kJhO37MocJILDkCYJpdsneIZmldGxUYceo4TNDTdETF6YNHVGO3OwLwJd0/s400/IMG_4729.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715138403269811538" border="0" /></a><br /> <style type="text/css">p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }</style> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:ArialMT, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b>IN YOUR SHADOW<br /></b></span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:ArialMT, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> 2012. wood, ceramic "bird" 40 x 80 x 23"h</span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:ArialMT, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> <span style="font-size:130%;">Its a long smooth curve, out deep and alone. Daring, brave, elevated!<br /></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:ArialMT, sans-serif;">I look back, then ahead – only to realize I am still in your shadow.</span></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796940503722606984.post-5033827815231229752012-03-01T19:29:00.002-08:002012-03-01T19:33:20.516-08:00SIMPLE BLISS (a monument to marriage)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0oHz_4M9ftx0catC0qbqdRRtKQgwtfiYTQRVRfDS34C5WBbVaAD-E1v0c2Cn1SOHs4lXAiKYDFQQiwbHWeMfR6__bgJCSponCTRzZ3W74yQvjXqe17n8KIuTFtCDS_WWpRxqkGFloMsc/s1600/Simple+Bliss.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0oHz_4M9ftx0catC0qbqdRRtKQgwtfiYTQRVRfDS34C5WBbVaAD-E1v0c2Cn1SOHs4lXAiKYDFQQiwbHWeMfR6__bgJCSponCTRzZ3W74yQvjXqe17n8KIuTFtCDS_WWpRxqkGFloMsc/s400/Simple+Bliss.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715137463807188162" border="0" /></a><br /> <style type="text/css">p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }</style> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:ArialMT, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b>SIMPLE BLISS (a monument to marriage)</b></span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:ArialMT, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> 2012. wood, ceramic “birds” 10”w x 9”h x 6”d</span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span> </p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:ArialMT, sans-serif;"> Not daring – contented. I have great optimism and faith in those relationships that accept deep daily closeness.<br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:ArialMT, sans-serif;">A lifetime of challenges resolved, discontents accepted and the couple venerated.</span></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796940503722606984.post-62779452552078953122012-03-01T19:27:00.001-08:002012-03-01T19:29:35.049-08:00BALANCING ACT<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi_KL3uU5OL6PKPLeCL8DIzZov4P5cTKn-F4dE7AXN26WzzQHwo9RJgd8iYIc2di3sgvJj2-acMTSyss-yQZx3UCD26J70tCln2AsikMWjycgNKAlhB3YrIh5ZHLaRppnGXQ8g0JTu2PU/s1600/IMG_4668.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi_KL3uU5OL6PKPLeCL8DIzZov4P5cTKn-F4dE7AXN26WzzQHwo9RJgd8iYIc2di3sgvJj2-acMTSyss-yQZx3UCD26J70tCln2AsikMWjycgNKAlhB3YrIh5ZHLaRppnGXQ8g0JTu2PU/s400/IMG_4668.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715136676519891954" border="0" /></a><br /> <style type="text/css">p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }</style> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;" lang="zxx"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:ArialMT, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b>BALANCING ACT<br /></b></span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:ArialMT, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> 2012. wood, ceramic “birds”, cement covered styrofoam 38 x 16 x 20”h</span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:ArialMT, sans-serif;">Vulnerability and ego in that dodgy relationship of personality.</span></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796940503722606984.post-34718161242687321392012-03-01T19:25:00.001-08:002012-03-01T19:26:52.448-08:00MOUNTAIN MELODY<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh85uFf_w3SmRF2mgN210rZsW3kGjF7FEfTOznZ_45nz_x5zYmfpyjRsbE_xhyphenhyphen1ehRuyQ-VNRR2CrXApm_rAsceWBXPFnSerNZc2tnFTQT5L036FOdL2RjV-eagp5k6hyphenhyphenkGZ_fgm_HAAL8/s1600/Mountain+Melody.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 356px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh85uFf_w3SmRF2mgN210rZsW3kGjF7FEfTOznZ_45nz_x5zYmfpyjRsbE_xhyphenhyphen1ehRuyQ-VNRR2CrXApm_rAsceWBXPFnSerNZc2tnFTQT5L036FOdL2RjV-eagp5k6hyphenhyphenkGZ_fgm_HAAL8/s400/Mountain+Melody.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715136034371448386" border="0" /></a><br /> <style type="text/css">p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }</style> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><b>MOUNTAIN</b></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><b> </b></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><b>MELODY</b></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"></span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">2012.</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">wood,</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">ceramic</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> “</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">birds</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">” </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">14</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">”</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">h</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">x</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">12</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">”</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">w</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">x</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">7</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">”</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">d</span></span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:130%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">What</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:130%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:130%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">a</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:130%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:130%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">song</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:130%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:130%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">they</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:130%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:130%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">sing!</span></span></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796940503722606984.post-49576925485602932632012-03-01T19:23:00.001-08:002012-03-01T19:24:55.227-08:00ONE BIRD ON A STICK ON A STONE<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN9sqL0jTBFqCag5gur_zDTjuee0J6LvEMT9dGJ73Y0r4rwvNQrt9zDojGzrAjcRjz-eb3cxwOXckfracFQpXCND5q_FbU3-TeVB82BSiq14inoqET2U_wDjTeZajt7bZQIolkmFYY9Z4/s1600/IMG_3643.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 376px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN9sqL0jTBFqCag5gur_zDTjuee0J6LvEMT9dGJ73Y0r4rwvNQrt9zDojGzrAjcRjz-eb3cxwOXckfracFQpXCND5q_FbU3-TeVB82BSiq14inoqET2U_wDjTeZajt7bZQIolkmFYY9Z4/s400/IMG_3643.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715135459135255570" border="0" /></a><br /> <style type="text/css">p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }</style> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;" lang="zxx"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b>ONE BIRD ON A STICK ON A STONE<br /></b></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">2011.</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">wood,</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">ceramic</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> “</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">bird</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">”</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">,</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">graphite</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">10</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">x</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">14</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">x</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">10</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">”</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">h</span></span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;" lang="zxx"> <span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:130%;">He's a quiet soul who marvels his own shadow.</span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796940503722606984.post-44286425561488929282012-03-01T19:19:00.003-08:002012-03-01T19:22:39.191-08:00REFLECTION<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRKyQAYN824irSCnWnkknLQQ4os4TGlIlXkLdpLlaP7x3tcPG542-5oGLcqGVsSH7zIcWq8rZCKnvd0YQjOINs46roYDfW6SN1IQ2EHMvIEnUktG8JowswreS7ipLIuxvZOrvSP-0xvhY/s1600/REFLECTION.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 397px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRKyQAYN824irSCnWnkknLQQ4os4TGlIlXkLdpLlaP7x3tcPG542-5oGLcqGVsSH7zIcWq8rZCKnvd0YQjOINs46roYDfW6SN1IQ2EHMvIEnUktG8JowswreS7ipLIuxvZOrvSP-0xvhY/s400/REFLECTION.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715134800047451554" border="0" /></a><br /> <style type="text/css">p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }</style> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;" lang="zxx"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b>REFLECTION<br /></b></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">2011.</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">wood,</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">ceramic</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> “</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">birds</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">”</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">,</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">fiberglass</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">30</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">w</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">x</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">29</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">h</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">x</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">12</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">”</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">d</span></span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span> </p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">A</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">frozen</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">moment</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">where</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">even</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">the</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">birds</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">seem</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">to</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">realize</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> the</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">impossibility</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;" lang="zxx"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">of</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">the</span></span> situation.</span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796940503722606984.post-86213395377788918462012-03-01T19:15:00.002-08:002012-03-01T19:18:29.120-08:00DISPLAY<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8hnpMldkAKg_DhwBXtB7ysj8BKja_e3Eqlqz1QRdMIFEqRpRgC_1y3vfQxKHLqTWeVx_WJw5go-MPwYUHTfYL47TzXmMRXs7EcVhdjr4mwRTM_gnCeLSCBfw1xSyGoP2EL9uPb_I-rSw/s1600/IMG_4662.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8hnpMldkAKg_DhwBXtB7ysj8BKja_e3Eqlqz1QRdMIFEqRpRgC_1y3vfQxKHLqTWeVx_WJw5go-MPwYUHTfYL47TzXmMRXs7EcVhdjr4mwRTM_gnCeLSCBfw1xSyGoP2EL9uPb_I-rSw/s400/IMG_4662.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715133699893974834" border="0" /></a><br /> <style type="text/css">p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }</style> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;" lang="zxx"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b>DISPLAY<br /></b></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><b> </b></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">2012.</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">wood,</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">feathers,</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">ceramic</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">"bird"</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">20</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">”</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">w</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">x</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">11</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">”</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">h</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">x</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">6"d</span></span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:130%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Fancy</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:130%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:130%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">and</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:130%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:130%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">decorative</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:130%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:130%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">as</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:130%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:130%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">birds</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:130%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:130%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">can</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:130%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:130%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">be,</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:130%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:130%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">their</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:130%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:130%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">aim,</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:130%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:130%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">as</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:130%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:130%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">mine,</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:130%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:130%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">is</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:130%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:130%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">an</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:130%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:130%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">escape</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:130%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:130%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">from</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:130%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:130%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">loneliness.</span></span></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796940503722606984.post-556241339885785612012-03-01T19:12:00.002-08:002012-03-01T19:14:14.653-08:00SPRING ICE<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghe0_ilBCmtATTcARNPWDIXXXVMml5DixNdkthTvpjSZNRMY7nwpjVOdnVmHhPGUKRZS9UfR_1DB8BjC9jQvt9sJiEDm9sIxBnF9g4OvWnS2NTEX69ZmErDbPxP09xHp4IwlnEFYB1tm8/s1600/3.+SPRING+ICE+wood%252C+ceramic+birds%252C+fiberglass+2008+Andy+Moerlein+.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghe0_ilBCmtATTcARNPWDIXXXVMml5DixNdkthTvpjSZNRMY7nwpjVOdnVmHhPGUKRZS9UfR_1DB8BjC9jQvt9sJiEDm9sIxBnF9g4OvWnS2NTEX69ZmErDbPxP09xHp4IwlnEFYB1tm8/s400/3.+SPRING+ICE+wood%252C+ceramic+birds%252C+fiberglass+2008+Andy+Moerlein+.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715132567454464226" border="0" /></a><br /> <style type="text/css">p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; </style><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b>SPRING</b><b> </b><b>ICE</b><b> </b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">2010.</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">wood,</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">fiberglass,</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">ceramic</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> “</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">birds</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">” </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">24w</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">x</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">28</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">h</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">x</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">18</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">”</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><span style="font-weight: normal;">d</span></span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:130%;">A silent view of shifting water levels. Freeze. Thaw. Refreeze. Numb. </span></div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal;" lang="zxx"> </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal;" lang="zxx"><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796940503722606984.post-25343421540908758612012-03-01T19:06:00.003-08:002012-03-01T19:10:46.139-08:00SELF PORTRAIT - As a BIRD<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV0ZcZ9O-y8z0RDl2x5O4LX3Sk7gVB0MRiErbsnoEnpz9lIWHMDohA0Pp9J_Gd_I6kZUky0AmpuKXUGHjgBmto9onafkqDc00QryX2XBVyNC8XtjED17odxD3QEonm2b2JgOSqgpAeI84/s1600/IMG_4655.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 306px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV0ZcZ9O-y8z0RDl2x5O4LX3Sk7gVB0MRiErbsnoEnpz9lIWHMDohA0Pp9J_Gd_I6kZUky0AmpuKXUGHjgBmto9onafkqDc00QryX2XBVyNC8XtjED17odxD3QEonm2b2JgOSqgpAeI84/s400/IMG_4655.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715131494022484674" border="0" /></a><br /> <style type="text/css">p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; </style><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><b>SELF</b></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><b> </b></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><b>PORTRAIT</b></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><b> – </b></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><b>As</b></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><b> </b></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><b>a</b></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><b> </b></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><b>Bird</b></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span lang="zxx"><b> </b></span></span></span><img src="file:///Users/andymoerlein/Desktop/BSG%20Show/IMG_4655.jpg" alt="" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;" lang="zxx"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> 2012. wood, ceramic, graphite and ink on rice paper, feathers 18”w x 24”d x 56”h</span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;" lang="zxx"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;" lang="zxx"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> <span style="font-size:130%;">I can see myself cloaked in feathers to the floor, caped and wicked. It is a fanciful thought. Rich with colors -- secret and exposed. I know no such power but see kinship in the feathered kind.</span></span></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796940503722606984.post-49432027098312505842011-12-29T12:01:00.000-08:002011-12-29T10:10:06.182-08:00The WINDOWS!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH0kDL3PYpnEcPeYcXJGG_B4Nc4ouoS4p0JWzoSsYVME7S7T-y-B4K_QHNp1X1Wx1z04BVOi8WNRPP5u45nx7VVqFuH6OioaUl6R55Q5rpZsPG2ixsZXG9ZPTCJem8sV0IFAdSR63rfzk/s1600/IMG_4642.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH0kDL3PYpnEcPeYcXJGG_B4Nc4ouoS4p0JWzoSsYVME7S7T-y-B4K_QHNp1X1Wx1z04BVOi8WNRPP5u45nx7VVqFuH6OioaUl6R55Q5rpZsPG2ixsZXG9ZPTCJem8sV0IFAdSR63rfzk/s400/IMG_4642.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691580242595093090" border="0" /></a>The expanse of windows at Boston Sculptors Gallery has real eye appeal. Donna Dodson and I discussed the space as an opportunity and she suggested I use the windows to invite viewers into the back gallery where my work will be shown Jan 4 - Feb 5 2012. The plan was small individual works, but my scale shifted as the work progressed. This final result is a more cohesive work across the length of the windows.<br />My inspiration was the rising of a full moon on a pitch black night. The language of embroidered trees, luminous stones and the great gardens at Ryōan-ji were on my mind as fabricated and painted this work.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg97CCbanFbk9aaRvve-F8bN3AabAtngEpnjlJJ6zki_y2zN8S5dooskxotpD-wbtZBae5USVlHKuNCN-JPNoU0Y-GAgzMGCzoh-D5vgjr5u3ArAZkrbGslac8XrAuCTBtCiVjmMQs-rZ0/s1600/IMG_4636.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 374px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg97CCbanFbk9aaRvve-F8bN3AabAtngEpnjlJJ6zki_y2zN8S5dooskxotpD-wbtZBae5USVlHKuNCN-JPNoU0Y-GAgzMGCzoh-D5vgjr5u3ArAZkrbGslac8XrAuCTBtCiVjmMQs-rZ0/s400/IMG_4636.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691586203287973634" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH4gPoNif6YZ8pUegu1gTZpkYnKOUiZOZe5LMuP7Wj43F0-ug6P_xqlYkvfPW6Hgh36FZ-Fw2QxGCxvSiOycb4N6JC3d_6tstltvXng2PyCn7YFiwtiKjsWjL3r9y_-beEo-VhNFfJaZM/s1600/IMG_4640.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH4gPoNif6YZ8pUegu1gTZpkYnKOUiZOZe5LMuP7Wj43F0-ug6P_xqlYkvfPW6Hgh36FZ-Fw2QxGCxvSiOycb4N6JC3d_6tstltvXng2PyCn7YFiwtiKjsWjL3r9y_-beEo-VhNFfJaZM/s400/IMG_4640.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691586210876677602" border="0" /></a>Although these works are exhibited in windows, they also show well as wall works. Similar designs can be custom fit to suit a wide variety of spaces.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgERz4UlXb7ezr5JfEvoZBLpew4Y-XmYxdRc7ufojsEiDz5QL9pb4KNTYeGAuguZdQbcrEQ2lklIS08YZvMO2cLAJ41Ru0SXVDhtgGC35BBbFEzkt22RnWcl4oSb4MwmB4PxieMN9ajlew/s1600/IMG_4636.JPG"><br /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796940503722606984.post-81347709238719613062011-12-29T12:00:00.000-08:002011-12-29T10:09:10.198-08:00Small Talk<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD4C2TaFPqBLEPE6YsBVxdXBKo1c9_z3-O6uc4-21VkkNLECsyQX3B0TzMm0W4MWC7lGRvjEfg8a6_RQoJiYlOR1jflTbAHVAR5WmpDMZOq1b_NWrOD4YE71TBoH-kgnOzLGU3pU2DVME/s1600/IMG_4618.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 202px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD4C2TaFPqBLEPE6YsBVxdXBKo1c9_z3-O6uc4-21VkkNLECsyQX3B0TzMm0W4MWC7lGRvjEfg8a6_RQoJiYlOR1jflTbAHVAR5WmpDMZOq1b_NWrOD4YE71TBoH-kgnOzLGU3pU2DVME/s320/IMG_4618.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691593702016918386" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7SHlJkgqxCPjXra2mGMFPLu8qZu33GCrd5YG_BmJFx2v4WdBiR1oleY-xiBpJ_8nIaAij8VI9IJ_O_s-Td4Sn4kpfuyz4HaNM0VR5zL3BGHENYs8bTJzBBh0XjfChoG6QYGu65rutQ7Q/s1600/IMG_4611.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 228px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7SHlJkgqxCPjXra2mGMFPLu8qZu33GCrd5YG_BmJFx2v4WdBiR1oleY-xiBpJ_8nIaAij8VI9IJ_O_s-Td4Sn4kpfuyz4HaNM0VR5zL3BGHENYs8bTJzBBh0XjfChoG6QYGu65rutQ7Q/s320/IMG_4611.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691593701829049442" border="0" /></a>SMALL TALK<br />wood, ceramic "birds"<br />2012 22 x 24 x 48"h<br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><br />We all know the party. Strolling and trolling for a conversation that is more than bird chatter. Deeper conversation is hard to find.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796940503722606984.post-2908377406255405312011-12-29T09:52:00.000-08:002011-12-29T09:58:15.714-08:00Summer Heat<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-SUDIMLNWyyyUKVX8oaTEGE1P3hqwMvkZf0rU2Cc5YbYmwrQK-lmow_aAY3rlxVDqHpJdZaGcQ5_CC4tIOKxceBUY5dAbXO5CEkcMPA2wRx9D0foS7Wsr8VQsAKdJhc4OiMMFNGc1hiQ/s1600/IMG_4060.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-SUDIMLNWyyyUKVX8oaTEGE1P3hqwMvkZf0rU2Cc5YbYmwrQK-lmow_aAY3rlxVDqHpJdZaGcQ5_CC4tIOKxceBUY5dAbXO5CEkcMPA2wRx9D0foS7Wsr8VQsAKdJhc4OiMMFNGc1hiQ/s400/IMG_4060.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691611066166699426" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">wood, ceramic "birds"<br />2011 32 x 48 x 98"h<br /><br />A complete romp. Out of sorts and beyond control. The pure joy of days together.<br />Switzerland, Italy, Provincetown<span class="st"><em></em></span>, New York. Skipping goofy and handholding.<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796940503722606984.post-54565148218918634772011-12-29T09:46:00.000-08:002011-12-29T09:52:20.728-08:00Recovery<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaSkZwSCCIUaVeUUZFajk8puA7PbwnOZ9WxJAChrYtX7TwW3cL9w5w6npLRrh2FTz7AVgEjbLfkySMN8R1d83K-nELKf92IzWhBKj16QtOreTt5JMVO09SEyO52doFrbxaD8tPEvuiFEY/s1600/Anbdy+Moerlein+Postcard+front.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaSkZwSCCIUaVeUUZFajk8puA7PbwnOZ9WxJAChrYtX7TwW3cL9w5w6npLRrh2FTz7AVgEjbLfkySMN8R1d83K-nELKf92IzWhBKj16QtOreTt5JMVO09SEyO52doFrbxaD8tPEvuiFEY/s400/Anbdy+Moerlein+Postcard+front.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691609560100966050" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">wood, paper, ceramic "birds"<br />2011 22 x 24 x 16"h<br /><br />Tugged and held, swung and propelled, RECOVERY is a complex story stopped and considered. Some moments freeze before they move on.<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796940503722606984.post-67081324059608646472011-12-29T09:29:00.000-08:002011-12-29T09:40:23.387-08:00Stilled<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Gjl4-zRoNyzLgXpAISenY-IjpHS2BvPAWqmfO69HjKG9O8fb7Db8GxEO_arrn2UCbWRQkEO-HPyMjZo9gnzW1i6EPFUaf1Vyd31sP9SbyD_qGvyuxokuRUuu58EA-gG1DBZnXqK9SuI/s1600/IMG_1570.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Gjl4-zRoNyzLgXpAISenY-IjpHS2BvPAWqmfO69HjKG9O8fb7Db8GxEO_arrn2UCbWRQkEO-HPyMjZo9gnzW1i6EPFUaf1Vyd31sP9SbyD_qGvyuxokuRUuu58EA-gG1DBZnXqK9SuI/s400/IMG_1570.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691605883943837298" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">wood, fiberglass, ceramic "birds"<br />2011 40 x 36 x 60"h<br /></div><br />Ice brings a stillness to the forest that birds respect. This work is a contemplation of a rather ordinary seasonal event that never ceases to astound me. Ice on puddles and ponds shifts my life. Bird life has a profound reaction, and so do I.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsgyXGiI4F8AotEqrEcc38Cqu50NtrrBivpBzCxywL1MW0pJEb_kyqqxksNyn-N6S77wYeW4iTrXDrKRPw6bV3HyIRv4Z7C9D5y05_3E6gvWarF5WKuKTvmJsb-HFsCSOCiVvSxPz9wMg/s1600/IMG_1561.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsgyXGiI4F8AotEqrEcc38Cqu50NtrrBivpBzCxywL1MW0pJEb_kyqqxksNyn-N6S77wYeW4iTrXDrKRPw6bV3HyIRv4Z7C9D5y05_3E6gvWarF5WKuKTvmJsb-HFsCSOCiVvSxPz9wMg/s400/IMG_1561.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691605881077461234" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796940503722606984.post-35800281576196183202011-12-29T09:20:00.000-08:002011-12-29T09:28:52.328-08:00Yearning<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCQtaBuvvHz-Ojqoo8ksEMB6GAPxjkJYUxFJqfxZ6aSlJoO9RToZSQm3zc68pY8iWlkpjNqtay9hWLQYeu4DRQr-oxFbHM7Bl5W9Nqgr5TLJq-nvoh1agG5I21qRSvYEcrlMGWJqVIgnA/s1600/IMG_3686.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCQtaBuvvHz-Ojqoo8ksEMB6GAPxjkJYUxFJqfxZ6aSlJoO9RToZSQm3zc68pY8iWlkpjNqtay9hWLQYeu4DRQr-oxFbHM7Bl5W9Nqgr5TLJq-nvoh1agG5I21qRSvYEcrlMGWJqVIgnA/s400/IMG_3686.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691603427892887490" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">wood, paper, ceramic "bird"<br />2011 23 x 26 x 16 "h<br /><br />Burdened by the weight of a life well constructed,<br />there are deep pangs to be elsewhere and live more vividly.<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796940503722606984.post-79336268247113715312011-12-29T09:00:00.000-08:002011-12-29T09:15:55.480-08:00Promises Reconsidered<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnkfQa5okfWCVoM2rBJyD2z7z6mtijqQvv-j4joV1FGZMFaqTaeOj355E1SJUDOTKMOM6kFhIFpIEwT33baUqH5EzIP4qp_c0lrReccxSZ-h3hle5QRP5gcG7TyDbg48SGSRUGXqJRDmE/s1600/IMG_4581.jpg"><br /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDSX-LeYbA4nLxE_K4q0hTseV3te5X7Uv4z774Ckq8BMouQVGLU4M0-2OXvnJFyYArpdSM3uqhIe91MEgdrhchYGpk7DlBW18Qt2TDSx29u6qA4LYjSQzvNhyphenhyphen-sdkZyDTpaoq597kYRSw/s1600/IMG_4572.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 238px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDSX-LeYbA4nLxE_K4q0hTseV3te5X7Uv4z774Ckq8BMouQVGLU4M0-2OXvnJFyYArpdSM3uqhIe91MEgdrhchYGpk7DlBW18Qt2TDSx29u6qA4LYjSQzvNhyphenhyphen-sdkZyDTpaoq597kYRSw/s400/IMG_4572.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691599307282200770" border="0" /></a><br />wood, ceramic<br /> 2011 24 x 30 x 86"h<br /> <br /> This is a fact. There is life within the dust of loss. I cannot give up on hope, although the evidence is that commitment is impossible. Promises are hard work, but I am reconsidering my future with optimism. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFv9-EdpsmLGZkomKELcxeOtZ8MOgh39V1svEknIOccMVhpug-9y7_qfuVMt5HJOcqV8qWZX2mkV42w9FxbOqaHrO6u1TDJfVCSfK77Xdm_YLHSIc9AbpVTiEWyobzKCKi5dzASeEiqKo/s1600/IMG_4580.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFv9-EdpsmLGZkomKELcxeOtZ8MOgh39V1svEknIOccMVhpug-9y7_qfuVMt5HJOcqV8qWZX2mkV42w9FxbOqaHrO6u1TDJfVCSfK77Xdm_YLHSIc9AbpVTiEWyobzKCKi5dzASeEiqKo/s400/IMG_4580.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691599311822408530" border="0" /></a>This image is revisited. I am still probing its relevance. This particular piece is oak. It is populated by three birds - each presented in different settings. One is skull-bound but looking out. Two are closer, one completely free to leave, the other snug within the wood void, but they seem drawn and held together.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnkfQa5okfWCVoM2rBJyD2z7z6mtijqQvv-j4joV1FGZMFaqTaeOj355E1SJUDOTKMOM6kFhIFpIEwT33baUqH5EzIP4qp_c0lrReccxSZ-h3hle5QRP5gcG7TyDbg48SGSRUGXqJRDmE/s1600/IMG_4581.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnkfQa5okfWCVoM2rBJyD2z7z6mtijqQvv-j4joV1FGZMFaqTaeOj355E1SJUDOTKMOM6kFhIFpIEwT33baUqH5EzIP4qp_c0lrReccxSZ-h3hle5QRP5gcG7TyDbg48SGSRUGXqJRDmE/s400/IMG_4581.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691599319874144482" border="0" /></a><br />This conversation is lovely but the meaning is incomplete.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796940503722606984.post-67013876415432864682011-12-29T08:54:00.000-08:002011-12-29T08:59:59.637-08:00Circular Conversation<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN4M6acc7Bf5pmy7LjFYEdozJ-iDldVtKH4hnRG8LiOp8vgCws1rWqN419WIAHKtg_TQHipG3PCNf8JwXsTEo7yRCBRMLOM2AJdJmghq-1kgPTwqrsui2DG8l8TXJNu_R8XC-yDhCUqhA/s1600/IMG_4626.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 258px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN4M6acc7Bf5pmy7LjFYEdozJ-iDldVtKH4hnRG8LiOp8vgCws1rWqN419WIAHKtg_TQHipG3PCNf8JwXsTEo7yRCBRMLOM2AJdJmghq-1kgPTwqrsui2DG8l8TXJNu_R8XC-yDhCUqhA/s400/IMG_4626.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691595969453940978" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">wood, ceramic "birds"<br />2012n24 x 26 x46"h<br /><br />Stuck in a roundabout where none really listens.<br />Like a gaggle of birds making clatter.<br />An emotional dance.<br />I slip out.<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3796940503722606984.post-44681685337200890992011-12-29T08:30:00.000-08:002011-12-29T08:42:50.460-08:00Windswept<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1lYqiRmwnICUCA0T1HUjW21IkuB04fJZGB9ShP-Y3TgyMNen9p9fZ5zDThyphenhyphenp9EyuWRhDbS1GdmW0P9hM6IKFeHOyQUYf_GUCuLIqdUQ0NQFVRdeT-iO2IE7WLbMYnIFVNCuGKrzdpj_g/s1600/IMG_4588.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 212px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1lYqiRmwnICUCA0T1HUjW21IkuB04fJZGB9ShP-Y3TgyMNen9p9fZ5zDThyphenhyphenp9EyuWRhDbS1GdmW0P9hM6IKFeHOyQUYf_GUCuLIqdUQ0NQFVRdeT-iO2IE7WLbMYnIFVNCuGKrzdpj_g/s400/IMG_4588.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691591316871951074" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">WINDSWEPT<br />wood & ceramic "birds"<br />2010 32 x 48 x 89"h<br /><br /></span></div>This sculpture is one of the oldest in this show. I chose to include it because of the extensive shaping and carving of the wood. The persistent resistance of small birds to larger forces was my goal for the image. The twist of tree, branch and the richness of color are important both authentic and manipulated.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0