I am posting at this hour because of Perseid meteor showers. Not because I really intended to stay up to see them, but rather I got carried away in the photo department of my computer. I knew I had a photo of the night sky taken last December. The moon was closer to the earth than it would be again for 100 years (at least I think that was how the celestial event was described). Alas, none were even remotely useable. So I dug up the the old piece of starry wishes in paint. It isn't meteor showers, but it's close. I really loved theGoogle logo from yesterday. It has elements that I want to include in the new website design for Moonflowerstudio.net. Since I am up at this hour, and there are people who are never are, I am going to include some links fromNat Geo and also from the UK Guardiansite that had some really great pix. You can tell me what you think during 'normal' waking hours!
Before there were cameras, itinerant painters would capture family milestones.
They did portraits of the farms and general stores. Our ancestors needed their
'Kodak moments' preserved for posterity too.The art form that evolved has the
ability to be either simple or complex, and be interpreted as interesting charm, or
curious abstraction. I enjoy that flexible 'artistic license".
It has allowed each painting to become a portal, a window to simpler days. Each
painting has present day elements interwoven in the composition, showing how strong
roots have passed the test of time. I believe it is important, not only to honor that
history, and learn from it, but also to celebrate it. We have arrived at a new millenium
at a pace that seems almost accelerated by rapidly changing technology. I find it
comforting to reflect on the strength of those roots while contemplating new wings
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