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These are not my hands...just to clear that up! :-)
1 Yongnuo 560 II, off camera behind let, white diffuser, Black Foamie Thing, radio triggered.
A bit busy this weekend... I will catch up as soon as I can... Have a lovely weekend... and thanks for looking... ;-)
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TodaysArt 2015
Pier, Scheveningen
A live concert driven by the sea.
Two man angling, trying to catch ‘A tempo Hydro’.
Perhaps the sea will release the Accelerando. and returns to it’s A tempo.
For this piece the environment is the instrument.
The works from Onno Poiesz are very varied. From large 2D works such as; ‘EXIT’ which existed out of stickers made specially for the Central Station of Rotterdam- to glaced keramic airplanes and bronzed doorknobs in the Dutch public transport. For this eleventh edition of TodaysArt , Poiesz created a project intended for the most lefthanded island on The Pier which will be demolished at the end of 2015. This projects is inspired on one of the original ‘ZERO on Sea’ installations. Artist Heinz Mack planned to place pillars made out of mirrors into the sea. Poiesz is planning to wrap the left hand island completely in mirroring foil. By doing so, a new dimension will arise and will change the context of the building. The building will gain body and the exact contours will fade. During the day, light and colors will change and reflect in the sea.
Various water-soluble pencils and crayons on paper.
From life / observation / mirror
26 X 20 inches
Started as left and right handed together, but after the first 10 minutes, converted to strictly left-handed with right-handed erasing.
210 minutes... 3.5 hours... so far.
Day 01 - 01/18 - 30 m - red oxide. Left & a little right.
Day 02 - 01/19 - 70 m - deep rose. Drew with the left, erased with the right.
Day 03 - 01/21 - 30 m - leaf green. Drew with the left, erased with the right.
Day 04 - 01/22 - 30 m - payne's gray. Drew with the left, erased with the right.
Day 05 - 01/23 - 36 m - dark purple. Drew with the left, erased with the right.
Day 06 - 01/24 - 30 m - thistle. Drew with the left, erased with the right.
Day 07 - 01/25 - 35 m - dusky purple. Drew with the left, erased with the right.
Day 08 - 02/05 - 30 m - prussian blue. Drew with the left, erased with the right.
~5 hours... so far.
I've been knocked out with a nasty cough and have mostly been drawing on my iPad/iPhone while sitting down and wrapped in blankets. Tuesday I finally had enough energy to haul myself upright for half an hour to get moving on this again.
Various water-soluble pencils and crayons, and water, on terraskin 'paper'.From memory / imagination
~9 X 11 inches
Left and right handed together
15 - 30 minutes
Usually when I draw myself from memory, I leave out the glasses and the hats. It was fun to get that specific, though this is a mishmash of a couple different hats.
As with Yupo, the terraskin can withstand water and not have the surface damaged, but if you use much it pools on the surface, and does extremely unpredictable things while taking a long time to dry.
I do see that even from memory I'm getting the volumes of the head better.
Pencil color drawing on Red with my opposite (left) hand.
YouTube Video: youtu.be/lynjaVnuVxk
#angrybirds #drawing #fanart #lefthanded #art
Across the Irish Sea,
I'm walking backwards for Christmas,
It's the only thing for me.
The Lego Lefthanded Calendar
Jester loves apples but tends to make a pig of himself at Christmas!
Water-soluble pencils and crayons on paper, and water.
22 X 30 inches
Not sure if this was freehand from a photo or from mirror/observation
Left & Right-handed
The KOM League
Flash Report
for
Friday, November 13, 2020
For those who care, this Flash Report is accessible by going to: www.flickr.com/photos/60428361@N07/50597060261/
In a note shared with a few readers on November 12 the following statement was made. “Can you imagine having a Friday 13th in the year 2020? I’m optimistic and believing it will not be a bad omen—Amen?” That message elicited many responses. However, around 5:00 a. m. a message was received from a faithful reader that stated “Charlie Pride RIP.” That was news to the old batboy and this response was sent in response to that terse e-mail. “He and Mickey Mantle used to run around together in Dallas. Mickey's mother-in-law told him she'd like to meet Charlie. Mrs. Johnson told me that around two in the morning, shortly thereafter, Mickey came into her bedroom and announced that Pride was in the living room and to get out of bed and meet him.”
Since it was now Friday the 13th a decision was made to look further into the Charlie Pride story and as a result this message was sent to the person apprising me of Pride’s passing.
“Charlie's death has been greatly exaggerated. He is not dead nor doth he sleep in Biblical jargon” www.wideopencountry.com/charley-pride-death-hoax/
With that rumor out of the way it might bode well that this Friday the 13th will be a great day.
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A great loss
In the October 18, 2020 edition of this publication the following paragraph concluded that report. “This publication regrettably carries the news of many deaths. Someone who has read this and other KOM league publication since their inception is now facing the end of their days. That person happens to have known me longer than anyone currently living. It has become my task, duty, honor or whatever to write that person’s obituary. It is a difficult assignment to reduce to a few paragraphs the scope of a life that has now reached 85 years and if the Good Lord permits will be 86 within the next five weeks.”
On Halloween the person mentioned in the previous paragraph left this world for a much better place. The obituary along with a picture of the deceased is carried on this link: www.knellmortuary.com/obituaries/Janice-Elaine-Pinter?obI...
If you availed yourself of perusing that link you will know that the deceased was the sister of this here guy writing the story. But, there is more to the story. Very few people had as much confidence in the KOM league publications than the deceased. When it was opined the writing effort should come to an end my sister would always have a reason why that shouldn’t happen. On one occasion her opinion was that her little brother did more good befriending the old ballplayers and helping them than he ever did in the various churches he pastored. After thinking over that observation for a little while the little brother concurred.
It was always “Little Brother’s” idea that something would cause the KOM league reports to come to a merciful end if not by death but due to another happenstance. When my sister departed, although she hadn’t read any of the material for a few years, the first inclination was that now was the time to shut it down.
A coincidence?
On the same day of the death of Janice Pinter a letter was penned by a long time reader. It didn’t reach the “KOM League Office and Dusty Baseball Register Archives” until November 2. The letter, which was sent in place of an e-mail, had some things that are direct quotes. “A strong suggestion—quit attempting to stop writing. It is not possible to stop.”
Since the aforementioned came from a guy calling himself “Ol Clark” it was necessary to keep reading. Bill Clark is the real name and he has been around the sports world and the actual world many times. He is a living storehouse of great stories which he promises he’s going to share with the world in the form of three books. This writer is dubious that three will be sufficient.
Much of Clark’s baseball archives were destroyed in a fire, two years ago, but I’m sure much of that remains in his total recall memory bank. So, I await his upcoming literary works as much as pondering what to do about continuation of these reports. However, a constant reminder will be ever present. Clark concluded his remarks by stating “So—writers write even when no one reads them.” And for clinchers he said “No charge for the sermon.”
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In the spirit of the times
With the spread of the Chinese plague one is always concerned about the elderly and those with immune deficient conditions. As readers are aware most of the former KOM leaguers are either at least 90 or are so close to it they can see it on the horizon.
At the start of 2020, the top five oldest living former KOM leaguers included Nicholas Timothy Kucher. In going through the listing of Nick or Nicholas Kucher’s, who passed away, there wasn’t anything located in an obituary listing. On a whim his name was entered into Ancestry.com and there was a Find-A-Grave citation for the former KOM leaguer. www.findagrave.com/memorial/214613060/nicholas-kucher
At that juncture an even more concentrated effort was made to find an obituary for the former Ponca City Dodger was undertaken. Even the standby source, Jack Morris, couldn’t locate one either. At that point Morris was advised that an attempt would be made to come up with some information on the deceased.
Nicholas Timothy Kucher was born November 1, 1924 in New York City to Alex and Mary Kucher who were Polish immigrants. On his Sporting News card the word “Ukrainian” is typed on the top of that document as shown here. digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll3/id/112856...
Upon reaching the age of 18 he signed up for the draft and was listed as living at 315 E. 9th St. in New York and was employed by the Baker and Taylor Company at 55 5th Avenue. He filled out his card as being 6’ and weighing 170 with a scar on his left forehead. It would not have been possible for him to call his employer to report being unable to come to work, for any reason, since the family didn’t own a telephone.
Upon reporting to Ponca City in late April of 1947 this profile was shared under the heading “Meet the Dodgers.” Nick Kucher—is an outfielder, 22 years old and played his first competitive baseball with the Seward Park high school in his home town, New York city. A first baseman in prep school, he worked both the initial sack and the outfield with a semi-pro club last season (1946). He served three years in the marines, including duty at Okinawa and Saipan, and was discharged in 1945. He stands an even 6 feet, weight 172 pound and is single. A lefthanded batter and thrower, Kucher trained at Thomasville, N. C. this spring.”
What led to Kucher coming to Ponca City is contained in this late April, 1947 edition of the Ponca City News. “…Business Manager Owen Martinez announced the trade of George Schneider, 18-year-old New York city lad who has been here since last weekend, for Nick Kucher of the class C Three Rivers, Quebec, club. Schneider left Ponca City by plane in an effort to arrive at Three Rivers in time for the Canadian-American league’s opening game today. Kucher is due here this weekend.”
Upon Kucher’s arrival the KOM league season had not commenced but the Ponca City club was playing exhibition contests around the area. The first game he ever saw was from the bench as his new team was playing the Oklahoma A & M Agvets at Stillwater. This was long before that school was known as the Oklahoma State Cowboys. The Ponca City News reported “Nick Kucher, an outfielder who came in last weekend from Thomasville, N. C., on a trade with Three Rivers, Quebec was on the bench at Stillwater with a sprained ankle will probably be out of play a week, his doctor says.”
When the KOM league season began Kucher was in the outfield playing both right and centerfield but not at the same time. In his first nine games he hit nearly .300 but by his 18th contest his average slipped to the .200 level and his baseball days in the KOM league were history. In a long ago conversation with Kucher he blamed the bad ankle for his not being able to perform at the level he wanted.
Not long after leaving Ponca City Kucher returned to New York and married Anne Zatowsky on January 16, 1948. They lived happily ever after until her death in 2017. When this source communicated with the Kucher’s they lived in East Northport, New York at 154 Cedar Road. They later moved to Commack, New York. I believe that Nick even lived in Scottsdale, Arizona for a time in his later years.
It can’t be determined the day and month Kucher passed away but it was in 2020. Thus, he was either 95-96 when St. Peter came calling.
The ninety two year-old penny
Most of what is contained in this article came from scrapbooks kept by a young female fan of the 1946-48-49 and 1950 Ponca City Dodgers. It is my belief she fell in and out of love with someone on each of those teams. Her scrapbooks followed her to California where they were kept for over 60 years before she finally contacted Gale Wade and offered them to him. Wade, who had played at Ponca City in 1947 and 48, didn’t want those items and suggested she get in touch with a fellow who writes about the KOM league.
In those scrapbooks are hundreds of photos of Ponca City and other KOM league players that included future big leaguers Jim Baxes, Chris Kitsos, Gale Wade and former Dodger Boyd Bartley. The scrapbooks featured many social events such as picnics. Most every box score of Ponca City home games is in those scrapbooks along with a comment about the game inserted by the “keeper of the scrapbooks.” In some places a memento of a game or from a social gathering was included.
For over a decade Yours truly has looked at those scrapbooks, from time to time. One item placed under a box score was a penny scotch taped thereto. It dawned on me, in looking at that page, to decipher the number of games in which Nick Kucher played, that the tape was still holding the penny in place. Peeling back the taped it was a bit exciting to anticipate the date on the penny knowing it had to have been minted in 1947 or earlier. What was on the front of the Lincoln head—wheat ear coin was “1928-D.” On top of that it was in good condition. At the time it was placed in the scrapbook it was only 19 years old.
So, I guess I could offer that penny to some reader for their thoughts. Do I have to say “A penny for your thoughts?”
Who remains?
When a former KOM leaguer passes away a quick check is made to see how many of his teammates remain. As of this moment I believe the list includes: William Skeen, Dale Hendricks, George Fisher, Larry Tarbell and Gale Wade. Robert Clark Taylor and Phillip Adams were never located although there is a high level of suspicion where they currently reside.
In reviewing the list of the members of the 1947 Ponca City Dodgers who were once contacted and then nothing being heard from or about them in a long time included John Dominic Ferluga and Donald Andrew Tisnerat.
John Ferluga was a native of Seattle, Washington born 10/28/1926. He graduated from Queen Ann High School in 1946 and was the opening day hurler for the 1947 Ponca City Dodgers. That was the only game in which he played with them. There has never been an obituary located for him but a listing from his high school alumni publication shows he passed away on 2/13/2017 in Renton, WA.
Donald Andrew Tisnerat was born 4/14/1927 in Long Beach, CA . He also pitched for the 1947 Ponca City Club. He had graduated from David Starr Jordan high school in Long Beach and served in the U. S. Navy during WW II. He lived in a number of places and when this source contacted him a couple of decades ago he was living in Las Vegas, NV. That is where he passed away on 6/29/2014. He was buried at the Riverside National Cemetery in Riverside, CA. That is a spectacular and somber place. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riverside_National_Cemetery
Jean-Marie Le Fennec was one of dozens of artists around the old parts of Eguisheim, Alsace on this day (16th September 2012).
~6 X 8 inches
Inktense pencil and water, on paper.
Left handed.
Maureen's great artwork: www.flickr.com/photos/maureennathan/
Photos and portraits of Maureen: www.flickr.com/groups/portraitparty/discuss/7215762428692...
The photo I was working from for all of these: www.flickr.com/photos/maureennathan/9731687245/
I wanted to work with another subject the way I work with my own image - not worrying about likeness, having fun with process, indulging in whatever artistic impulse strikes me in the time I have each night. Maureen was kind enough to agree to let me have at her 'no holds barred'. I also like to work in series so I chose to make 50 portraits over 25 days, all from the same photo. The images range from likeness to insane, from detailed to quite rough, some interesting and some that I wouldn't ordinarily display, except I'm posting the whole series.
These were all done in a lined spiral notebook with fairly thin paper that I received last year at a computer conference. I had used the first 50 pages for a series of ink self-portraits, and now I turned it over and starting from the back, filled it with these 50 portraits of Maureen. It is now completely filled.
These are, of course, portraits for Julia Kay's Portrait Party (JKPP). If you're an artist and you'd like to join an international community of artists who make portraits of each other, please consider applying to join us at the Portrait Party on flickr. First read the group guidelines here: www.flickr.com/groups/portraitparty/rules/ Then click join here: www.flickr.com/groups/portraitparty/
boston, massachusetts
august 1975
u.s. professional tennis championship
longwood cricket club, chestnut hill, massachusetts
manuel orantes vs. phil dent
part of an archival project, featuring the photographs of nick dewolf
© the Nick DeWolf Foundation
Image-use requests are welcome via flickrmail or nickdewolfphotoarchive [at] gmail [dot] com
boston, massachusetts
august 1975
u.s. professional tennis championship
longwood cricket club, chestnut hill, massachusetts
manuel orantes vs. phil dent
part of an archival project, featuring the photographs of nick dewolf
© the Nick DeWolf Foundation
Image-use requests are welcome via flickrmail or nickdewolfphotoarchive [at] gmail [dot] com
If you say something that hits her ear in a certain way, she'll whip out a journal or a scrap of paper and write it down. I kind of love it when this happens.
4 years ago!
Pen an watercolor on paper.
4 X 6 inches.
From imagination
Pen held between the toes of my right foot, watercolor applied with my right hand. Eyes open.
Original Post
I always like to try something new on my birthday - this time drawing with my foot (though I realized I was sometimes keeping my foot pretty still and simply moving the paper - with my hands!)
Today's Commentary
It was my birthday when I originally posted this, not today.
It doesn't seem surprising that I was an early adoptor of drawing on mobile digital devices - even with the clunky early interfaces, it was easier than some of this other stuff I was fooling around with!
I've meant to try this again and not allow myself to move the paper, but haven't gotten around to it yet. 4 years ago. Sheesh the days just keep rolling by.
This is a past self-portrait from my Daily Portrait Project, in which I made a non-photographic image of myself every day for three years, from 3/15/07 to 3/15/10. Soon they'll all be loaded on flickr, you can find them in this set: www.flickr.com/photos/juliakay/sets/72157619599543783/
The first year of the project is now available as a book: www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/2418516
Volumes II and III coming soon...
Watercolor on paper.
13 X 19 inches.
Left-handed with some right-handed blotting.
From imagination and riffing loosely on this self-portrait from 2002.
In the middle of the night, still not fully recovered from a nasty chest cold, and knowing I have to get up early tomorrow, suddenly nothing will do but I must, yes must, play with extremely unfamiliar wet on wet watercolor techniques with my left hand. I blame the incredible, inspiring watercolors of Anne Watkins.
This is the fourth attempt, and it bears no resemblance to the first three complete failures...
Better photo coming with daylight.
~6 X 8 inches
Neocolor II on paper.
Left hand holding three crayons at once.
Maureen's great artwork: www.flickr.com/photos/maureennathan/
Photos and portraits of Maureen: www.flickr.com/groups/portraitparty/discuss/7215762428692...
The photo I was working from for all of these: www.flickr.com/photos/maureennathan/9731687245/
I wanted to work with another subject the way I work with my own image - not worrying about likeness, having fun with process, indulging in whatever artistic impulse strikes me in the time I have each night. Maureen was kind enough to agree to let me have at her 'no holds barred'. I also like to work in series so I chose to make 50 portraits over 25 days, all from the same photo. The images range from likeness to insane, from detailed to quite rough, some interesting and some that I wouldn't ordinarily display, except I'm posting the whole series.
These were all done in a lined spiral notebook with fairly thin paper that I received last year at a computer conference. I had used the first 50 pages for a series of ink self-portraits, and now I turned it over and starting from the back, filled it with these 50 portraits of Maureen. It is now completely filled.
These are, of course, portraits for Julia Kay's Portrait Party (JKPP). If you're an artist and you'd like to join an international community of artists who make portraits of each other, please consider applying to join us at the Portrait Party on flickr. First read the group guidelines here: www.flickr.com/groups/portraitparty/rules/ Then click join here: www.flickr.com/groups/portraitparty/
Gears: Nikon D80 + AF Nikkor 50mm ƒ1.8D
Location: Stadium Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin, Gong Badak, Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia.
The band from RTM (the National Broadcasting Dept.) is performing during one of the rehearsals.
Once you've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. John Curley tagged me, but I already did this on Facebook (and tagged my people)...but since he twisted my arm (ever so gently), I posted a self portrait from the only camera I had with me at work today, my minidigi rollei.
1. I have been to the hospital about 11 times in the past year, of that, thrice admitted for at least a night, twice to the ER, yet I have never broken any bones.
2. 9/11/01, the day before my 24th birthday, was the day I decided to get up early and go to work in Manhattan to fix up my portfolio and start looking for a new job. I left my job in Manhattan 6 months later and spent another year looking for full time employment.
3. I was once robbed at gunpoint with 3 other friends in South Philly. I lost waaaaaaay more time and money in the judicial system while the guy (who was caught) was prosecuted than I did in the initial robbery, which was $80. I ended up being the star witness in the trial because I had nothing to drink that night and miraculously identified him in the lineup.
4. I often have hallucinations of things floating over my bed when I wake up in the middle of the night, such as stereos, lamps, furniture and people. It happens at least 3 times a month, sometimes more, sometimes not happening at all for months.
5. I cannot read analog clocks. Well I can, but it takes me a while to decipher. I will only ever have a digital watch no matter how pretty the design of others, it is useless to me.
6. I have a completely irrational fear of radiation poisoning and nuclear disaster. This made K-19: The Widowmaker the most terrifying movie I have ever seen.
7. I really adamantly disliked photos and photo-making until I was in college, now I can't stop.
8. Despite being an abandoned building exploring junkie of four years, its only in the past
two months that I have done any damage to myself in them- once falling through the floor (just my leg, but no other real harm came of it) and running into a house and falling in the door, massacring my knee which still hurts a bit.
9. I would walk everywhere I could if possible, I hate to drive. I also have a completely rational fear of driving on Route 76, the main artery for the Philadelphia area and refuse to use it. I get whiteknuckled even as a passenger on it.
10. I was born a blonde but have been a redhead for 14 years.
11. I am lefthanded.
12. I hate talking on the phone. I don't like voices without visual cues unless I *really* know you pretty well. Pierre you don't count when you call me to tell me you are peeing.
13. I used to draw almost constantly and by the time I was in high school I thought I would be an illustrator. I fell in love with graphic design in college and fell out of love with it after I got my first job in it. It is still mostly paying my bills today. I am hoping to change that in the next two years.
14. As a child I was a nature freak, hoping to one day become the Jane Gooddall of the ornithology world. I also kept pet insects in cages built of legos and referred to my Audobon Field Guides for what to feed them. I had a pet praying mantis I fed peanut butter and pet store crickets that lived well into February.
15. I don't have any real sweeping long term goals but am not lacking in ambition. This year I want to find a publisher and a gallery for my construct series.
16. I drive an ancient piece of crap car that still has a hole in it from my one and only car accident. Driving in the Poconos in a snow and ice storm, my car slid across the expressway and got hooked on the back bumper of an 18wheeler who never even noticed it happened. I have never had a moving violation.
17. I was born via caesarian section a full month over term.
18. One day I will be a full time photographer and artist.
19. My face was on a magazine cover once. I have gotten to a point where I really don't care to see or make images of myself at all after having made self-portraits in different media most of my life.
20. I am a realist. And apparently very much the Virgo stereotype.
21. Feet disgust me. I don't like seeing them, even my own and touching and being touched by them grosses me out no end.
22. I wish I could become invisible at will. Mostly so I can go to the shadiest neighborhoods and take photos without being in danger, and also slip into abandoned buildings unnoticed by everyone. Not so I can be a super spy or a perve. I am already a bit of a perve and not invisible at all.
23. I never want to have children and I am really not fond of them at all.
24. I hate consuming beverages. I have gone entire days not thinking to drink at all. I may be part camel.
25. If I did not have a career in the arts I think I might be a hair stylist. My hair has always had a (rather rich) life of its own.
Various water-soluble pencils and crayons, and water, on paper.
From life / observation / mirror
26 X 20 inches
Left and right handed together, sometimes multiple pencils in each hand.
30 minutes
shot with my iphone after he played his heart out in two soccer games in a row, never coming out of play. and then, essentially, played a third on the sidelines, while his sister's game was going.
- early vintage autograph - his writing style has changed now...
David Lewis Marshall (b. January 14, 1943, at Artesia, California) is a retired professional baseball player, an outfielder who appeared in Major League Baseball for the San Francisco Giants, New York Mets and the San Diego Padres.
He was one of many promising outfielders to come up with the San Francisco Giants in the 1960s. He was never quite able to crack a major league starting lineup, but the lefthanded hitter became a valuable pinch-hitter for the New York Mets and San Diego Padres after leaving San Francisco.
MLB statistics:
Batting average - .246
Home runs - 16
RBI - 114
Teams:
San Francisco Giants (1967–1969)
New York Mets (1970–1972)
San Diego Padres (1973)
Link to all of his issued baseball cards - www.tradingcarddb.com/Person.cfm/pid/3665/col/1/yea/0/Dav...
Today's FGR theme was "I am...", which was the perfect opportunity for me to finally respond to being tagged by lesamonster and Utahbeach (sorry for taking so long, folks!). Since I was tagged, I have to give 16 random facts about myself. Coincidentally, I was tagged on Facebook by my lovely wife for something similar a few days ago, only for that one I had to do 25 facts. So I figure hey, I might as well do put up all 25 here, eh?
1. I'm going to be a dad in less than a month (Due date = February 19)!
2. I'm left-handed...kinda. Things I do left-handed: write, draw, paint, play baseball, play football, hold a hockey stick, talk on the phone, wear a watch (I put it on my right arm). I also us my left foot to kick when I play soccer. Things I do right-handed: Play tennis, play golf, use a computer mouse, take pictures (is it possible to take pictures left-handed?). When I play basketball I dribble and shoot right-handed, but I do layups and hook shots left-handed.
3. When I was a kid I loved flying and wanted to be a pilot when I grew up, but then I met a friend whose dad was an airline pilot and he wasn't home a lot, so I decided I'd rather not be a pilot because I wanted to be home with my family every night.
4. When I was young, my hair was almost totally white. If the sun was behind me, it looked like I had this bright white halo above my head.
5. Video game systems I've owned: Atari 2600, NES, Game Boy, Super NES, Game Gear, PlayStation, Nintendo 64, Dreamcast, Game Boy Advance, Game Boy Advance SP, Gamecube, Xbox, Nintendo DS, Wii, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360.
6. My dad used to have a big beer stein filled with coins in his dresser that my sisters and I would sneak money out of. To this day I'm not sure if he ever knew we all did it. I also keep a big beer stein filled with coins on my computer desk and I put all my spare change in it.
7. At my heaviest, I weighed 215 lbs. That was a few years ago. For the last 10 months I've been going to the gym regularly and I'm down to about 190 lbs.
8. I was raised in a Christian and conservative household, and was quite religious and conservative until after I graduated college. Since 2000, I've slowly transitioned away from Christianity and conservatism, and now I'm agnostic and somewhat liberal (although my parents would say I'm very liberal). I still do, however, understand and respect many of the feelings, beliefs, and arguments from Christians and conservatives even if I don't share them.
9. My dad is a dentist and my mom is a dental hygienist, but I floss my teeth probably once every 5 months.
10. 10 is my favorite number.
11. I love all kinds of music and artists, but the two artists that I can always listen to, no matter what the song, are Tom Petty and Jack Johnson.
12. When I was a kid I used to pick my nose and stick the boogers underneath tables (or my bed).
13. I've taken lessons for clarinet, piano, and guitar but I never was very good at any of them.
14. I only went to high school for three years. I participated in a program called the Resident Honors Program that allowed me to skip my senior year in high school and go to USC instead. But my parents made it a condition that for the first year I had to come home every couple of weekends, which I didn't mind doing because I missed my family and friends back home in Ventura County.
15. I really wanted to have a nickname when I was in elementary school. For a couple days I tried to make my sisters call me Beaver, but it didn't stick.
16. When I got my wisdom teeth out, the doctor told my dad he had to give me enough sedative to tranquilize a horse. After the operation I had all sorts of problems including dry sockets (where the gum doesn't grow over the hole like it should, so your jawbone is sitting there exposed...painful!), something that made it so that I couldn't swim, blow my nose, or drink through a straw for a few weeks (the tissue between my nose and mouth was barely there, and doing those things would blow it apart apparently), and continued numbness in the right part of my lower lip. That part of my lip is still numb.
17. I own a shotgun, but it lives in Southern California at my parents' house because Trish doesn't want guns in our house.
18. I snore really loudly. Always have. But now I have a snore guard that I wear at night and it helps a lot.
19. I got my first real job when I was 14, working for a fence company. I got paid under the table. My first day I didn't wear sunscreen and I didn't have work gloves, and I came home incredibly sunburnt and with very blistered hands.
20. I really enjoy eating, but I don't savor my food. I eat very fast (normally I'm done with my plate before anybody else at the table, unless I'm eating with my family because we're all pretty fast eaters). I'm also very bad about portion control. I'm learning, but it's hard for me to leave food on my plate.
21. My grandpa, dad, mom, and aunt all went to USC, so I was raised a Trojan. It was a dream come true when I ended up going there.
22. I almost drowned when I was 17 when I was trying to swim to the shore but a rip current kept pulling me under. I was only about 50 meters from the shore and could clearly see people, and I kept thinking how crappy it was that I was going to die 50 meters away from people. The next day, I was on a tall rock at a different beach that was about 40-50 feet high, and I almost got thrown off it (and into very rocky, rough water below) when some waves came in and crashed against the rock.
23. My favorite food is Mexican food. I never really had Indian food until a couple years ago, but it has quickly become one of my favorite types of food, as well.
24. I have asthma but thankfully I don't have to use my inhaler very often. When I was younger it was worse, and I always had to have my inhaler handy when I was playing a sport just in case. I'd even get asthma if I laughed too hard at something. It's a lot better now, but it acts up if I get a cold or if my allergies flare up.
25. Before I met my wife, the longest I'd ever "gone out with" a girl was 6 months. My wife and I have been together for almost 12 years now.
Various water-soluble pencils and crayons on paper.
From life / observation / mirror
26 X 20 inches
Started as left and right handed together, but after the first 10 minutes, converted to strictly left-handed with right-handed erasing.
210 minutes... 3.5 hours... so far.
Day 01 - 01/18 - 30 m - red oxide. Left & a little right.
Day 02 - 01/19 - 70 m - deep rose. Drew with the left, erased with the right.
Day 03 - 01/21 - 30 m - leaf green. Drew with the left, erased with the right.
Day 04 - 01/22 - 30 m - payne's gray. Drew with the left, erased with the right.
Day 05 - 01/23 - 36 m - dark purple. Drew with the left, erased with the right.
Day 06 - 01/24 - 30 m - thistle. Drew with the left, erased with the right.
Day 07 - 01/25 - 35 m - dusky purple. Drew with the left, erased with the right.
~4.5 hours... so far.
It's getting close now, but I think at least a couple more sessions. Not how I usually work, so an interesting process for me. At least I have fewer pieces of paper to store at the end of the week if I keep working on the same one...
Format: Glass plate negative.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Phillips Glass Plate Negative Collection, Powerhouse Museum www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/collection=Phillips_Glass_Plate_Negative
Part Of: Powerhouse Museum Collection
General information about the Powerhouse Museum Collection is available at www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database
Persistent URL: http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/?irn=385862
Acquisition credit line: Gift of the Estate of Raymond W Phillips, 2008
I usually don't post WIP but this is a exception. Graphite on paper. About 1/2 of the sheet, horizontal. Working from left to right, which is weird since I am lefthanded, so I put a sheet of paper over the drawn part.
Bristol 14x11 inches - about 36x28 cm overall
Various water-soluble pencils on paper, and electric eraser.
From life / observation / mirror
26 X 20 inches
Started as left and right handed together, but after the first 10 minutes, converted to strictly left-handed with right-handed erasing.
(Working title was Pinhead)
Day 01 - 01/18 - 30 m - red oxide. Left & a little right.
Day 02 - 01/19 - 70 m - deep rose. Drew with the left, erased with the right.
Day 03 - 01/21 - 30 m - leaf green. Drew with the left, erased with the right.
Day 04 - 01/22 - 30 m - payne's gray. Drew with the left, erased with the right.
Day 05 - 01/23 - 36 m - dark purple. Drew with the left, erased with the right.
Day 06 - 01/24 - 30 m - thistle. Drew with the left, erased with the right.
Day 07 - 01/25 - 35 m - dusky purple. Drew with the left, erased with the right.
Day 08 - 02/05 - 30 m - prussian blue. Drew with the left, erased with the right.
Day 09 - 02/07 - 35 m - prussian blue & indian red. Drew with the left, erased with the right.
Day 10 - 02/10 30 m - prussian blue & light olive. Drew with the left, erased with the right.
Day 11 - 02/11 40 m - prussian blue & light olive. Drew with the left, erased with the right.
~6.5 hours.
Since it can be hard to see without lining them up side by side... main differences here are lower left side of the face, and the shirt.
I think I have one more day here. I'm curious what, if anything, you think needs to be worked on before I call this finished?
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Day 365 of 365 (The End!!)
Wow! 365 days! I'm so glad that I made it. One year ago I was psyching myself up for this project and now, today, it's done. I feel grateful to everyone who's left me comments and spoken to me about this project. It meant so much to me to hear that people like what I do. In computer world, and in real life.
There have been a few times where I go to a BBQ or something else with my extended circle of friends and have someone mention that they like my pictures or how they look forward to when I post and it humbles me.
I've learned a lot during this year about photography and about myself. I've learned about most of the capabilities of my advanced point and shoot camera and I've watched myself grow and develop in the ways I compose shots, in the ways that I develop shots, and just the way I see the world. I can't count the number of times that I see something while driving and then curse because I really can't stop the car to take a shot there. I can count the number of times that I have stopped though, it was two times on the interstate, and 3 in other places. Including once when I trespassed with my friend, hershdrums. (It was totally worth it!)
I would like to thank my husband, Charlie (aka: Amazing Mr. Brooks), my family, friends, and my contacts here on flickr. Ali has been an awesome source of inspiration, as has Brad, Carrie, Mattea, Derrick, Maria, Ryan, Sheila, Anna, Henry, Terri, Beryl, Ari, Julie, and Todd among many others. Thank you for your inspiration and support!
As for doing another 365... well, not right now, but soon... Right now I'm about 1/3 of the way saved up toward a DSLR and I'd like to do another year to help me learn more about that camera... but I've got to keep saving. Just because I'm done however, does not mean that I'm going to be disappearing... I love taking pictures and I love hanging around here. I just won't feel bad if I miss a day now...
Random Fact: This shot was taken in the same room as my day one shot. Also, it was pajama day today.
25 Things About Me (Facebook meme)
OK, I broke down and did this. And, I'm here to tell ya -- it's a worthwhile exercise!
1. I grew up from ages 5-9 living with my mom’s parents who were both first generation American immigrants. My nana’s family came from Italy, and my grampy’s family came from England. They had both lived through the Great Depression and were incredibly frugal. When I was in high school during the 1980s, my Nana used to yell at me for spending 30 cents to drive on the Mass Pike (Massachusetts turnpike) 12 miles from Framingham to Weston, rather than surface roads which were slower but cost nothing. Here is a photo of my nana.
2. My grandfather was an avid deer hunter, and when I was growing up during hunting seasons there would usually be a dead deer hanging upside down and gutted in our garage. I didn’t want to eat “Bambi” so I grew up eating “beef stew” that years later I realized was actually “venison stew.”
3. My little brother and I would take the deers’ paws/hoofs and trade them with the neighborhood kids for Star Wars figures. (No one else had dead animals hanging upside down in their garages, so we were practically neighborhood celebrities.)
4. My grandfather taught me to shoot at the Southborough Rod and Gun club when I was 11. I shot targets with .22 rifles and skeet with shotguns. By age 12, I was an NRA-certified sharpshooter and I had all the patches and medals to prove it.
5. I’m still a pretty good with a gun (so you might want to have me among your friends in the event of an apocalypse like in the book "The Road.") Nowadays I shoot Glock and Baretta 9mm handguns at LA Gun Club downtown. (I only shoot at targets and have never shot animals of any kind, but I suppose I would if I had to for survival.)
6. I was a total tomboy as a child and I hated baby dolls and dolls of any kind. If relatives gave a doll to me for Christmas or a birthday gift, I would throw a hissyfit. Instead, I loved stuffed animals (mostly dogs and unicorns) and I had a huge collection and they all had names. Up until 4th grade, I would sleep at night with all 45 stuffed animals in my bed with me, and I wouldn’t go to sleep until I had said goodnight to all 45 by name.
7. My dog, Bocce, an Italian Greyhound has slept in bed with me for every day of the eleven years I have had her for. As you might imagine, my boyfriend Chris is not thrilled about this. (Our other dog, Maggie, the Boston Terrier, sleeps in a crate downstairs.) Here is a photo of Bocce in the bed
8. My parents both have incredibly strong Bahstan accents, although please don’t ever tell them this. (They will say “Heah we tahk just like people on TV.”) My own severe Masshole/Bahstan accent was beat out of me during my freshman year of college at Vassar. I used to say “Pahty” and “Wicket cool” and “Beeah” and “Pissah” and “Ruhm” (instead of room), and I will sometimes still break into these types of enunciations if I’m drunk or talking on the phone with my parents. I decided to shorten my name to “Jess” because my parents and other people in Massachusetts called me “Jessicahr” due to the accent.
9. I’ve always loved reading, writing, and learning about unusual things (including but not limited to -- nutria, native Peruvian shamanism and ayahuasca ceremonies, and how to build a pirate TV transmitter. I was the only girl in my school’s talented and gifted program in 6th grade. The other girls quit because (as one of them told me) “Jon Willman (a cute guy in our class) doesn’t like smart girls.” Somehow – despite the peer pressure -- I decided to stay. I still prefer being around smart/geeky/nerdy people to this day.
10. In 7th grade I had HUGE hair (courtesy of Aqua Net hairspray and a curling iron) and dated the types of guys who drove stolen cars, listened to Metallica, and spent more time smoking pot than attending school. By 8th grade, thankfully, I was over this phase. In addition to my brief time hanging out with metal-heads during the 80s, other lifestyle/subcultures I have had substantial phases with belonging to include the gothic and electronic music scenes.
11. My first concert (in 1987) was Ratt at the Worcester Centrum. Poison opened up for them. We sat way up in the nosebleed seats and as excited as I was to be at MY FIRST CONCERT I remember Ratt’s singer Stephen Pearcy’s voice sounding absolutely horrible when he sang their seminal hairband hit "Round and Round.” My second concert was INXS with my girlfriends in the summer of 1988. I had the HUGEST crush on Michael Hutchence.
12. In elementary school, I got free lunch from the town because we didn’t have very much money, but I was mostly too embarrassed to accept it.
13. My first-ever crush was on Han Solo in first grade when I saw “The Empire Strikes Back” at the drive-in. Later crushes included Michael Hutchence (in 8th grade) and Kyle McLaughlin's Agent Dale Cooper in Twin Peaks.
14. I’m lefthanded.
15. I have 20/20 vision and have never worn glasses or contact lenses except once on Halloween in 1997 where I wore blue colored contact lenses (without vision correction) to make my Aeon Flux costume “more realistic.” Here is a photo of that costume.
16. My favorite movie is David Lynch’s “Mulholland Drive.” I met David Lynch at an “Inland Empire” DVD signing at a bookstore in LA and I was awestruck and speechless for the first time ever in my life. Here is a photo of that moment. I’m not afraid to admit that I love cheesy movies as well including late ‘80s chick flicks such as Dirty Dancing and Mystic Pizza.
17. I freakin love karaoke (and Rock Band). Chris won my heart with his skeet-shooting and karaoke skills. He outshot me and got the high score of the night on video skeet at the Yahoo Year-End-Party in Dec 2005. He also sings a mean Michael Hutchence.
18. I’ve never been a smoker or addicted to anything (except maybe caffeine). My worst habit is that I bite my nails until they are incredibly stubby and short and gross.
19. During my freshman year at Vassar I was the hooker on the women’s rugby team. In addition to having an awesome name, the hooker is in the middle position in the front line of the scrum and “hooks”/kicks the ball into the scrum. Because of the pressure put on the hooker by the scrum it is considered to be one of the most dangerous rugby positions to play. I never got injuries beyond bruises, though I played in a match where an ambulance came because another girl broke her collarbone.
20. I went to college at Vassar on a full scholarship. I still feel grateful to this day, and continue to donate money to the school.
21. I feel so guilty about having someone clean for me that I have never paid anyone to clean my house even though it is dirt cheap in Los Angeles to do so. I would never judge anyone who has hired a housecleaner, and as soon as I can get over my guilt I am sure I will someday hire someone to help out around the house – especially if I ever decide to have children.
22. I’ve worked on the Internet for 13 years now, and I love technology and the way it has improved so many people’s lives worldwide by expanding/sharing knowledge and communication with others as well as people’s enjoyment of their lives. I’ve had a personal website (poprocks.com) since 1997, before they were even called blogs. It’s in an unforgivable state of disrepair and poor maintenance today. Please don’t judge me.
23. I went to Burning Man for the first time in 1999, and I liked it so much I’ve gone 8 times, but I have never referred to myself (nor to any of my friends) as a “burner.” Here is one of my favorite photo/memories from Burning Man.
24. When my younger brother Jimmy died in 2002, my mother was contacted by a psychic who said she had talked with my brother from the spirit world. The psychic told me that Jimmy said that he tried to speak to me when I’m meditating in yoga class. I’m pretty sure I believe this. In my dreams, I have had conversations with my Nana and my brother. Also, a huge percentage of my dreams are set in the house I grew up in -- in Southborough Massachusetts even though I have not set foot in that house in over 14 years.
25. I grew up in Massachusetts, went to college in New York, and then moved to California where I’ve lived for the past 10 years. (I lived in San Francisco for 5 years, and in LA for 5 years.) I may be one of a rare type of person who loves both NorCal and SoCal. Today I live in Marina del Rey, near the ocean on the Westside in Los Angeles. On weekends we ride our bikes practically everywhere, and almost never get in our cars. Maybe surprising to some people, I love Los Angeles and think I could live here forever. I have an inner conviction that I am absolutely in the right place.
26. I truly feel as if I have lived the American dream.
TodaysArt 2015
Pier, Scheveningen
A live concert driven by the sea.
Two man angling, trying to catch ‘A tempo Hydro’.
Perhaps the sea will release the Accelerando. and returns to it’s A tempo.
For this piece the environment is the instrument.
The works from Onno Poiesz are very varied. From large 2D works such as; ‘EXIT’ which existed out of stickers made specially for the Central Station of Rotterdam- to glaced keramic airplanes and bronzed doorknobs in the Dutch public transport. For this eleventh edition of TodaysArt , Poiesz created a project intended for the most lefthanded island on The Pier which will be demolished at the end of 2015. This projects is inspired on one of the original ‘ZERO on Sea’ installations. Artist Heinz Mack planned to place pillars made out of mirrors into the sea. Poiesz is planning to wrap the left hand island completely in mirroring foil. By doing so, a new dimension will arise and will change the context of the building. The building will gain body and the exact contours will fade. During the day, light and colors will change and reflect in the sea.
Water-soluble/miscible umber oil paint on paper
3.5 X 5 inches
From imagination
Just popped into the studio for a quickie before bed.
Marker and Acrylic Paint on Paper
4 X 6 inches.
15-20 minutes.
From imagination.
In the spirit of left-hand-blind (LHB)... I did draw with my left hand, and I started with my eyes closed. However, I peeked a couple times :) And since I used acrylic paint, which is opaque, I did change a couple things in the painting process, which I don't usually do for a full-on "LHB" painting.
This is part of my Daily Portrait Project, which can be viewed in it's entirety at studiojuliakay.com/portraitproject.