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Thursday, February 23, 2012

Dream

Broken Tooth Dream

First morning of my 60th year. The broken tooth looked like a hazelnut, and the roots were numerous, smalland pink, more like root-hairs.

Crumbling Teeth:

Crumbling teeth dreams means our fear of getting old.  When you watch anything crumbling what image do you have of it? Our dream symbols act as metaphors so when you see your teeth suddenly crumbling it hits at your age and how you perceive yourself.  Nobody wants to get old that why dreams of this nature have such a profound effect on us at a later age.  These types of dreams are not something you should be alarmed about.  You may just want to come to terms with getting older. http://www.dreamdictionary.org/common/teeth-dreams/

…continuing with the Memento Mori theme, here’s a steelhead who has spawned and died…

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La!

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Valentines Day

Shwanke-Kasten

Shwanke-Kasten

Monday, February 06, 2012

Cortisol Dream

Cashews and lines of crank on a plate in a fridge
Cashews and lines of crank on a plate in a fridge.

Thursday, January 19, 2012

I am SO wearing a hat to the show.



NB I'm not calling Marc Maron gay. I think I'm calling him funny & insightful. Great interview, both of you. Good on yer both.

traffic.libsyn.com/wtfpod/WTF_-_EPISODE_245_TODD_GLASS.mp3 at about 54:10

Monday, January 16, 2012

January Watercolors

cyanoacrylate resist blue & ochre

Cyanoacrylate Resist Blue & Ochre

 

Payne Grey Study

Payne Grey Study

 

Field in crimson & ochre

Field in crimson & ochre

 

Black and blue field

Black & Blue Field

 

Payne grey & India ink

Payne Grey & India Ink

 

Distorted Red Field

Distorted Red Field

 

Distorted Red Field with Silicone Squiggle

Distorted Red Field with Silicone Squiggle

Offboard Memory

Do you remember when taking a photo meant that before you could see your picture, you had to finish the roll, then take your film to the drug store, then wait a few days, then go back to the drug store and give them money, and then you got to see your pictures?  I sure do.  Now that photography is so cheap & easy, I use it just to remember stuff…
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Don’t forget to write those checks…

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What’s the restaurant that Julie thinks I should check out?

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Here’s our lotto numbers!

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Remote login…

Saturday, January 14, 2012

Habanero Performance by Pam Benjamin

Pam Benjamin sells poems for a dollar at the Civic Center farmers market in San Francisco. Here's one she wrote for me last Wednesday, 1/11/12. Thanks, Pam!






Sunday, January 01, 2012

Refracted TV

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More here.

Xmas 2011

Xmas Eve Moonset
Xmas Eve Moonset

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Solstice

ODAR
ODAR Santa Barbara

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Sea Foam Hendry’s Beach. I like the shapes it makes. Much more here.

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Kon Tiki at Night

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Pismo Tree & Reflection

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Bruce in Pismo.  Photo by MJF

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Country Kitchen, Prunedale

Monday, December 19, 2011

It Watches You

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Still from a mascara ad on TV.

“Animal Print” Xmas Letters

Xmas initials painted & cut out

Nil, Manju, ampersand, Cerina, Kum-kum, Ramona, John, Amal

Watercolor, inkjet and rollerball on paper.

 

 

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Here’s the beautifully wrapped packages that Mary did. She’s so awesome!

Comma Commute

Comma Comma Comma Comma Comma C'mona Comma copy

I moonlight doing legal copyediting for my friend Al.  I usually do this work during my commute to and from my regular job at HAP.  This page collects all the times I wrote “comma” on the last five or six briefs that I worked on. I’m never sure how many peaks and valleys I put on the double-M in comma when I write it out on the bumpy train.

 

commas watercolour

Here’s a painting of the comma collection.  Inkjet and watercolor on paper. Hi, Al!

Mosbrucker Xmasisms

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Rhubarb Pie. Thanks, Cathy!

 

 

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Silver pumpkin

 

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Owl for Gayle

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With his buddy Penguey.  “Whoooo are youuuu?”

Bringing Home the Noble Fir

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Technically, I’m Jewish.

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