Tag: graphic art
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Juxtaposition
I was mistaken when I said that the letter J would be purely (or mostly) visual. After exploring the word juxtaposition, which I’ve heard many times before in reference to art or photography, the primary meaning I found was “the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.” My image seems…
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Beblubbered
I figured that some comic relief might keep my “Blogging Through the Alphabet” interesting, especially when combined with words that could help increase our vocabulary. The letter B was a lot of fun. This poor girl is obviously Beblubbered – she is “disfigured by weeping or covered in tears.” Her sobbing was so severe that…
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Deconstruction
“The first rule of intelligent tinkering is to save all the pieces.” -Aldo Leopold Before I say anything else… Happy New Year! I hope your holidays were grand. How exciting to be writing my very first post in 2025. I’m still quite busy with my downsizing, minimizing, upcycling (and so on) initiative, but I’ll be…
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Art of Simplicity
“The art of simplicity is a puzzle of complexity”Douglas Horton I’m sure the meaning behind Horton’s quote was a bit more profound than the way I’m interpreting it – but it’s perfect nonetheless. Simplicity is hard! Basically, for many of us I would imagine, simplicity means change. It’s like trying to eat healthy if you…
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Peep Show
I had to take the evening off from overthinking my Less is More adventure. Not that I haven’t been doing things… it’s more so that trying to think of images I can create, that relate to the subject, gets kind of boring. So, YES, I did go through that bin and manage to create a…
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Embracing Autumn
Leaves changing. Winds whistling. The smell of apples, cinnamon and pumpkin spice. Happy Autumn! I may have said that already, but I doubt it. Fall comes to Southern California very late – in fact, it’s probably more like anticipation that I’m feeling at the moment. We still have our room fan out. Ha-Ha! You can…
a sprinkle of faith 