Douglas Spring Trail — Image by kenne
On a chilly desert morning
we walk into sun rising
over the Rincon Mountains
in Saguaro National Park East.
— kenne
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An artist I follow is here in the Sonoran Desert teaching — welcome to Tucson, Shari. — kenne
The landscapes of the Sonoran desert near Tucson are stupendous. The tall Saguaro cactus, the prickly pear and the many varieties of shrubby cholla dot the landscape, but it’s difficult to find contrast in these hills. It’s mainly a faded green with the occasional dark mesquite branch to break up the scenery. So you can imagine my excitement in being directed down to a wash area of Tanque Verde where I found some pools of water. And a mountain top with a bit of snow on it.
This was a class demo from last week. I’m part way through my second week of teaching here with Madeline Island School, and I haven’t been posting much because teaching and group meals take up most of my time but the groups of sketchers have been wonderful and I will have lots to scan and post when I get home.
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This posting first appeared on February 8, 2011. — kenne
“The more horrifying the world becomes, the more art becomes abstract.” (Paul Klee) — Image by kenne
zero and one
zero in nothing
nonentity
one is something
favored
zero is nothingness
it isn’t there
one is being
existence
zero gives meaning
imposing subjectivity
one gives consciousness
imposing objectivity
zero cannot be one
only know one
one cannot be zero
only know zero
zero and one together
shape the imagination
zero and one together
shape the world
— kenne
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A Sabino Canyon Morning — Image by kenne
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Sabino Canyon Giclee Painting by kenne
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Yesterdays, New Orleans December 2007 — Collage by kenne
New Orleans days
Our favorite getaway
Living in Houston.
— kenne
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From the Dark Tower: “Younger Negro Artists” in 1926 Leave a comment
“So in the dark we hide the heart that bleeds,
And wait, and tend our agonizing seeds.”
From Flame From the Dark Tower by
an American poet, novelist, children’s writer,
and playwright, particularly well known
during the Harlem Renaissance. — kenne
It’s February and in America it’s Black History Month.* In the past few years of this Project I’ve picked a publication that has entered into public domain status to examine.** This February I’m going to feature work from a singular 1926 publication, the first issue of what was to be a literary quarterly called Fire!! The cover advertised it would be “Devoted to younger Negro Artists.”
Want to read this issue of Fire!! in part or all? Here’s a link to a high-resolution scan of it.
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It’s worth stopping and noticing that “younger” again. It’s easy to fall into a trap when considering a time so long ago to many who will be reading this in 2023 — but its contributors and instigators were in their younger 20s though some had been writing and publishing since they were teenagers. They may seem old to you by strange definition, but…
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Winter Moon Over Tucson — Image by kenne
Tucson’s winter moon
May not be a harvest moon
Don’t really care.
— kenne
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Desert Windmill — Image by kenne
Windmills hypnotize
See adventure and magic
Don Quixote complex.
— kenne
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Corvette Raffle at St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church Tucson Greek Festival — Image by kenne
With so many leaves, the sun waves good day
with many stands shines, shines the sky
and those ones inn irons and those others are in the earth.
Quiet anytime now, the church bells will signal.
This earth is theirs and ours.
Beneath the earth in their crossed arms
they hold the rope of the church bells,
they are awaiting the hour, waiting to signal the resurrection
this earth is theirs and ours
no one can take it from us
Quiet anytime now, the church bells will signal.
— from The Church Bells Will Signal by Yiannis Ritsos
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Street Fair Food — Image by kenne
You try not to stop
When food looks and smiles so good
How can you say no?
— kenne
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Great Blue Heron Visited A Neighbor’s House — Image by kenne
Although one might not expect to see a Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) in the Sonoran Desert, they have an extensive range
and occur throughout much of North and Central America wherever there is water. If you happen to have a koi or goldfish pond
in your backyard, you may be visited by a heron.
— kenne
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Buddha — Photo-Artistry by kenne
The Diamond Sutra
All appearance is delusion.
If you view all appearance as nonappearance,
Then that view is your true nature.
Do not become attached to any thoughts
That arise in the mind.
If you see form as the Absolute,
If you search out the Absolute with your voice,
You are practicing the wrong path,
And you cannot see your true self.
All compounded things are like a dream,
A phantom, a bubble, or a reflection.
They are like dew or lightning.
Thus should you view them.
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Pocket Gopher — Image by kenne
Pocket gophers are sometimes confused with their fossorial relatives, moles. There are several easy ways to tell the two groups apart.
Moles have small teeth and tiny, unapparent eyes. Pocket gophers have long incisors that protrude from the mouth, and their eyes are easy to see.
In addition, mole tunnels leave raised ridges in the ground, whereas pocket gopher tunnels do not. — Source: The National Wildlife Federation
Becoming is Superior to Being 