Therefore am I still A lover of the meadows and the woods, And mountains; and of all that we behold From this green earth; of all the mighty world Of eye and ear, — both what they half-create, And what perceive; well pleased to recognize In nature and the language of the sense, The anchor of my purest thoughts, the nurse, The guide, the guardian of my heart, and soul Of all my moral being.
— from Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey, On Revisiting the Banks of the Wye during a Tour by William Wordsworth
My skin is the cover of my body. It keeps me bound to my surroundings. It is the leather over my spine. It is the silk over the corneas of my eyes. Where I am hairless, at the lips and groin, there is pinkness and vulnerability. Despite a protective covering of horny skin, there is no such problem with my fingers, whose ridges and grooves are so gratifying to both the lover and the criminologist. I think perhaps the entire history of me is here—viper of memory, stab of regret, red light of oblivion. Hell would be living without them.
Charles Bukowski (August 16, 1920 – March 9, 1994) — Photo-Artistry by kenne
“question and answer”
he sat naked and drunk in a room of summer
night, running the blade of the knife
under his fingernails, smiling, thinking
of all the letters he had received
telling him that
the way he lived and wrote about
that–
it had kept them going when
all seemed
truly
hopeless.
putting the blade on the table, he
flicked it with a finger
and it whirled
in a flashing circle
under the light.
who the hell is going to save
me? he
thought.
as the knife stopped spinning
the answer came:
you’re going to have to
save yourself.
still smiling,
a: he lit a
cigarette
b: he poured
another
drink
c: gave the blade
another
spin.
The Helga Pictures Poster Has Been On Our Bedroom Wall For Over 32 Years — Photo-Artistry by kenne
Christina’s World–Source: Wikipedia
For most of the 80s and 90s, we subscribed to Newsweek. In August of 1986, Andrew Wyeth and his “The Helga Pictures” was on the cover.
Having loved Wyeth’s art since the first time I saw Christin’s World, I loved the series.
In the late 80s, we bought a poster of one
of The Helga Pictures while at the
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Ever since then, the framed poster has been on our bedroom wall.
If you love Andrew Wyeth’s work, you will find “Michael Palin in Wyeth’s World,” produced by BBC very informative and enjoyable.
Tourist In Other People’s Reality (1974) — a caricature of kenne
In 1974 an artist friend I worked with at a publishing company drew this caricature of me trying to include all the things he felt identified with me. For a long time, it hung on the wall in my office(s). One day I used a sharpy and wrote on the glass of the framed poster, “I’m a tourist in other people’s reality,” which sums up my life. I borrowed the line from Susan Sontag’s book (On Photography), “The camera makes everyone a tourist in other people’s reality, and eventually in one’s own.”
— kenne
Pinned on the wall in the drawing is the Edmund Burke quote:
“No men can act with effect who do not act in concert;
no men can act in concert who do not act with confidence;
no men can act with confidence who are not bound together
with common opinions, common affections, and common interests.”
The awful shadow of some unseen Power
Floats though unseen among us; visiting
This various world with as inconstant wing
As summer wind that creep from flower to flower;
Like moonbeams that behind some piny mountain shower,
It visits with inconstant glance
Each human heart and countenance;
Like hues and harmonies of evening,
Like clouds in starlight widely spread,
Like memory of music fled,
Like aught that for its grace may be
Dear, and yet dearer for its mystery.
Charles Bukowski (August 16, 1920 – March 9, 1994) — Photo-Artistry by kenne
Hacienda de los Santos Setting Room — Photo-Artistry by kenne
The Helga Pictures Poster Has Been On Our Bedroom Wall For Over 32 Years 
Prickly Pear Art — Photo-Artistry by kenne
Sitting On A Park Bench By The Sound — Photo-Artistry by kenne
Abstract Photo-Artistry by kenne
Tourist In Other People’s Reality (1974) — a caricature of kenne
Museum Staircase — Photo-Artistry Image of L.A. by kenne
Balance Stones — Photo-Artistry by kenne
