Archive for the ‘New Orleans’ Tag

Door In The French Quarter   1 comment

new-orleans-door-1-of-1-art-blog.jpg (976×1263)Doors are for Opening (A Door In The French Quarter) — Photo-Artistry by kenne

Doors are for Opening

My serious apprehension of being

Is freed by acts of becoming — 

Through the task of opening doors,

Where I learn from the past,

Laugh at today’s mistakes, and

Dream about tomorrow.

— kenne

Late June Afternoon On Bourbon Street   Leave a comment

New Orleans (1 of 1)-Bourbon Street-72Late June Afternoon On Bourbon Street — Photo-Artistry by kenne

Full of the profane 

We walk this temporal street 

Yet something sacred.

— kenne

Cathedral Alley — Photo-Artistry   Leave a comment

Jackson Square Alley-Edit-1-art-blogCathedral Alley, Jackson Square, New Orleans — Photo-Artistry by kenne

Jackson Square has many hidden wonders
As the morning fog climbs over the river banks.
When the sun opens old musky building cracks
When the cobblestone walk raises from its grave.
A breeze moves in bringing a touch of rain
Turning the smell of night to a fresh new day.
There’s a naked body moving down the alley
Leaving behind a senseless craving of desire.

— kenne

Jackson Square Foggy Morning #2   1 comment

Jackson Square N.O. Dec 2014-2-Edit-3-art-blogJackson Square Foggy Morning #2 — Photo-Artistry by kenne

you may see
what I see
doesn’t
really matter
to me
I was there
you were not
the feeling exists
without words
still the painting
may fill the void
with layers
and filters
creating
a new
human touch —
if you can feel it.

— kenne

Foggy Morning In Jackson Square   Leave a comment

Jackson Square N.O. Dec 2014-Edit-5-art-blogFoggy Morning In Jackson Square, New Orleans — Photo-Artistry by kenne

Christmas on the Square
Lights of the night are now out
Only red remains.

The fog settles low
After the celebrations
Hugs you to the bone.

— kenne

 

Play That Downhome Music   Leave a comment

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New Orleans 12-Street Scene-Art-Old Film-blog“Play That Downhome Music” (New Orleans Street Musicians) — Photo-Artistry by kenne

The Chance of Rain

When it rains here, we soak
up to our ankles and down
from our hoods. You wouldn’t
believe all the water teeming
in the cracks of our streets and
sliding down the sidewalks
in thin, fleeting sheets. We
could almost be swept away.

—David K. Wheeler, from Contingency Plans

 

She Always Stands Out In A Crowd   2 comments

New Orleans 1 Street Music Color Me on Royale-Edit blogColor Her On Royale Street — Photo-Artistry by kenne 

I have found some color in this black and white world, have you?

— kenne

“In a black and white world, true colors show.”

Store Window Digital Art   Leave a comment

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAStore Window Digital Art by kenne

I’m always capturing life as practice so I can live again in art.

— kenne

My Serious Apprehension Of Being   3 comments

New Orleans Door (1 of 1) art_edit blogDoors are for Opening (A Door In The French Quarter) — Computer Art by kenne

My serious apprehension of being

Is freed by acts of becoming — 

Through the task of opening doors,

Where I learn from the past,

Laugh at today’s mistakes, and

Dream about tomorrow.

— kenne

Bourbon Street In The Rain   2 comments

New Orleans 2007 265 Two Years After B&W Art blog-2Image by kenne

Long weekends 
in our city of escape 
created ownership
that time bought back.

Dreams have replaced 
the amped erogenous
moments, now searching

for new zones.

— kenne

Decatur Street   Leave a comment

New Orleans 2007Computer Art by kenne (December 2007)
The 5th time I have posted this image on my blog.

Decatur Street

Buildings
bending with age

downward
outward
fading colors
open shutters
flower pots
balconies

weathered walls
cracks
street artists
paintings 

coffee and beignets
Café du Monde
House of the Blues
Decatur Street

once Levee Street
Decatur Street
river
Mississippi River

— kenne

 

Decatur Street Painting Ten Years Out   Leave a comment

New Orleans 2007Decatur Street, New Orleans — Computer Painting Reframed Ten Years Out

“We must be willing to let go of the life we planned
so as to have the life that is waiting for us.”

— Joseph Campbell

New Orleans — Sensitivity   4 comments

new-orleans-street-intensity-recovered-blog-iiComputer Painting (New Orleans, December 2014) and video by kenne

I was born on the edge of the big muddy flow
my daddy was French, my mother creole
I’m slow and heavy underneath the sun
but I’m more than willing when the night time comes
I’m a well known street, I’m a marching drum
I’m a dancer, a preacher, a sophisticated bum
I’m a wild tchapatoula, a dice rolling judge
I’m a barker tryin’ to fool you into a late night club

I am the Big Easy I been hit by a storm
brought to my knees have mercy lord
I got soul I got heart
all alone I’m coming out of the dark
I am the Big Easy

— from I am The Big Easy by Ray Bonneville

Video: Ray Bonneville, “I am the Big Easy,” Ken & Mary’s Blues Project, Porter, Texas, November 2009.

 

Corner of Bourbon & Orleans   1 comment

New Orleans Bourbon Street Art V Johnny White's  blog-Johnny White’s Bar & Grill at the Corner of Bourbon & Orleans — Computer Art by kenne

“Light and music pour from doorways into the street,
here the carnival and there the quiet of candlelight.
A celebration of flesh, and an acknowledgement of the spirit.”

Bourbon Street Trash   2 comments

New Orleans Bourbon Street Art IV blog-Bourbon Street Trash — Computer Art by kenne

Bourbon street trash
stacked for pick-up
captured without a flash
part of my street mockup.

I don’t like to rhyme
and as you can tell
it’s a waste of my time
since I don’t excel.

My words are trash
They could stand a tune-up
from Mr. Balderdash,
which would make it a tossup.

— kenne