I like the contrast here of both my artwork done here in northern Virginia - the second week of August 2010 with my pens and my regular and oil pastels I believe - with the photos of the drive to work taken with a Canon Power Shot camera in December 2010-last two weeks - starting at the Teddy Roosevelt Bridge that crosses over the Potomac river.My sketches were done outside on my back deck and were inspired by the tall trees all around me in full leaf foliage that never cease to inspire me and the Potomac river and the Washington Monument, the Lincoln Memorial, the bridge there, too with the gilded gold horses at the edge, the water and the boats and the birds and the Kennedy Center, pretty much everything there with the planes and helicopters, the people walking and running and the people on their bicycles - it's all a rush of adrenalin to me and always makes my blood pump and rage and explode like fireworks ... I always like to give thanks for being alive at these moments - snapping pictures away quickly and drawing with abandon.
It's all part of my New Year's resolution - to do more of these things and to post them here as often as I can and to simply better explore my life today and of the past with the hope that it will all add for a better future, too : however - the " now " the " ahora " le " maintenant " are the most important to me of all.
Cheers and Happy New Year 2011 to you all. Hope you enjoy both my pastel and ink sketches as well as these Canon pictures . TONY
I also work a lot on my poetry as you may already know. Looking at the pictures crossing over the bridge with the sunshine breaking through reminds me of the two poems I just added to my other blog : chatpoetry.blogspot.com. Here's a peak at that :
To Last Day This 2010
Yes What Gray Of Morn
No Clear No Glam Just
Dull Yet Ove Sun Cross
Potomac A Glow A 'Flect
'Flect 'Flection Of Wain
Faint Sun On Rippled Green
Darks River's Waters
A Nice Blow Of Blast Of
Gasp Of Through Clouds
They Be Thick Yet Sun Da
Light Da Save Savor Savior
It Break Clouds Through
Some Enough To Clear Head
Mine Make Bright Me Bit
Lots Revive Want Now Thrive
Work Arrive Day Morn Embrace
Life Race Trace On By Side Live
Alive Run Close Touch Out Reach
Yell Screech Reach Hands Feet
To Touch To Clutch To Hug
Hug Hug ...
#2 Le 31st Decembre, Vendredi matin en voiture sur la riviere du Potomac , sun's shining through clouds now, shine on my hands now winter's morn ... TONY
All's well now here at home on Sunday, January 2nd, 2011 at 1:02PM as I type this here and get ready to go off with my family to see the " new version " of the John Wayne " True Grit " movie that is out now with the talented actor Jeff Bridges that was great years ago in the movie " The Fabulous Baker Boys " with his brother Beau and with their equally talented blond lady star .... a bientot mes amis ...
Ahhhh yesssss, this is a wine blog and the wine will come tonight at dinner. More on that soon. Last night we enjoyed the 2006 LABOURE-ROI Gevrey Chambertin with our roasted chicken dinner and tonight I will taste what's still in the bottle as I think it needed more time to age and so tonight it might simply be wonderful and more open and round and bright and focused than last night. Vamos a ver ....
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