Abstract Art is harder than it looks.

I have been trying to finish a piece of abstract art for a while, for a friend but also as an experiment for myself. I didn't have much in mind starting out, just thinking about a palette of colors and how to apply them to canvas. What I got was a bunch of colors on a canvas with an interesting texture that didn't do a lot for me on the whole. I tried a few times, painting over my previous work each time. The trial preceding this one was almost there, but lacked depth and was also very boring. I had fun adding the dark green splashes today, and I think I like it now.

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To My Wife's Students

I don't know you, but I've heard things for better or worse, Of who you are and how you do. You're on her mind when you succeed, or when you're blind, and when the world makes you bleed. I wish you the best and she is it. She doesn't wish, she further commits. She has children of her body, you are children of her soul. Never forget that your success is ultimately her goal. She will sometimes challenge, she knows what you can do. Don't do it for her, she'll just defer. She's in it because of you. She might give a push if you needed it today or quietly ask out of earshot "Is everything okay?" There's a depth in her that you don't know, but if you listen carefully, you'll hear the echo of all that you might be.

33-paraphrasing/free flow of thought

Happy birthday is sung, mom sings may the dear lord bless you verse by herself. Newly 33 year old Jeremy blows out the candles, maybe there are 33 of them, a tame dad and brother prank. There are kids. Young kids and Jeremy is Daddy. Kelly as Mommy tries to run herd on them, but ultimately the boys do what they want. Meanwhile, someone has asked Jeremy what he wished for. He thinks 'I wish I knew.' Title card Music trumpets heralding and mocking Narration I've never really fit in. Don't get me wrong, I've had plenty of friends in my life, and no trouble making them, but I do tend to like them weird, just like I like my coffee. I've fit in lots of places, but rarely stuck with any one thing for too long. I'm what you might call a free spirit. I know what you're thinking, the mental image that's forming here... (visuals of Jeremy beginning his day, wife leaving for work before the sun is up, she kisses him, but he's really still asleep, toddler b...

Outer Space Adventure Saga NOTES

Hello Reader. I'm not writing a new chapter this time, sorry. I had a few more plans for my characters than made it to the page, but I hit a mental stopping point. Tonight, I think I figured out why. I sat and let my mind wander, intentionally and with some difficulty keeping my phone in my pocket while I smoked on my front porch. After everyone else in the house is asleep my mind goes to creative efforts if I don't have any occupation for the evening. I thought about the story I've begun here, and each time I thought about one of the chapters, I wanted to go back and change things. This is not unusual, as each chapter has been prodded a few too many times to mention. Each time I read it I can't help but go in and adjust something. Tonight I was looking at the big picture though, and I have decided to reset the story from the very beginning. I'm going to go into (and ramble about) some of the changes I was thinking about. If you have rea...

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