A friend of mine died this week. She was my brother’s mother-in-law, Gertrude Peterson.

Every time I saw her, she would laugh, and put her hands into a V under her chin as a sort of NASA docking station for my chin and give me a smooch on the lips.

She was in her late 80s.

Those are some of the best moments of my life.

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Vacuuming the scene with sweeping movements, or pans, doesn’t work well for the most part.

It is a problem as more and more students and teachers use flip cameras and other video production.

In general, this is a rule of thumb … for an example of the good, watch the video below:

Evan Hecox from Arkitip, Inc. on Vimeo.

I’ve been reading up on taking portraits.

This is what happens when you take the study of portraiture and apply it to something you truly love.

Click on the photo for a closer look. Click on it again to get closer.  (I think it’s tasting you back.)

Grilled Portabella w/Fig Balsamic, Country Ham, Chevre

Television is a drug. If you don’t believe me, watch this.

Television is a drug. from Beth Fulton on Vimeo.

“When you make a thing, a thing that is new, it is so complicated making it that it is bound to be ugly. But those that make it after you, they don’t have to worry about making it. And they can make it pretty, and so everybody can like it when others make it after you”

Pablo Picasso quoted by Gertrude Stein

A fun look at how Pollock painted for young artists. It is a quick way (without a large canvass and poring paint. Try it. It’s fun. [http://www.jacksonpollock.org|www.jacksonpollock.org]