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Entries Tagged as 'Art'

Magnolia Magnifique

April 26th, 2009 · No Comments · Art, Design and Communication, Uncategorized, photography

One day they are buds and the next, with just the right combination of sun and warmth, the Magnolia blossoms unfurl in splendorous shades of pink, lavender and white. For a few days this celebration continues. But almost as soon as the petals are fully exposed they begin to discolor and drop, one-by-one to the ground [...]

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On the Surface

March 29th, 2009 · 5 Comments · Images, Uncategorized

Whether it is a patina born of weather and age or the result of intentional scarring, scumbling, scratching, and dragging by the painter’s brush, etcher’s scribe or limner’s silver rod, all we ever see, with our unassisted eyes, is the surface. It is the gift and curse that reveals itself fully only to those prepared [...]

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The Dust Bowl Symphony

March 13th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Uncategorized

Neither a borrower nor lender be;

For loan oft loses both itself and friend,

And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.

Shakespeare (Hamlet)
I recently received an invitation to attend a meeting called by the Arts Council of Greater Lansing. The stated intent was to discuss ways to avoid the funding cuts to arts programs proposed by the State of [...]

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Snapper’s Disappointment

February 26th, 2009 · 8 Comments · Art, Design and Communication, photography

Snapper figured if he bought the best he’d be the best. So he made the call and ordered himself one of the finest digital single lens reflex cameras money could buy. This puppy came with 24.5 megapixel full-frame capability, a magnesium body shell, a carbon fiber composite shutter, a 922,000 pixel LCD monitor, and it [...]

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The Art of the Finish

February 17th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Art, Images, photography

 
 
Annie Dillard, in her book The Writing Life asks “How many gifts do we open from which the writer neglected to remove the price tag? Is it pertinent, is it courteous for us to learn what it cost the writer personally?” This same question can and should be asked of photographers and painters.
The amount of [...]

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