Visual Cogitations

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2012-02-02T08:41:00.000-08:00

Visual focus, much like the human mind, cannot be successful and ubiquitous at once. Edit, dance, and prioritize the elements that best convey the human message.

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IF ...forward

2012-01-31T00:27:00.000-08:00

In his Sisyphean quest to become real human incarnate, Pinocchio was marching ever forward, one step at a time; regretfully each step forward was often accompanied by a pair of steps back.

He'll tell you a different story, however...

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Xanazoo

2012-01-27T14:33:00.000-08:00

"I'm a goal oriented cur and when I make my plan ~I stick to it! I don't give a cat's pass what anyone thinks or who gets in the way, or if it no longer applies to achieving my goal!"

"...wait..."

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2012-01-25T22:48:00.000-08:00

Some people's faces seem painful to wear.
Other faces are a burden to bare.
~There's a few that resemble the back of your dining room chair...
Nevertheless, they just continue to stare
(at me).

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IF ...twirl

2012-01-23T09:30:00.000-08:00

The home run king for the bulk of the 20th century (and stellar batter for the ages), Babe Ruth, started his major league career ~oddly enough~ as a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox. His tenure as a twirler was equally impressive.

His irascible nature, however, led to his being sold to the Yankees in 1919 launching the Curse of the Bambino on the poor Red Sox.

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Xanazoo

2012-01-20T12:46:00.000-08:00

"All the attention showered upon the tortoise is gravely misplaced; I maintain, and I maintain STRONGLY that my pre~race electrolyte carrot juice was laced liberally with concentrated Chamomile extract and warm milk. Not to mention his incessant lullaby~humming at the starting gate!

~~ I demand a rematch."

"I must admit that carrot juice WAS rather tasty, though..."

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2012-01-18T22:37:00.000-08:00

My pen makes all kinds of assumptions; but the ink is my witness.

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IF ...prepare

2012-01-16T14:35:00.000-08:00

Hello.

His name is Inigo Montoya.

You keeled his father.

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Tenderheads

2012-01-13T13:49:00.000-08:00

A POWDER BLUE LINCOLN

Our 16th president persevered amidst personal and national traumas despite suffering from melancholia. In many ways an example of fortitude for all.

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2012-01-11T21:21:00.001-08:00

Confessions of a Clandestine Caricaturist:
Yes, it's true. When at a coffee shop and I spy an empty table in my view, I get up and arrange the chairs to best accommodate a preferred angle for my next drawing. More often than not, when a new person wanders in, they sit in a beautiful 3/4 view right in front of me. Makes my day.
Just call me an aracnicaricaturist...

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IF ...grounded

2012-01-09T11:10:00.000-08:00

The only PhD president, Woodrow Wilson, was grounded in 1919 (towards the end of his 2nd term) when a stroke paralyzed his left side and left him blind in one eye. For the remainder of his incumbency his wife Edith ran the show acting as delegator and judge of which issues were brought to his attention, and which were not.

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Phthalo Moons

2012-01-06T19:29:00.000-08:00

WOLF MOON

The January full moon is known as the Wolf Moon ~primarily due to the loquacious wolf packs waxing eloquent as only wolves can; howling enough to agitate, but always stopping short of crying wolf.

Chockablock: Monday, January 9 2012

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2012-01-04T17:57:00.000-08:00

Question everything.

Learn something.

Answer nothing.

~Euripides

Drink your coffee, all.

I added that last part.

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IF ...highlight

2011-12-31T16:32:00.001-08:00

Our Roman goddess of freedom, Libertas, was at one point slated to be holding a broken chain, but it was considered too hot an item in the post-Civil-War era... Instead, the chain was placed under her feet & robes, and in one hand she holds a tablet; in the other ~~one of the highest~lights in the United States.

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2011-12-29T11:53:00.000-08:00

If we are what we eat does that make us all cannibals?

~~damn stupid aphorisms...!

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IF ...messenger

2011-12-27T23:43:00.000-08:00

Millions in the United States and Canada got the message of Blitz-plagued London from Edward R. Murrow, one of the greatest broadcast journalists of the 20th century. He set the bar high for reporting the news with honesty, directness and integrity, which became more than the executives at CBS could handle... making the final split inevitable.

"good night, and good luck" indeed!

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2011-12-21T22:46:00.001-08:00

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If ...sink

2011-12-19T16:37:00.000-08:00

The "Great Humanitarian" Herbert Hoover couldn't have been more well-liked when elected president in 1928 winning nearly 60% of the popular vote... but after the stock market crash in 1929 his popularity sank market-ly.

~so to speak~

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2011-12-14T23:23:00.001-08:00

Before drinking their morning coffee most people force my caricature of them to be stiff and dry, the lines tentative, and the form confused.
Sometimes they don't order coffee. Sometimes they order milk.
These people are a waste of my time.

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If ...separated

2011-12-11T23:39:00.001-08:00

Slowly and surely, as they climbed ever higher in popularity, Simon and Garfunkel found themselves artistically separated and operationally defunct ~~just as they'd finished their most acclaimed and successful album!

they couldn't see eye to eye...

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2011-12-07T21:13:00.000-08:00

The eyes may be the windows to the soul, but if you pay attention, HANDS are the turnstile to the brain. There is often more to be gleaned from hand gestures (both relaxed and active) than one can gather from any of those squinty, beady, furtive, googley, roley~poley orbs of jello.
...when the situation is at hand, you'll see what I mean.

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If ...brigade

2011-12-05T18:09:00.000-08:00

'Half a league, half a league,

Half a league onward,

All in the valley of Death

Rode the six hundred'.

Alfred, Lord Tennyson's most famous poem was written in a matter of minutes after reading of the tragedy of the Battle of Balaclava in the Crimean War, October 25th 1854. 'The Charge of the Light Brigade' elucidated the bravery of the soldiers in the face of an obviously miscommunicated order. The poem was immensely popular with the public, and remains so today.

'Theirs not to reason why,

Theirs but to do and die'

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2011-12-01T14:41:00.000-08:00

It's a fine line between caricature and critique.
...usually just a pencil line.

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If ...round

2011-11-29T22:18:00.000-08:00

O is for Oprah.

Oprah's roundness was more than once the cultural quandary of the moment... she sucked her followers into her roly poly trials, and in the end made roundness more acceptable than ever before, even chic and stylish.

O is for Oprah.

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2011-11-23T20:52:00.001-08:00

There's a limit (but it can be pushed) to the angle and fragility of the neck. It should seem plausibly capable of holding up the weight of the head without snapping off; the more precarious the tension, the better though.
So spindle at your own risk, but don't loose your head over it.

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If ...vanity

2011-11-22T00:28:00.000-08:00

Revered in the 19th century, but viewed as incompetent in the 20th, George Armstrong Custer's impressive Civil War record was virtually ignored in lieu of what he was much better known for... ~~his fatal bravado at The Battle of Little Big Horn, and his vanity about how drop dead gorgeous he was.

...neither impressed the native Americans

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2011-11-16T21:42:00.000-08:00

Directional intent needs to be specified intentionally in order to find a directional bent for your intentions.

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If ...silent

2011-11-13T22:48:00.000-08:00

"I have never been hurt by what I have not said."

Our 30th president, Calvin Coolidge, was the most taciturn of American leaders ~Some blame his subdued running of the country for the 1929 stock market crash and the resulting decade of depression...

--only he knows for sure, but he's not saying.

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2011-11-09T21:23:00.000-08:00

A caricature is merely as series of corrections until no further corrections are necessary. Once there are no more adjustments to be made, the caricature is complete.
...one needs only to learn when to stop correcting things.

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If ...stripes

2011-11-06T23:43:00.000-08:00

The White Stripes erupted with a searing blend of punk and blues in the late 90s and continued through the past decade. Meg and Jack White, who were siblings after their marriage, got divorced before they hit it big, and then broke up years later...

They didn't know what love was (they just did as they were told).

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2011-11-04T07:04:00.000-07:00

Unless you stretch the form of the head far further than is in your comfort zone, you will never know the caricature that is waiting to rise out of the remains of your drawing.

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If ...scary

2011-11-01T23:08:00.000-07:00

There's a fine line between the frightening and the silly. Paul Reubens oft times came perilously close to crossing that Reuben-con with his Pee-wee Herman character; the final assessment being made by the viewer's inner child's threshold for the inane.

I know you are, but what am I ?

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2011-10-26T21:35:00.001-07:00

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If ...fuel

2011-10-22T15:52:00.000-07:00

Édouard Manet fueled the modernist movement with his revolutionary approach to light and form. His continually rejected art gave impetus to many younger upstart painters including Monet, Degas, Renoir, Cezanne, Pissarro and countless others into the next century.

An Olympian in his own right.

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If ...scattered

2011-10-20T23:11:00.000-07:00

The real life Lucille Ball was no way near as scattered as the televised Lucy beloved ad infinitum. Actress, businesswoman, mother, comedian, wife, and television pioneer. All that wrapped up in a nice tidy carrot-head.

~try 'splaining THAT to me.

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2011-10-13T23:06:00.000-07:00

In caricature, form and shape are in a continual battle for ascendency. Neither wins. The winner is the compromise engendered by the struggle.

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If ...contraption

2011-10-11T23:55:00.000-07:00

What famous contraption was made of lead, ivory, wire, wood, bone, and human & animal teeth? George Washington, father of our country, might have an idea...

~~if only he could wrap his head around the answer.

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2011-10-05T22:25:00.000-07:00

Caricature is honesty done dishonestly.
but no one wants to admit it...

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IF ...hibernate

2011-10-02T15:34:00.001-07:00

Elvis wintered away from 1958 to 1960 in the Army, and came out of hibernation to more number one hits, and further unfortunate movies. As he became more and more ursine in his later years he once again went into hibernation, and is spotted occasionally at fast food restaurants and other conspicuous locations.

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2011-09-28T23:54:00.000-07:00

With some you just can't tell. And it's unlikely they'll let you in on the secret; you'll get what they give ~~and if you're real good at it, you may get a bit more than you should. ...but with most you just can't tell.

With others it's just as well

(to quote Mr. Davies)

IF ...ferocious

2011-09-26T23:25:00.000-07:00

You can't get much more frumious than a Jabberwock, my son; Lewis Carroll ushered in his whiffling foe, and it has been the inspiration for many varied reinterpretations. Even Alice had to admit that "Somehow it fills my head with ideas---only I don't exactly know what they are!"

Callooh! Callay!

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2011-09-21T20:47:00.000-07:00

Waiting is worth the wait, because history shows us that the common place of today was the stunning unbelievable revelation of yesterday.
...it's humbling to know that tomorrow's common place has yet to be realized and uncovered.
we should start wondering how we are ever managing without.

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IF ...mesmerizing

2011-09-18T19:40:00.001-07:00

The early 1940s brought us the first teen idol. ~~Frank Sinatra mesmerized the women at home and infuriated the men fighting overseas. Ol' Blue Eyes then embarked on a career that had as many rises and falls as his bi-polar personality had ups and downs.

Still he did it his way.

(one assumes)

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2011-09-14T21:27:00.000-07:00

I do my thing and you do yours.
Everyone is their own individual in intent and happenstance.
...and visual delight.

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IF ...boundaries

2011-09-12T23:40:00.000-07:00

"Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth". Pablo Picasso not only pushed boundaries, in many cases, he lost boundaries altogether ~and set new ones that were entirely his own. In terms of art he set no limits and thereby created fresh boundaries for others to follow.

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2011-09-07T23:26:00.001-07:00

Stressful situations often bring out the hidden character in people, or perhaps amplify the volume of their already evident inclinations. One is obliged to pay close attention to the hands, eyes, head tilts and ears... which are the soul's guide to the underworld.

IF ...mysterious

2011-09-04T23:29:00.000-07:00

In an appropriate parallel to his macabre fiction, Edgar Allan Poe left this world under mysterious circumstances: incoherent, delirious, and wearing someone else's clothes.

Flew the coop, as it were, a possible victim of cooping...

~~(from which he never recouped).

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2011-09-01T00:32:00.000-07:00

It's true that oft times I slip into a caricature frame of mind at any random time or place... I can, if desired, see people as distorted forms instead of their actual aspects. At first it's entertaining and soon becomes common place as I move around at ease in a dysmorphic world of garbled heads --until I remind myself that everybody does NOT look like I'm processing them, and then it's a rude jolt back to mundane reality.

This is a big secret.

Don't tell anyone.

IF ...disguise

2011-08-29T00:12:00.001-07:00

In this age of social networking and various over~infosized~reality~bits it's harder and harder to keep your identity from being stolen... Identity theft is a nefarious crime that even has the likes of the Batman on edge...

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IF ...influence

2011-08-24T15:18:00.001-07:00

An English mathematician and scientist held an enduring influential reign for centuries as the premier theoretical physicist ~who's lineage led to the likes of Einstein and his friends... Isaac Newton had theories about subjects as varied as optics, mathematics and even the occult.

He seemed to gravitate in all directions...

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2011-08-17T22:54:00.000-07:00

Look at them thar heads 'n' necks down thar....

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IF ...swell

2011-08-16T00:27:00.000-07:00

With a singing voice that could range over 4 octaves, Freddie Mercury had no problem swelling from bass to tenor in a single phrase... --and often challenged his audience to match his bravado. He was as swell as a daffodil, my dear..

~~give us a kiss!

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2011-08-10T21:00:00.001-07:00

If there's any concern that practicing caricature will damage your skills for realism in portraiture, keep in mind that the strongest portraits are the ones that reach the essence of the sitter, and caricature is nearly all essence. The best realism has deep within ...an unrealistic emphasis.

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IF ...imperfect

2011-08-07T13:55:00.000-07:00

"My one regret in life is that I am not someone else."

Woody Allen perfected imperfection throughout his art and life, dovetailing the two into a perfect blend of inadequacy and frailty; ~the ultimate chink in anybody's armor.

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2011-08-03T22:01:00.000-07:00

IF ...obsession

2011-07-31T15:47:00.000-07:00

The rather enigmatic Captain Ahab was more the embodiment of obsession than a 'human' character; haunted by revenge on the great white whale, he obliterated with abandon.

~~"for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee!"

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2011-07-27T21:56:00.000-07:00

Some folks just let it flow...
0thers can't wait to blow
~(those that have a youthful glow)

but the rest~~
don't want to know.
happy birthday

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IF ...perennial

2011-07-25T09:33:00.000-07:00

The picture of our perennial evergreen friend, Dorian Gray, was worth a 1000 dirty deeds. ~~He had it made living his life with impunity, and none the worse for wear and tear; but in the end he was as deciduous as a fallen angel.

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2011-07-20T21:28:00.000-07:00

If you look closely you can often see a preview of the next caricature looming in the background.
cool for you.

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IF ...gesture

2011-07-18T11:24:00.001-07:00

Marketing became priority number one in 1983 when the Star Wars franchise set out to concoct cutesy character designs that would be "irresistible" in the toy aisles... Hence the Ewoks (Wookiees spelled sideways?). Had Darth Vader been at the meetings, he surely would have had a gesture or two to tender.

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2011-07-13T21:15:00.000-07:00

Exaggeration is a two way street. Balance in distortion is the end all in any caricature, so all you enlarge should be balanced with what you can diminish.
Inflate the psyche and shatter the ego.
:)

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IF ...stay

2011-07-10T23:51:00.000-07:00

Father and son teams are not unique in presidential history. The Adams duo was the first ~and only other, pair ~(the Harrisons skipped a generation). The Bush family came to stay on and off in the last two decades ~one of them even had a quail for a vice president, begging the question: Was a bird in the house worth two of the Bush?

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2011-07-06T21:04:00.000-07:00

Another reason to have Desmond Tutu as a personal hero is for saying: "Give a man a fish and feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and feed him for a lifetime. Teach a man to bicycle and he will realize fishing is stupid and boring."

More than makes up for his name...

IF ...remedy

2011-07-03T18:22:00.000-07:00

Would you, could you,

in a book?

Rhyme it, time it,

like a kook?

Dr. Seuss came on the scene in the the 1950s with a remedy for illiteracy ~and his special brand of book learning made reading more palatable to children than it had ever been.

I do so like

small word flimflam!

Thank you!

Seuss-I-am!

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2011-06-30T00:33:00.000-07:00

The anatomy of contentment has no specific rules, so its expression is free to meander through the vagaries of the buccinator to the furrowing of the glabella, ~~yet it is an expression easily identified ...due mostly to the tension created from the contrast of fluid relaxation and the gravid collywobbles.

IF ...midsummer night

2011-06-25T22:05:00.000-07:00

Never send a woodland sprite to do a faerie king's job... but that's exactly what Oberon did on a midsummer night; the end result was everyone fell in love with the wrong person and others made asses of themselves. When asked to explain the snafu (summer's night all fowled up), Oberon simply spat out:

"Puck you"

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IF ...launch

2011-06-22T20:17:00.000-07:00

In 1962 the Cuban Missile Crisis was the closest the Cold War came to annihilating the world as we knew it. After 13 intense days of cat and mouse, JFK and Nikita Khrushchev opted to discuss further disputes over launch.

...or better perhaps, ~~supper.

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2011-06-15T21:34:00.000-07:00

It's interesting to pay attention to the ignored lines in a caricature. It shows not only a moment of indecision and improvisation, but even more so, the corrections are a statement of adjusted deformation that were deemed invaluable to the essence conveyed.

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IF ...swept

2011-06-14T00:29:00.000-07:00

One of the perks of John F. Kennedy's (albeit short) term in the White House, was that presidential dalliances were typically swept under the rug by the press, and the public in general...
What happened in DC stayed in DC.

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2011-06-08T19:44:00.001-07:00

The mouth can be deceiving and dishonest. The eyes, being the windows to the soul, have a hard time being dishonest ~but with practice they learn to divert suspicion.
The NOSE, however, has few muscular options, so is relegated to nakedness and honesty... an observer need only to pay close attention and not be distracted by the glamour of the eyes and mouth; the truth will out with the nose.
The nose not liking all this attention has developed a partial sneer to communicate its dissatisfaction, but to no avail.

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IF ...shadows

2011-06-06T23:44:00.001-07:00

From the shadows of World War I came one of the more shadowy figures to cloud the European continent in centuries. Adolf Hitler brought death, hatred, evil and a second World War to fruition, and darkened Earth for the duration.

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2011-06-01T19:41:00.000-07:00

Gravity is an important factor in caricature. The directional tension between the forces of nature and people's penchant for remaining upright is seen explicitly in the face and, in particular, the features' struggle for identity.
The rest of the body is not immune to this battle.
unfortunately

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IF ...asleep

2011-05-30T23:16:00.000-07:00

and without some help, Dorothy would never have made it out of the deadly Poppy field... thirty years later when Judy Garland was again lulled into a deadly barbiturate slumber, the scarecrow and tin-man were ~sadly~ nowhere to be found.

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2011-05-25T21:49:00.000-07:00

It's important to understand that most artists of any accomplishment aren't a camera; they don't draw what they see, they draw what they want you to see... ~Robert Beverly Hale identified this as a truism.
Caricature is freed from the shackles of copying, and its joy is its freedom of interpretation and visual libel.

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IF ...soaked

2011-05-22T23:59:00.000-07:00

A self proclaimed "sex-zombie" Veronica Lake personified the look and fashion of early 1940's glamour. As the 40s wore on her dependence on gin and vodka increased, her health decreased, and alcohol soaked up her talent and her life.
peek-a-booze!

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2011-05-18T20:14:00.000-07:00

A little cookie in the mouth is better than two on the plate.
A plate in the mouth is a little kookie.

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IF ...safari

2011-05-16T00:38:00.000-07:00

In 1909 Theodore Roosevelt went on safari in what is now Kenya and bagged six rare white rhinos... ~~and over 11,000 other animals to boot.
He found a lot of animals,
but never found the presidency again.

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