The Illustration Friday word of inspiration this week in “influence”. “Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.” The man who said that began his celebrated literary career as a printer, then on to the unlikely path of master riverboat pilot on the Mississippi. After a short and failed attempt …
The Illustration Friday challenge word this week is “swell”. “Gee, Dad, as far as fathers go… you’re swell!” Even as Dennis Mitchell was wreaking havoc in Mr. Wilson‘s petunia bed (no, that’s not a euphemism), he loved his dad. And what was not to love? Herbert Anderson was born in Oakland, California in 1917. At …
The Illustration Friday challenge word this week is “imperfect”. In November 1960, CBS broadcast an episode of the science-fiction anthology series Twilight Zone called “Eye of the Beholder” (renamed “A Private World of Darkness” in subsequent rebroadcasts). It was a morality tale that forced viewers to reassess their concept of “perfect” and “imperfect”. The episode involves …
This week’s Illustration Friday challenge word is “obsession”. Regular readers of my blog (all four of you) are already familiar with my obsession the one aside from drawing. I love old movies, Hollywood scandals, obscure actors and actresses and stories of untimely demise. So, how do I satisfy all of those interests at one shot? I visit cemeteries, …
In the long-ago days when a band called Led Zeppelin still existed, when the mention of The Rolling Stones entering a recording studio did not evoke an exasperated “eye roll” and Cat Stevens was singing about the joys of moonshadows instead of Jihad, a local stop on your favorite band’s concert tour came with the perennial regularity of Daylight Savings Time, the …
This week’s Illustration Friday‘s challnege word is “gesture”. If you want a symbolic gesture, don’t burn the flag; wash it. Norman Thomas Norman Thomas was a noted pacifist, war critic, conscientious objector, co-founder of the National Civil Liberties Bureau (the precursor to the ACLU) and six-time presidential candidate for the Socialist Party of America. …
The Illustration Friday website offers “stay” as this week’s challenge word. Stay Just a little bit longer Please Please, please, please, please Tell me you’re going to
This week’s Illustration Friday challenge word is “remedy”. “There is a remedy for everything. It is called death” — Portuguese proverb In the nearly five year existence of this blog, I have related over two hundred stories of death. I have also chronicled numerous excursions to cemeteries – one of my favorite hobbies. I guess the Portuguese are on to …
The Illustration Friday website suggests “midsummer night” as this week’s inspiration. My son and I experienced Niagara Falls for the first time at the same time. My wife, whose parents took their three children on numerous family vacations, saw the renowned natural spectacle in her youth. I went on my last furlough with my parents …
This week’s Illustration Friday challenge word is “launch”. Some of the first-year NASA recruits were a little more ambitious than others. (HERE is another illustration, from a few years ago, that fits the challenge too.)
