intelligent design and other things

This drawing of the cat has nothing to do with intelligent design. Or does it? Anyway, I'm probably thinking of doing a series of cats doing different stuff. It just seemed like a cat would like to go skin diving. They do like fish, don't they?

I had a most unfortunate experience recently. I failed a guinea pig! Or, perhaps a guinea person. But that doesn't sound really correct either. Perhaps, test subject, is the proper term. That does sound very clinical. It was very clean there and the people had on white lab coats. I have experienced many failures in my life starting with being rejected by Nora Jean Thompson in the third grade. I thought I could out grow it, but, alas, over 50 years of effort have been to no avail. And now in my 63rd year I am rejected as a test subject! What's a guy gonna do? The advertisement in the Post and Courier made it sound so easy. At first they said that I was overweight. And they that too many of the hair follicles on my head were dead. Then there was the possible reaction with my drugs. It's very hard for a man to earn a quick hundred fifty bucks.

Back to intelligent design. I pick intelligent design over Darwinsm any day.

!@#$%

I continue to work on the monoprint technique. There are so many variables involved. I think that one of the reasons that I like it is because of it being a tactile method of creating images. The physical act of tearing the paper to create the masks is much more "touchy-feelie" than watercolour. Watercolour has no tactile feature. I also like to maneuver the ink with my fingers of other tools. The paper, as in watercolour is, has a major effect of the image creation process. In the above image the ink was printed on a very non-porous surface and consequently would not dry quickly. This inability to dry quickly gave me the opportunity to manipulate the ink to create soft edges and other textures. I think that I'm just on the tip of the iceberg now. More to comes.

and then some...

I have finished reading Fast Food Nation. It was recommended by David. It explores the effect of fast food restaurants have had on American culture. The most frightening writing concerns the lack of concern major corporations have for food safety. Before reading this book I had a completely different opinion of the US economy and the relationship between business, government and the consumer. I have always been of the impression that less regulation was the best regulation. This opinion was based my experience in corporate America. My experience was in a management capacity. Perhaps the root of my misconception was the belief that man is basically good. Apparently ethics are only applicable when there is no profit motive involved. The book documented instances when tainted meat was sold as hamburgers and people actually died from them. But the meat suppliers did not immediately pull the meat of the product without coercion. I assure you that if you read this book, you will never look at a hamburger the same again. And you may become a vegetarian.