Why Silence is Golden

Sis: Well, concerning this thing called love, pertaining to Mom & Dad, you see, Dad just wanted to plant his seeds in another garden. The soil dried up and Mom had that operation to cease child-bearing.

Melinda: Oh Sissy! What does love have to do with it? Seems to me as though Dad simply could not enjoy the fruits of his labors. He kept secluding himself to plan and pay bills, but without Mom working out of the house too, it became overwhelming. The labor of following Dad’s demands probably just left her wanting more (More brand cigarettes) The institution of marriage is very taxing both on the checkbook as well as the body. Finding support & comfort outside that institution is a very human thing to do. Nobody should have to feel bad, demeaned, or wrong within the confines of their own skin. Relief is needed!

Sis: Yes, you are correct! The human condition is very confining within the certainty of only death & taxes as well as the constant checklist of expectations & responsibilities, not to mention the hamster wheel effect, and…

Melinda: Harvey, Harvey, Harvey the wonder hamster! He doesn’t whine & he doesn’t squeel, he just runs around on his hamster wheel! Exactly, Sis…despite all our rage, we are still just a rat in a cage! And when the rat finds the cheese, boy, that’s when all the yeast infections and UTI’s come in to mess everything up!

Sis: You’re right! Oh, and thanks for the Weird Al & Smashing Pumpkins references. Furthermore, we get the added bonus of aging cells and the relief of drugs, both legal and illegal, that have so many side effects, I can’t even shake a stick at them because the stick would simply break or maybe disintegrate!

Melinda: Well, Sis, you’re not supposed to shake the stick. You’re supposed to carry a big stick and speak softly.

Sis: So right, Melinda, so right! Then let them have it across the face with a 2 X 4!

Melinda: No, No! You’ve been watching that Tommy Boy movie too many times! Furthermore, what about Mom’s garden? Maybe she wanted to grow more than one kind of vegetable.

Sis: Yeah, or maybe more than one kind of fruit, depending on how you look at it. Also, remember, some of those seeds, like dill or horseradish, are also beneficial to one’s health.

Melinda & Sis: Oh my, (Quietly laugh-then sigh)

Melinda: Well, all I can say, Sis, is rockets were launched!

Sis: Oh, did you have to mention lunch? Dang girl, I was intermittently fasting, but now you made me hungry!

Melinda: Well, just eat drink, & be merry because we have just one shot at life so let’s take it while we’re still not afraid!

Sis: Brilliant referral to Rod Stewart!

Melinda: Naturally! Phil can’t fill the gap, so Rod has to do it!

Sis: Sh! You’ve got to stop poking fun at your relatives!

Melinda: Well, who’s left then? I mean, our president already has his lion’s share (or should I say loins’ share) of the ridicule. I’m just serving up a fair portion to those who were more closely connected. My muse, Johnny Walker, already turned blue & I drank him up with poetry. Sorry, but I have to do the hokey pokey so I can turn myself around. I heard somebody say that’s what it’s all about!

Sis: There you go! You took the words right out of my mouth! Well, you know, sometimes I think you’d be better off with that foot in your mouth lest somebody want to stick their foot in…The End!

Intermittent Sleep

Don’t know if it was the roosters

Or whether Hungary spirits Rome

But I cannot sleep deep

It’s hard to explain, but my diet is not plain

And I avoid caffeine, but still getting mean

Since I cannot control the flow

I just have to go go go

But that’s too much information for you

So I’ll stop right here no more Boo Hoo!

Colorful Views

Persoective 4 a cartoonist so far you have learned that an understanding of form end up is very important to every cartoonist whether he draws in a realistic way or stylized his words 2 the wildest extreme Now we are going 2 show you how A knowledge of perspective will help you actually create & control the sense of depth in your cartoons. The few simple principles of perspective which you should know are easy 2 understand there is nothing complicated about them Just apply these principles 2 the things you see around you & you will soon learn all you need 2 draw cartoons that have a real sense of form & depth All the rules of perspective R based on the one simple observation objects appear 2 become smaller as they R farther from your eyes, everything conforms 2 this principle the picture on the opposite page shows a succession of things getting smaller as it is farther from the eye any parts of the object also seems smaller the height, width & thickness of each form decreases proportionately See this 4 yourself by looking down a street line with house the trees and telephone poles each part of the house seems smaller as the house is farther away the thickness of the pose decreases along with their height, as does the size of the trunks and branches of the trees as these objects & their parts seem to decrease the distance or interval between them also seems smaller now as you see this app appearance decrease of depth with this distance you become aware that the objects diminish in a obvious direction toward a definite level of height in the picture, this level is known as the horizon or high-level the level at which the sky and earth meet is the most common form of natural horizon but it is not always the level of true horizon The true horizon is always the level of your own eyes and will change each time you move 2 a higher or lower position The horizon is straight out in front of your eyes & on a level with them if you look straight ahead without moving your head up or down whether the sky or water meet you see a true horizon if you stand in a room and your eyes are 5 1/2 feet from the floor that height is your level and horizon 4 the room even though your view of a net natural horizon this partly are completely blocked by a hill or building You should still be aware of the horizon in front of you look at the picture opposite it demonstrates another point level parallel lines all appear 2 converge at a definite point at this point is called the vanishing point It has always on the horizon or eye level though it may be at any point on that horizon You can see the effect by looking down the street a hall a rug a coffee table or a bowling alley This convergence is easier to see in long lines but remember that it takes place with all level parallel lines, regardless of the length Drawing is just an interpretation of 3-D objects on a flat surface your drawing paper 2 give an object the feeling of solidarity and depth you use perspective It fits bill!

Story about Watercolor Pictures

At sunrise, I took Pepto biz. Santa, the grape ape came floating down the river on a line. A fern brushed his arm while a piece of hay poked his side. He was totally sunless and looked like a tangerine the coral necklace he wore was red. The lilacs reached the sky and the ocean rested by the tree. There was a puppy, a bee, and a punk who held a carnation. The cherry was on a turquoise plate. It was so calm. You’d think the grass was smoking weed. A dirty white boy chomped on a dream sickle the peony froze while the strawberry and black cherry stood there icy sea foam foam and pine for hot chocolate khakis laid by the shore and so did a silver gun. Yes, the kettle is black a pale laid next to the blue igloo. Eee gads!

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Tiny Scar

It’s a wild to know you very little

You know so much about my riddle

Maybe I could help solve yours

Or maybe I’ll with eagle sore

To know of you of not again

Do not go backwards when I bend

Instead of lead so forward ready

Bang the gun, unsteady Freddy

Let me run so far from you

You’ll wonder what has hit you too

And why must I then pick on ye?

To show I’m stronger than a tree

I’m getting by without your care

With you, my life, I will not share

This is what is sad and true

The only way my heart has grew

The sutures now, then, stay in place

Because my heart can’t be replaced

Instead of healed with tiny scar

Left from the time you tried to mar

In the Bright Room

To organize one’s thoughts and feelings

To plant small steps leading to bigger ones

To decide upgrading to a succinct numbering system

To conquer by setting it and forgetting it

To give necessarily in order to focus

All of these gradually letting go

One project to get to the next

Knowing how to fulfill visions of another

Then fulfilling one’s own

To be on time – timeless – and happily keeping time

These are my dreams and goals

And I need to ask the universe

For fulfillment

Let’s become that artist and designer

Without starving, shall we?!

SIGH…

Seems like nothing at all, but it is something

Seems like magical touch it is such

Seems like a potent concoction and auction

What has it become a collectible!

Where does it shine best? Museum? Circus?

For everyone’s eyes, becoming!

And it is so tangible, but not

It is yet another protected species

Let’s not have it become extinct

Shall we? Or it will soon stink…

And, sink into the depths of dark

Darkness is not seen, only heard

The cries for its reappearance

Acceptance of its fate

Recollections of its vivacity

We hear, joyful cries

But even so, the organism is not sad

It does not moan or grown in agony

The energy of said item is still alive

And, well? How is that?

For the passing of time continues

Same experiences linger

To house the merrily weak

Yet kind enough not to speak

It doesn’t need much help to survive

Because it continues dead or alive

The tools have been used, creation made

It doesn’t keep still, nor does it fade

Let go of what? Memories stay!

Even in our silence, pray

Is Karma a killer revenge?

Or just a universal cringe

Now I stay content with my words as they recur