War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
Overcast and gray this Monday evening on California’s north coast — low clouds and darkness coming pretty-quickly. Earlier in the afternoon, Little River State Beach was nice, though, even in a kind of brown, drab, near-colorless setting. A beach dog-romp is always nice, no matter the weather. Sunshine expected tomorrow, so there’s that… Once again,…
Illustration to the left, M.C Escher’s ‘Hand with Reflecting Sphere,’ or also, ‘Self-Portrait in Spherical Mirror‘ (found here), is an echo of some weird-ass shit in this framed in small-detail of the artwork, like the ceiling lamp in such an odd position: In the centre of the picture is Escher, looking straight at the viewer.…
Illustration to the left, Pablo Picasso’s ‘Agonizing Horse’ (found here), is another in that category of artwork epitomizing our era, fashioned on suffering: ‘Some have interpreted the horse as Franco’s Nationalism, with Picasso predicting its downfall…Picasso has heightened the effect of agony by turning the animal’s tongue into a sort of dagger protruding from its…
Illustration to the left, Salvador Dali’s ‘Galatea of the Spheres’ (found here), seems appropriate for our times, a surreal DNA scattering, ‘…creating the illusion of three dimensions.’ A consequence of flying-apart molecules leads to becoming pissed and sad: ‘According to the 2019 World Happiness Report, negative feelings are rising around the world — and the…
Plenty of sunshine and near-clear skies this Sunday afternoon here on California’s north coast — beach run once again about mid-day (Little River Beach) was near-about perfect. Bright and warm… Illustration to the left, Pablo Picasso’s ‘Harlequin Head’ (found here), and one of my long-time favorite story art, seems to favor President Obama, does it…
Pretty-clear skies, lots of sunshine and windy this early-evening Saturday here on California’s north coast — and the breeze does carry a chill. A dog-run about mid-day to Little River State Beach found initially only a wisp of a breeze, but not too long after, suddenly a whipper-snapper from the northwest — easy and mild…
Breezy, clear this early-evening Friday on California’s north coast — once again, low clouds/fog hugged the shoreline until about mid day, and conditions were gray at Little River Beach in the morning. Nice, and warm if you get out of the wind, in the afternoon… Hard to gauge in this era of lies and lying.…
Bright and warm this late-afternoon/early-evening Thursday on California’s north coast. However, earlier on the beach was fog and low clouds, a chilled breeze off the ocean. Reportedly, sunshine at least the next week-to-10-days, though, living around the shoreline always the prospect of at least morning fog… Far to the east, attitudes are apparently shifting with…
(Illustration found here). Writer and activist Bill McKibben in an interview at Outside magazine, published Monday, ‘Earth Day,’ and a bit of historical-reality with our predicament: “The oil companies knew everything there was to know about climate change. Look, these were the richest companies in the world. They had vast squadrons of scientists. Their product…
Sunny and a breezy Wednesday afternoon here on California’s north coast — earlier, took the dogs for a run at Little River State Beach (and dunes) and although a little misty, foggy for awhile at the start, but sunshine soon broke out, and it was awesome-gorgeous. The illustration to the left, ‘Basic Shapes,‘ by caricaturist/illustrator…
