Computer rendering in Picassa and Paint, by Michael Serafin, from a sketch by Mary Stebbins Taitt
The mind is a glorious and wonderful machine. But sometimes it slips a cog or two and needs some common sense plugged in. A bit of wit or wisdom to lubricate its inner workings. Kick your shoes off...that's what this place here is for!
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- Cats on Tuesday...Buddy Bloglist---Net Detective
- "Hey! Don't MESS with the KING!"
- "The Mind of Mary 1245"
- Lovely bachelor buttons!
- Local Earth Hour Report
- EARTH HOUR TONIGHT!
- Heads or Tails? Ashamed or hungry?
- "Andree's Visitor"
- "Rainbow Easter Dream 1115"
- "Make a Wish" meme
- "Springtime in Eureka"
- "That Face 1115"
- "Starting a New Hobby"
- "Been there, done that..."
- "Belinda's Price"
- The Rancher and the Dude
- "Easter Ode to a Cupola"
- Metal Monsters---The Ford Rouge "Steamship"
- He Said It, We Read It....
- Skywatch Friday "Rocks at Stone Lagoon":
- Skywatch Friday: "Anitique Vermont Barn"
- "Orange Flower" by Teri C. in Wisconsin
- "Sunflower Art" by Mary Stebbins Taitt
- "Three Muskrateers"
- "Trinidad Beach 1058"
- "Yearling Frolic" by Mary Stebbins Taitt
- "An Irish Rainbow"
- Circles...
- "In Circles Veritas"
- "Skyking Project" in Picasa
- "Basket with One Egg"
- "Eggs for Easter"
- "Robin's Breakfast" by Mary Stebbins Taitt
- "Winter Hunting Ground"
- "Catcrash On Information Highway---Film at Eleven"
- March 17th at Ted's Firehouse Pub
- Witless Wednesday: Snow Swimming!
- "Of Two Opinions"
- Sweet Senescence
- Verifuni Dafinations
- Meet Our California Correspondent
- "Open Door" from a shot by Mary Stebbins Taitt
- "How Uncle Jake was First to Fly the Transatlantic...
- "Tennielle Revisited"
- "Fiske School Project"
- "Fiske S'cool Cupola"
- "F" is for FAG (the sort you smoke)
- "Commercial 532"
- "Doorway Rainbow" by Mary Stebbins Taitt
- Fine art? It's fine with me!
- "Eh? Canada?"
- "Project 1910"
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"winter reflections"
Places to go, people to see---
- Aaron in Connecticut
- Ake in England
- Andree in Vermont
- Anemone in Norway
- Anndi in Canada
- Autumn in Colorado
- Autumn in Virginia
- Beatrice in Michigan
- Billy in Louisiana
- Brian in Ohio
- Daniel in Portugal
- David in Australia
- David McMahon in Melbourne
- Debbie in North Carolina
- Debi in Florida
- Dot in Georgia
- Eduardo in Brazil
- Elaine in Singapore
- Gemma in Australia
- Ida in Norway
- Jen in Australia
- John in Georgia
- Kat in Australia
- Katney in Washington
- Kerri in Virginia
- Leslie in Canada
- Lori in Texas
- Marcia in Texas
- Marie in France
- Mary in Michigan
- Mary T in New York
- Mind of Amp in Michigan
- Miss Yves in France
- Misty in Missouri
- Napaboaniya in Singapore
- Neva in Chicago
- Nick in Kentucky
- Paisley in America
- Patois in California
- Petunia in Norway
- Quintarantino in Portugal
- Raven in New York
- Sandi in South Carolina
- Sandy in Connecticut
- Sarala in Chicago
- Scotty in Indonesia
- Serendipity
- Skittles in Michigan
- Sonia in Brazil
- Spacedlaw in Italy
- Suburbia in England
- Suzi-k in South Africa
- Teri in Wisconsin
- Tom in England
- Tumblewords in Idaho
- Villager
- Willard in Pennsylvania
- Yolanda in the Pacific Northwest
- Yuko in Japan
"Toad"
More places of interest...
The Art of Mary Stebbins Taitt
"echineacea"
"Elphie" by Mary Stebbins Taitt
"Hunger, Hunger, Hunger"
"dahlia"
"what was I thinking?"
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Peace, love and granola.........Michael and Mary
Thanks for stopping by!
Peace, love and granola.........Michael and Mary
2 comments:
And now for the REST of the story: Mary (my good friend and computer companion from Detroit) sent me a scanner copy of a notebook sketch she made (by hand, of course) on Easter which she called "Portrait for Paul". As I am wont to do (because I am not a very talented sketcher) I borrowed Mary's jpg sketch into Paint and redrew it in the image of a younger girl, smiling slightly as she dreams of something we cannot know. The frame enlarged, she moved on to Picasa for what turned out to be a kind of magical glow, which in itself took about a half-hour of tinkering with tinting, saturation, desaturation around a central point, sharpening and defocusing... I envisioned what appearance a fairie might take on. That was the process.
I may be introducing a new term here, but this should be considered "collective" art... it took the efforts of more than one individual to come about, operating in more than one medium, in more than one place and time.
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