The "Jesus Loves Me" Banner has sold, but there are many other fun things you can buy from Supermarket Sarah. Just go to her website, move your mouse over an item and click for a close-up view. She is located in West London and must ship from the UK. But, isn't this clever? A wall of wonderful flea market items.
Vintage postcard from Casino De Paris
From Steve Chasmar's Opium Museum flickr set Here's "Diamond Head" and "Walk Don't Run" performed by U900. I could not decide which one I liked better! So funny. http://www.myspace.com/ukuleleduou900
(thanks, kerokerokingDX and boingboing)
On Sunday, August 30th, 2009, I happened to see an amazing sight at the twilight hour. I was walking past old Agate Hall (an elementary/junior high school building that was built in 1924 and is now part of the U. of Oregon) with a couple of friends when I saw an odd group of people standing in the alley. They were looking toward the old smoke stack and staring up at the sky. A big hawk flew out of the chimney and, pretty soon, tens of thousands of smaller cigar-like birds started to circle the sky in swirling tornado formation. Around and around they flew until one of them said, "let's go in" and they followed the leader into that dark hole until there were none left. It seemed to take forever and it reminded me of a David Lynch film. It was a truly surreal sight to behold. I never heard of Vaux's Swifts before, but I was lucky enough to be walking by that night. Apparently, there are other cities with old schools and large chimneys (like the Chapman School in Portland, OR) where these particular birds go to roost or nest. Not sure what they are doing down there- I'm still learning. Anyway, here's a film made in Portland that I found on YouTUBE that clues you in to what I'm talking about. The action happens near the end, so keep watching until you see the birds do their thing. Crazy man.
Here are some pages from my current sketchbook. Some of these compositions will become paintings. I work out ideas in my sketchbook without putting any pressure on myself....they are images that come to me at that particular moment. I erase and re-draw. It's hard to describe, but I tend to "feel it all out". My method is pretty spontaneous. One just has to be in a drawing mood. I will blog some small paintings from these sketches later on, as I finish them.
"Caligula" painting copyright Ray-Mel Cornelius 2009
