brooklyn bridge photo----by gardega

Here is a photo I took in the pouring rain this morning as I drove down the FDR to my Brooklyn studio. I have a deep rooted fascination with the Brooklyn Bridge as I have painted it many times. I don't do pet photos, don't ask me...

update

Today is the last day for me to correct framing and lighting on my glass art that is hanging on the walls of a nightclub. I should be happy to wash my hands of it and start my bronx covers. I will photograph the art today as well. On monday I must return to long island to ship glass art to Colorado as my framer is afraid to package glass.

NYC poem---by gardega

I dreamt these words last night so if they are weak I cannot be blamed...here is what I remember of them..

the city is a surrogate womb,
soft and swollen
her timeless, ancient face
her buildings rise and fall like fingers
and the people who walk her streets
and ancient alleys.

long day

I started my day at three today and just returned home at 10pm. It was my intention to carve three pieces of glass tonight but as I turned on my equipment I blew out a fuse and my brain melted down and my cerebral sails lost their wind. I can draw fairly well and paint like a saint but I cannot even hammer two damn pieces of wood together to save me. I am not handy and it kills me as any equipment problem for me is like trying to pick up watermelon seeds with my elbows. I am not sure how long a day three to ten is but it felt long and I exited my day pissed off at the god's of equipment once again. I may have to do a watercolor tonight to calm me down. I understand that a Philip screwdriver is the one with the x at the end--- but that is all I know.

crop circles---by gardega

Here is a crop circle photo of the "flower of life." I once had a person tell me crop circles were a hoax and that it was just people with sticks in the field with a lot of free time. I have been laying out geometric designs in glass for 20 years and studying geometry since I was a child and there is not enough time in a month for me to be able to render this single image so precisely in a field of wheat. Of Course, the meat head who told me this cannot draw a circle and knows nothing about geometry, so I did not respond as it was "pearls before swine."Many crop circles are actually complex mathematical problems, sacred geometry and 2 D versions of 3D platonic solids. I would love to give these "mythbuster types 1,000 dollars and some sticks and string and let them have a go at this crop circle, good luck and call me when you are done.

FYI

Those mercury filled fluorescent lights you sit under at work are bathing you in UV radiation. The government and industry will tell you it is low level and safe but so was saccharin. I would be vocal against forced mandates of use of fluorescents on any level. (unless you enjoy a nice cubicle tan, of course)

ultraviolet effects on skin and DNA

without going into much detail this is the effect of too much UV radiation on DNA. Notice the breakup of the DNA "ladder." That cant be a good thing, methinks. What you cant see can hurt you.