Striving for perfection Better to desire divinity Arrogance begets the ambition Will judging harshly bring improvement? Determined and drive...

Layers of orange I turn my back on it Press against it It pressed in all around me Screaming past me I try to push it back Viscous Visceral ...

Last Friday I downloaded Apophysis to make fractal flame designs, but couldn't figure out how to export the animations, so I went surfi...

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My post, "Life in the Sign Business" is in the 16th issue of BluePrintReview, which has just been released. Here's a letter fr...

Again, I find myself sitting on Anemone's front porch tired and aching. I rub the swollen joints of my hands without thinking. I'd p...

I wish I could be angry with you. Your judgemental platitudes Reveal self righteous attitudes Beneath the benevolence you issue. But, your m...

I am taken to a place along the seashore, a small village with some crudely built apartments that have been carved out of the side of a clif...

Mazatlan

depression - anger turned inward anger - fear fear - of failure fear - becomes failure failure - anger forgiveness - facing the fear for mor...

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I originally told Mary that I would have to get back to her later on her My Best Possible Selves Meme , but this Wings Challenge I'm cu...

Passin' the time on the long drive home.

"Baby's black and blue." The distubing absurdity is hurled From a quietly distorted world, Where vacuous stares ensue. ...

This was a difficult exercise for me. I had trouble getting past the first step. We're supposed to be discovering our core values, click...

My affirmation board. I told myself this was going to be my desktop wallpaper when I was done, whether I liked it or not. I'm happy with...

This is for the Wings 4 You Coaching challenge by Carla. It's a blog with weekly challenges designed for self improvement. You can find...

H-Acrostic 123 Poetry Meme The H in H-Acrostic is from HARVESTED--meaning you start with harvested phrases. I was tagged with this exception...

My post Life in the Sign Business is going to be included in next month's issue of Blue Print Review . Check out the latest issue. It h...

My sister and I snorkeling in Acapulco. It doesn't get any better than that.

It was the fall of '83 when I walked into a sign shop looking for a job. I was eighteen years old, and had been working a minimum wage j...

Yuko's post about power lines compared them to chaotic thoughts and desires. How fitting then, that they are up in the clouds. I've...

Pastels on matt board. I've been trying to make myself draw lately rather than playing with photoshop. I'm not very happy with what ...

I never get bored with photoshop.

This is the reflection of tree limbs in a spot of tree oil floating in the Cypress Bog at Mercer Arboretum. Below is the same shot with macr...

Fat with life and joy, They gracefully dance their way Through the emotional waves Of a sacred sea. Reaching the heights and depths Of spiri...

Atomicvelvetsigh and B. Fred have both tagged me with a meme. The first one I'm supposed to list 5 random or weird things about myself...