www.summermoonstudios.com Drawing called, "Prodigeous Responce". Artist: all medias. interests: nature, equine, canine, feline, aquariums, terrariums, herbology, homeopath, rabbits, rodents, vipers, lizards, arachnids, art history, beer, knives, chartreuse, fine cigars, ecology, ornithology, geology, geography, monsters, werewolves, dark things, night, moon, 1 11 12 2 4 8 13 10 22 6 5 7 9 tea leaf reading, flowers, Thunder, old trees, fall leaves, pine forests, hiking, backpacking, camping, driving fast, candlelight, moonlight, astronomy, meteorology, amphibians, cooking, S V E A H Z F X houseplants, herb gardens, creepy music, binary, prehistoric art, japanese ink drawings, egypt, water, fine wine, fine dining, coffee, tea ceremony, dreams, fog, blood and rain. ...
things that go bump in the night.
my band: www.tentacleweb.com Billy holiday, billy idol, switchblade symphony, cranes, tapping the vein, rammstein, 12 rounds, Unter Null, Booker T and the MG's, Combichrist, Darkness and the Machine, def lepord, mozart, bauhaus, miles davis, rosetta stone, nina simone, portishead, mazzy star, "red, red, taste of blood on lips of wine." deftones, the cure, ramones, mars volta, jesus & marry chain, medicine, morrissey, clash, siouxie, ministry, skinny puppy, oghr, love & rockets, beastie boys, echoe & the bunnymen, korn, project pitchfork, nosfuratu, snake river conspiracy, icon of coil, nin, sod, dcd, hem, pixies, sisters, b-52's, count basie, boston, buddy holly, the cars, clock dva, cruxshadows, c-tech, wumpscut, gary numan, incubus succubus, kraftwerk, zeppelin, new order, violent femmes, rhcp, pail head, wumpscut, nirvana, nocturne, bile, sonic youth, static-x, supertramp, the smiths, the dead milkmen, ladytron, alice cooper, zombie, love and rockets, viral mentality, negative red, october project ...the shuffling of a rabbit scooting across the floor, and the wind through pines, or poplars, a horse chewing, a thrush singing at night, hooves on hard ground, a fire crackling, steam hissing, the hypnotic hum of silence. sand squeaking under my toes, ice cubes dropping into a glass, a creeking stand of timber, rythm swaying, cracking. dogs in chorus, thunder clapping, rolling, spring peepers screaming, the murmur of water cutting a new earthen vein, the pop of a bottle and it's pour, and the rhythm of a woodpecker tapping, veins shushing...
"The calla lilies are in bloom again. Such a strange flower -- suitable to any occasion. I carried them on my wedding day, and now I place them here in memory of something that has died." (Katherine Hepburn in "Stage Door" -1937)
Mel's Diner, The Red Skelton Show, Johnny Carson, George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, Carole Burnett Show, Moonlighting, The Muppet Show, Voyagers, documentaries.
This is a poem by James Merrill about viewing an octopus in a glass tank, called "The Octopus"(pardon the lack of line segments, which I think is important in poetry): "There are many monsters that a glassen surface Restrains. And none more sinister Than vision asleep in the eye's tight translucence. Rarely it seeks now to unloose It's diamonds. Having divined how drab a prison The purest mortal tissue is, Rarely it wakes. Unless, coaxed out by lusters Extraordinary, like the octopus From the gloom of its tank half-swimming half-drifting Toward anything fair, a handkerchief Or a child's face dreaming near the glass, the writher Advances like a godlike wreath Of its own wrath. Chilled by such fragile reeling A hundred blows of a boot-heel Shall not quell, the dreamer wakes and hungers. Percussive pulses, drum or gong, Build in his skull their loud entrancement, Volutions of a Hindu dance. His hands move clumsily in the first conventional Gestures of assent. He is willing to undergo the volition and fervor Of many fleshlike arms, observe These in their holiness of indirection Destroy, adore, evolve, reject- Till on glass rigid with his own seizure At length the sucking jewels freeze.
Pico: www.summermoonstudios.com/picostoy, irrigation and wells (give life on land), salt (purifies and preserves, extracts moisture from vegetables, makes green veggies greener, and raises the boiling temperature of water, and is the only thing that wasn't once alive, or derived from something live that I eat), beer, cats and dogs in general (because they're smart survivalists and realists), herons (because they are the ultimate stalkers), punk rockers of the late seventies (because back then Punk was off the hook), Ramones (because I learned to play guitar from their music), fifties greasers (because they are the ultimate rebels in music, fashion, and life style, and are way-sexy), vultures (because they clean the earth, and bring souls of the dead to the heavens, and have good eyes and wisdom), lead mares (because they're the boss of bosses, and tough as nails), fox (because they're cunning and swift), small machinery (because it's saved my ass many times), cranes (because they only have one baby at a time, and mate for life, and travel higher than airplanes), and most of all, the Blues Mobile, yes the car... no explanation needed!