Working It Out

Daily writing promptWhat details of your life could you pay more attention to?View all responses Last night, I found myself in the shop. I'd had a dream about the three-dimensional approach I've been using for the ship portraits. In the dream, I applied it very dramatically to enlarged portraits of boats. But if it's one …

Wings

Years ago, I had a weird dream. Two of my favorite artists, John Haley Bellamy and Salvador Dali, were sitting with me in a coffeehouse discussing art. I merely sat by and listened while the two masters talked. They were deeply involved in a discussion of exaggeration and distortion in art. At one point, they …

Dream Times

Get me out of bed too early and watch me be belligerent until the second cup of coffee rolls down my throat. About that point, I might start to get a grip on reality, watch the sunrise, and feed the cats and the dog.  In the past, girlfriends have learned the hard way. Poke the bear too early, and …

Dream time

Since my hip operation, my sleep routine has been shattered and episodic. But it has also been filled with dreams.

Flashback Friday – Train Dream

It was a Friday evening in the summer. Four or five of us were sitting on the porch, drinking beer, smoking, watching the nighthawks diving for insects, and telling tales.

O’Dark Thirty

I know when and where I'm not. It's not Navy, and it's not Maine.