Goodbye 2006!

Happy new year to all of you. May all your dreams come true (even the naughty ones)!

Drawing Dan dreaming dim-sum

What the hell is peace?

No pens allowed in the museum

...said the very mean lady. :-)

Happy 2007!

My holiday card to you.

And thanks for visiting this past year. I am so grateful for all of you and the wonderful variety you bring to my life. :-) Be well!

They don't, you know...

"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science."

-Albert Einstein

Illustration Friday - Help

As strange as many of my dreams are, I always find they help me get clarity about stuff going on inside. And I am always grateful for that.

Did I mention strange??

Pool Volleyball Dreams

A creative splash with Jen. :-)

I have breakfast with a pirate

Remember the contest?

Ok, I don't blame you if you don't. It was a long time ago and I am still doling out drawings to the winners. This very patient winner is Jess (check out her blog!), who did massive research (she claims) to win the prize.

I went all the way to DC to draw her in person (no shizzle) and had a fabulous time talking with her about life, law, the battle of the sexes, and of course, The Simpsons. That she is such a Simpsons fan is enough to make me worship her, but she was all kinds of adorable to boot. Here's to Jess! :-)

Tag. I'm it.

I have been tagged by Geninne for the Christmas Song game. I am to list 5 of my favorite Christmas songs and then tag 5 others to do the same.

My FAVORITE Christmas songs:

1. You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch
2. Blue Christmas, by Elvis
3. Christmas Time is Here (from Charlie Brown)
4. Joy to the World (by Three Dog Night)
5. 12 Days of Christmas (by Bob & Doug McKenzie, so take off, hoser)

I'm taggin':

1. Trixi
2. Jess
3. Richard
4. Katinka
5. Jocelyn

xoxo

Illustration Friday - Mask

What are the things I really want to say? Who is really underneath? Am I brave enough to own my truth?

Photo Friday - Fresh

Is Gus Gay?

Intersections 3

"Silence is golden, but duct tape is silver." -Anonymous

Self doubt

A theme in my life, especially in the past. :-)

"Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself. Being true to anyone else or anything else isimpossible."
-- Richard Bach

I need me some

Frenzy at the Kimbell!

Fyi, the Kimbell is a world class museum in Fort Worth, Texas. It was designed by architect Louis I. Kahn. You can read more about it here.

First time to try out my new pen

Adventure

Manyeleti game reserve, South Africa. We walked up to these 2 beasts to the point that we could hear the low rumble of their growling, and see the flicking of their tails. A very primal experience.

A creative volley with Jen.

Illustration Friday - Invention

"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science."

-Albert Einstein

Please

Raymond creates space

Illustration Friday - Thanksgiving

"It's not what you look at that matters,
it's what you see."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Smooth

Taken from Table Mountain, Cape Town, South Africa.
Another creative volley with Jen.
Thicker, blacker, outline-ier.

In the beginning I was a vendor...

Tribute to my big brother, Andy. :-)

Illustration Friday - Clear

Is anything clear?

Life is?

There are some empty spaces in the question mark. I would love to know what life is to you. :-) I eagerly await your comments.

"Life's a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death!"
-Auntie Mame

Another great idea I've yet to execute...

Years ago I drew this idea for a mobile. Copy and enlarge everything in my wallet, as well as the outside of my wallet. It would be very cool me thinks. I can almost see my huge Albertson's reward card wafting in the breeze from the living room air vent.

So many ideas, so little initiative. :-)

Searching for her own voice

“In the midst of winter, I found there was within me an invincible summer.”
~Albert Camus

Illustration Friday - Topic

And the topic is Nonsense. :-) Would you just look at that marvelous pinky?

Photo Friday - Light

Misty sunrise at Pungwe Bush Camp, Manyeleti Game Reserve, South Africa

Happy birthday to me (belated)

Since my birthday just passed (Oct 20) I find myself asking questions like this. And feel free to click on the pink birdie and sing Happy Birthday to me. As one very special blogger did (with a bunch of drunk friends with Canadian accents).

Watching the super bowl with Tanya's feet

Illustration Friday - Wind

It's possible, I suppose, that this could have something to do with wind. You'll have to decide that. :-)

"We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust our sails." -anonymous

Coming home

Sad. Joyful. Changed. Deepened. Above all, grateful. I'm getting ready to begin the 30+ hour trek from Cape Town to Johannesburg to Dakar (for fuel) to Washington DC to Dallas. And hopefully to more regular blogging! Have a glorious day, and let me know if you want a link to all the pics. :-)

Sunrise at Pungwe

I spent 4 glorious days at Pungwe bush camp in the Manyeleti game reserve. One morning we awoke to this misty sunrise. Moments later we were beginning a four hour walk through the bush and came upon a breeding herd of elephants, who were not very happy to see us. That is better than caffiene for getting one's heart rate going, trust me. :-)

Glorious Cheetah

Greetings from South Africa! My blogging will be sparce for the next couple of weeks, but for good reason. I am in areas without electricity, much less wifi. :-) One of my lifelong dreams was to see cheetahs in Africa, and now I have! Went to a cheetah refuge outside Pretoria and it was magnificent. More to come, but leave comments when you can, and I'll catch up soon. Have a glorious day!

A very animated story

Happy Birthday Andy!

Yes indeed, today is the day. :-)

"Life begets life. Energy creates energy. It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich."

-- Sarah Bernhardt

Illustration Friday - Trouble

There's going to be some major trouble if I don't eat soon.

Done?

I think not. :-)

Where am I?

"Don't wait for a light to appear at the end of the tunnel, stride down there and light the bloody thing yourself."

-- Sara Henderson

Please tell me

Illustration Friday - Quiet

"Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back in the same box."
-- Italian Proverb

I was going to draw more cars...

And I mean it. :-)

Knowing others is intelligence,
knowing yourself is true wisdom.
Mastering others is strength,
mastering yourself is true power.

--Lao-Tzu (604-531 B.C.)

How many times am I in this picture? :-)

Bonus points for knowing where this was taken. And those of you who've already seen this, keep your pieholes zipped. xoxo ;-)

A quote and a very cool link. :-)

"I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody."
--Bill Cosby

And check this out by the lovely and talented Fernanda. I may just have to arrest you!

Illustration Friday - Phobia

My biggest fear: bad hair.

Photo Friday - Girl

Emma

#15: Red

Another creative volley with Jen. :-)

Donny