With no mind, flowers invite the butterfly;
With no mind, the butterfly visits the flowers.
Yet when flowers bloom, the butterfly comes;
When the butterfly comes, the flowers bloom.
I don’t know others, Others don’t know me.
By not-knowing we follow nature’s course.
Ryōkan Taigu, 1758 – 1831
Incurable R.O.M.A.N.T.I.C.?
New Art Work.
“Incurable Romantic”
By Sharon Cummings.
Acrylic on Yupo.
2014
(original for sale by request.)
The Point Reyes is an abandoned fishing boat in Inverness, Marin County, California, (in Tomales Bay, north of San Francisco). It is located near Point Reyes National Seashore, and is a popular photographic subject. I was curious to learn the history behind this boat, but Internet searches uncovered surprisingly little information about it…
I wrote something similar to the text above, and posted it along with this photograph on my Tumblr blog some time ago. I was surprised and delighted to receive the following response to my post:
Luckily for you, I work at a local history museum in Marin County and ran into an Inverness historian who was doing some research in our archives. I asked him about the boat and this is what he told me:
The previous owner of the garage behind which the boat is grounded originally bought the boat and towed it to the sand…
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Gorgeous photography!
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You might’ve seen my B&W photo of the sunflower which was submitted to the Monochrome Madness Challenge a few days ago. As promised, here is the color version in all its glory. I love sunflowers. They are so perky!
Sunflower
More on Paolo Soleri
Mini Documentary on Arcosanti: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBGDXxvn1k4
Arcosanti is an urban laboratory focused on innovative design, community, and environmental accountability. Its stated goal is to actively pursue lean alternatives to urban sprawl based on Paolo Soleri’s theory of compact, highly integrated urban design, called Arcology (architecture + ecology).
Gorgeous!
Amazing macro! I don’t want this on my food!
Wanna S.H.O.W.E.R. With Me?…………………………………………………… #showercurtain #bathroomdecor
Okay you cannot exactly shower with me, but you CAN have a piece of me in your shower. 🙂 I am now offering some of my artwork on shower curtains. My entire collection will not be offered, but I have some ranging from fun and whimsical to beautiful patterns that I am creating by re-purposing original art into new pieces. These are so much FUN!
I sold my first two last night. 🙂
While I am busy working on new bathroom delights, enjoy this nice collection available here:
http://society6.com/sharoncummings/shower-curtains
So jump in! Get wet! Sing if you like. My artwork will be happy to join you. 🙂
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