Some of the songs & poems I've been working on over the last few years, that hopefully will be in a little collection to be printed by the end of this year. Working on getting copyrights and creative property is annoying, so is finding the time with school and work to finish the illustrations.

It's good work. I especially like the last one, its multifaceted quality thanks to the dual meaning of many of the phrases.

A couple thoughts:

You might find more time to work on the publishing project if you could talk with a professor about making it part of a class project. If you're in a writing course, for example, you might be able to talk the prof into letting this project be your big writing assignment for the semester. And if your curriculum is flexible enough, maybe you could even get separate credit for this instead -- maybe 2 extra credits rather than the full 4 of a standard class. My college used to offer an Independent Study program that was largely self-guided; that's how I completed my art major.

About the illustrations: I know you'd probably like to do some or all of them yourself, but you could also get other artists involved -- say, talk to the artists you know, maybe assign 1 or 2 poems to each artist to work on representing them visually. That way, you could also feature a variety of media. I know some folks who do dramatic line-art work, graphic-novel style; I know of someone on deviantart who does some strong figurative work; I'm not a strong draughtsman but I could complete collages and email some pics of them; you could even get some photo work or pics of sculpture in there.

Not trying to make myself a nuisance; just thoughts off the top of my head.

A very good work overall, but I especially love the last two lines.

So instead of random threads for anything I feel like sharing, this will be the thread I drop them off in for your consideration. We had to do a 30 minute watercolor painting of a model in class last week, I liked the way it came out, so here it is:

Very nice Spooky!!!

Okie-Pokie,

I have a few more silly things to submit, the first being a comical little poem I wrote a few years ago. Hope you like it.

This next poem was inspired by a nightmare I had; I remember waking up a few years ago and everything was very vivid in the dream, so I wrote the poem right then and there.

Wow, that's a beautiful one. It reminds me of some of the college classes I took, and papers I wrote exploring the Victorian compulsion to hate what is most desired.

I also love the fact that it's not just a voice of sympathy, but one of reverence: one that recognizes what she gave (not simply sold or supplied), and the knowledge she no doubt amassed from seeing people in their most vulnerable states. She has fulfilled psychological needs as much as physical ones.

An ode to some of my favorite artists; foam-board, matte-board, and paper:




A Self-Portrait in matte-board, cardboard and wood:

They both look great. Hey, you should use the self-portrait as your avi!

^^ Good choice. *nod*

Hey there fellow artists, put together my portfolio to send out to lucky colleges who'll be honored with the opportunity to give me lots of money to attend their hollowed halls.

So here's some of the paintings, pastels and charcoal pieces I chose.

And, here's a couple sculptures:





It's a 20 lbs dragonfly/factory