POTPOURRI OF POETRY COVER ART

Back visiting my Parents for a week~

which means~ time to rummage through

boxes of old comic books & artwork again~!

I love finding something that I have completely

forgotten about. Today, while inspecting the

newly renovated basement~ I came across

something in a bookshelf that I do not

have in my personal stash of Art~

In the mid-80's~ for three consecutive

years~ I was the cover artist for our

High School's annual Poetry Anthology.

Although by no means my best work,

there are fond memories attached

to the process that went behind

illustrating these random images.

A TRUE MYSTERY~ THE 'LOST' THUNDERBIRD PHOTO !

FALSE MEMORY SYNDROME... is most often

discussed along with Alien Abduction, Rape,

or Molestation Cases...

So, it is truly MIND-BOGGLING that a minority

of People all share the same memory... having

seen a certain Photo... that... apparently does

not even exist !!! Everyone involved with this

shared Memory seems to agree~ they have

seen it in an old Time/Life Book from the

Late 60's/Early 70's, or some similar

anthology about the Weird & Strange.

My particular memory of it is that it was

a black & white photo printed in high-

contrast BLACK on an odd Pinkish-

Red monochromatic background.

I also have a splinter memory of it~

a memory that I no doubt created

with that portion of my brain that

takes creative liberties~ in sepia

tone...

Now, the really bizarre part is that

there are no less than THREE

different Thunderbird Photo

memories... Three distinct,

slightly varied IMAGES

that this Minority of

Victims recalls...

My version is pictured below:

Here are some links, most with similar info,

each with interesting DETAILS that add

to one's own fragile imagination...

http://www.rense.com/general3/thun.htm

http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=50075

http://www.prairieghosts.com/tbirdaz.html

http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/lost-t-bd-photo/

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php?topic=93640.0

http://www.suite101.com/content/cryptid-thunderbird-photograph-missing-a103353

The rough sketch presented in the 1st link by Rense

matches up exactly with my drawing & memory.

I would have seen this photo around 1972-75,

as we lived in a certain house @ that time

and my memory~ real or not~ contains

images of the basement from that

residence. If the ACTUAL photo

ever resurfaces, a lot of People

will breathe a cumulative

SIGH of relief. Otherwise,

the Cosmic Pranksta

gets to laugh & laugh

& laugh~ having

pulled yet an-

other Time-

slip crank~!

QUEEN BLANCHE MEMORIAL PLAQUE~!

Blanche was my Boss/Landlord/Friend's

17-year-old cat. She passed away back in

the Summer. She was a good ol' Girl and

a real gentle sweetheart who talked &

talked & talked all day long (she never

stopped meowing, ever). She also

happened to be the Queen of the

Empire, a sovereign plot of land

here on Ocracoke ruled by the

British...

Queen Blanche was also the Mortal Enemy

of Spunko, the Cat who adopted me. Now,

it's a funny thing about enemies, but~

much as we detest them while they

are here~ we miss them when

they are gone. Spunky actually

went through a several month

depression~! Well, now she

is freaking out because a

family of FOUR FERAL

CATS have encroached

upon the Empire, and

it's all she can do to

chase them away

on a daily basis~!

Man, do we miss Blanche~!

Spunky stares out the window @ Blanche~!

Blanche & I watch TV while her

Master is on Vacation...

Ditto~!

Hungry~!

Hungry~!!

Hungry~!!!

A Memorial Plaque for Queen Blanche~!

Her Final Resting Place @ the Empire.

THE EVOLUTION OF THE COW~!

TORNADOES IN ARIZONA ? WHERE TO HIDE ?!

You know the Earth is going through

some shizzle when Tornadoes start

popping up everywhere... Earlier

this year, they invaded Wisconsin

& Michigan... NOW, they attack

Arizona ?!! Very Bizarre. It got

me thinking about those very

powerful Tornado Dreams

(see previous post)

we all have. You know,

the one where this

massive funnel

is barreling

toward you

and there's

no place

to hide !

So, I dug up some drawings

from an old Road Trip into

the Southwest...

Were these mud-brick adobe

structures round & recessed

into the ground for a reason

besides thermal conservation ?

Who knows but the Hopi.

This is where I'd shove

my head in the sand

however, and hope

for the best with

my ass held

high~!

THE UNFINISHED FIRE-DRAGON THAT LIVES BEHIND MY CLOTHES-LINE~!

Once upon a time, there was a

ramshackle old clothes-line...

Clothes would flutter in the breeze

and bleach in the Sun for weeks

sometimes...

But there was an unfinished

Creature that lurked in the

shadows behind it...

On sunny days you could just

see it peeking over blue jeans...

It was a Fire-Dragon without any

wings...

It was made out of

solid junk steel...

Its head was enormous.

Note how small the puny Creator's

swollen head in comparison...

His jaw actually articulates...

It is over 20 ft long...

His spine is made out of metal

receptacle boxes ripped out

of an old house that got

renovated...

His rib-cage was designed to hold

9 or 10 LOGS, for having massive

Fire-Dragon bonfires on the beach...

He eats rust & poop-stained

underwear while waiting

for his wings to be made.

His body can be disassembled;

it was built in five major segments

that inter-lock in clever ways with

heavy-duty hardware.

This video gives a better idea

of the scale of this beast~!

I will complete this sucker one

day, and take video footage

of it in use, complete with

a starter-log shoved inside

the big hollow cavity of his

head, with flames tickling

out of his eye-sockets~!

THE SHRIMP-BUG THAT WORE ANTENNAE~!

Brought the wrong flash-drive to the Coffee Shop

today~ so~ I will post some Sculpture stuff

tomorrow, I guess.

Below is a quick sketch based on something

Jodi Savitch saw (Greatest Fan of The Fish

That Wore Hair). It is an actual BUG of

some kind that puts the creep in creepy.

JUNK ART~ DEAD MOSQUITO COLLAGE~!

Back when I lived in Philadelphia, I found this

really cool ornate painting frame in the trash...

Could NOT let such a thing go to waste ! So,

during a hot sticky Summer filled with nasty

blood-sucking Mosquitoes, I created this

Monsterpiece. It is made out of smashed

up bits from an old stereo system, with

an acrylic background. The overall

image is meant to depict a DEAD

Mosquito laying on a tile kitchen

floor. The outer frame did not

survive multiple moves, but

I still have the central piece

which hangs proudly in the

Green Machine~ my old

1976 Dodge Sportsman

Motorhome~ that now

serves as my office.

It is rather fitting

because the bugs

here on Ocracoke

are brutal. The

painting gives

me pleasure

and warns

Squittors~

"BEWARE ! OR YOU WILL DIE !"

PHOTOGRAPHY~ BLACK & WHITE PORTRAITS~!

Talked with an ol' College roomate

this past week & it got me a little

sentimental (on top of being mental).

Something about early Fall brings a

rush of memories from different

eras. Anyhoo~! Here's a few of

my favorite b & w pics from

that aforementioned time

period~!

Jenfu on a hill

Jenfu & Krisp on a bridge

Tucker w/beret

Tucker on a wall

Me doing my best Bob Dylan...

Night-time double exposure...

Kevin on the tracks

Kevin with a Skull

NEW BLOG~ 'THE KLOWN REBELLION'~!

DR. DORK COMIC STRIP #8

This here is the final Dr. Dork Show comic

strip... for now. Seeing all this old stuff

really reminded me of the potential for

this concept & these characters...

A comic strip about a Drunkard Talk-Show

Host who is stuck in a loser Late-Night time

slot...

Perhaps we shall resurrect it completely

some day. For now, I gots me some

bigger Fish dat wore Hair to Fry~!

Tomorrow: Haven't decided yet...

Maybe we'll look at some yard art~!