HOLIDAYS ARE USUALY NO HOLIDAY

WHEN I THINK OF HOLIDAYS I AM GRIPPED BY UNCERTAINTY, ANXIETY AND FEAR, WELL MAYBE NOT FEAR. XANAX HELPS THIS JOURNEY THOUGH I BELIEVE WALKING IN THE LIGHT OF PURE REALITY IS THE BEST CHOICE. KELEV TOV........

WAR SUCKS WORSE THAN PAMELA ANDERSON

EVERY TIME WE WIN/OR LOSE A WAR WE SPENDS MILLION OF DOLLARS BUILDING SOME TIME HONORED PIECE OF CRAP TO REMIND US OF OUR HUMANITARIAN FAILURES. EVERYTIME THE WAR ENDS EVERYONE ( MANY )WHO CAN STILL WALK, CRAWL, SEE, BREATHE COME HOME AND DRINK AND DRUG THEIR LIVES INTO CHAOS. WHEN WILL WORDS WIN WARS AND NOT BULLETS, BOMBS, FEAR?

HOW I SEE ART

THE PAINTING IS BY PHILLIP GUSTON-ONE OF AMERICA'S FINEST. WHAT I LIKE MOST IS IT'S SENSE OF BALANCE. THERE IS DYNAMIC SYMMETRY INVOLVED THAT CREATES AN EVEN LARGER SENSE OF SPACE THAN WHAT IS ACTUALLY THERE. WHEN I WIN THE LOTTERY/ OR WHEN BERNIE MADOFF GIVES ME MY $ 7.6 MILLION DOLLARS BACK I AM GOING TO BUY THIS PAINTING AND HANG IT OVER THE SOFA'

IT'S EIGHT FRIGGIN DEGREES HERE SO I AM GOING BACK TO BED.

THIS CANNOT BE HAPPENING. CAN IT?

One day driving thru the Central plains of Kansas I came upon both of these creatures. This is Kansas for Christ sakes so what the hell am i suppose to conclude? That there are headless horses living alongside Norwegian reindeer? I give up.

WHY AMERICA IS GREAT

WHEN PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED TO BE CREATIVE AND LIVE IN A LAND OF TOLERANCE BEAUTY WILL MANIFEST ITSELF

GLOBAL CRISIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We as a planet are in dire straights. Global emissions have us by the neck. I have just completed extensive research independently without the use of billions of dollars in taxpayers wasted money. My conclusions are factual and precise. There are in fact THREE main sources of Global Emissions ( GASSES ) 1. Al Gore, and yes he did invent the internet, Viagra and the Pogo Stick but it matters not. 2. Sarah Palin-nuff said. 3. Bono.....Who will travel anywhere in the world by private jet to tell us to reduce our carbon footprint? He can e mail this information from any internet cafe in Dublin.

Gore, Palin, Bono....................The Axis of Global Emission Evil..............................................................

CAN THEY BE STOPPED?

Finally I am posting a foto of Al and Sarah arriving late to the International Conference on Climate Change & Beer Fest. They would not have been late for the fact they stopped at Home Depot to purchase building supplies for new room additions to store their shoes once we remove them from their Mouthe's.

Triumph of Mexican Art

Art South of the Ditch continues it's historical importance. Do not miss the show at MOMA of Mexican born Gabriel Orozco. Born in a small destitute town in central Mexico, he is now one of contemporary art's leading visionaries. Sometimes the profound is found in simplicity of material and display. Viva Mexico.

NORWAY OR THE HIGHWAY

Man, it was a long flight back from Oslo but at least they let us smoke on Airforce One. I forgot my tuxedo so i spent three hours in the lobby bar while the Prez gave his speech and got a nice gold medal. He let me wear it for a while. We had some really good Norwegian beer and a bunch of those little Vienna sausages-that was odd. They kicked us out of the bar at 4am which was fine because we had to be at the airport at 6am and Michelle was mad at Barrack because he wouldn't go up to his room so she had to pack all his stuff. People in Oslo are nice and they all want to know if there are still Cowboys and Indians in Kansas and of course I lied and said oh yeah, lotta horses walking around downtown, arrows and bullets flying everywhere. The Prez just rolled his eyes and kept ordering beer which he made me pay for so it wouldn't show up on his expense account.

THIS IS OUR WORLD

There are days when life has an almost normal quality about it, of course we must always expect the opposite knowing full well that the Universe is always in flux. On a clear late Fall afternoon while driving aimlessly thru the flint hills of the Central plains of Kansas I came upon this site. I wondered what the hell was a headless horse doing standing guard near a row of odd mailboxes? What the hell happened to the horses head? What were these Meth Cookers thinking? The entire moment was so surreal that i backed up and took some pictures so I would not imagine that the whole episode was some odd flash-back.

AN UNCONVENIENT LIE

Laurie David is full of crap. Al Gore bought into her crap and thinks he not only invented the internet but now thinks he invented the ability to enforce his whims on Natural force that control the Earth. Both of these dimwits own Citation X private jets. $23,000,000.00 each. They are both on 24 hour standby with 4 pilots in rotation also on 24 hour standby. Al Gore lives in an 12,000 sq ft home. I know Tipper has been over tipping the scales lately but she is not so big as to need an additional 6,000 sq ft addition. Laurie David and her husband live in a 14,000 sq ft house and they are both slim and not very tall. An inconvenient Truth is nothing more than a Hollywood money grab. There is no truth in this movie and to frame it as science is nearly fraud. Park the jets, live in a house that fits your needs stop the propaganda and leave us alone.

TIGER DOWN, TIGER DOWN

I feel that as an American citizen it is my duty to step forward and reveal that it was me and not tiger Woods wife who escaped in the golf cart. My accomplice lives in NYC and is a top-notch hostess to only the rich and famous plus a few busboys who will go unmentioned because I don't speak Spanish. They are nice lads who do not want to be on TMZ. I have provided a photo sent to me by an anonymous source of a woman who might have been hiding in the palm tree's . We don't think she has anything to do with this mysterious event we just like the way she looks. The golden rule of advertising-SEX SELLS. If anyone knows who this woman is please call us at

1-800-whocares, someone in the Bush administration thinks she lives in Denton ,Texas and works at Dimples Donuts. This whole Tiger thing could overshadow who really killed Jimmy Hoffa-stay tuned.

G8

REVANCHE

My vote for best foreign film of 2009, Best cinematography as well as best original screenplay

P FUNK

YOU CANNOT BEAT GEORGE CLINTON'S BRILLIANCE

COURTNEY COX/COUGAR TOWN

THE BEST PART ABOUT COURTNEY COX IN COUGAR TOWN IS THAT SHE HAS NO NEED TO APPLY ANY ACTING SKILLS.

Group Art Show December

This will be a good one. Free Food, Booze, Photo Opp's. Near naked females from 1957

The Pi Art Gallery downtown KCMO.

Holiday Art Extravaganza

Everyone is encouraged to attend. There will be Food, Booze, Art. Pets and Investment bankers welcome.

SARAH PALIN IS A MAVERICK

Well isn't that just super. You betcha

THE ACID TEST

Today in 1965 Ken Kesey spiked the punch bowl and the Warlocks fired up their amps, The rest is of course history. Neal Cassidy drove the bus "Further" and in a sense handed the Avaunt Guard baton from the Beats to the Hippies. An original Warlocks recording from this event is out there somewhere and still available, classics such as "Know your rider" etc. It was a great time to be young in America

SARAH PALIN COMPARISON

There are a few things about Sarah I cannot accept. Killing Moose is not more important than dealing with 78% alcohol rates on Native American Tribal lands. I have no desire to elevate Hockey Moms to a position of political importance. She quit her job as Governor to cash in on her fleeting media profile. The only thing I need from her is my supply of Crab legs.

1960's Modernism

This is a good example of architecture from the 1960's. So much of it looks like total crap

THE FIRST SNOW

I HAD NO IDEA IT WAS GOING TO SNOW TODAY. HERE IS WHERE I WOULD RATHER BE. DRINKING COFFEE, WRITING AND WORKING ON A NEW SERIES OF SMALL ELEGANT PAINTINGS. THE WARM TROPICAL WATERS OF SIAN KAAN ARE A DAY CLOSER.

Saturday Night Event

I wish to thank everyone who made the effort to stop by and have a look at the new paintings.

To The MOON Part 2

This is a ROCK. just like the Moon it is lifeless, Dull, Dusty, Dark, Cold and a huge waste of money.

To the Moon

Okay, stop me if you think going back to the Moon is important. Now, for the rest of us I would advocate the immediate halt for any expenditure of tax payers money with regards to anything about the Moon. It's an old ROCK!!! That's it. ROCK -like a stone, the type of thing one might hurl at a sister. There isn't anything mysterious or useful about it. It is a ROCK that just happens to be in our orbit. Look, It isn't going anywhere so let's move on to Mars or Jupiter anything but going back to the sandy, cold, lifeless ROCK. Now about Mars, this might be good. There still exist the hope that it is or was inhabited by Martians. All those Sci-Fi movies couldn't be wrong. My money is on Mars, no more Moon money. Follow along: NO MO MOON, NO MO MOON. Rest, breathe and refocus.

SCRATCH

12 New oil paintings. Saturday Nov. 14th-thats tomorrow kids. 3607 pennsylvania KCMO.

Free wine & food. No door prizes. Pets are welcome. 25% of sales will be given to The Writers Place. http://www.writersplace.org/

Theory of Evolution

Okay, some fish swims ashore, begins walking into the forest, over time becomes a bipedal primate, finishes college, sells Real Estate, loses his home, wife and business. I find that a little hard to accept.

The Beat Goes on

In the Summer of 1960 Jack Keroauc walked across this bridge at nite. He slept under it before hiking up to a fire cabin in the mountains above Big Sur California. Jack lived and wrote in this small cabin for 6 weeks before going back East. 9 Years later the so-called leader of the Beats -

Beatniks would die from drinking at the age of 47. Jack's heart may have stopped but the Beat goes on.

Kanza Prairie south of Holton, Kansas Fall 2009

Kanza Prairie Journal

The Hotel Josephine in Holton, Kansas. Still open, still beautiful and still a gem on the Kanza prairie. Ten miles North of the Pottowatamie Indian tribal Lands.

Kanza Journal

Saturday

Nov. 7th


A picture perfect Indian summer afternoon. Drove west on Kansas 24 highway-now a secondary slow road-perfect. Headed north from Perry lake to the small town of Ozawkie from here we headed west on sunflower road 92 and began climbing into the Flint Hills. 92 turns into 16 and then 116 as it passes thru Valley Falls. This is a small farming town with brick streets and a nice downtown. The Sun was at a low angle and still producing heat so late in the year. Winds were calm and smelled of fresh cut Soy Bean fields. We entered Holton, Kansas where we found a picture perfect Circa.1860's Town. The Central plains architecture with it's central town square courthouse and perfectly symmetrical four sided front facing two story buildings had the feel of a Hollywood set. The brick streets were clean and the buildings were full of small town merchants. To the East down a slight hill lay the Delaware river. This river is the water source of Lake Perry to the South East.
There is a large three story Victorian house that is now a B&B and known for it's chicken dinners. The place is beautiful. Tall and white with large Elm tree's providing shelter from both Sun and wind. More later...

BONO VS. BONO

Okay,

Votes are in and the worlds favorite Bono is still.....

Bobby Blue Bland

In my opinion the greatest Southern R&B singer ever. Will be on tour this winter. Do not miss him-He ain't gonna be around forever. "Members Only" Best song.

Oh, No Bono Stop Eating Stop Posturing

Enough already. Why does Bono need to show up at every photo op.in the World? Whether Its the 20th Anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall to an economic summit in Nairobi. What the hell, can't he just stay in Dublin and leave us alone? Enough posturing already. The unemployment rate in Northern Ireland is a much more important subject the any dumb wall falling down. Does Bono know how many children live under the poverty line in Dublin?
I imagine every time Bono mugs for the camera his bandmates roll their collective Irish eyes and head for the nearest pub. Hell, pour me a couple pints as well.
BONO NO MO Sing it with me children

Owners view of my painting

An owner of a beautiful circa. 1880 condo bldg has a large painting of mine in the main lobby. The painting measures 6'x8' the imagery includes some crow's as a symbol of Native American iconography. The owner called me to say how happy he is to have my Giant Duck Painting in his lobby....? Duck Painting? Thats not a duck it's a crow. Jeez it's going to be a long day

PS This is NOT a view of my painting

where I ate Today

Quite possibly the best burger place in the mid-west. certainly the best on this crappy old road. It was good, It was really good.

Small rant from the heartlands

The ineptitude by which our Government conducts itself on the world stage is beyond belief and comprehension. Israel is a sovereign nation. Why has the United States year after year, administration after administration felt compelled to do Israel's negotiations with the Muslim world? Let Israel speak for itself. Let Israel conduct itself as a nation in all matters regarding its ability to remain a viable safe haven for it's people. Hillary Clinton needs to take a break from international bullying. I believe she is suffering from jet lag. I find it short sighted and inexcusable that we spend Billions of taxpayer dollars in support of Israel when 40% of grade school age children in the U.S. live under the poverty line. What is the rate of poverty in Israel? On the one hand the Israeli Government continually asks the U.S. to supply it with military hardware and yet we find that the same Israeli government has people spying on our Government. Does this seem odd to anyone else?
This is not an anti-Israeli attack. I will be in Israel this spring and have only admiration and respect for its people. It's our two Governments that give me pause to reflect and wonder if there exists a better way to live in a world of different views and beliefs.

The Writers Place - Art Gallery

The Writers Place - Art Gallery

Bon Voyage

Here we are-the first submittal. Man the lifeboats and pass the Xanax.
Welcome aboard.