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rbruby
Jun 183 min read
EXILE ~ 06.18.24
Above is Thun Castle (German: Schloss Thun), built in the 12th century in the Swiss canton of Bern. It still stands, houses the Thun...
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rbruby
Jun 171 min read
EXTRA! EXTRA! READ ALL ABOUT IT! ~ 06.17.24
Yes, believe it or not , “CHRISTRUMP’ is a real book and available now on Amazon for $27.25. (free delivery) But . . . maybe not....
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rbruby
Jun 156 min read
CHERRY PICKING & THE VOTH SYNDROME ~ 06.15.24
Sometimes cherry picking isn't what we think it is. Sometimes cherries are sour. I recently posted the meme below on a social media site...
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rbruby
Jun 103 min read
THE DUMB-DOWN ~ 06.10.24
If creating writing is to be considered an art, what do we call poor and pathetic writing? The dumbing down of society (aka the rebellion...
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rbruby
Jun 75 min read
THE ART OF BEING MARY ~ 06.07.24
I find it fascinating that Mary Magdalene has had such a variety of characters, which might explain why I and so many others keep heading...
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rbruby
Jun 45 min read
BANNED OR BAND TOGETHER ~ 06.04.24
“The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which...
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rbruby
May 2816 min read
IF THERE IS A GOD? ~ 05.28.24
IF THERE IS A GOD? A somewhat contentious question, isn't it? What follows is in response to the many positive and negative comments and...
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rbruby
May 243 min read
MY BRUSH WITH FAME ~ 05.24.24
Well before the white-haired boy (that would be me) created his newest piece titled 'The Near-Death Experience of Imagination' (shown...
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rbruby
May 236 min read
WHAT THE HELL IS ENVIRONMENTAL ART?
Environmental Art? Fine Art? What's the difference? As explained to me prior to enrolling in a 3 year Environmental Art Program, and as...
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rbruby
May 215 min read
FIELD NOTES ~ 05.21.24
"Blessed are the weird people - poets, misfits, writers, mystics, heretics, painters and troubadours - for they teach us to see the world...
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rbruby
May 177 min read
THE DIVINE NUDE ~ 05.17.24
"Although it is usually", or often "associated with eroticism, the nude can have various interpretations and meanings, from mythology to...
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rbruby
May 153 min read
THE HORSE ON THE PORCH ~ 05.15.24
"No hour of life is wasted that is spent in the saddle." (Winston Churchill) Many years ago, early one sunny Sunday morning my 4 year old...
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rbruby
May 145 min read
THE MERMAID, THE SELKIE & HOPE ~ 05.14.24
For a time, the much younger me "believed not in God nor Santa Claus, but in Mermaids." "They seemed as logical and possible to me as the...
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rbruby
May 131 min read
THE BARN ~ 05.13.24
from the field notes: a late day journal entry: At night "my father always went to the barn and checked the livestock before bed. The...
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rbruby
May 121 min read
MOTHER'S DAY ~ 05.12.24
"Sweater, n.: a garment worn by a child when its mother is feeling chilly." (Ambrose Bierce) As Sam Beam wrote, "There ain't a mother...
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rbruby
May 111 min read
CONVERSATIONS AT THE POND ~ 05.11.24
the stillness of steamy nights revive harmonious crickets envying people being people with thier stories afloat and my cameras has...
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rbruby
May 102 min read
SORROW AT THE NIGHT CAFÉ ~ 05.10.24
'SORROW at The Night Cafe' (Sorrow à la nuit Café) appearing lower in this post is a personal tribute to Vincent Van Gogh. "She had...
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