Category: art

• My 600th Blog: Lat. 24 N./Long. 81 W.

  [Ernest Hemingway’s typewriter. Located at the Hemingway House Museum, Key West, Florida. Photo is mine.] Today is only one day in all the days that will ever be. ~~Ernest Hemingway I am sitting in the air-conditioned Monroe Country Public Library (Key West Branch). It’s quiet, cool and has a WiFi that takes no prisoners. I…

  patrickjegan

  February 3, 2023

  Adirondacks, art, Bob Dylan, Childhood, Creativity, daughter, Deserts, England, Fables & Folklore, Family, Ghosts, Grandson, In Search of Lost Time, Love, Melancholy Thoughts, Memories, Nature, New York City, Objects of Beauty, owego ny, Paris, Real and Unreal Adventures, Real Personal History, satire, seniors, Short Fiction, son, The sea, Travels

  England, Kapok Tree, Key West, owego ny

• Paradise Lost

  [Sculpture from the MET. Photo is mine. Sadly, I failed to record the sculptor.] No matter where you’re going it’s the wrong place. ~ ~Tobe Hooper [BEFORE YOU CONTINUE: This blog post is not, in any way, an attempt to denigrate any staff, employees or anyone else who made every effort to make our short…

  patrickjegan

  January 31, 2023

  art, Blogging, Bob Dylan Lyrics, daughter, Everyday Events, Family, humor, marriage, Objects of Beauty, Oceanography, Real Personal History, seniors, son, The sea, Travels

  Bahamas, Disappointing Vacations, NYC, Questionable Advertising, Vacations

• Don’t Be Fooled By Trompe-l’oeil

  [Illustration source: Google search. Artist Erik Johansson.] Why did Van Gogh become a painter? –Because he didn’t have ear for music. ~~ Whenever my artistic girlfriend is sad, I let her draw on my body… –I gave her a shoulder to crayon. ~~ I used to do fine arts, until I decided I didn’t like…

  patrickjegan

  January 16, 2023

  art, Creativity, England, Objects of Beauty

  art, Dorset, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, Trompe-l'oeil