Launched a new portfolio of just animals, so far just domestic animals but soon some wildlife also. / hope you enjoy / Jienn Heibloem
Launched a new portfolio of just animals, so far just domestic animals but soon some wildlife also. / hope you enjoy / Jienn Heibloem
The other day I witnessed a tragic, utterly heartbreaking event, one of those occurrences you cannot, try as you might, get out of your m…
The other day I witnessed a tragic, utterly heartbreaking event, one of those occurrences you cannot, try as you might, get out of your mind. In fact, it is with me still as I sit here in front of my computer tapping away on the keys. / / After lunch, my husband and I left the house for our afternoon walk. We try to walk at least an hour each day around the neighborhood. It provides us with exercise, fresh air, stress-release, and an opportunity to talk together about this and that, the way married couples do, or at least should. / / Anyway, we were not long into our walk, only about halfway down our street, when we saw two children playing in their yard with their dog. It was what some people call a “mutt,” just a little tan and white dog and kind of shaggy; and it was laughing as it enjoyed a game of chase on a sunny day in December. (No one can convince me that dogs don’t laugh. I know they do). The little dog was, in fact, boisterously happy and having a high old time.) / / Right at that moment I noticed a white car coming down the street in our direction; and just as I said something to my husband, the little dog, for some unknown reason, darted out into the street. It all happened so fast. In a heartbeat, the little dog’s laughter was silenced. The driver probably didn’t even see the dog. After all, she was talking on her cell phone, caught up in some important conversation that couldn’t wait until she returned home, which, by the way, was but one street over. / / She did stop, however, but so abruptly, the car’s right front tire came to rest atop the little dog, pinning it to the street. Although obviously still alive, its dark eyes glazed with pain and confusion, the dog didn’t make a sound. / / I was in shock. I yelled, “Oh, my god” and heard myself repeating it over an over. My husband, although surely as stunned as I, yet ran over and told the woman, “Back up. The dog is under the tire.” She got out of the car instead. My husband again said, “Back up. Your car is on top of the dog.” At that point, the woman finally reversed the car. And the little dog that had not uttered a sound when it was hit, not even a yelp, still didn’t cry or scream or even groan. It just started crawling away, desperately trying to get somewhere safe, or so I imagine. Its back legs were both crushed. That was obvious. They were badly mangled, with bones showing. Still, the dog didn’t scream, although the pain had to be unbearable. Using only its front legs, it dragged its poor, broken body onto the carport of the nearest house. / / I saw a man come out into the yard where the little children had been playing. I called, “Do you know whose dog this is?” He said, “It’s mine. I thought it was in the backyard.” He came over. The woman got a tarp out of the trunk of her car. The owner used the tarp to wrap the little dog, picked up the dog, and started toward his house. My husband told the owner there was a vet just about a mile away; but the owner just nodded and continued on toward his house. / / When we passed the owner’s house, I didn’t see anyone about and his SUV was under the carport, and it was still there when my husband and I returned down the street about 20 minutes later. I wondered if the man had taken the dog to the vet. I still wonder. Or, perhaps, did he simply put it in the yard to die? Leave it there like an unwanted shattered toy? I also wonder if the little dog ever made a sound, although I hate to think of it crying, especially since I cannot forget how happy it had looked just a few moments before that car came down the street and silenced its laughter forever. / / In 1928, Henry Beston wrote these words: / / We patronize them for their incompleteness, for their tragic fate of having taken form so far below ourselves. And therein we err, and greatly err. For the animal shall not be measured by man. In a world older and more complete than ours, they move finished and complete, gifted with extensions of the senses we have lost or never attained, living by voices we shall never hear. They are not brethren, they are not underlings; they are other nations, caught with ourselves in the net of life and time, fellow prisoners of the splendor and travail of the earth. / / / If all dogs go to heaven, I believe that little dog is there now; and he is running, playing, and laughing aloud
Welcome to the fourth installment of a series of three panel strips I’ve aptly titled “Bubbleworld!” This weeks edition is a wee bit …
Welcome to the fourth installment of a series of three panel strips I’ve aptly titled “Bubbleworld!” This weeks edition is a wee bit late, but hopefully you’ll think it’s so incredibly funny that all will be forgiven. (Hopefully, but not very likely). The goal with the “Bubbleworld” is to showcase the work of some of the people I’ve met during my first three or four months on the site, and to show my appreciation of them, and admiration for their work in the only way I know how… By poking fun at them. (Because complimenting people is so darn awkward.) On the chopping block this week is the unstoppable force of nature that is PINKYJAIN. Not only is Pinky the very first person to ever add me to her watchlist her on Redbubble, but she’s a heck of a talented artist to boot. The thing I love most about Pinky’s work is the unpredictability of it. (Despite the fact that my strip focuses on one specific thing…go figure.) (For a larger image click the picture) Take a moment out of your day and take a browse through Pinky’s portfolio. I really dig the vampire series myself. Here are just a few examples of her work that I used as a direct inspiration for the above piece. (Click for a larger image) Volume 5 may or may not be coming next week as I’ve got a lot on my plate at the moment, but if I can’t get one up next week there will be one the week after. Steve!
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/ Farm not Harm in t-shirt design by Carmen / / To the compassionate buyer who purchased today this t-shirt / A heartfelt thank-you in the name of farm creatures / / Carmen / / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-- / Farm not Harm, as wall art and apparel, is a collage especially created to promote / awareness to the humane treatment of creatures in factory farms. / / There is a humane way to share eco-systems / and benefit from one another. / Exploitation is not the way. / -Carmen Mandel-Cesáreo All proceeds from the sale of this piece of artwork / will be donated to the following organisation: Farm Sanctuary Founded in 1986 to combat the abuses of industrialized farming, / they encourage a new awareness and understanding about farm animals.
May all leaders round the globe be inspired Act now to alleviate the suffering of defenseless creatures in entertainment and in the fo…
May all leaders round the globe be inspired Act now to alleviate the suffering of defenseless creatures in entertainment and in the food industry For the end of Greyhound racing and the abuse in factory farms. / / / / / Read more on this historic win at the HSUS site >here Read more about The Greyhound Protection Act
Aloha, mahalo nui loa, thank you so much to the anonymous buyer / who purchased one of my matted prints this morning! I very much app…
Aloha, mahalo nui loa, thank you so much to the anonymous buyer / who purchased one of my matted prints this morning! I very much appreciate your kindness, thank you so much! / I sincerely hope you enjoy my image of the beautiful Moose displayed in your home. Please let me know how it looks when you receive it. I would love to know who purchased this matted print to thank you personally, but if you prefer to remain anonymous I certainly understand. Thank you so much for your gift of Aloha!!_ Mahalo nui loa!! E pili mau na pomaika`i ia `oe! Aloha e Malama pono Sharon Mau Copyright © Sharon Mau 2009 SOLD / 1x Matted Print A beautiful cow Moose and her yearling Calf browsing near North Pole Alaska ~ Winter Scenics
My cat, Molly, placed in the top ten challenge for …
My cat, Molly, placed in the top ten challenge for Sleeping Kitties!! A big thank you to all who voted and to the hosts of this fun group!
Wow what a day, I have just been informed that my very first out of the blue book offer will be going live for sale from the 15th Novembe…
Wow what a day, I have just been informed that my very first out of the blue book offer will be going live for sale from the 15th November, hehe oh boy, dont know if the butterflies I have are through excitement or fear hehe. This book is full of endangered creatures and poems. All I can say is WOW never ever let that dream of yours go. dawnx / My Art has HEART book
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