...and the dark abyss moveth… / inchoate particles, collide…becometh, / into an array of myriads of iotas.. / speckles of alphas ,betas and omegas, / conglomerations, molecules, fragments, / conceiving sensuous yet magical moments… the glorious elements…. / spectacular movements, / against odds, decadents / first, expeditious, then dilatory currents… water, the thirst alleviator…, / earth, the foundation, the litigator, / and there’s the abominable fire, / seething with passion, longing and desire…, / the anemophilous , gusty wind, / puffing, blowing, dusts of lights to attend… elements of existence, / in accord with the Great Existence, / all in a trance and in a colossal chorus.. / forming, creating, both the miniscule and the macros…. (my first experiment by collaborating with another artist) the lay-out was made in photoshop then I exported it to corel X3 to digitally “paint” it in several layers ,added in amorpainter’s images, manipulated them in photopshop….back to X3 for the finishing touches… thank you so much Dick (amorspainter), / for lending me both “symetrie” and “devotie”...as the focal figure in this compo!!! see it in silver: / seeamorspainter thanks again Dick!!!
“Two Young Sorceres’s” – A Collaboration Of Two Artist’s I would like to thank AnnMei for her kind consent of using her artwork to compliment the story! Please visit AnnMei” she is truly a wonderful Artist. This short story was inspired by the work of AnnMei called “Two Young Sorceress” We hope you enjoy this story as much as we enjoyed putting this together! FEATURED IN :- / 1) Dimensions – March 2009 2) Freedom In Words – March 2009 3) In – Between – March 2009 4) The Feature Fraternity – April 2009 5) Bits and Pieces – 21st April 2009 6) First Things Group – 17th May 2009 FEATURED, FEATURE IN :- / The Feature Fraternity Group – 31st March 2009 “Live Life For Today And Save A Smile For Somebody Tomorrow” – David “Two Young Sorceres’s” Copyright 2009 / All Rights Reserved – MCN: CE3A2-0A68E-8D118 / Two sisters Arina and Dasha had to stay at Grandpa’s house in the woods, whilst their Mum was in hospital having a baby. Well Grandpa’s old house was a big house and had lots of windows, chimneys and loads of shadows on the ground which was so scary, there was a big garden that went all around the house with brick walls as high as giants too! One day Grandpa told the girls to go and play upstairs whilst he washes his car outside, Arina and Dasha went upstairs and decided to play hide and seek, Dasha hid behind some big curtains, unfortunately Dasha forgot to hide her feet too. Arina shouts “Coming ready or not” well Arina looked up and down the long corridor and she saw these two little feet that were only half hidden. Arina pulled back the big heavy curtains and shouted gotcha! She had frightened Dasha but only for a moment as behind her was a secret door, they both looked at each other and smiled. Arina opened the door and saw stairs that were leading upwards towards the attic. Both girls went to investigate where the stairs led to, Arina turned the knob very slowly so as not to make a noise just in case someone was in the room! The door knob rattled a little and as she turned, the door was opening, there was a whooshing noise that rushed clean air into the loft! All of a sudden the room seemed to groan and then lit up and smelt so fresh and both girls rushed over to the window and saw grandpa still washing his car! They looked around the room and saw a big heavy chest over in the corner covered in cobwebs and dust they both went over to investigate! Dasha tried to open the lid but couldn’t budge it then Arina gave it a big push, suddenly the lid flew open and a bright light sprinkled gold flakes over the room, all of a sudden the room had disappeared and in its place was a bench on the hill, there was a lovely smell of grass and fluffy clouds floating by. The girls now very excited looked into the big case and pulled out some old clothes one pair of striped socks, two gold speckled dress’s, two black tea-shirts and two weird looking black hats oh and one pair of arm length pink gloves and a pink sash with a bow on it! The girls hurriedly changed clothes, Arina wore the socks, dress, tea-shirt, pink gloves that reached up to her elbows, she then put her hair in a bun and put the black hat on, wow she looked a scary sight but she also looked cute in a way.Dasha had no socks to put on or any pink gloves, so she put on the skirt and black tea-shirt and tied the pink sash around her waist it looked nice with the bow, a double WOW, WOW these two young ladies now looked like the fairytale Sorcerer’s! As soon as the hats went on a shudder came over them, then a fantastic feeling of power came over them too! The girls saw lots of Wooden Tracks in a pile, so they both decided to build a train track. It took them hours they thought, as they had managed to lay the tracks all over the hills and across the dales it didn’t take them as long as they thought only because they were wearing their magical hats! After the girls had finished building the tracks they decided that they had earned a rest, so they found a park bench on the crest of a hill. They both went over and sat down on the seat, Arina took off her left sock and draped it over the arm of the bench complaining it was too tight and that it hurt her toes, then she put her hands underneath her chin with a look of deep thought, now Arina always had a soft spot for steam trains and loved Thomas The Tank Engine she thought with a smile “wouldn’t it be lovely if a steam train come along our track just like Thomas” she then thought “no it won’t happen but wouldn’t it be nice if it did!” Dasha looks on playing with a wooden doll that she had found behind the bench all bound up with string. As Dasha was removing the string she said “He looks like Pinocchio but from now on I will call him Pinoch, then all of a sudden she shouts out making Arina Jump, “I think I saw him smile and wink his eyes at me!” Dasha couldn’t believe it ………. Was it true? she thought or did I imagine it? Dasha’s blonde hair had now come undone and fell down her left side. All of a sudden there was a sound Woo Woo, Chuff Chuff Arina and Dasha looked at each other and turned round quickly, they saw a wooden steam train hurtling down the track towards them, steam coming out from the funnel. The girls jumped for joy it looked so big and so real! All of a sudden the train stopped near the bench, Dasha noticed a tear in Pinoch’s eye, she wiped the tear away and Pinoch gave a little grin,Dasha shouted to Arina “Pinoch has come to life, quick come and look!” The young girls looked at each other amazed as Pinoch had somehow come alive! A little voice said “Oh thank you so much for setting me free, I have been tied up with string and I have been behind the bench for a long, long time and you came by and saved me!” The girls still amazed that Pinoch could talk, they asked him where do you come from? Where do you live?” Pinoch replied “I live right over there in Wood Town” pointing over to the hills, “My friends and I were playing and we play tie up and we have to roll down the hill! Unfortunately there was a big wind and I got blown from down the valley and up the dales and I landed here, it’s a good job the bench had stopped me rolling over to the next hill, I don’t know where I am really, can you help me please to get back home?” Arina and Dasha looked at each other and thought, and thought with their imaginations working, they both looked at the train and went to see the driver. Unfortunately there wasn’t any driver all that was in the train cab was a note and two buttons, one being green for “On” and the other being red for “Off” there was a dial to put in your destinations and also a chord for the whistle too. Well the girls said to Pinoch we will have to try it and see what happens so they all get on board feeling excited with their new friend and new adventure! Pinoch put in the destination Wood Town and Arina pressed the green button and the train started up and began to increase in speed. Dasha pulled the chord for the whistle the train was getting up to speed and the smoke was coming from the funnel. Over the dales and over the hills they went they saw wooden ladybirds and wooden mice and a wooden farmer on his wooden tractor waving. They finally arrived in Wood Town, Dasha pressed the red button and the train slowed right down and stopped, they were greeted by a big crowd of wooden people, clapping their hand and jumping for joy. The girls had brought their friend Pinoch back home! / A wooden helicopter flew by very low and the pilot shouted “Thank goodness you have found our friend we thought we had lost him for sure, I have been searching for him for weeks! Pinoch jumped off the train and shouted thank you to the girls. / Dasha looked at the dial in the cab and put in “Park Bench” and Arina pressed the green button for go! The train started to move and the girls waved at all the people and shouted goodbye, they saw Pinoch who was running after the train shouting for joy as he blew them a kiss to say thank you and farewell. Arina pulled the chord and the train whistled as it sped away from Wood Town! Over the hills and down the dales they went. It seemed a long journey but didn’t they have some fun? The train came up towards the top of the hill and they could see the park bench, Dasha pressed the red button and the train slowed down and stopped. The girls got off the train and stretched right out as it had been a long journey. They sat on the bench and Arina said to Dasha “ Do you know what we have done today?” Dasha replied “Yes we have built a train track all around this beautiful countryside, and I found Pinoch and took all that string off him, we caught the train and took him home to Wood Town, on the way we saw a wooden mouse, a wooden ladybird, a wooden farmer on his wooden tractor, we saw a wooden helicopter and loads of wooden people too, we have done a lot in one day haven’t we?” / Arina replied “Yes we have, but isn’t it funny because it was like a magical mystery tour we did and I think it is something to do with when we opened that large trunk in Grandpa’s attic there was gold flakes floating around and the room changed into hills and dales and we put the hats on and we shuddered I think they have turned us both into Sorcerer’s! “Oh heck” shouts Arina, “it’s Grandpa, he’s shouting us,” the girls took off their hats and as soon as they did the hills and dales had disappeared altogether and they were back in Grandpa’s attic. “Girls are you up there?” “Yes Grandpa” the girls shouted back and quickly undressed and put their own clothes back on. They looked out of the little window in the attic and saw Grandpa outside just finishing washing his car. As they closed the door behind them the room creaked back to it’s normal state, dusty and their was no evidence that the girls had ever been in there! The girls went outside to Grandpa’ and gave him a huge hug and kiss, Grandpa said “Have you been playing nicely girls?” they answered back “Yes Grandpa we have!” / “Good” Grandpa replied “Guess what girls? We are going to see your Mum in hospital and your baby brother too!” The girls jumped up and down they were so pleased that Mum was alright and that they had a baby brother too. The girls gave Grandpa a big hug and a kiss, Grandpa was leaking as a little tear came from Grandpa’s eyes because he was so happy and loved his family!
featured in ImageWriting 06-13-2009 / featured in Globes, Spheres & Curves *05-09-2009 / featured in Exceptional Ekphrasis 05-06-2009 / featured in OUTSIDERS 05-01-2009 / featured in Shapes & Patterns 04-15-2009 MUSIC I don’t drink coffee I take tea my dear / I like my toast done on one side / And you can hear it in my accent when I talk / I’m an Englishman in New York See me walking down Fifth Avenue / A walking cane here at my side / I take it everywhere I walk / I’m an Englishman in New York I’m an alien I’m a legal alien / I’m an Englishman in New York / I’m an alien I’m a legal alien / I’m an Englishman in New York If, “Manners maketh man” as someone said / Then he’s the hero of the day / It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile / Be yourself no matter what they say I’m an alien I’m a legal alien / I’m an Englishman in New York / I’m an alien I’m a legal alien / I’m an Englishman in New York Modesty, propriety can lead to notoriety / You could end up as the only one / Gentleness, sobriety are rare in this society / At night a candle’s brighter than the sun Takes more than combat gear to make a man / Takes more than a license for a gun / Confront your enemies, avoid them when you can / A gentleman will walk but never run If, “Manners maketh man” as someone said / Then he’s the hero of the day / It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile / Be yourself no matter what they say I’m an alien I’m a legal alien / I’m an Englishman in New York / I’m an alien I’m a legal alien / I’m an Englishman in New York BASESHAPES CREATED WITH INCENDIA
from many fotos in Photoshop
I am so tired of life, / When all we do is fight… / Take me home. / Let me find peace… / Take me to the Heavens / Let me sore with the Ravens / Let me be free to just be me… Y. Emerson 05-09
A combination of 23 different images, some photographs taken by myself, some are stock images from sxc.hu and a 3D render using Daz Studio. / / Nature and life – we are all connected under the realm of Mother Earth. The volcanoes prime and adjust our atmosphere and earth provides all the buliding blocks to support life on the planet. We are all carbon, and hence the flow of carbon is what keeps it all ticking away. Disturb the balance, disturb life? / / My first image submission for the Gaia group. / / Hope you like it.
All work in this portfolio is © Stephanie Rachel Seely. / These materials (images and poems) may NOT be edited, copied, reproduced, printed, distributed, displayed, performed, or used in any way, in whole or in part, without my written permission. Please respect copyright and do not save or upload any images or poems to Photobucket, Flickr, Myspace, Facebook etc. These creative materials are NOT public domain. This artwork was featured in The Love Of Eerie and Enchanting Artwork and was used as the cover image for their Winter Wonderland challenge. It finished in the Top 10 Juxtaposition of two themes that traditionally don’t fit together.
2008. Age 21 This started as a simple pen sketch (just quickly jotting down some ideas), but now i feel very happy with the finished result. There is a lot of meaning behind this image, however i will reframe from sharing my own ideas in fear of hindering your own nterpretations. Thank you for viewing my artwork.
featured in Freedom in Words 05-08-2009 Best viewed large MUSIC Some things in life are bad / They can really make you mad / Other things just make you swear and curse. / When you’re chewing on life’s gristle / Don’t grumble, give a whistle / And this’ll help things turn out for the best… And…always look on the bright side of life… / Always look on the light side of life… If life seems jolly rotten / There’s something you’ve forgotten / And that’s to laugh and smile and dance and sing. / When you’re feeling in the dumps / Don’t be silly chumps / Just purse your lips and whistle – that’s the thing. And…always look on the bright side of life… / Always look on the light side of life… For life is quite absurd / And death’s the final word / You must always face the curtain with a bow. / Forget about your sin – give the audience a grin / Enjoy it – it’s your last chance anyhow. So always look on the bright side of death / Just before you draw your terminal breath Life’s a piece of shit / When you look at it / Life’s a laugh and death’s a joke, it’s true. / You’ll see it’s all a show / Keep ‘em laughing as you go / Just remember that the last laugh is on you. And always look on the bright side of life… / Always look on the right side of life… / (Come on guys, cheer up!) / Always look on the bright side of life… / Always look on the bright side of life… / (Worse things happen at sea, you know.) / Always look on the bright side of life… / (I mean – what have you got to lose?) / (You know, you come from nothing – you’re going back to nothing. / What have you lost? Nothing!) / Always look on the right side of life… / / a bit of everything; Incendia,Apophysis, Fractal Explorer, Photography, THC and PSP ! ;)
model: Natascha canon EOS 20D dslr / editing in CS3 / In Another World www.daviezimages.com
Model: Justine Canon EOS 20D DSLR / Editing in CS3 / The Patchwork www.daviezimages.com
Life is continuance and ever changing with lots of obstacles and challenges. / It is how we deal with them that makes us who we are…
Fractal art. Life is complicated enough. Take time to appreciate the simple things that life has to offer. © 2008 Dave Moilanen
Copyright © by Aleksandar Djordjevic
featured in OUTSIDERS *04-05-2009 MUSIC Hide in your shell cos the world is out to bleed you for a ride / What will you gain, making your life a little longer? / Heaven or Hell, was the journey cold that gave you eyes of steel? / Shelter behind, painting your mind and playing joker / Too frightening to listen to a stranger / Too beautiful to put your pride in danger / You’re waiting for someone to understand you / But you’ve got demons in your closet (You’ve got demons in your closet) / And you’re screaming out to stop it (And you’re screaming out to stop it) / Saying life’s begun to cheat you / Friends are out to beat you / Grab on to what you can scramble for / Don’t let the tears linger on inside now / Cos it’s sure time you gained control / If I can help you, if I can help you / If I can help you, just let me know / Well let me show you the nearest signpost / To get your heart back and on the road / If I can help you, if I can help you / If I can help you, just let me know All through the night as you lie awake and hold yourself so tight / What do you need, a second-hand-movie-star to tend you? / I, as a boy, I believed the saying the cure for pain was love / How would it be if you could see the world through my eyes? / Too frightening, the fire’s getting colder / Too beautiful to think you’re getting older / You’re looking for someone to give an answer / But what you see is just illusion (What you see is just illusion) / You’re surrounded by confusion (You’re surrounded by confusion) / Saying, life’s begun to cheat you / Friends are out to beat you / Grab on to what you can scramble for / Don’t let the tears linger on inside now / Cos it’s sure time you gained control / If I can help you, if I can help you / If I can help you, just let me know / Well let me show you the nearest signpost / To get your heart back and on the road / If I can help you, if I can help you / If I can help you, just let me know / I wanna know, I wanna know, I wanna know, I’ve got to know / I wanna know you, I wanna know you, well let me know you / I wanna feel you, I wanna touch you, please let me near you, let me near you / Can you hear what I’m saying? / Well I’m hoping, I’m dreamin’, I’m prayin’ / I know what you’re thinkin’ / See what you’re seein’ / Never ever let yourself go / Hold yourself down, hold yourself down / Why d’ya hold yourself down? / Why don’t you listen, you can trust me / (So what, you’re gonna take it to?) There’s a place I know the way to / (So what, you’re gonna make it do?) A place there is need (So what’s he gonna…) to feel you (So what’s he gonna…) / Feel that you’re all alone (So what’s he gonna do?) / Oh won’t you hear me (So what, you’re gonna take it to?) / I know exactly what you’re feelin’ (So what, you’re gonna make it do?) / Cos all your troubles are within you (So what’s he gonna…) / So begin to (So what’s he gonna…) see that I’m just bleeding to (So what’s he gonna do?) / Love me, love you (So what, you’re gonna take it to?) / Loving is the way to help me, help you (So what, you’re gonna make it do?) / Why must we be so cool (So what’s he gonna…), oh so cool? (So what’s he gonna…) / Oh, we’re such damn fools (So what’s he gonna do?) / (So what, you’re gonna take it to?) (So what, you’re gonna make it do?) / (So what’s he gonna…) (So what’s he gonna…) (So what’s he gonna do?) FRACTALS CREATED WITH INCENDIA
Fractal art inspired by Michelangelo’s The Creation of Adam. © 2008 Dave Moilanen
All images are @ copyright Rosa Cobos 2008 . All rights reserved My eyes.. buried in a muddy world.. / where the sky is drowning.. / Leaves rot like sugar lumps. / My eyes… turned into violent givers of Life.. / water.. of pains and laughings.. / fluent as a pouring bucketsof rain, / from a heavy cloud. / Emotions without… / enough earth to quench into. / A woman…. fixed moon rebirthing. / A man…. fixed sun wasting. / Body of Autum submitted to melancholy. / What was airy and dancing… / is now, under the pressure of humilliation. / Humus…. watery soul. / Humour…...watery feeling. / Human… watery birthing. / Humble….the seed of Death. / Hummiliation…placing the ego next to the mud… / in search of a New Being. / Rosa Cobos @ Copyright Rosa Cobos 2008 . All rights reserved
Fractal art. Life stops for no one. Always continue on with the quest that drives you forward. / © Dave Moilanen
I feel you near, whispering in my ear / I turn away in hopes you will just go away / You begin to taunt me / You turn my deepest desires against me / Promises of pleasure / Pleasure always turns to pain / Lost and unable to find the light / Darkness has always known my name… / Y. Emerson 06-2009
A serpentine hippocamp (mythical chimera/sea horse) in shades of green and gold. Made as a thank you present for someone. Original measures approx 12×19” / Created with oil pastels, colored pencils, gold and white paint, art pens on heavy textured green Strathmore artist paper.
Winter is Still-life season in my studio. The sunlight streams through the windows at dramatic, low angles. It’s 16 degrees in Columbia MO. No reason to go outside! I’ll stay in the studio for a few more weeks. Done in watercolor by Artist Paul Jackson.dreaming of spring.
To Celebrate Life i am bringing back one of my personal favorites. I made this a year or so ago and feel it really represents how I feel today! To New Beginnings!
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