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• how do you handle it when your work inspires another?
  by Christopher Ewing

  after uploading my shot rushing past the colors today, i w…

  after uploading my shot rushing past the colors today, i was approached by a member… Loramae / asking if it was ok to use this poem that inspired her. / this is the very 1st time in all of the places ive had my work, that someone has approached me with anything like this! i was totally speechless and am deeply honored my shot inspired her to create..now that is “passing it on” / so i have added to the decription her poem, ive also added that if anyone wants a card or print with the sentiment added, to let me know, ill have someone to add for me. / Loramae, thank you from the bottom of my heart. / here is her poem she wrote: Rushing Past The Colors… Laid on the floor of the world at our feet, / The beauties all of Heaven can afford… / Cast from the hand of the Great Almighty, / Creator of all things loved and adored… / Colors and hues unmistakable in beauty, / Gently caressing the days of our life… / Teasing and pleasing scents of perfection, / Waft through the air in most perfect delight… / Time in minutes and seconds build days… / such blessings live before the naked eye. / But for a moment stop and be so sure… / Your not rushing past the colors of life. Thank you again so much loramae.

• How Not To Handle A Wet Canvas
  by Barry W King

  I’m up at this early hour first off because of some inconsiderate idiot that called me at 3:30 a.m. / Sleep is hard enough when one has in…

  I’m up at this early hour first off because of some inconsiderate idiot that called me at 3:30 a.m. / Sleep is hard enough when one has insomnia, so when you do find slumberland you take it….gladly. Not only did this person call once, but I was lucky to go back to sleep right away which is very unusual and what happens? They called again. This is why I don’t own guns. ( just kidding ) Okay so yesterday I was outside painting. Two canvases, each one 3 feet by 4 feet. I’ll talk more about the process maybe later when I upload them. But I want to talk about handling larger pieces of canvas. Always have someone help you. Both pieces were laying on the ground drying in the afternoon sun, I used a gloss enamel this time for a different affect…one piece I rather like the other, I’m quite disappointed in, maybe I can go over it and salvage the canvas – we’ll see. Anyway it’s getting late, the paint still isn’t dry, they were calling for rain. I didn’t want to leave them outside all night long so I thought I’d bring them in, put them in my basement, someplace safe where the cats won’t walk on them, although little cat paw prints may have been a good idea. These pieces were heavy because of the amount of paint on them. / Mr. macho guy here decides he’s going to do it himself one piece at a time. The piece I liked best I took down first. It went well. I placed it in a safe and secure area, come to think about it, it might even be dry by now. The second piece had far too much paint on it and I should have just left it to dry where it was, but Noooooooooooooo ! I had to bring that one down too. In the process I rubbed my hair up against the painting. At this point I had so many colourful shades of paint in my hair – how nice! After I place that one in a secure place I decide to wash my hair and get the paint out. / Shampoo ….HA ! / doesn’t work with enamel. / After my hair dried it felt like super glue every where, there would be no way possible to drag a comb or brush through that. So I’m thinking…what could take that paint out of my hair? The proverbial light bulb goes off – paint thinner I grab a container of paint thinner, lean over the tub, pour it all over my head and scrub it in. The paint that was stuck in my hair came out easily…Oh good i thought. Then I got a bit of thinner in my left eye, and my scalp was starting to burn. / Back to the tub again. Wash my hair again, flush out the eye, shampoo. Well to make a long story shorter than it already is everything’s okay except for the one painting I don’t like. So next time you have a large piece of canvas and are outdoors, or are planning on moving it while the paint is wet, have someone help you. / But I’m sure a normal person would already know this Bear