The Wildness Of Event Was Overshadowed By The Kindness Of Whisper
Perhaps Should Use The Term "Reflectionism" Rather Than "Expressionism"............For In One's
Dialogue With Nature, When The Connection Is Complete, It Is As If Looking Into A Mirror Of Source............Forms And Colors
And Tones, Moving, Blending, Oft Times Chaotic, Oft Times Of Mellifuous Flow...........(Also, Much As Viewing Images In Front
Of Closed Eyelids)..........Thus Through Reflection--A Logically Creative Act--No Metaphysics Here--Just The Basic Grist Of
A Natural Source..............A Source Of Illumination And Spirit And Wonder.........A Conscious Source.............An Unconscious
Source...............Encompassing All, Everything
Gentle Waves Wash Upon Sandy Shores, Their Origins Hundreds Of Miles Across The Distant Horizon.........They
Witness Much In Their Constant Velocity..........Silently Undulating Through Fertile Seas Of Life..........Gentle Streams
Of Energy Heading Toward No Conclusion But The Next
One In Five Persons Globally Have No Access To Safe Drinking Water...............With 2.5 Percent
Of The Earth's Available Fresh Water, Availability To Humans Is 0.08 Percent Worldwide..............Use Is Expected To Increase
By 40 Percent Over The Next 20 Years..........Seventy Percent Of That Supply Is Used By Agriculture With More Needed In The
Future......Sources Of The Problem--Growing Population, Inefficient Irrigation, Pollution
Really Is A Matter Of Image With Humans..........We Create Ourselves In The Eyes Of Others(Humans)(Approval)....Which
Is...........Useful.............To A Point............(Establishes Something Of A Useful Societal Norm For The Group).......Unfortunately,
We Do Not See Ourselves In The Eyes Of Nature(Which Should Be First And Foremost).........Perhaps Establishing A Societal,
Social Norm Should Be Quickly Shifted To Our Relationship With Nature............If That Relationship Is Solid And
Harmonious, Then Our Relationship With One Another And As A Group Will Flourish
The Eons Of Past And Future Have Gathered Now Within That Spiral Of No End And No Beginning
Through Infinite Paths Of Realization And Discovery................There Is Only Certainty Now......................Only Change............Now.................Each
Instant Is A Frontier Of New And Useful Concepts Which Find Their Way Back Into That Marvelous Spiral Of All.............Now
Nature Gives Us Everything We Need To Live And To Prosper As A Species...............Were We
Truly A Part Of Nature, We Would Return Same...............For.............To Be A Part Of Nature Is To Be Nature
Fires Of Yucatan(Southern Mexico To The Peninsula) Made Their Presence Felt The Other Day..........Right
Here In Southeast Louisiana..............Smoke From The Massive Number, Some Natural, Most Agricultural(Clearing, Deforestation)
Filled This Entire Area........Indeed The Gulf Appeared As If A Volcano Was In The Middle Of It......One Would Think The Land
Of Lost Civilizations(Aztec, Inca, Maya, Etc.) Would Learn From The Past
So Many Dimensions Lie Outside The Limiting Visible Spectrum.........Rather, More In The Purity
Of Energy, The Purely Dark, And, Light................Their Resonance Proclaims Their Existence.............An Infinite Number
Of Particles Pass Through This Earth Unimpeded Each Millisecond......And We Do Not Even Know They Are There(Except Occassional
Glimpses In The Lab)...........Perhaps Too, They Do Not "Know" We Are Here...............So Many Planes Of Discovery........Of
Existence Itself................All In Excited States Of Cosmic Dance...........All Vibrating To That Source Of Universal
Consciousness
Headlines
Three People Killed By Alligators
Bear Mauls Man
Boy Dies Of Rabies
Unfortunate, Very Real Reminders Of Population Growth.......Habitat Destruction And Encroachment
Are Forcing Animals To Protect What Little They Have Left By The Only Means They Have...........They Are Stressed--And Stress,
In Their World, Is Deadly..............Will See Much More Of This, Globally, In The Future.............Animal Attacks, Animal
Borne Diseases, Etc....................While There Is Still Time, We Could Allocate Vast Areas Where Humans Simply Aren't
Allowed(Realize That Is Only A Dream--We Think We Own The Whole Damn Planet--We Don't, It's Natures)........Then We Must Deal
With Our Own Population Growth............That Is A Very Big Must.........6.5 Billion Now And Projected At 9-12 Billion
By 2050(I Know, I Keep Harping On This All Through These Pages)........Funny How We Get Alarmed When An Animal Kills A Human
When All Over The Planet We Are Slaughtering One Another.........Which Is "Normal" And Which Not?
Lyrical Expressionism
Painting On Glass -- Studies In Abstraction
Prokofiev.............Romeo And Juliet Suite.............(Lot Of Other Things Too)................How
Splendid!.............Brings A Subtle Beauty And Sensibility To One's Life.............Brings Order And Harmony To Madness...............Brings
Back The Thought That We Are Capable Of Such Great "Accomplishments"...........Brings Up The Thought That, Yes,
There Are "Bright" Areas In The Fabric Of Our Species........Maybe There Is................Maybe
Abstract Expressionism -- Icon And Myth
Give The Public What It Wants?...........Bull.............Give The Public What It Needs(Besides
A Really Big Kick In The Butt)--Something New........Something Unknown...........Something Which Creates Thought And The Positive
Energy It Produces...........Art Is Not About Bright Colors(Unless Needed) Or Egocentric Resume Or Decoration Or "Something
To Go With"............Art Is About Thought, Energy Of Thought(Which Of Course Emanates From Nature)............Realize "Artist"
Have To Make A Living.........Well, Do Something Else(Wal-Mart Anyone?)..................Keep The Art Pure
Tom McNease Contemporary Art
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