Was Once An Artist

Meanderings of the artistic mind.

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It's my 12 year anniversary on Tumblr 🥳

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My Brief Stint As A Doggy Dad

When I was living for a short time in Hartford, CT I had a one-bedroom apartment in a predominantly black neighborhood. One day I was going out somewhere in my car and headed on to the entrance to the highway near the apartment. Thankfully there was no other traffic as I had to come to a stop because there was a shape at the side of the ramp. I pulled over to a wider space and stopped where I…

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Grasse River Heritage — walking park in Canton, New York, USA

https://youtube.com/watch?v=P-fS5vd-pd8 In late Winter, after the snow had melted, I captured these video and photo views of the Grasse River Heritage Park in downtown Canton, New York. If you’re a fan of various shades of brown then this was the perfect time to visit the park. The indigenous peoples of the area named what is now called the Grasse River the Nikentsà:ke. The Iroquois Six Nations…

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a.co/d/4y0gIxc I’ve published my first notebook volume to Amazon.

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Oracle and Tarot Deck Pirating — A Followup

Since my previous post on this subject I’ve chatted with another deck creator about Tarot and Oracle Deck Counterfeiting (dare I create an acronym? TODC, todsy like “tipsy”). For a long time this publisher’s decks seemed to have escaped the scourge of being counterfeited. But, of course, that’s no longer the case. They are seeing their decks being pirated through AliExpress, EBay, and sometimes…

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Oracle and Tarot Deck Pirating

Imagine that you go to your local Police Precinct about an issue, maybe something was stolen. You saw who did it and have pictures of them stealing your property. What’s more you have proof that they’re selling your stolen property openly, telling buyers of your property what a great deal they’re getting. And the Police turn to you and say… “Sorry, but there are too many criminals in our city for…

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New YouTube Video Posted: Winter Walk

Winter Walk Along the Oswegatchie River

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Winter Walk Along the Oswegatchie River

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Thoughts on Creativity and Artificial Intelligence

Thoughts on Creativity and Artificial Intelligence

For the first time I tried out the “Assistant” function in the Craft software that I use. The software includes an Artificial Intelligence function “Assistant” to do various tasks and I chose for it to create a poem based on the following sentence I wrote about an Artist lecture I attended. The AI came up with the following… Experiment 1 ::Test Sentence::: “Yesterday I attended the Artist…

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Free Ukraine

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Home is Where…

A previous piece I wrote back in 2018.

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Drawing A Day

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Late Night Revamp

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Received my Smoke, Ash & Embers today. Made my day! 😃😎👍🤩🎁 #smokeashembers @three_trees_tarot (at Canton, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CaTOQghMCdg/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Short Film: I have a small Heart

Short Film: I have a small Heart

https://player.vimeo.com/video/338617817 わたしのチイサナココロ [i have a small heart] from Bajir Cannon on Vimeo.

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Things and Such #momentsketchers #sketching #coloredpencil #coffee #pipetobacco #tarottribe @momentsketchers #ytpc #savinelli #maps https://www.instagram.com/p/CEz4jm7napN/?igshid=1c304r3x52k6j

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I’ll admit it, I’m an impatient artist 🖼 Did this quick #sketch for #momentsketchers feeling the pent up frustration of the time. #sketchbook #drawings #icantbreathe #blacklivesmatter #stopsystemicracism (at New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBJnsz_H11T/?igshid=1ox2siiav71e4