Pyrography for Connosieurs

Meet Walker Babington.  He prefers blow torches, flame throwers, metal grinders, ice picks, old silverware and crayons to more conventional media.  His canvases?  Wood, doors, metal pieces-parts and anything else that gets in his way.  As he puts it, "Anything that will rust, I'll rust; anything that burns, I'll burn.

Walker Babington: Pyrographer from alison harbaugh on Vimeo.

In the section about Walker on his FB page, it states, "If I could make the world as pure and strange as what I see, I'd put you in the mirror I put in front of me".

Portrait of Walker by Erin Fitzpatrick.

The New Anthem... Monsanto Go Away!!!

Monsanto (Go Away!)

Words and Music by Human

The song begins 55 seconds in.

You say you want to help our community
Help the farmers sell more food
But all you sell to us is lies
You're only looking out for you

You say its all about the children
And yet you feed them pesticides
We know its all about your profits
Because of you too many die

Chorus: Monsanto Go Away Go Away Go Away
You are NOT welcome on our land
Monsanto Go Away Go Away Go Away
You are trespassing on our land

You say you're all about democracy
But then you interfere in our political process
You may have fooled some politicians
You may have given them some money

But this is not Washington DC
You cannot bully this community
We are much stronger than you think that we are
We are everywhere and we know who you are

Chorus: Monsanto.....

So if you know what is best for you
You will take your lies and go back home
You cannot tell your lies to change our minds
We don't want your frickin' poison seeds here in AUSTIN
For many many years we grow our food the natural way
Earth she gives us all we need to sustain
We will not grow your chemi-crops, you take your herbicides and go
You will not poison our homeland we say its time for you to go.

Listening at the Gate

Stifled...  Within and without

Opening my mouth to roar

Jumbled silence bursts out

So much to say, so much I feel

Inside, I push, I shove, I shout

Outside, I just kneel

Cogitations form communications

Breathed through space and time 

Demanding no vocal vibrations 

I sit stone-still and silently await

Your screaming soul whispering secrets

At this dimension's gate

Is It Time You Climb?

I Married an Amazing Designer

...And am posting this to inspire her as she travels with Rain.

This is an inspired, sexy, creative, sexy, way to create 5 wonderful outfits made from her "EX-Man's Shirt". Yes... I said sexy twice.

I found her blog today and am an instant fan and follower.  

Amazing Alternative Circus Performances

Once I saw Ring-o-graphy from the Raw Art Circus, I was hooked.  Below is the path I took as I discovered this amazingly creative group of performers.  May your experience be as wonderful as mine has been.  

I don't know that I have ever posted as many videos from any particular group, but each impacted me in such a way, I had to share.

Frankenfruit Tomato!!!

I make it a habit not to buy any genetically modified or non-organic produce.  I went to HEB instead of the organic markets I typically visit because it was almost midnight and I had to prepare food for a gathering the next day.   HEB was out of organic tomatoes, so I purchased the reddest, ripest looking tomatoes on the vine they had.  They looked like they were so ripe, they would split their skins the very next day.

I made a beautiful tomato and basil salad that unfortunately had very little tomato flavor, but was appreciated by those I presented it to. I used all but one tomato; here is a photo I took of it this morning.  

But,  I purchased the tomato 75 days ago!!! 

My friends and relatives have been marvelling at this since the second week.  Amazingly, I keep my bananas right next to where the tomato has been for almost 2 1/2 months.  Note:  Bananas ripen tomatoes and other fruits at a much faster rate  because of the ethylene gas they put off.  

I have included a close-up of the sticker from the colorful, super-shelf-life  freak of nature (becoming the standard) if you want to find out more about this company and the fake food they are selling to you and the people you love. 

Please get involved.  There are many groups involved in trying to stop the destruction of our food supply in spite of the corporate and government support. Here are just a few:

Institute for Responsible Technology

Say No To GMOs! - Getting Started

OCA's Resource Center on Genetically Modified Wheat

The True Food Network

Take action to ban GM foods

www.stopgm.org.uk

I am calling my HEB to have them remove this product and others like it.

Robert Peery, Your Smiles Will Be Missed

Goodbye friend.  Thank you for always entertaining my ideas and providing me with perspectives I had not considered.

Thank you for loving Natalie the way she needed and wanted to be... Completely.

I do and will miss you, Bob.

Much love on your journey.

100% One Tribe - One People Flash Mob

Prolonged Detention - Rachel Maddow's Comments