From Within a Cimerian Shade

Effulgence from deep within a

Cimerian shade of my own creation

Peering out, looking in, imploding... 

Exploding alignment! Components

Forming beauty greater than before

In the darkness of these moments

Synaptic symphonies replace silence

Songs of peace, comfort and light

Colorfully fill the reality of my now

My BEing alight; bursting forward

Illuminated bubbles appear before me

Filled with past, present and future

Undulating iridescent capsules

Of factuality brighten my now

Bringing a promise of a new way

I choose to listen.

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.

In the Shadows

Arlene said she thought that Peace Scream looked too aggressive to her.  After looking at it with that perspective, I can see her point of view.  Although the shot was taken in a moment calling out for peace, it can look like a cry out in frustration, as well.

Here's an image that I hope communicates peaceful contemplation: