Tag: Clothesline Art

MME63 – Red Beauty

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MME63 – Mountains Majesty

“My Mind’s Eye” is primarily made up of two distinct things. They are pictures of things we see in daily life but don’t draw our attention. The second category is pictures that were taken and then modified is various ways. Sometimes it is one or the other, and others it is a combination of both.

The picture above is of the 2nd category. It was a majestic picture of the Rocky Mountains that has been changed to show it in a more artistic fashion. I kinda like the effects.

MME70 – I Miss My Critters

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I am in a reminiscing mood today, especially about all the critters I have had in my life. When we lived in the homestead surrounded by forests for 21 years, there were countless critters who constantly showed up at our backdoor. Before I go any more forward I need to tell you a little story.

I think if she had to decide between me and one of her critters, it would likely have been me who was shown the door. She regularly fed possums, raccoons, skunks, groundhogs. No body was left hungry, even as uninvited guests.

Let’s get back to this image above. Sophie, like many others before and after her suddenly showed up. She was not feral, but she was quite young. I left all the “critter” business up to my wife, so I don’t really know how she housebroke Sophie. But there were times when Sophie made an Oops as we called it, and it was my job to clean it up. This was one of those times.

Of course, being a female cat, she had to jump on my back to make sure I was doing a good job cleaning up her “Oops”. I have been without a critter for 4+ years now in my RetCom home. Sometimes I think I miss them more than I do my wife. 😁🥴😆.

DD37 – Subtle

Digital Doodles
DD37

When I am working on finishing up my artsy projects, I am always thinking about what its title should be. I made the work above a couple of weeks ago, and for the life of me, I don’t remember why I gave it the title I did.

Maybe I was just on edge, thinking about something else. I do that somewhat frequently now. Maybe doing this art work calmed me down. Whatever, I give you my latest work entitled:

Subtle

That’s not too subtle, is it?

On a side note, I have decided to call my artsy work that comes to me from many different places, MyMindsEye. It is more complicated than doodles and often starts out from somewhere in the back of my mind instead of from a photo. That name evokes a quirky Shakespearean feeling. I like that.

MME45 – The Switchboard

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In the early 1960s I lived in a small rural town that actually had one of these switchboards. I remember sitting in the operator’s office to eat during a high school lunch break. For the most part, she just sat there waiting for someone to ring her up. I guess she got kinda lonely, so she welcomed our company.

The switchboard, for all practical purposes, resided in her front room. But, within a year or so she was out of a job, as next door they built a 40 × 40 ft windowless building and filled it with very noisy switching equipment. She was thrown out of a job due to automation. I suspect she felt much like people today who are losing their jobs to AI, they dream of the good-old days when your telephone was tied to a wall.

MME30 – Losing My Marbles

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One of the most unique museums I have been to is the Prairie Museum in Colby, Kansas. It is mostly made up of one local family’s contributions. Yes, this was just a pile of marbles, but it, like many other exhibits in the museum, said a lot to me. I’m sure other photos from this trip will find themselves in this “Clothesline Art” category

Artsy Dry Spell

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CLA – 27

I have been away from RJsCorner for much of the last 4 weeks with some health issues. Nothing life-threatening but very annoying. I am pretty much recovered but still not back to 100%.

I really missed my artsy time and your visits here. Looking at the bright side, episodes like these make me appreciate the time I have left on this earth. 🙂

The picture from which this image was made is from my July 2022 visit to my brother. He died two months after my visit. I am so glad I had that time with him.