Hi, . Some people can make such a difference by how they choose to live their lives. One such person was Jacob A. Riis. . Jacob Riis was originally Danish, although he later emigrated to America where he eventually became a police reporter. He used the new of medium flash photography to make late-night visits [...]
Jan
27
2012
27
2012
Jan
13
2012
13
2012
Building The Ark.
a Hey, . Many people are worrying about the ‘end of the world’ scenario which is prevalent at the moment. . How many of you are considering the desirability of building yourselves an Ark and making like Noah! . Well, these things can no doubt be done a lot more quickly these days. . Last [...]
Jan
10
2012
10
2012
Is It All Just ‘Pants’.
Hey, . Did you have an interesting ride on your particular subway recently! Were you a bemused observer on the latest ‘No Pants Day’. . This is a day of exhibitionism which has become a much enjoyed annual event for many people worldwide. . When ‘No Pants Day’ began about a decade ago, it may [...]
Jan
7
2012
7
2012
Simon’s Cat.
Hi, . …. and a good morning to you… . Now we are well into 2012, and the recent Christmas/New Year festivities seem long gone. So, with the recent gale force winds and extremely cold weather….we need a laugh! . During the holidays I was introduced to Simon’s Cat, of which I was previously totally [...]
Dec
16
2011
16
2011
Zlata.
Good Morning, . Not long until Christmas now. . So, how are you doing with the small gifts and stocking fillers …. or the calendars! . Now, finally, there is something a bit different, being offered to those of you whose thoughts turn to forward planning. . There is a very different, if not eye [...]
Dec
12
2011
12
2011
12 Year Old Girl Visits Heaven, And Paints It.
Hey, . We have an unusual post today. It is about a 12 year old girl who says that she regularly began having visions of Heaven from the time that she was four years old. . This young girl, called Akeane Kramarik, began telling her mother about Heaven at that time, and began clearly describing [...]
Dec
7
2011
7
2011
Turner Prizewinner 2011.
So, . Art though having a good day then…. Good! . Talking of art, it has just been announced that the artist Martin Boyce, 44, has won this year’s prestigious Turner Prize. . The presentation was made by the much admired Mario Testino …. who was somewhat disconcerted by the unscripted appearance onstage of a [...]
Dec
3
2011
3
2011
‘Glow In The Dark’ Surfers Greet The Summer On Bondi Beach.
G’day, . . Do note the Australian flavour to the proceedings today It may be cold and damp up here in The North, where winter is underway, but some places are just beginning their summertime. . Places like . A place where they have just celebrated a most fabulous ‘Welcome To Summer’ extravaganza, which was [...]
Nov
14
2011
14
2011
Doesn’t Time Pass Quickly.
Hey, . This is something I liked … along with many other people. Having very much admired such presentations . . ! . These particular YouTube clips have been uploaded by a girl calling herself ‘madandcrazychild’… I have no idea who she actually is. . It a quite fascinating, because she has been taking pictures [...]
Nov
7
2011
7
2011
Born To Paint.
Hi, . WOW, it is cold up here this morning. All of the windows were iced up when I rose from my bed at 7am, and there was a very wintry scene outside, with all of the nearby house roofs gleaming with frost. I expect that all of the crows are feeling very chilled and [...]
Oct
23
2011
23
2011
You Can’t Judge A Book By It’s Cover.
Good Morning, . I hope I find you having a good day out there. . Sorry I have been somewhat tardy with my posting this weekend, but I am in the middle of enjoying a smashing family visit and am therefore a lot busier than I get to be during my normal days with the [...]
Oct
14
2011
14
2011
A World Of Pure Illusion.
Hey, . I don’t know your opinion on the henna decorations that you sometimes see done on the hands. . As you may well have ….I love them! . However the clip that I am uploading today is light years past that. It is definate artwork….and very fascinating to boot. . See what you think. [...]
Sep
22
2011
22
2011
Clever Hobbitses.
Hi, . As you were rushing to leave home today, have you ever given a thought to the reasons why many of us are always tiredly dashing off to work. . Is it to pay the large mortgage upon one of the huge structures that we are encouraged to aspire to, with some houses now [...]
Sep
21
2011
21
2011
Naked Dance.
Good Morning, . . As you know, I like doing figurative art…and find the human body to be beautiful in many ways and . . Especially in the art-forms of . . . Such as , as wonderfully depicted in …. Degas’s Ballerinas. . . . . I find this beautiful too….for me, hardly just [...]
Sep
7
2011
7
2011
Life Can Be A Beach.
Hey, I like this. . . Do you like it! . . .
Sep
3
2011
3
2011
Looking At Naked Ladies Can Be A Real Education.
Hey. . It is a Saturday. So how about we do something artistic and interesting today. After all, it is not often that you are positively encouraged to look at ladies…. but through the artist’s own unique eye! . So here we are then. Are you sitting comfortably….then . . Enjoy looking at these naked [...]
Aug
14
2011
14
2011
Feeling Blue!
Bonjour mes amis, . So, as you have probably gathered….today’s post has an authentic French flavour. . It has come about because I was thinking recently about how many of the shades of and brown, used enthusiastically in house decoration and furnishing, are colours that I find to be personally depressing, and would therefore avoid [...]
Aug
6
2011
6
2011
Touches Of Gaudi!
Good Morning, . ….is what we are all saying here at the moment….but hey, we are used to it! . Yesterday turned out to be a corker though. Big H felt great and suggested that we make the most of the sunshine by going to the beach, and he did not need to ask me [...]
Jul
19
2011
19
2011
A Lost Sheep Comes Home.
Hi, . How is your week going so far then! Mine has been quite interesting. . Yesterday, I received a comment about a poem of mine which I uploaded last year, called Lost Sheep. . Here it is…. Lost Sheep. . He is a little lost sheep Through no fault of his own Out beyond [...]
Jul
17
2011
17
2011
From Holidays To Hummingbirds.
Hi Peeps, . Greetings to you from an extremely wet UK. It seems that we have had nothing but ferocious downpours and high winds for ages. . You get up in the morning to the accompaniment of drumming rain and then retire at night to the some beat. I have to say though, that lying [...]
Jul
16
2011
16
2011
Banksy’s Work Is Destroyed. Bloody People With White Paint!
Hi, . It seems that Banksy, the born mysterious and iconic graffiti artist is not perhaps as well known in some parts of our society as we might have supposed that he was. . Banksy at Bristol City Museum. 2009. . . . In his hometown there are many familiar and well loved images stencilled [...]
Jul
14
2011
14
2011
Kissy, Kissy.
Hey, . New ideas are good in any situation….and of course in . It does not matter what you think of it, because just the act of watching and forming the opinion that you have of it is stimulating. . I was reading about a woman called Natalie Irish, an from Houston, Texas. . She [...]
Jul
9
2011
9
2011
Miru Kim. Naked Artist.
Hey, . This post is about a girl who began her adult life wanting to be a . She became a medical student with such a career in mind for herself, but she actually ended up developing a career as an unusual artist by taking pictures of herself in unusual places….. . It happened when [...]
Jul
6
2011
6
2011
War Horse.
Hi, . Did you see the play War Horse or not. To those of you lucky people who live near enough to get to the West End in or who have the necessary time, energy and money to travel there…a really unbelievable treat is in store for you if you have not seen it yet. [...]
Jun
17
2011
17
2011
‘Well Educated’ Woman Told To STFU On Train! Video.
Hi, . Just could not resist this clip . . It shows a ‘charming’ and ‘well educated’ lady, and was filmed by a passenger who witnessed a scene which took place on the Metro North Railroad. . The ‘well educated’ and loud mouthed lady was approached by a conductor who very politely asked her to [...]
Jun
13
2011
13
2011
Sandcastles Rock.
Hi Peeps, . Something really serious and architectural for you today. What satisfaction there is to be found in putting up a beautiful building that becomes a well for others to admire. . Of course sometimes you ! . Ed Jarret hails from in the USA. Recently he was certified as officially breaking his own [...]
Jun
9
2011
9
2011
Ouch. Ouch. Ouch. Ouch. Ouch.
Hi, . Whoaaah….some people are unreal! . In Las Vegas there is an iron willed lady known as Staysha Randall. She earns her living as a performer….as a strongwoman and a . . She decided to make an attempt at the ‘most piercings done in one session’ Guinness Book Of . . She did this [...]
May
15
2011
15
2011
Fascination Of The Four Sisters.
Hi, . I spent some time yesterday, enjoying the work of a guy called Nicholas Nixon. . In 1975 he had a marvellous idea. He decided to take a photograph of his wife, along with her three sisters. . The idea was that he would have them stand in order of their age, from oldest [...]
May
6
2011
6
2011
Art From Nelly.
Hi, . This is just a quick one for you. A real bit of artistic whimsy….brought to you by the way of Nelly, who spotted it and sent it on to me. . . Nelly Leonidis is an accomplished Canadian photographer who does amazing work ….if you appreciate marvellous and moody camera magic then check [...]
Apr
12
2011
12
2011
Extreme Bodies. Unusual People Customizing Themselves.
Hi, . . Happy Tuesday to you all, fortunately the weekend is creeping yet nearer as you read this. . As you all probably know by now, I have a real fascination with people who use as a canvas to to suit their tastes. . . First of all we have a Mexican mother of [...]
Mar
23
2011
23
2011
Symmetrical Portraits.
Hello Peeps, . Here is an interesting question for you all. It has to do with the . . Is your face symmetrical or not?. . It is an interesting question because a lot of people equate a symmetrical face with beauty. However some people’s faces can quite clearly seen by the observer to [...]
Mar
11
2011
11
2011
Zombie Boy Has Made It!
Hi Peeps, . Do you remember that I did on July 26th 2010. It was about unusual people with unusual ambitions. . The first person on that post was a young man called Rick Genest…. AKA Zombie Boy. He had been fascinated by Zombies as a young boy and had found his own unique way [...]
Feb
13
2011
13
2011
Psst. Wanna Buy A 1971 T2 Harrier Jump Jet?
Hello People, . So, are any of you interested in , or in things to be bought on e-bay? . If you are then this page should definitely be of interest to you. . My goodness, is there anything that you cannot buy on e-bay. . I think that one of the strangest items ever [...]
Feb
7
2011
7
2011
Another Rare Treasure Found In A Cardboard Box.
Hello, . Yet another post from my sick-bed….goodness, it is way boring in here. It gives you a sore bottom too, when you just sit propped up with cushions for days on end, I reckon that by the time I eventually get up my legs will be atrophied with all of this enforced inaction! Happy [...]
Dec
2
2010
2
2010
Liu Bolin. The Invisible Man.
Hi, . Something very different and much more sensible for you today. . Have you seen the work by the artist Liu Bolin. He is Chinese. He is also known as the ‘invisible man’. . This is because he is a performance artist whose work is mainly to be painted into his surroundings by his [...]
Nov
23
2010
23
2010
Revisit Kylie Minogue And Spencer Tunick.
Hello’ . It’s being rubbishy, grey and extremely wet most of the time here now. Not to mention it being cold too! . So, spending a little more time indoors led me to revisit one of Kylie’s videos. It is about five months now since I last saw it so perhaps a trip down memory [...]
Nov
13
2010
13
2010
Old Vase Found In Pinner Semi Is Worth Over £50m.
Hi, . You remember my telling you to look in your attic. . Well, it has happened again. . Another amazing amount of money for something found lying around in someone’s house. Just a 16″ vase with a couple of fish on it, which was kept for many years on top of a shaky bookcase. [...]
Nov
2
2010
2
2010
A £200m Michelangelo Found Behind A Settee.
hello, . How goes it with you. We are OK here but the nights are drawing in now and it is both wet and cold. Hard to believe that we actually had some really hot tropical days last summer, thank god for . . Not much is happening here due to Big H’s lack of [...]
Nov
1
2010
1
2010
The Book Of Lost Things.
Hello, . I hope that you are well today. I hope that you are going through one of life’s wonderful highs, and not having to cope with a disheartening low period. . Life is funny isn’t it. It always seems simpler when you are a child, because it is all very black and white from [...]
Sep
25
2010
25
2010
Camera Magic.
Good morning, . Oh My! What a wonderful morning I have just woken up to. . The sky is blue, there is not a trace of a breeze, and I can hear a distant sound of a plane somewhere. It is a beautiful quality of light, seeming to pick out every colour and detail in [...]
Sep
22
2010
22
2010
‘No Underwear Photo’ Is Causing An Artistic Stir
Hello, . On November 9th 2010, in London, the winner of the Taylor Wessing prize for photographic portraiture will be announced. The four pictures chosen for the final shortlist were decided upon last week, on Thursday. . One of the four shortlisted pictures, by Athens born Panayiotis Lamprou, is causing a lot of fuss. It [...]
Sep
17
2010
17
2010
Developments At Marble Arch, London.
Hi, Just a quick one about Marble Arch in London. . . What did you think of the new and permanent sculpture which has just been unveiled at the Marble Arch in London. . It is named ‘Horse at Water’ and has been created by Nic Fiddian-Green. . It is a free standing work in [...]
Sep
16
2010
16
2010
Henrietta Maria And Her Dwarf.
Hi, . My goodness, it has been incredibly windy lately. There are broken branches lying all over the place from the wind whipped trees. Winter is a’comin in! . Never mind, winter means staying in a warm house a lot more, doing lots of artwork and drinking lots of hot toddies Talking of artwork, have [...]
Sep
2
2010
2
2010
Opera Tots And Opera Stars.
Hi, There has been an unusual and probably most welcome innovation for those of you without someone to care for your children when you want to catch a performance at the opera. . The English National Opera have decided to offer parents a chance to spend a few carefree hours listening to the best that [...]
Aug
1
2010
1
2010
The Destruction Of An Icon.
Hey, . And so to the end of an era. Soon one of Gateshead’s iconic buildings will disappear forever and even the protestations of both Ridley Scott and Quentin Tarantino could not stop it from happening. . Have you guessed which building it is. You haven’t? Well, I shall put you out of your misery. [...]
Jul
29
2010
29
2010
High Energy Time Lapse Oil Painting.
. Hi, . See what you think of this. High energy, time lapse painting by artist Robert Bosler. . . . Entertaining? Does it make you want to have a go? J. .
Jul
27
2010
27
2010
The World’s Most Tattooed Woman.
Hey, I was just reading about Julia Gnuse from California, who is officially ‘the world’s most tattooed woman’. . She is 55 and decided to begin her tattoos several years ago. These now number in excess of 400. . There are many different subjects depicted, with a large number of entertainers, from Lucille Ball and [...]
Jul
26
2010
26
2010
Unusual Ambitions. Unusual People.
Hi, . To continue a I have been following . . There are so many unusual people who actually follow their dreams and work towards totally reinventing themselves. They follow their own desires. . These rare people include those like…. . Rick. The Zombie Boy. . Elaine Davidson. Most pierced Woman. . Eric Sprague. Lizard [...]
Jul
20
2010
20
2010
Fabulous Shoes To Die For.
Hi, . Hoping that I find you well and happy today, and pleased with your lot. . I have just spent a wonderful few hours lost in the world of pretty shoes. . This came about because I decided that, when I go to the Costume Ball that I was , I should really try [...]
Jul
7
2010
7
2010
The Fine Art Of Dying
Good Morning, . I am having an early one this morning, up again at 4am and enjoying the light. It has been raining during the night and every roof is a gleaming gunmetal grey, with the asphalt showing so many patches that it looks like a view of fields from an aircraft, All very understated, [...]
