Thursday Challenge: Reflection -

"A Reflection of Opening Day"
manipulated digital photographs & collage by Mick Mather
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"... people ask me what I do in winter
when there's no baseball,
I'll tell you what I do,
I stare out the window
and wait for spring ..."
- Rogers Hornsby

Standing by -

"Line Shack 22"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... if the world has a center then this is it,
and I'm only exaggerating a little bit ..."
- Ian McMillan, from: "The Shed"

Her second winter -

"The Yearling Doe"
digitally manipulated photograph by Mick Mather
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"... the deer hunter does not notice the mountains ..."
- Zen proverb

Oh, no, no, no -

"Last Train to Clarksville"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... and I don't know if I'm ever coming home ..."
- Boyce & Hart

Leave no footprint behind -

"Don't Fool With Mother Nature"
digital collage by Mick Mather

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"... when we heal the earth we heal ourselves ..."
- David Orr

Teased and sprayed -

"Big Hair"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... sometimes you let the hair do the talking ..."
- James Brown

Illustration Friday: Toy -

"Toying With A Lucky Charm"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... a beggars prayer is a wish built of wishes,
of charm-charged emotion and itches for riches ..."
- unknown

Thursday Challenge: Green -

"Green, Green Grass of Home"
manipulated digital photograph by Mick Mather
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"... but I was thinking of a plan
to dye one's whiskers green ..."
- Lewis Carroll

I know what you're up to -

"The Anomaly Detective's Workshop"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... through every rift of discovery some seeming anomaly
drops out of the darkness, and falls, as a golden link
into the great chain of order ..."
- Edwin Hubbel Chapin

It's Spring! It's My Birthday!

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY LXIII"
digital collage by Mick Mather
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"... growing old is mandatory,
growing up is optional ..."
- Chili Davis

Heroes and legends -

"The King and His Castle"
digital collage & painting by Mick Mather

"... there was a castle called 'Doubting Castle',
the owner thereof was 'Giant Despair' ..."
- John Bunyan

Standing alone -

"Tossed by the Wind"
digitally manipulated photograph by Mick Mather

"... there is always music amongst the trees in the garden,
but our hearts must be very quiet to hear it ..."
- Minnie Aumonier

NEW from the Mister Existence Series -

"Mister Existence Gets A Poodle"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... I wonder if other dogs think poodles
are members of a weird religious cult ..."
- Rita Rudner

Illustration Friday: Cultivate -

"Cultivating His Home Territory"
manipulated digital photograph by Mick Mather
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"... enemy occupied territory is what the world is ..."
- C. S. Lewis

Thursday Challenge: Metal -

"Metal Security Door"
digital photograph by Mick Mather

"... there are things known
and there are things unknown,
and in between are
the doors of perception ..."
- Aldous Huxley

NEW from the Selfportrait Series -

"Selfportrait of the Artist As One Note Johnny"
digital collage by Mick Mather

WHO: Mick Mather is One Note Johnny
WHAT: an American Pop Act
who will appear for 1 Song
with your band
WHERE: wherever you are
booked to perform
in Central New York
WHEN: in the middle of your
Prime Time set of performance
WHY: for a Value Added
Entertainment Experience
and Public Relations blitz
HOW: Contact - Mr. Mick Management

Hiding in plain sight -

"Camouflage Division"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... sin goes in disguise,
and thence is welcome;
like Judas,
it kisses and kills;
like Joab, it salutes and slays ..."
- George Swinnock

Zig Zag man -

"Old Crooked Fence"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... there was a crooked man
and he walked a crooked mile ..."
- trad. English Nursery Rhyme

Still with us, after all these years -

"Checklist"
digital collage by Mick Mather
"... I must insist on full access to all discs recovered ..."
- J. Edgar Hoover

Drawing with Leighlund Series -

"12, 13"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... I'm writing a book,
I've got the page numbers done ..."
- Stephen Wright

Illustration Friday: Stir -

"Stir"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... make no little plans,
they have no magic to stir men's blood ..."
- Daniel H. Burnham

Thursday Challenge: Many -

"Chuckles"
manipulated digital photograph by Mick Mather
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"... we're seeing lots of natural looks,
and pink for the lips is everywhere,
in every shade bubble gum,
cotton candy, rosy pink ..."
- Amy Keller

License and registration please -

"Selfportrait of the Artist As A Policeman"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... if you run, you'll only go to jail tired ..."
- Unknown

Nonsequiter -

"Something in the Way She Moves"
digital collage by Mick Mather
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"... you know I believe and how ..."
- The Beatles

Another short, virtual walk -

"Lost Walking Walk"
digitally manipulated torn paper collage by Mick Mather

"... I dream of hiking into my old age ..."
- Marlyn Doan

Mandelbrot and Fibonacci -

"Incorrect Fibonacci Numbers for Measuring A Canopy"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... scientific theory is a contrived foothold
in the chaos of living phenomena ..."
- Mike Barfield

Down by the gorge -

"Searching in Vain for Doctor Carl"
digitally manipulated torn paper collage by Mick Mather

"... we are like butterflies who flutter
for a day and think it's forever ..."
- Carl Sagan

Illustration Friday: Warning -

"Magda's Wedding Jitters"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... if you can't be a good example,
then you'll just have to serve
as a horrible warning ..."
- Catherine Aird

Thursday Challenge: Cars -

"Cars"
digital photograph by Mick Mather
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"... the human brain is like a railroad freight car,
guaranteed to have a certain capacity
but often running empty ..."
- Unknown

They also serve -

"The Waiting"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... oh we're waiting, oh we're waiting,
all year, all year ..."
- The Rolling Stones

Erosion Bundle Update -

"Erosion Cube, March 1st 2011"
digital photograph by Mick Mather
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It hasn't quite been a month since I installed my piece for Kris Henderson's The Erosion Bundle Project. The weather here has been quite brutal. One weekend we were inundated with high winds blowing and howling in gusts between 45 & 60mph. February managed an accumulation of 26" of snow on top of the 130" already received. I suppose I don't really need to say much about that considering the little roof of snow that can be seen sitting atop my cube. At least it's still there and taking all things in stride. I'll post an update in early April before removing it at the end of that month for the next step in this process: I'll be boiling the cube to make a dye before beating it into pulp for a papermaking session. Stay tuned.