Woof!

"A Girl and Her Dog"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... pray steal me not, I'm Mrs. Dingley's,
whose heart in this four-footed thing lies ..."
- Jonathan Swift

Ding-dong -

"Heading for Home"
digital collage by Mick Mather
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"... Holy Cow! ..."
- Phil Rizzuto

So, I made one too -

"Visiting Jessica Bell"
digital drawing by Mick Mather

"...yesterday and today and many days to come ..."
- Jessica Bell

Where do the 'Boys of Summer' go?

"After The Show"
digital collage by Mick Mather
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"... it ain't nothin' til I call it ..."
- Bill Klem, Umpire

Left - right - left - right

"Erno's Defying Logic"
digital collage by Mick Mather
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"... I did not plan to make the cube ..."
- Erno Rubik

Illustration Friday: Round -

"A Round Scolding"
digitally manipulated tempera-on-paper painting by Mick Mather

"... from the bulrushes, he was outspoken ..."
- Unknown

HAPPY THANKSGIVING 2011

"Soft, Fluffy Clouds in Hard Water"
digital photograph by Mick Mather
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"... all of us have a place in history; mine is clouds ..."
- Richard Brautigan

Bitter batter -

"The Effigy Makers Midnight Dream"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... all I really wanted was a gingerbread man ..."
- Anonymous

Plan of attack -

"The General In His Map Room"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... the reinvention of daily life means
marching off the edge of our maps ..."
- Bob Black

Waiting for Jack Frost -

"The Season's Last Crabapple"
manipulated digital photograph by Mick Mather

"... care less for your harvest than for how it is shared
and your life will have meaning
and your heart will have peace ..."
- Ralph Ransom

Moments to remember -

"Calendar Girl"
digitally manipulated tempera-on-paper painting by Mick Mather

"... don't be fooled by the calendar;
there are only as many days in the year as you make use of ..."
- Charles Richards

Escape velocity -

"Dr. Goddard Explains Things"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... abstract knowledge is always useful, sooner or later ..."
- Robert A. Heinlein

Illustration Friday: Vanity -

"Watching Vanity Twirl and Spin"
digital collage by Mick Mather
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"... vanity is the quicksand of reason ..."
- George Sand

Thursday Challenge: Books -

"Artists' Book and Fluxus Bookmark"
manipulated digital photograph by Mick Mather

"... always read something that will make you look good
if you die in the middle of it ..."
- P.J. O'Rourke

Pins and needles -

"The Witch Doctor's Midnight Dream"
digital collage & digital drawing by Mick Mather

"... but still they begin,
needles and pins ..."
- Jack Nitzsche & Sonny Bono

Let me buzz a while -

"Hive Mentality"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... that which is not good for the bee-hive
cannot be good for the bees ..."
- Marcus Aurelius

A note to myself -

"Thinking on Paper"
manipulated digital photograph by Mick Mather
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".. no problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking ..."
- Voltaire

Sing, sing, sing!

"The Pop Singer"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... he who sings frightens away his ills ..."
- Miguel de Cervantes (Don Quixote)

What?

"Operation X"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... to a child, often the box a toy came in
is more appealing than the toy itself ..."
- Allen Klein

Illustration Friday: Silent -

"Shades of Silent Shadows"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... great souls endure in silence ..."
- Frederich Schiller

Thursday Challenge: Hard -

"Hard, Having Survived A Frost"
manipulated digital photograph by Mick Mather

"... He giveth snow like wool;
He scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes ..."
- Bible Quote

Close your eyes, what do you see?

"The Optometrist's Midnight Dream"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... the eye sees a thing more clearly in dreams
than the imagination awake ..."
- Leonardo da Vinci

Check that box -

"Election Day 2011"
digital collage by Mick Mather
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"... a politician should have three hats;
one for throwing into the ring,
one for talking through,
and one for pulling rabbits out of if elected ..."
- Carl Sandburg

Just tilt your head -

"Angle of Incidence"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... the angle of incidence of a ray or beam
is the angle measured from the ray to the surface ..."
- Eric W. Weisstein

Icarus or Phaëton?

"Having Flown Too Close to the Sun"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... never regret thy fall,
O Icarus of the fearless flight
for the greatest tragedy of them all
is never to feel the burning light ..."
- Oscar Wilde

Tell all gossip -

"True Confession I"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... open confession is good for the soul ..."
- Scottish Proverb

Wait around back -

"Lookin' Out My Back Door"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... doot, doot, doot ..."
- Creedence Clearwater Revival

Thursday Challenge: Creative -

"Creative"
manipulated digital photograph by Mick Mather
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"... forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet
and the winds long to play with your hair ..."
- Khalil Gibran

An old, comfortable shirt -

"The Black Stripes"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... I got a backyard, with nothing in it,
except a stick, a dog
and a box with something in it;
the hardest button to button ..."
- The White Stripes

Just wandering -

"Poking Around"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... pussycat pussycat, where have you been?
I've been up to London to see the queen;
pussycat pussycat, what did you dare?
I frightened a little mouse under her chair ..."
- Old English Nursery Rhyme