Hand-made -

"Up Against the Wall"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... there's no sense being pessimistic,
it wouldn't work anyway ..."
- Unknown

Burn, baby, burn -

"AOK"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... if ignorance is bliss
there should be more happy people ..."
- Unknown

On the street -

"World of Graffiti I"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... I am attracted to anything made by hand ..."
- Martha Cooper

Thursday Challenge: Round -

"Round"
manipulated digital photograph by Mick Mather

"... we dance 'round in a ring and suppose,
while the secret sits in the middle and knows ..."
- Robert Frost

Thursday Challenge: Blue -

"Blue"
digital photograph by Mick Mather

Thursday Challenge continues with another color. Blue is this week's theme, last month it was yellow, in May we had pink and way back in January it was black. Anyway, another graffiti photograph, taken last weekend, surely seems to fit ... and, I'm already planning a Noon desertion on Friday to kick off my vacation. Let me see, who can I rope into a 3-martini lunch? Hmm. :D

Out and about -

"Graffiti I"
digital photograph by Mick Mather

Just as a measure of what's ahead at the end of next week - my vacation begins sometime Friday afternoon - I went out walking with my camera this afternoon. The weather was temperate and pleasant, the sky was blue with white, puffy clouds and the light just about perfect. One particular segment of my walk took me along a railroad spur and I was able to get this and a number of other photographs of freight cars sporting every manner of graffiti from tagging to bombing. This piece was interesting to me so here you have it. Gotta run, lots to do before getting to those lazy days of summer. :)

Illustration Friday: Heavy -

"The Messenger Leaves A Message"
digitally manipulated photograph by Mick Mather

..."The media
controls your
thoughts.
Kill yourself"...

Found chalk drawing -

"The Writing on the Wall"
montage by Mick Mather

While doing some aimless surfing last week I came across an extremely charming piece of street art. This expressive drawing was spotted on the side of an old building and more than likely is the work of a child. While I'm not 100% positive, I do believe that the medium is plain, white chalk. Graffiti? Yes, but not exactly. If I could go back in time, I'd sure love to be able to lift this off the wall and bring it home with me. The manipulation here suggests that I do indeed have a magic process where a piece of paper could be laid over the drawing and a simple transfer taken. Something along that line surely does exist, leaving the issue of building that time machine!