ART INTERPRETATION
‘Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.’
Interpretation of art operates in the same way.
“It’s not for the artist to interpret the art for those who view it.
When the artist guides the interpretation for the viewer, it corrupts the art.”
~ Sharon Lee Davies-Tight
A LESSON IN OPPRESSION
“When one work of art is interpreted in the same way by everyone who views it, it’s a lesson in oppression.”
~ Sharon Lee Davies-Tight
ENERGIZE YOUR CALM
VIEW FULL SCREEN WITH SOUND OR WITHOUT SOUND
Everybody needs a fan. This is mine. Now it’s yours too.
Tonight the Cleveland Browns broke their 635 day losing streak with a 21-17 win over the New York Jets.
I hadn’t been to a football game since 1994 after arriving in Cleveland 24 years ago. Steve’s boss gave him two tickets and we were on our way.
We started at Lucky’s Market to buy snack food for Steve, then walked over to Starbuck’s for a couple of their specialty coffees, which we drank while waiting for the Cleveland State Line bus. Had a nice ride downtown acting like tourists, taking pictures of everything. Will show a few here.
Great night. Great win.
Yes, we both stood for the National Anthem played on electric guitar. No words, because the words offend the football players. Practically the entire stadium stood.
The New York Jets made a big display of taking a knee in their end zone before the American flag was unfurled on the field and before the guitar sang the National Anthem. Guess now they own their end zone and can do whatever they want there – except win this game. They took a knee for a long time in front of the DAWG POUND. Now they’re disrespecting the DAWGS. No surprise there, since they do that off the field.
Actually, they looked like they were sneaking into a movie theatre undetected. Then one of them stood and started engaging the people in the DAWG POUND – who knows what he was saying. They acted like thieves who thought nobody could see them. Maybe that’s why so many of them end up in jail – they lead their lives by the rules of the street, not the rules of society. Some might say that’s all they know. That’s an excuse. They watch the same movies everybody else watches. Most of them are African. Africans know what happens when you commit a crime in Africa. Jungle Justice.
I don’t care anyway – let them act out. They only embarrass themselves by not moving forward. I wanted a win and got it! The New York players wanted to make a spectacle of themselves and they did. It wasn’t even about football for me, though I did enjoy the total experience after so long.
And Steve, well, he’s got to be the longest standing fan of the teams history. I won’t even try to describe what that win meant for him.
Lilly Belle is a rescue dog. When I told the guy who put us in touch with Lilly, that she walks on tables he said, “come to think of it, whenever I went to the rescue house I never saw her on the floor”.
I figured that because there were so many cats in the house, that she simply followed their lead and did what they did, after having spent the first year of her life in a cage.
She stopped doing it for a while, but every now and then, she reverts to her old ways – who does that remind me of?
Of course, she knows where I eat. And she also knows how to communicate what she wants.
I never heard of a black squirrel. Never saw one in person or in a picture. While walking with Steve to view some of the apartment/condo buildings on the Gold Coast near where we live, we happened upon a bunch of black squirrels in a small region of a small neighborhood, running from yard to yard, tree to tree. It was like they were showing off for us. So of course I had to oblige and take their picture, so they could be posted on Birth Of A Seed!
Years ago, in our front yard on Arthur Street in Springfield Massachusetts grew a catalpa tree. Large leaves with long bean-like pods and white pungent flowers that stuck to the sidewalk where they fell. That was a long time ago and the tree has since been taken down. In all the places I lived since childhood, I never did see another. Till now. I’ve been in this part of Cleveland for ten years and walked by it many times, yet never did see it, standing right in front of me. A joyful discovery.
There’s Steve walking on home.
looking through rose colored glasses
“Looking through rose colored glasses enables you to see the hope and possibilities for a better future.
You can then look back through the lens of your present-day reality with greater confidence and determination to change what you once thought to be impossible – because you’ve already seen what that change looks like.”
~ Sharon Lee Davies-Tight
ANIMALS LOOKING FOR YOU
I know.
I heard Old Dove fly.
Then Old Dove fell.
Old Dove landed squarely on the molded pod.
Perfect landing. Perfect fit.
Why though?
OLD DOVE’S POD
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A mile in my own shoes yesterday was a Spring Afternoon Delight!
IT’S TIME – TO LEAD
It’s time for the beginning and the ending to merge. No atom is any more important than any other atom. They’re all the same. They’re all leaders, which makes all life and non-life leaders. Nobody is only a follower. You lead your own life and follow your own rules by leading. So lead. Live. Everybody lead.
You lead and follow simultaneously. As you lead, you become life. Simultaneous is what we want–all joined together at infinite numbers of junctures–with no stragglers, no losers–we move like waves in the ocean, like leaves on a tree–separate, but as one. All atoms, all Gods of all natures on deck. Now.
(CNN)In a remote river delta on Alabama’s Gulf coast, partially hidden under water and mud, may be the answer to a mystery that has baffled scholars for more than 150 years.If experts’ suspicions are correct, it’s the long-lost wreck of the Clotilda — the last known ship to bring enslaved Africans into the United States. Its precise location has eluded archaeologists and historians since the vessel was burned in 1860 by slavers seeking to hide evidence of their illegal trafficking.
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RED TURKEY PASTA MOLD MASTERPIECE
This is my celebratory Pasta Masterpiece gift to the world. Masterpiece need not be difficult. I made it easy – just for you, because you like easy. Merry Christmas and happy day to the world ~ from Sharon Lee Mary Davies-Tight, The Animal-Free Chef
Serves 10
Think these masks will scare away predators? Of course I’ll have a big bulky coat on to complete the image of big and scary.
