"tours are like bull-fighting, they are a test of character every night."
-leonard cohen: 'rolling stone' magazine'

LisaLCFan wrote: >That is, indeed, what they are. They are not popular with my local horticultural and environmental authorities, either: a very brief online search resulted in numerous local warnings about these plants being "invasive noxious weeds" that are actually prohibited in private gardens. ...

LisaLCFan wrote: >Regular programming may now resume! very good. those flowers that whetted your curiosity may, i believe, be called 'orange hawkweed'. not very popular with gardeners, apparently - but it's difficult to please everyone ;) ------------------- "it is your effort at love that is preven...

I honestly have no idea how to respond to Geoffrey's last post. I am speechless. don't worry about it. you must feel no pressure to post anything :) - it was merely an attempt to make myself visible. instead of being just this anonymous machine that keeps posting pictures. i am a person, i have an ...

LisaLCFan wrote: >Interesting flowers -- not something I've seen before. Any idea what they are? ----------- no. i too have been wondering what they are called - will try to find out. i have just eaten supper, salmon fried in garlic oil and pesto sauce with crispbread and cream cheese. have been ass...

LisaLCFan wrote:
>That one is best of all! . . .

. . . and so is your message.
incredible. no one can touch you.
i'll be responding
-g

another pic from sarah's recent photoshoot

First, I also sometimes use heavy textured paper -- particularly if water is involved, but not necessarily -- as it does add a nice effect, if that is what one is going for! Second, thanks for the revised pic. I somewhat prefer the first (at this point in time): the gentle and subdued softness of t...

"religion is my favourite hobby. it's deep and voluptious. nothing is comparable
to the delight you get from this activity. apart, obviously, from courting."

LisaLCFan wrote several things (which i later hope to return to), including: > . . . hope you get to see the Mozart opera! thank you, yes i was there. wonderful to experience live opera. would have preferred something a little less 'whimsical' - if that is the right word - but thoroughly enjoyed it ...

solongleonard wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 08, 2019 1:57 am

I think the 2 women in the photos are, in limited ways, quite similar. Perhaps they are Identical 3rd Cousins? Do you know if they were snapped by the David Blaim photosteffigraffer?

michael, lisa and i are in the middle of a highly intellectual discussion concerning art and neuroscience!!!

LisaLCFan wrote: >The mind is, indeed, a complex thing. I have spent a lot of time pondering its mysteries -- both the ones in my own mind, and the ones in the minds of others. It is a fascinating but sometimes futile exercise, depending on the minds involved, and on what one hopes to achieve. "fasc...

LisaLCFan wrote: > It is nice, on occasion, to be able to recognise and accept one's own special talents, rather than brushing them aside or otherwise downplaying them (as you are sometimes wont to do when it comes to your art, although whether that is due to false modesty or genuine humility, I can...

I can tell you why I view this thread . . . The first reason is to see if you've posted any new artwork depicting Leonard Cohen, because you capture him so remarkably well in such a wonderful -- and sometimes astonishing -- variety of media. Whether Leonard is gazing out from exuberantly multicolou...

"my writing process is like a bear stumbling into a beehive or a honey cache: i'm stumbling right into it and getting stuck, and it's delicious and it's horrible"

"janis joplin wasn't looking for me, she was looking for kris kristofferson; and i wasn't looking for her, i was looking for brigitte bardot. but we fell into each other's arms through some process of elimination"