Art @ MindSay

Brangelina? Tomkat? .... Robstin???

 

Is the entertainment industry becoming less clever or just not trying hard enough anymore?

 

"Back in my day!!"... I only wish I could say that. This is my day, this corrupt, livid and dirty society. We have become obsessed with Hollywood and the personal lives of its occupants. When is it going to be enough to just go see a movie again?

 

The theater has been a part of the world culture as far back as we can trace. From Shakesperian plays to modern cinematic adventures society has had an outlet for its artistic visions a place to turn to when we need to dramatize the real and the imaginary.

The progression that has been seems to be starting to bore the main stream audience. "The Business" can create real life vampires, flawlessly morph humans into wolves, give us proof of aliens and demons and what do the ticket holders, we'll call them stubs,  really want? They want to hire photographers to bloody their hands just to shoot the next actress with out make up or the "secret lovers" secret get away to the north pole!

Stubs are giving greed its fifteen minutes and it is begining to look like greed is getting an extention to its Hollywood contract. The lives of every die hard fan of every gorgeous movie star seem to be getting duller and monotonus. So much that the only call to action they can take turns out to be to ruin the privacy and soundness of mind of those who they worship.

I would like to present a challege. To the stubs, to the soccer moms whose lives are deviod of romance, to the lost and bored just stop. Instead of tuning in to the next mtv program or news broadcast flip to the "shit that actually matters" channel. Make the switch today from the tabloids to the "read a fucking book" club. If Rob Pattinson and Kristen Stewart are madly in love off camera, will that really change your life so much that you had to ruin theirs to get the proof?

If  would like to leave you with a little motivation, if I may, a thought. Think hard. Who is the one person in your life past, present doesn't matter. Think of him, think of her. Do you love this person? Did you? Now think of this, did you want them to know? Maybe you did and you both had something beautiful together. Did you want everyone else to know?

 

 

This picture was shot back in Rambo's timid days.  At this point in time he was scared of almost everything and everyone.  Through having him around the right kind of company and friendly places he's definately grown to become a not so timid dog.  I snapped this picture on a walk through Charlotte when he stopped to check things out.


I really wish I made it back out to this field this fall.  I guess I'll just have to put it on the list for next year.  Sunsets are amazing at this spot too. 


Last but certainly not least here's a photo from the top of the hill at the trails.  Everything has been covered back up in plastic to help prevent erosion and save on the maintainance when the opportunity to ride again presents itself.  Once the temperatures start dipping a bit lower and the moisture in the clay dries up there might be some more sessions to come before the end of the year.  I've got my fingers crossed on that.

I'm contemplating making a little excursion to the mill today to snap some pictures. 

Rumor on the streets is I may be getting a digital camera in the near future.  I'm not sure if I want a Canon Rebel t1i or a D40 or D50.  I found a package deal on a t1i with a telephoto lens and the stock 18-50mm for about $750.  Rambo is up in arms about my decision to get a digital camera.  I'm really into the idea of being able to film HD quality video on a digital slr. 



What do you have under your hood?  Is that a hemi?

There are great voices in any musical genre. Singers like Sade, Alison Krauss, Sting, and Ben Harper make listening to music all the more special.

 

Then, every once in awhile, you find a singer who simply makes your jaw drop at their amazing tone and style.

 

I bring you Lisa Gerrard from Dead can Dance and also a solo artist. I have been a huuuge fan for over a decade, and still to this day songs like this one almost make me a bit teary eyed from the sheer passion in her voice.

 

She starts by singing in idioglossia. A rare form of language where a person actually 'makes up' their own words and language! So cool.

 

She also plays a Chinese Dulcimer called a yangqin. The second video showcases her talent on it.