I haven't posted words in a long time. I have been struggling to get my finances in the black after being unemployed for a month. I was about to catch back up when I heard a bad noise in my engine while returning from Macon in July. It was nothing really serious but still cost some big bucks.
I have been looking at Paul Klee art. Kasimir Malevich's supremicist compositions were careful distillations of placement of shapes and lines, while Klee seems to be a gut reaction, like reaching in for the Id. Something in me wants to create a synthesis of the two.
This should be quite a challenge. Every attempt to borrow the dynamics of a Malevich work, I seem to reach a balance that thwarts the dynamic imbalance of the source work.
I have a painting of a friend's Mom & Dad and it looks like it might come out pretty good.
Working with acrylics have been challenging this summer. One of my ways of trying to recover from debt has been not using A/C and the heat makes my acrylics dry very fast. I last tried spreading a little retarding medium on the canvas, spraying a little water & coating the whole surface, and then laying the paint down.
I miss all the people I saw back at Clemson. I am glad that school will be back soon.
I finally have insurance. I got my card last night during work. I need to find a local doctor and start getting healthier.
Marion

This is Lude Act, a band I shot a few weeks ago.

This is the bass player for Lude Act. I just went to hear him play with another group as a fill-in and, as soon as I got home, I looked through my photos for something I might could work with to produce an interesting pic of him. I'm slow with names... Martin, right?

One of those Civil War re-enactmemts. They actually act it like we played as kids: the better strategy wins that year. Many of the participants know details about the type character they portray; what they did & why, etc. Well, it is another chance to play with pictures.

New Job

My new job seems like one I'll like. The company makes brake systems for railroad cars. I'm working in the deburring section of the machine shop.
The first thing I did was to debur these metal blocks with channels cut through them; probably for distribution of hydraulic lines and maybe some cylinders fit into the larger channels. I take off the rough edges with hand tools and sandpaper.
Then, they showed me how to use this cleaning extruder. The pieces are placed on special holders over this machine that presses a putty/clay-like substance through the holes. The stuff takes out with it small pieces of loose metal and powdered metal from the inside. I kept thinking how my ex-wife would love something like this to extrude clay into special shapes, not to clean parts.
Today, I burnished. I smoothed and finished the opening size to the largest opening in the block. It is done with a drill press and a special burnishing head/bit that the diameter can change by about 3/100,000 of an inch in steps.
I've worked three days and the boss wanted to have me at the demonstration/training on a new piece of measuring equipment. After four days, I will be working on the second shift; the only person in that section . I feel that these people have lots of confidence in me.
Well, there's those jobs and some washing of parts, rinsing, and getting quality dept to check on the work. Our new measuring tool is more accurate than the one in quality. Everybody is nice and I just learned the burnishing from a guy who speaks almost exclusively in Spanish.

Rose

make sure to click on the photos and get them as large as possible so that you can see some of the textures