Winter

Something from a few years back that say it all for me.

IF: Mail

Way up north, beyond the Arctic Circle they a have a thing they call the Polar Express.

May all of you who celebrate have a Merry Christmas and Wonderful New Year.

IF:Phenomenon

In Japan gegege is the word on everyone's tongue this season.
It comes from the phenomenal mind of cartoonist Shigeru Mizuki
whose wonderful animated sereis "gegege no Kitaro" continues to
delight generations of Japanese. This lil guy taken a sake bath
is the main character's dad.

IF: Prehistoric

All students where required to take Prehistoric History 101.

IF:Savour

As someone once said you have to show da good wit da bad.
Chocolate caramel cake anyone.

IF: sneaky

She was sneaky and went down the back of the mountain to get home first.

IF:burning

IF: Afterwards

There is none there is only NOW!

IF: spent

After a day of flying aboot she was spent and relaxed on her favorite mushroom seat deep in the bamboo forest.

IF: racing

IF: Spooky

It is said in Japanese folk lore that tanuki (raccoons) can shape shift into beautiful young woman.

IF: transportation

This is something I posted on my other blog "Crispy Crinkled" last year.
I usually try to do an original piece for each IF post but this seemed
to fit so I used it. Hope you enjoy it.

IF: beneath

IF: old fashion

IF:acrobat

The Chinese Lion Dance is very acrobatic in nature.
This one is on break.

IF:dessert

From a goody but oldie commercial for JELLO.

IF: atmosphere

IF: star gazing

IF:caged

lil behind the curve here of late.

IF: artifical

With the way Japan has pursued robotics it's just a matter of time before we all have our own CHERRY BOMB 2000 AI model roaming our houses, stores sidewalks or anywhere a human can go. Will we every get to the point in the movie "The Terminator".....
stay tuned....

Lil late with this but I wanted it to look right as of Friday it didn't.
Now on to the "Caged".

IF: double

Back in the 80's Double Trouble rose up off the Texas plains and tore up the Rock n Roll /Blues scene like a storm thundering through Tornado Alley.
On stage "Lenny" was known as one of Stevie Ray Vaughan's closest friends and together they played there way into history.

IF: breakfast

"Could we have kippers for breakfast
Mummy dear, Mummy dear
They've got to have them in Texas
Because everyone's a millionaire...."

From the album "Breakfast in America"
Supertramp

IF: Diary

Not so much a illustration this week put a collection of photos setup to make a mock up book cover.

IF:Giant

Sadaharu Oh is a "Giant" in Japanese Baseball.
He is what Babe Ruth is to the American game.

IF: Satellite

Queen Satel Lite reigns in a galaxy far far away.

IF: paisley

IF: ripple

Don't whine when your life hits a ripple.
You just might enjoy when its through.

IF:trail

It was the end of the trail for her after one to many broken hearts.

I hurt myself today
to see if I still feel
I focus on the pain NIN

Pain runs deep
Deeper, probing
So intense
I scream into my soul
I find no release
I feel PAIN

PAIN
Morning
Night
Teardrop slides
Muffled crys

Weekley
Dailey
Hourly
Pain
Does it stop

Focus
Unfocus
There is no relief
I still feel
Slice
edge of blade

IF:slither

A modern take on the temptation of Eve.

IF:early

soooo late, its early next week on this one.

IF: equipment

I've always been impressed with the way we perceive scale. Here this mining truck looks huge compared to the man fixing it, but when viewed from an open pit mine, it looks very tiny along with all the other equipment.

IF:fearless

To be fearless you have to channel your fear.

IF:ahead

A week late, but such is life.

IF:cocoon

Some say Coco loved the feeling of being cocooned in her raccoon fur coat.

IF:detective

A slightly modified version.

IF: linked

IF: dip

Dip, snuff, chaw or smokeless tabacco, no matter what you call it, its just another cancer waiting to get you.

IF:rescue

God's helping hand.

IF: expired

Jimi Hendricks maybe expired but 40 years on he's still inspiring us with his music.
This past week he became noted as the first person to have a top 5 album 40 years after their death. Eat your heart out Elvis.

IF: brave

Brave enough still to try an new style and share it with the world.... uhmmm uhmmm

IF perspective

Double Standard, again ?

We have all seen men on tv drink beer after winning the World Series and smoke cigars after winning the Super Bowl and share champagne from the bowl on top of lord Stanley's cup, which is the crowning glory for any male hockey player. Then why the sissy fit news(gossip)this past Olympics over the Canadian women hockey team celebration of their gold medal. It was the accumulation of a life time achievement for most, why not celebrate like the guys do, or don't they have the same rights as the guys. It's the closest thing they will ever have to winning a Stanley Cup. So what that they drank beer and smoked cigars for over 2 hours. They deserved it, they WON!
I never see any reporter raging on the men for celebrating their victories each year, but that's my perspective.

IF: propagate

The king of propagation or so they say.

IF: adrift

Adrift in a sea of words.

IF:muddy

Marketing is all about presentation. If you present a product just right there will always be someone willing to buy it. Point in case I phones, I pods, your connection to the internet to mention a few, Sure they're nice to have make us feel cool and in step with the rest of society, but seriously do you really need them. Do the make your life easier, better, more fulfilling or are you a slave to them. Do they control you and what you do. Just something to ponder next time your at a lost as to what to think about standing in the check outline.

IF: focused

Not sure how I got to thinking about snipers and the Beatles song "Happiness is a Warm Gun" from their White Album, let alone combine 'em in a drawing, but I did.

IF:clumsy

The Russian Ballet is consider by some to be the most prestigious in the world.
Since the time of the great Czars Peter and Catherine' Madame Klumsie's Dance
Studio has always epitomized the creame' de la creame' of Russian ballerinas.

IF:Wilderness

The Ness Family

The Ness family where as Scottish as they came. They could trace their ancestry back to before Scotland was known as Scotland.
Wilder was Loch's lil brother and they could be always found swimming in the family lake. People would come for miles to see them swim. They never could understand why though. It was rumored that they had a distant cousin across the pond named Eliot, who was known to tangle with bad guys in da Windy City. But thats another story.

IF: confined
Some people are confined by their own thoughts and beliefs. Its like being confined with in your head by your mind. Held hostage by your brain. You can see out, but you can't get out.

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Its the year of the Tiger. It comes only once every 12 years and now has come twice since my daughter was born. She just spent her 1st new year's away from home with friends in New York. It also was her 1st time flying the friendly skys by herself too.

New years, like new days I feel, are God's way of letting us know we haven't got it right yet, and he's giving us another chance to do so. Maybe one of our resolutions should be is to TRY HARDER to get it RIGHT. To be more loving, compassionate and lil more tolerant of each other. I mean after all none of our sorry asses are perfect. In the coming days, weeks and months a head try to focus a lil more on doing these things and I bet you'll have a more meaningful and productive NEW YEAR!

IF: renewal