tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55223623626485055912024-03-14T04:05:34.168-07:00Cloud Dragon's BlogMusings from a Chinese (?) ScholarFlederbughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00937250783566480264noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5522362362648505591.post-21261619947108712362015-07-06T16:08:00.000-07:002015-07-06T20:06:09.995-07:00The Creative Manifesto
THE CREATIVE
MANIFESTO
by Vassily Yurchenko
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The purpose of art is nothing less than the upliftment of
the human spirit. The first and most important responsibility of every
individual is to discover themselves and their uniqueness in order to discern
what they are most suited for in life.
The second most important goal is to carry it out, become that
person. Finding out Flederbughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00937250783566480264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5522362362648505591.post-85897086697230271672013-10-11T17:28:00.000-07:002013-10-11T17:28:37.323-07:00Dinner Haiku
Expert in leftovers,
the housefly watches in awe.
Flederbughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00937250783566480264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5522362362648505591.post-71500529037639621472011-12-18T17:43:00.001-08:002011-12-18T17:43:52.128-08:00clouddragonart's photostreamclouddragonart's photostream on Flickr.Photos from my daily wanderings.Flederbughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00937250783566480264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5522362362648505591.post-62139768221739350292011-10-06T10:43:00.001-07:002011-10-06T10:43:53.469-07:00My Review of Golden Panda Lei River Silk PaperOriginally submitted at Jerry's Artarama Art SuppliesA lustrous surface for all waterbased media, silk dyes and inks!Made to last for centuries!Textured surface has a shimmering hue!Expressly processed and sized for wet mediaNatural, strong surface holds up well for reworkingThis treasure of China is now available for the first time in the USA! This ... Golden Panda LeiFlederbughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00937250783566480264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5522362362648505591.post-86196349705265167022010-12-14T10:13:00.000-08:002010-12-14T10:19:24.060-08:00Inflated? A new coffee shop opened in Koreatown with the unseemly name of Tom and Toms Coffee. It's a Korean outfit, which makes perfect sense given the location.Their specialty (apart from coffee and related bevs) are PRETZELS. Not the Wetzels-at-the-mall-that-make-you-barf kind, but very similar to the real stuff from New York City. I lived on these pretzels when I worked briefly Flederbughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00937250783566480264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5522362362648505591.post-63871793121922623782010-11-14T16:29:00.000-08:002010-11-14T16:29:16.160-08:00Milestone!<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <!--[endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>Flederbughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00937250783566480264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5522362362648505591.post-34077486251944455062010-11-06T16:23:00.000-07:002010-11-07T09:22:34.576-08:00A lifelong journeySmack dab in what I figure is the linear middle of my life, I decided I would be a Chinese scholar. Or is it a Japanese scholar? The fact that I am neither Chinese nor Japanese does not enter into the equation. What I am, is a brush and ink painter: the brush and ink both being of Chinese design and adapted by the Japanese, and the technique a hybrid of the two. What is Flederbughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00937250783566480264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5522362362648505591.post-7229972975991449272010-02-27T14:33:00.000-08:002010-02-27T14:33:42.747-08:00Chinese New Year's Clean UpI’ve been to the most terrifying place today, one I have avoided for over two years: the closet. This is the Great Storage closet, my repository of STUFF and accoutrements. It is the resting place of old canvas, bad sketchbooks and Kraft paper. The graveyard of mismatched picture frames guarded by scroll box sentinels. There lay odd sections of 2x4, door moldings, canvas wedges,Flederbughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00937250783566480264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5522362362648505591.post-80128188508487722312010-02-07T11:16:00.000-08:002010-02-07T11:19:26.171-08:00Little birdie inna treeMade a big fool outta me.Soon to be published here:A Child's Garden of Worse: poems for the complete and undecided.Flederbughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00937250783566480264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5522362362648505591.post-87523720950605444062009-12-18T11:55:00.000-08:002009-12-18T12:00:05.835-08:00The CardinettiaThe Cardinettia is an elusive creature, appearing only at Christmas. Its plumage is an excellent example of mimicry in nature, conjoining two icons of the Winter season: the feisty red Cardinal and the showy tropical Poinsettia.Flederbughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00937250783566480264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5522362362648505591.post-80103738484528187292009-08-15T17:15:00.001-07:002009-08-15T17:15:00.584-07:00Poemlets and HaikuLunch HaikuA brown beetle in my lunch?No, just a squashed raisin. L.A. SpringBeneath dull gray skiesjacaranda trees shower purple blossoms. Birds at the FeederFinches' metallic chirp:A sparrow stole their food. Doves, I Language of doves – A danceWings open like Japanese fans. Doves, IIDove lands on the railing,A loose feather wafts up to the sky. Superior Court, IGray and brown drab.EmployeesFlederbughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00937250783566480264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5522362362648505591.post-90471745908965007472009-07-22T16:08:00.000-07:002009-07-22T16:13:03.178-07:00WHY AM I SO LAZY?Flederbughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00937250783566480264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5522362362648505591.post-6613849852621544512009-06-13T12:19:00.000-07:002009-06-13T16:12:02.866-07:00Rainy Day MuddlesSheesh. It’s raining again.Wuz’ the problem, you ask: rain is good. Waters the grass, the flowers. Gets the dust off the trees.Yes. Yes it does. Dust goes off the trees, right on to my shirt.But that’s not really the problem.The problem is: this is Los Angeles, and apart from the “May Gray/June Gloom”, we have not had any sun since April. And it has rained twice this week. Feels like Flederbughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00937250783566480264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5522362362648505591.post-87418657246443758532009-03-10T18:52:00.000-07:002009-03-10T19:08:53.770-07:00The Pigeon Chronicles<!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>Flederbughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00937250783566480264noreply@blogger.com0