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Art I’ve Found

Many people complain about Twitter/X being negative, but Burnasso is a burst of positivity every day. He posts a wonderful, inspiring message accompanied by wonderful art.

If you are looking for goodness to start your day, check out Burnasso, and also some great photography via his LinkTree and OnCyber Gallery.

My Art

“Don’t Look too Close”
I was lucky enough to visit San Sebastián, Spain. The food is wonderful, and they have awesome beaches. Being from the United States, I’m not always ready for the adventurousness of some European locations.

I took this picture, and it wasn’t until I looked a little closer, at the person near the red umbrella, that the 12 year-old in me laughed.

Music I’ve Found

George Winston

A friend of mine knew I liked piano driven music and got me the CD, “Winter Into Spring” from George Winston, for Christmas years ago. I completely enjoyed the melodic, piano look at the seasons.

The other day my music library played some George Winston. It took me back, but also made me revisit his music to my complete enjoyment.

My Dorky Song

“Pumped Up for the Day”
Sometimes, when I sing my songs in my car, I really wonder what screw is loose in my head.

While this song might get you going for your day, you may also wonder what screw is loose in my head.

Early Adopter

I saw a headline that the BASIC programming language turned 60 years old recently. My mind immediately went back to when I was around 12 years old, in the basement, playing on a Radio Shack, TRS-80 Model 1.

I played around with programing back then, mostly bouncing a giant square pixel around the screen.

I wondered why I always want to be an early adopter of technology. While BASIC was already out for years by then, that TRS-80 was definitely an early-adopter computer. I guess it’s why I love my Vision Pro.

Art I’ve Found

Morvixity is a digital artist in the NFT space. As I grew the list of artists I follow on Twitter, I mean X, she was introduced to me, and I liked what she was doing, especially the art she called “Daily Doodles.”

She would post a new “doodle” every day. Some were whimsical, some had meaning to her, and she would post them on Open Sea to sell them as NFT’s.

Image By Andy

While I was practicing taking pictures of the sun, there was a birdhouse used by the tree swallows nearby.

When I was done looking up, I focused on the birdhouse and caught this lovely stretching its wings.

(From my daily, morning posts on my Instagram and Twitter(X) page)

Music I’ve Found

I first saw Noah Kahan on Saturday Night Live. Most of the times my wife and I skip through the musical guests, or give them 10 seconds.

I was immediately drawn into Noah’s musical storytelling, folk/Americana sound, and he is now on heavy rotation on my listening schedule.

Songs By Andy

I went to back up my car. The screen that shows the camera views around my car shows a “splat” on the front camera. Yup, it was like a bullseye for a bug. Originally I named the song, “What Did I Hit?”, but in the end figured “Sometimes You’re the Front Camera, Sometimes You’re the Bug,” a slight ode to the Dire Straits song, “The Bug.”