A story of survival, guitar greatness turns 75, and a song about a bat. It’s another edition of Artful Notes where you also find out 1/16th of an inch can mean a lot.
Let’s go!
Art I’ve Found
Say what you will about Twitter/X, but it has the most interesting art community if you look for it.
Robert is an unbelievable travel photographer whose work spans the globe. What caught my eye this time, though, was a post he reposted from nearly a year ago.
The post began… My small family spent two years of our lives essentially stateless, stranded at sea, 18,000km from home, floating on 40ft of fiberglass. ‘Freedom to transact’ literally became a matter of life or death. This is our story.“
The story is a riveting look at resilience and being thrust into weirdness back in the days of lockdowns. You should check out his story, and especially his art on his website, Instagram, and X.
My Art
Looking Scary
I will forever remember the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta.
It was like being a kid again, giddy seeing the coolest, hot air balloons, even if some were kind of scary.
Find My Art…
Music I’ve Found
While not recently found, reading that Mark Knopfler was turning 75 years old had me revisit his music catalog.
Way back when I was never a huge fan of Dire Straits. Sure, I knew “Sultans of Swing” and the MTV song “Money for Nothing,” but it wasn’t until I heard a bar band cover “Espresso Love” that I started to become a fan, loving most things Dire Straits and even more things Mark Knopfler.
It’s great to hear him still making wonderful music.
My Dorky Song
For a while I saw what looked like rodent droppings on our deck. I thought it might be mice, squirrels, or maybe chipmunks. Then I realized it was coming from above, and sure enough, there is at least one bat in the deck of the dwelling above our deck.
Yuck!
I’ve Written
A new tease built off of last week’s tease.
I’m still shooting for a September 1st release, just hoping my bought with Covid didn’t delay the progress in getting all things prepped and ready. Gonna be a busy end of August while still enjoying the last bits of summer.
One More Thing…
I never realized things were so measurable in the lobster world!
While your lobster may be getting smaller, as long as the new rules don’t affect my favorite lobster tails, I think I’ll be okay.
Thanks always for your interest!
If you would be so kind to share this newsletter with your friends, I would appreciate it!
See you next week!
Andy