Knights of the Western Guard -

"Secreting the Ark Out West"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... the secret of two is God's secret,
the secret of three is everybody's secret ..."
- Old Proverb

Illustration Friday: Lesson -

"Flying Lessons"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... there are no mistakes or failures, only lessons ..."
- Denis Waitley

Thursday Challenge: Spring -

"Spring"
manipulated digital photograph by Mick Mather

"... spring is when you feel like whistling
even with a shoe full of slush ..."
- Doug Larson

Are we there yet?

"Happy Motoring"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel across the country from coast-to-coast without seeing anything ..." - Charles Kuralt

Snip a little here, snip a little there -

"Looking for A New Do"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... in Hollywood a girl's virtue is
much less important than her hairdo ..."
- Marilyn Monroe

Longer and longer, the winter sings -

"Measures of Ice and Snow Across Finland"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"...winter is nature's way of saying, 'up yours' ..."
- Robert Byrne

Happy Easter 2 0 1 1 -

"Back Down the Rabbit Hole"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... could life so end, half told; it's school so fail?
soul, soul there is a sequel to thy tale ..."
- Robert Mowry Bell

Wrap it up -

"The Most Fabulous Dress"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... dress cute wherever you go ..."
- Paris Hilton

Illustration Friday: Bicycle -

"Bicycle"
manipulated digital photograph by Mick Mather

"... cycle tracks will abound in Utopia ..."
- H. G. Wells

Thursday Challenge: Complex -

"Chaos vs Entropic Blight"
digitally manipulated photograph by Mick Mather
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"... entropy is a measure of how disorganized a system is ..."
- Unknown

Down on the farm -

"Hay Shed"
manipulated digital photograph by Mick Mather
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"... there is no reason to fear the wind
if your stack of hay is well tied ..."
- Old Irish Saying

Don't look down -

"Vertigo"
digital drawing & fractal flame collage by Mick Mather

"... give me your hand, give me your hand ..."
- Policeman, from Alfred Hitchcock's "Vertigo"

Call in the decorator -

"Floral Print I"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... if bad decorating was a hanging offense,
there'd be bodies hanging from every tree ..."
- Sylvester Stallone

On the cover -

"Hole"
digital collage by Mick Mather
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"... the drops of rain make a hole in the stone,
not by violence, but by often falling ..."
- Lucretius

Stacking the stones -

"Sketch for A Greater Pyramid"
digital drawing by Mick Mather

"... the pyramids themselves, doting with age,
have forgotten the names of their founders ..."
- Thomas Fuller

Illustration Friday: Journey -

"Selfportrait of the Artist As A Frequent Flyer"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... do not go where the path may lead,
go instead where there is no path
and leave a trail ..."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Thursday Challenge: Happy -

"Happy Family"
digitally manipulated photograph by Mick Mather
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"... where the doe and her daughters
scratch and scrounge
'midst winter's meager offering,
there is enough for today ..."
- Unknown

Star light, star bright -

"Mapping the Stars"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... days continue to pass,
stars continue to shine;
why do I have tears
in my eyes today
when she was never mine ..."
- Unknown

Peasant food -

"Piece of Cake"
digital collage by Mick Mather
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"... let's face it,
a nice creamy chocolate cake
does a lot for a lot of people;
it does for me ..."
- Audrey Hepburn

Framing a sunset -

"That Ethereal Glow"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... there are two kinds of light,
the glow that illuminates,
and the glare that obscures ..."
- James Thurber

It's so hard for me -

"Down By the River"
digitally manipulated photograph by Mick Mather
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"... be on my side,
I'll be on your side ..."
- Neil Young

Big Boom Theory -

"See Jane Run"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... time is the fire in which we burn ..."
- Delmore Schwartz

Illustration Friday: Bottled -

"BlindFold Beer"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... I'll do anything that includes beer ..."
- Unknown

Thursday Challenge: Soft -

"Soft"
digital photograph by Mick Mather
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"... music, when soft voices die,
vibrates in the memory;
odors, when sweet violets sicken,
live within the sense they quicken ..."
- Mary Bysshe Shelley

April showers -

"She Had A Flower Garden"
digital drawing & collage by Mick Mather

"... people say that we're insane
'cause we love it when it rains ..."
- The Flowers, Pee-wee's Playhouse

King of the barnyard -

"Billy Goat"
digital collage by Mick Mather
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"... one has fear in front of a goat,
in back of a mule,
and on every side of a fool ..."
- Edgar Watson Howe

Another Erosion Bundle Update -

"Erosion Cube, April 3rd 2011"
digital photograph by Mick Mather
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Another month has passed for my Erosion Cube in Kris Henderson's The Erosion Bundle Project and quite a bit has happened since March 1st. Lots of compression of the interior stuffing has occurred and appears to be weather related rather than the result of nesting mother birds. Some damage to the cube has also taken place and you can see some of the bars hanging on, quite literally, by the threads that were used to tie much of it together in the event that there was glue failure, harsh weather, collisions or hard landings. Next step is tossing whatever remains into the boiling pot at the end of the month ... stay tuned.

Keeping track -

"The Archivist"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... by nature and doctrines I am addicted to the habit
of discovering choice places wherein to feed ..."
- O Henry

There is no good war -

"Daylight Precision Bombing"
digital collage by Mick Mather
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"... I dream of giving birth to a child who will ask,
'Mother, what was war?' ..."
- Eve Merriam

Illustration Friday: Duet -

"An April Fool's Duet"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... the wind scratched raw
by slow-to-bud branches,
tryin' to get a chaw
of the old church benches ..."
- Unknown