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Future blogger T.S. Minton, circa 1974... At Cascabel Clayworks hippie commune, Cascabel, Arizona... For more info see : "Cascabel Meditation: Sunrise" "One of the most remarkable bodies of work I have ever encountered."- Prof. Barbara Jackson, Harvard University "Cascabel Critiques" including comments by Christopher Ricks. "Oh life of sin, spun away from the light of lifeBright from what was onceOne fine flash that everything else Gladly, gushingly reverberates fromRush of spring, and I was the one who feltThe tinge of nectar!The suspicion that the sunflowerGrows by God's grace." Coming soon: "Cascabel Meditation: Illustrated"
More from Mary...(Artwork by T.S. Minton Blogs regular Mary Alice Bennett...)"Collage of a UFO Dream" Paintings shown at The International UFO Congress in Laughlin, Nevada (co-founded by our distinguished associate Col. Wendelle Stevens, see UFO Photo Archives).(C) Mary Alice Bennett, mjastudio77@hotmail.comwww.myspace.com/mjastudiowww.mjastudio.com The UTIA Field Report: Wendelle Stevens Fast Walkers - Brand New UFO and Alien Disclosure DVD with the World's Leading Experts and Stunning New Footage ! (DVD)
From the vaults of T.S. Minton:Artwork of the weekIn the months to come, I will be breaking loose with some choice selections of material from my various phases as an artist...from the 70s to the present. Some periods have been more prolific than others, some more figurative, and many pieces are beyond easy classification (blurring the boundaries between abstraction, surrealism, cartooning, and more academic rendering). Below are two pieces from the mid-90s, when I was immersed in a self-study of the classic drawing system The Natural Way to Draw by Kimon Nicolaides. After hours of rigorous practice following Nicolaides' lessons on gestures, contours, form, etc. I often would unwind and let my own muse flow in pieces like these. His influence was still keenly felt in these more expressive sessions, and I was also impressed by the statement of Tucson artist George Welch (who was my instructor in an oil painting class at Pima Community College circa spring 1993) , who told me that effec
A little spring cleaning...here at T.S. Minton Blogs.Since things are getting a bit out of hand over on the right hand column of this blog...with all the images posted there...and I am concerned that readers might get confused and overlook the blog posts of previous months, it's time for some spring cleaning. I have made the executive decision to erase the images of that column and post them as blog entries, as follows:Worlds of Crystal FantasyPhotographs (C) John I. Henry, gloves24@hotmail.com.
"The Shaman, the Genius, and T.S. Minton"(Going right to left, that is...) Photograph by John I. Henry.Yours truly approximately one week ago (February 2007) at the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show with Ea Orgo, a well-known Mexican healer and shaman, owner of a health spa, and frequent vendor at the annual gem and mineral show. In the middle (in book form at least) is Nikola Tesla...you know, the greatest inventor of all time. (Anybody who says "Edison" needs to be jolted with alternating current energy...just kidding).Contact Ea Orgo at eaorgo@hotmail.com or www.mayanmajix.com.
