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This clock does not know my name.

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More from Will Rogers Park. This state-sponsored art is a fountain in the rose garden.

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A variation on one of the pictures below. The text reads, "Rose, where did you get that red?", which is the title of a book by Kenneth Koch, about teaching poetry to young children.

The book was a follow-up to his first book on this topic, Wishes, Lies, and Dreams. Rose discusses the use of classic poetry as a tool in the elementary grades. The title comes from poem one of the students wrote in response to William Blake's poem, "The Tyger".

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We go round and round and round
in the circle game.

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This began as a composite of three different photographs, which were then spun, twisted, and tweaked until I found a design pleasing to my eye.

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This gazebo is in the same small park area I mentioned yesterday. Like the other small park, this space is on a median just a few yards wide. This median runs east and west, between Venice Blvd and May Ave.

I did apply a "watercolor" filter to this shot for an arty effect. I rather like it, don't you?

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This work of art appeared in the Sunday school room sometime between May 4 and 18. I wish I knew who drew it. Assuming it was someone in this particular Sunday school class, it was someone between 8th and 12th grade.

There is a legend, in the bottom center. It reads: "Only the ends of the red will show you my blue side."

I appreciate the mystery and wildness of this art.

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This is a variation on the magnolia bud posted a few days ago. Using Photoshop, I inverted the color of the bud and leaves, then applied the glass filter to the background.

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If you want to ask where the flowers come from, even the God of spring doesn't know.
— Zen saying

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You may want to click on this picture to see a larger version. Near the top left is Jupiter; near the center is the smiling crescent moon. I also like the way the clouds swirl around that sliver.

This picture was taken last Wednesday, 18 April, on the back deck of Brother Dave's house. As noted below, we also spotted Orion and his canine companion.

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This is the other bit of plastic art I did last Saturday, during the "Art & Soul" conference. This is a print.

We laid a clear plastic sheet over a design, painted and the sheet, then pressed it on watercolor paper. I never felt like I quite got the knack of how thick or thin the paint (actually, a water-soluble ink) needed to be. Some of the effects here came out of my experimenting with the proper thickness.

Miraculously, I was able to let go of the need to get it "right". I was able to play, and enjoy the process. Who knows? Maybe this picture reflects a bit of that joy and delight.

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This curious image is the first I created during the Art & Soul conference I attended this past Friday and Saturday.

It is an "artistic response" to Lectio Devina. This is a method best explicated by Benedict in his Rule. You slowly read a passage of scripture (preferably out loud), listening "with the ears of the heart" for a word or phrase that speaks to you. Then you meditate on that phrase, letting associations pass through your mind without judgment. Then you pray in response to those associations. In this case, our art was our prayer.

The passage of scripture we were responding to was the first 9 verses of Psalm 33. The phrase that spoke to me was "all your skill", in the second half of verse 3.

Not so much an image intended here (though there may be hints); more the process of a swirling writing instrument (in this case, chalk), and whole-hearted liberation.

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Companion to Friday Five entry at Love During Wartime.

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A card I created while on retreat, the first weekend of this month.

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This schoolyard is near NW 10th and Walker, about two blocks east and three blocks south of my church. I drive past this mural at least once a week, yet rarely have stopped to take a good look at it.

Our church had its annual meeting this past Sunday, which required a second trip to this side of town (~20 min. away from my house). This second trip afforded me the opportunity to take pictures of this mural. Detail shots are available at my Flickr site, beginning here.