Yet More Drawings

Did these in Pen and Ink -- sometimes a little charcoal -- for a series of notecards ... now available locally ... eventually to be available on line from this website.   8 identical cards per pack, with envelopes... about $7.

There's no caption on the next two, 'cause I dreamt them up.   The first one was inspired by Thirteenth Lake in the Adirondacks.  The last one just appeared gradually in my sketchbook when I sat down to draw ... I'm not sure why or how.

I call them "Lost Art Notecards" ... because writing  handwritten notes is becoming a lost art, thanks to texting and email.  I figure I have a moral obligation  ...  to cash in on it, of course. It's the least I can do, don'tcha think?.

More Drawings -- Pen & Ink & Charcoal

 

My Church -- in 1911 and 2011 -- original, freehand pen & ink

 

Some Portraits of the Only Model Who Would Pose for Me

 

LOOKING YOUTHFUL: Another Semi-Serious Sonnet

If you want to look young, just consider the crayon.

There are some that will alwaysok new.

With tips that stay sharp and wrappers that stay on;

But not Red, Yellow, Purple or Blue.

Likewise, Orange and Green are quite quickly worn down

'Til just a dull stub doth remain.

Even gloomier shades, like the Black and the Brown,

Are soon sticks made of wax on the wane.

Yet the Okra, the White and perhaps the Chartreuse,

With their wrappers that haven't been torn,

Simply stay in their box for they don't get much use,

So their points hardly ever look worn.

But what pride can you take appearing so youthful,

If it means that you're not very useful?

Author's Comment:

Many well-preserved people lead useful lives.  In fact, keeping busy helps keeps you young.  This poem refers to those among us who value appearance only  ~  and don't look deeper.   I'd like to incorporate this point into the poem ...  but who ever heard of a sonnet with three stanzas?

IN THE BEGINNINGS: A Semi-serious Sonnet

So ...

God rested on the seventh day.

We have accepted that on faith.

But Scripture doesn't really say

what He did on Day the Eighth.

It seems that only Heaven knows

just how God spent that second week

With omnipotence would you suppose

He'd hit the beach in Martinique?

No!

Creators don't stop making things!

He would make some more dimensions

Full of divine imaginings,

    truly marvelous inventions,

        and Creatures unlike me and you.

That is what creators do!

A FATHER'S LULLABY: There Will Always Be Dragons to Slay

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My Music

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Lamb of God (St. Cecelia's Mass of Hope)

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Glory to God (St. Cecelia's Mass of Hope )

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Lucid, Vincent Glory to God (St Cecelia's Mass of Hope) + MP3 (digital interpretation) / MIDI Choral SATB Mass; Choir; Sacred / 2010 V. J. Lucid © All rights reserved Make a donation to Vincent Lucid Powered by Free-scores.com

Ave! Maria

My Ave Maria has been downloaded nearly 400 times by visitors from about 70 countries, including: Iran, Iraq, Egypt, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Japan, China, Jibouti, Ivory Coast and other surprising places. Thanks to Google and the other search engines that put it on page 1 of an image search.  Go figure !

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Hey!

Just because it's not about you

doesn't mean that you're not affected by it.

If someone closes a door on your finger or in your face,

even if it's unintentional, 

you have a right to say: "Hey! You closed the door on me!".

If you don't say "Hey!", at least once in a while,

you'll slip backwards toward Irrelevance.

Some people want to be irrelevant.

It requires no courage -- but the cost is self-respect. 

Others refuse to be ignored.

Have no expectations.

If you say, "Hey!" and they get defensive,

rather than apologetic or compassionate,

that's the time to turn the other cheek.

Just watch your fingers next time.

The Prayer of the Children

If you happen to recognize this men's a capella group, please let me know.

I'm breaking my own rule and posting something that's not my own work.  I wish it was.  Click to the right of the "YouTube" logo to get the full screen video -- and grab a tissue.

What is LOVE? Who is GOD? Mysticism for the Shallow Mind

 LOVE is GOD ~
     for GOD is LOVE (1 John 4:8) ~ 
All of it! 
Every warm feeling or thought, 
Every kind word, spoken or written,
Every secret longing, every unselfish action or prayer ~
    ever and everywhere, since the first light of the first dawn.
The unseen, often unfelt, centripetal force that makes us One.
That is what Love is -- and that is who God is.  
Powerful beyond comprehension.  
All the rest is garbage or glitter.
Any more questions?

--  an excerpt from the imaginary anthology, "Mysticism for the Shallow Mind"

In Bryce Canyon, singing "Mule, Never Walk Alone"

Stillwater 2010

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Note:  I helped God a little with this scene.

I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here ...

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This is Noel -- the Frickin' Kitten from Hell -- in Jekyll Mode

Just an Ordinary Tug-Hill Barn

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Parallel Universe

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Olivia's World

 With photo credit to Lisa Hawthorne and apologies to Andrew Wyeth.

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The Promise of an Old Day

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Mi Casa es Su Casa

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WAIT !
I've recently fixed the place up:

At the End of a Busy Day

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Rockport, Mass., more or less

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Motif Number 1.n

Rockport, Massachusetts

Life is NOT Just a Bowl of Cherries...

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Life is NOT Just a Bowl of Cherries. 
Sometimes Life is a Bowl of Berries.
Sometimes Life is a String of Pearls.
Sometimes Life is a Bag of Squirrels.
Sometimes Life is a Bowl of Warm Piss.
Life is What Happens ~  It is What It Is.

THE LORD'S PRAYER -- St. Cecelia's Mass of Hope

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Lucid, Vincent The Lord's Prayer (St Cecelia's Mass of Hope) + MP3 (audio extract) / MIDI  Choral SATB a cappella + chimes Mass; Choir; Sacred / 2008  Recording is an excerpt from the premier performance, December 7, 2008, by the Syracuse Chorale, conducted by Warren Ottey, at St. Paul's Cathedral, Syracuse, NY V. J. Lucid © All rights reserved Powered by Free-scores.com

Green #1

Meery Christmas!

Impressed Yet Distressed ~ Counting the Ways: #10 and #11

You bet
I'm impressed,
for you are very kind.
I must confess, as well,
I find you very sweet ... Dear Heart.

But yet
I'm distressed
for in my foolish mind
I just pressed (oh, hell!)
Control, Alt, Delete ... Re-Start.