I was thinking of a person in Music that effluents me in music; of course, one of my favorites artist is John Lennon of the Beatles. This is for many reasons why I enjoy his music and writing. He was one for the play on words. Form the "fool on the hill". one of the that I like very much is  "Tomorrow you never know" with the magled backwords and forward gaabled music. and the words that seem not to be in any  sort of order or just babling(I like this one very very much, it is a work of art and if you listen to it does have meaning)  Some other are "you got to hide your love away",The bunt in your face"Working class Hero" and many more over the years. The White Album, the Play on words was great. Did you ever play some of them back-wards? they have a message in them like, "Paul is dead Dig it, dig it" and "Satan is here dig it dig it!!" And of coarse in Tomorrow you never know, he played the words in the whole song stuff like" turn off your mind relax and float down stream it’s not dying, its not dying" and " give in into the void" Drugs?? He said know said it was from a dream after reading a book. But maybe a little of both.  I am sure it was John just messing with our minds and his way of a kick in the A## for us.  He as straight shooter no BS at all, tell it how it is. If you didn’t like it, to bad. or if he think you are a tosser or a A.H, he tall you!!  What I read about him that how he was, with no mixing of words.  Some others are Led Zeppelin, The stones, Don McLean, Gordon Light foot, Leona Boyd, John Williams(the last two are classical guitar) and there are some others that enjoy in blues, Rag time and Jazz.

The only people that I seen in person are Johnny Cash and his wife at the time June Carter and the Jackson Five. The Jackson Five is a good story. My Family and I was down in Philadelphia, PA at a Marriott Hotel, where the Jackson Five was staying; for some show or some thing they was promoting. At that time they where the big thing for the kids, And we wanted to see them and sign a picture or some thing(just to see them in person really). At the time, I had my 110 camera with the flash cued.  Any of you remember those little things?  They never turned when you wanted them to or when you try to fix them they go off in your face, and blind you?? I still have it and just found it in a box. Of-coarse it didn't turn or go off.  Michael  tryed to help me  fix it, and when we was trying to fix it his manger or some one said they had to go. I saw them later on and got the picture with his older bothers with me in the middle. They look like evergreens to me(at about 4'8 and they was about 6'2) The joke for years was, it was like a Oreo cookie me in the middle and the two was on the outside. It was 1972, I was 12 and Michael was 13, Of coarse he didn’t look like does now. Just a kid (in the spot light). The photo is long gone, with  all the moving that it did. The picture was lost long ago.  When you are 11-12 years old and you have a chance to seem some one you seen on TV and heard them sing, you Grab the Chance to meet them!! So that is my brush with fame.

    & nbsp;   &n bsp;   &nb sp;   &nbs p; Tomorrow you never know - Beatles John Lennon

Turn off your mind, relax
and float down stream
It is not dying
It is not dying

Lay down all thought
Surrender to the void
It is shining
It is shining

That you may see
The meaning of within
It is being
It is being

That love is all
And love is everyone
It is knowing
It is knowing

That ignorance and hate
May mourn the dead
It is believing
It is believing

But listen to the
color of your dreams
It is not living
It is not living

Or play the game
existence to the end
Of the beginning
Of the beginning
Of the beginning
Of the beginning
Of the beginning
Of the beginning

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Pastel 11x14 framed June 2005

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Well after this last month with out getting no comments at all, I am thinking of closing the blog!  I don't know if is worth keeping it open and spending all that time Fixing it up and coming up with new Ideas for it. I saw some that where getting 24-30 points that has no real content to it at all. and some in the 5-10 points that are just rambling on's and no content and no really meaning or perspective at all.

I am not sure what I am doing wrong. My be it because of my age, or I am not Female or what I am writing about, but maybe I just boring all of you to death? any I think about it more before I do anything at all. Maybe some one who been in bloging longer, tall me if its my content or what it is.

maybe my art is not the thing to show on her who knows??  Let me know your thoughts.

I have enjoyed writing it but with no comments is like having sex with yourself, or just talking to yourself. Getting comments is harder then getting all your teeth pulled out with out no Novocaine!!

well this is the end of my bitching now :)) I feel better now I said it.

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Animation is one thing I wanted to do since I was a kid. If you grew up in the 1960's-1970's, there were many great studios that produce the classic Animation / cartoons that are still around today. First some history and how they did it. After that , I might talk about some Software and hardware that I found out by some research I did on this subject.

first it's Walt E. Disney, The creator of Mickey Mouse and founder of Disneyland and Walt Disney World He was creating cartoons back in the 1920's right to his death in Dec  1966  BIO at  http://fuv.hivolda.no/prosjekt/gunnargrodal/ bio.htm" title="http://fuv.hivolda.no/prosjekt/gunnargrodal/ bio.htm" target="_blank"http://fuv.hivolda.no/prosjek... .  In the 1960'S How many of us watch the Wonderful World of Disney on Sunday nights. glued to the TV watching the cartoons of Disney and the Micky mouse club with the dud ranch and the hunted house segments. He was truly the master of animation and cartoons and brought the magic to are TV on Sunday night. How many of you have your mouse ears???  I never had them(I was left out :(  )

Hanna-Barbera was one such Studios that created so many of the Cartoons that we grew up   http://weww.cartoonnetwork.com.au/asp/scrapbook/studioto ur.asp" title="http://weww.cartoonnetwork.com.au/asp/scrapbook/studioto ur.asp" target="_blank"http://weww.cartoonnetwork.co... Hanna-Barbera is no longer. It was sold to Warner Brothers studios( As you know produce a lot of cartoons) some time ago. So many that I can’t list them all, So you have to click on the links, But one of my favorites Is Johnny Quest. I watched it as a kid back in 1966-1970 or around there and loved it. It’s on of the classic Animations when animation was still hand made(I will talk about that later).

How many of you remember Speed Racer cartoons in the 1967-1970's? That was a Japanese Cartoon that was first called in Japan "Go, Go " That was a good cartoon but the animation was fair.There was so many that to much to list them all. but back then they all did it all by hand Back then it was a big deal in writing a cartoon.  Each stop was all hand done. No computers were used. Let’s do the steps.

1.) First it went to the  story writers, where they wrote the story of that one cartoon.

2.) Then it went to the Animators, where a story board is done each Cel (Cel is a single image of a thing) is done as the story is played out. At the same time the Background deportment people are working in the backgrounds for each seen .

3.) Each characters are drawn on a then clear plastic film called Acetate. Every movement and expression has to be drawn on different Film( called a Cel).

4.) Then it is turned over to the painters where each drawing is(hand panted onto the Film, call Acetate) every Cel is done.

5.) Now the background and foreground are rendered(foreground and back ground are overladed t ogether) and put on the camera and filmed.

6.) Now the editors get it and cut out the on wanted seems( I am not sure about this stop maybe someone who does this can tall use).

I am sure the first 2 steps are still done, but the others are done with Computers now.  Book I will be reading: ANIMATION BOOK [Hardcover] by Laybourne, Kit ISBN: 0605K7817071

I let you know what I think about it. I will be post it when I get it in my book reading corner.

Reaching this on the net, I have found out some of the top programs used for Animation:

    & nbsp; Software and hardware list for Animation work.

* Animation Master(www.hash.com Great demos and video that are free). I saw it for $229.00 or Maya another one. It cost  more. 

* Photoshop (for drawing) 

* Premiere by Adobe (for art work)   &n bsp;   &nb sp;   &nbs p;     ;         & nbsp;   &n bsp;   &nb sp;   &nbs p;     ;         & nbsp;  

* Acid pro link http://www.sonymediasoftware.com" title="http://www.sonymediasoftware.com" target="_blank"http://www.sonymediasoftware.... (for sound)   & nbsp;   &n bsp;   &nb sp;  

* Sound Forge (for sound)   & nbsp;   &n bsp;   &nb sp;   &nbs p;     ;         & nbsp;   &n bsp;   &nb sp;   &nbs p;     ;         & nbsp;   &n bsp;   &nb sp; 

* PC Sketch pad that goes for around $100.00 -$150.00 USD (for drawing)

You may not need all of this at once. The Animation master have a lot of audio option in it.

about me: I am still working on my art and a new sculpture other then that not much to report over here. I hope to still do some more update on my blog.

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