ARTOPIA These pics represent some of the art and event happenings from SomArts in February 2013. Enjoy!

#ChadSchimke  #SanFrancisco  #ArtGallery #SFMoma  #VisualAid  #Picasso  #Haring  #Koons  #Warhol  #Calder  #Lichtenstein  #ReclaimedRoom  #Gallery1044  #LowerPolkArtWalk  #BayBridge #CityArtGallery #Bansky #SirronNorris #Solis

ARTOPIA These pics represent some of the art and event happenings from SomArts in February 2013. Enjoy!

#ChadSchimke  #SanFrancisco  #ArtGallery #SFMoma  #VisualAid  #Picasso  #Haring  #Koons  #Warhol  #Calder  #Lichtenstein  #ReclaimedRoom  #Gallery1044  #LowerPolkArtWalk  #BayBridge #CityArtGallery #Bansky #SirronNorris #Solis

ARTOPIA These pics represent some of the art and event happenings from SomArts in February 2013. Enjoy!

#ChadSchimke  #SanFrancisco  #ArtGallery #SFMoma  #VisualAid  #Picasso  #Haring  #Koons  #Warhol  #Calder  #Lichtenstein  #ReclaimedRoom  #Gallery1044  #LowerPolkArtWalk  #BayBridge #CityArtGallery #Bansky #SirronNorris #Solis

Journey into Mystery featuring The Terrible Teeth circa 1974

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Journey Into Mystery feat. The Terrible Teeth 74.pdf

#ChadSchimke #Vintage #Horror #SanFrancisco #ComicBook 

Journey into Mystery featuring The Terrible Teeth circa 1974 PIC

WRITING REFERENCE #5

WRITING REFERENCE #5 - This post is part of a series devoted to writing reference. For what it’s worth, this article poses ‘questions’ about short stories then provides ‘answers’. For many, entering a short story contest or seeking publication in an online magazine, are great ways to gain exposure. Don’t have the time to write a novel? Write a short story instead and use that as a publication credit! Even if you decide to self-publish (as opposed to going the mag or contest route) start somewhere, there’s no excuse to not get your name out there, if you call yourself a writer.  As a reminder, I have listed all of the posts in this category, see below.

1.            Beginning Writers Answer Book

2.            Selling Your Work Online

3.            70 Solutions to Common Writing Mistakes

4.            Fiction Genre Descriptions

5.            How Do I Write & Sell Short Fiction

6.            Query Letter Clinic

7.            Online Tools for Marketing and Promotion

WRITING REFERENCE #5 Short Stories

How Do I Write & Sell Short Fiction.pdf

SIRRON NORRIS ART - These pics represent some works of art by Sirron Norris displayed in public spaces in San Francisco. Enjoy!

#ChadSchimke  #SanFrancisco  #ArtGallery #SFMoma  #VisualAid  #Picasso  #Haring  #Koons  #Warhol  #Calder  #Lichtenstein  #ReclaimedRoom  #Gallery1044  #LowerPolkArtWalk  #BayBridge #CityArtGallery #Bansky #SirronNorris #Solis

BAY BRIDGE LIGHT SHOW

BAY BRIDGE LIGHT SHOW – To many, the Bay Bridge is the lesser known and less glamorous sibling, of the Golden Gate Bridge. Watch today’s post, which includes a vid clip of a LED light show, marking the bridge’s 75th anniversary. The light display amplifies the upcoming America's Cup as well as the opening of the new Eastern span. 

BAY BRIDGE LIGHT SHOW vid clip

SHORT STORY REVIEW THE EVOLUTION OF KNOWLEDGE SHORT STORY REVIEW

SHORT STORY REVIEW THE EVOLUTION OF KNOWLEDGE SHORT STORY REVIEW - In New York, two foreign men (Italian and German) share either side of a wall, living in an apartment building, with their families. On weekend mornings, the children run and bounce balls, which disturb the neighbor, setting in motion a series of interactions. There are negotiations, compromises, agreements and violations which are discussed--in public and private--amongst each other, as well as with their friends. In the big-picture, The Evolution of Knowledge by Niccolo Tucci is a statement on Fascism, changing morays, discipline of children and post-World War II renewal. In the small-picture, the short story is framed within the context of an ordinary dispute between neighbors that is told with charm and simplicity. In either sense, it draws upon the fact that good fences make good neighbors. In that light, I am reminded of Frost’s poem: ‘Mending Wall’. 

ODE TO SPRING

ODE TO SPRING – In April, the first Cherry Blossoms bloom and birds flit about--where cold rain gives way to successive days of clear skies--prior to the onset of June gloom. This time of year my memories revert back to a more pastoral time of life, with high meadows, box canyons, mountain jays, mule deer, gnarled juniper and Indian paint brush … of a high altitude Continental Divide. When I’m feeling wistful, I sit on my outdoor balcony, overlooking Glen Park, in San Francisco. When I’m there; I see any number of finches, squirrels, hummingbirds and even the occasional fly. I’m always surprised how few flies, mosquitoes or mayflies are here in the city. Spring symbolism holds deep meaning as I’m reminded (once again) that I’m a country boy living in the big city. Perhaps that’s why I will always be sentimental for garden gnomes, hummingbird feeders, seed cakes, sweet pea vines and bird baths. A mini-vacation (if only in my mind and only for a moment) far away from a landscape of zero lot-lines, streets with pot holes, storm drains that flow into the bay and handi-cap accessible ramps etched into sidewalks corners. ‘Of beechen green, and shadows numberless, singest of summer in full-throated ease.’ Excerpt taken from Ode to a Nightingale by John Keats circa 1819. 

ODE TO SPRING