I've "literally" had it!

Today I was listening to a few news programs that I regularly tune into when I’m working in the studio and following are three quotes, all of them heard “literally” just today!

“The FBI has literally been following these Russians since the Clinton administration.”

“The Knicks haven’t won a championship since I was literally in diapers.”

“I literally have no idea.”

I am tempted to write the acronym “WTF”... WTF! I am “literally” sick-and-tired of hearing the adverb “literally” used so indiscriminately! It’s literally driving me crazy. OK, that’s a bit hyperbolic. It’s not driving me crazy but has anyone else noticed how much people are using the adverb “literally”?

Dangerous Beauty (WIP)

You're pacing, you're searching
I can feel that you want to run
Don't worry, I'm here.
I know you so well.
I can feel your confusion, your anguish
But release is very near
It won't take much coaxing
just a corkscrew and a glass
my deep burgundy blood
filling a bottomless chalice
the dangerous beauty
of my sensual glass vessel
you need me, now.
Stop pacing, stop searching.
You'll never find what you seek.
Calm your mind, drink me down
I'm your partner, your gaurdian.
The battle within you
can end with me.
Drink me down
my dangerous beauty
end the struggle
forget the fight
You know I always win.

The Spider

The Spider (WIP)

The spider moved me from my chair.

The spider chased me from my bed.

Of course, the spider did not move me

I stood up to avoid the spider.

Environmental 9/11

For weeks, I have been struggling to write down my thoughts about the Gulf oil spill tragedy. I am still struggling and I simply can’t understand my paralysis. After listening to President Obama’s address to the Nation from the Oval Office last night, I feel now is the time to finally write something. (I invoked the “10-minute rule” to help me.)

Bar Coaster Sketch

Silly, yes. Thus the title, sketched onto a coaster at the "bah". A description of myself (albeit a rather unflattering one) over the past couple of weeks.

Drop. Drop it! DROP IT!

No, I won't drop my bone. I'm going to chew and gnaw and tear at this thing until it's good-and-done! I've been fumbling around in Photoshop trying to make "brushes" work like brushes and color work like "paint". I want texture and light and depth...how the heck do you DO that in Photoshop? Well, I've learned a couple-two-tree tings. And I can put this one to bed. (I can drop it.) See image below. Really, I dropped it. Really-really. I'm done...