It’s morning. I’m laying in bed. I look at the clock radio and note the hour. It is that groggy time between “Just another ten minutes,” and “Get your butt out of bed, Cupcake!” I turn on the radio to get weather and propaganda updates (because Right-Think is always the Best-Think!). The station is in the middle of an advertisement, of course. This one is for–I kid you not–a divorce support service. Their tagline: “Let …
On the occasion of Hudson’s nineteenth porcupine encounter
In which Owen Benjamin offers up the most Flat Earthiest question of them all.
The political season, having reached the expected crescendo of crazy, The Missus told me she was tired of it all and wanted to talk about something else. Not that I’m constantly going on about it, but even the little I mention is too much, I guess. “Fine,” I said. “Let’s talk about Flat Earthers.” With a sigh, she dropped her head into her hands. “Jehovah’s Witnesses?” Belief has always fascinated me. For one thing, the …
I do a newsletter. It’s not a monthly newsletter. Instead, it’s a “I’ll Get To It When I Feel Like It And Have Something To Say” newsletter. For most people that “Having Something To Say” part is not a big hurdle. One need simply browse social media for a few minutes to find lots of people with something to say, and even more people with nothing to say and a compulsive need to say it …
This Doberman Pinscher portrait really sold me on a new painting software. For 26 years I’ve used Corel Painter for my portraits. About 2 years ago I – foolishly – opted for a new subscription model for Painter. Automatic upgrades sounded good to me. Unfortunately, it’s two years later with not a single upgrade in Painter. I think I got screwed on the deal. I never thought I’d ditch Painter, but a few months back …
My busiest time of the year is November when I’m buried in pet portrait Christmas gift commissions. It’s something I’ve come to expect. I’ve been painting pet portraits for about ten years. Most of my work is through word of mouth, and repeat customers, and they all want portraits for Christmas. However, in the last year orders slowed. Concerned, I figured I should try something new. This past October and November, I purchased a booth …
Every time I encounter a flat earth believer, it’s like coming across a highway accident. As I slowly inch by the sputtering road flares, I try not to look at the broken inferences, non-sequiturs, and bloody analogies strewn on the road. But look I must. In doing so I feel pity and sadness at the loss of another misled mind that swerved into oncoming science, saying to myself, “if only they had been secured by …
Let’s talk about dog eyes! I’ve been buried painting pet portrait Christmas gifts all of November with absolutely no time to blog. Tonight, I’m taking a moment to post a portrait from way back in May of this year, and I’ll have more to say about my busy November once I finalize my commissions. The thing I love most about painting pet portraits is when I can successfully convey the personality of the pet. It …
A Halloween story
