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LA Morning

Breakfast With Allen

It's the 14th of January. Paris. I happen to be having the first breakfast of my new decade with Allen. The place? "Le Rostand", A quaint, unassuming cafe situated across from the Luxembourg Gardens in the heart of the 6th. Allen, who will be leaving for New York in just a few hours, decides to order this very interesting breakfast where small plates of food just keep coming. I opt for the traditional "cafe au lait". I cannot think of a better way top start the new year. Thanks for being there my friend!

Big Brother

I just turned 50. Welcome to a new decade, the best one according to Paul.

Enough said.

Finis Les Vacances Obligatoires

As the holidays are now over, let's do things differently and wish everyone who might read this, a happy new Gregorian calendar year. You will find more posts in this coming year (no this is NOT a new years resolution!), more pictures and drawings and added links to some of my favorite sites. This year also marks a major age milestone for me, one which I will be documenting hour by hour as it unfolds. Keep checking in for details and remember, as Albert Schweitzer said "Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory"

Peace!

For Emma

Tribute

Roy Lichtenstein (October 27, 1923 – September 29, 1997) was a prominent American pop artist, whose work borrowed heavily from popular advertising and comic book styles, which he himself described as being "as artificial as possible".

Simple forms or lines has always been an obsession of mine and, after watching an hour long interview with one of the great pop artisits of our times, I decided that a simple tribute to the likes of Warhol, Lichstenstein or others of the 60's movement was in order. I love "benday dots" as they make things precise and direct and explempify the great American creatif process as I saw it many years ago.

The AXA Center in NY has a grand mural, painted by Roy Lichestenstein. If you live in NY or are in NYC Take a lunch, walk around, it's free and grand!

Heels

Twister

Hollywood Blvd

Smoke!

Taxi....

The Bond Factor

I have always had a fascination for the older James Bond films, The music, the racy lines, the ultimate display of male chauvinism. It is a breath of fresh air in the current "I am thinking what you are saying but am afraid to admit it" I do not know anyone who doesn't like James Bond, especially guys. Many years ago, I remember riding in a real Aston Martin DB5, THE Bond car. I have never forgotten those few miles, between school and home, soaking up the smell of leather and teak. The only Bond car I can afford these days is a small replica with little headlights that actually work when operated! Keeps me dreaming though!

Who Are You?

A couple of days after my previous post, I decided to accept an invitation to "jam' at a local watering hole with some friends. I could hear Pete say "watch for the changes and try to keep up" Ok, so I am no Pete Townshend on guitar, but isn't it about having fun and just making music?, not that I suck, but it's quite obvious that I was working that tricky chord change that I can never remember...One day!

Do I look like Pete Townshend to you?

So I am out, having dinner, when a gentlemen walks over to me and shakes my hand. Hey Pete!, he says, remember me? we worked on "Tommy"! The blank stare in my eyes as I slowly released his hand made him realize that he had the wrong person. Not deterred, he returns with a camera, and with one arm around my shoulder he mutters, "wait until I tell my friends about this!" !CLICK!

09:00 Conference Call....

Sometimes, during calls, I will doodle with a few colored pencils I keep in my bag! While others drone on, I pleasantly drift, just enough to keep my world a reality.

Goodby Love

I am not one to dwell, but I find a painful irony in how two lives can be utterly undone by a rubber stamp.
"Carpe diem quam minimum credula postero"
花開堪折直須折，莫待無花空折枝。

Reflections

I had started this series on "reflections from another pane" in 2005. The idea that the way we see things are not always what we think they are intrigued me. Examining the world through reflections is my way to observe on an intellectual and creative level, versus an assumption. We have been trained to expect certain things when looking at them. This series is an attempt to redefine the world we really move in.

The Resilience Of Dogs..?

Just two good dogs minding their own business. They are old and creaky, just like some of us will be, but a little later. The resilience of doing the same gesture, day after day, lifting that leg, smelling the grass, chasing that squirrel, regardless of what tragedy has befelled on you the previous day. "So much rain? why don't we go out, I love the rain!" Waiting as the master musters up enough courage to go for that much anticipated and needed walk. Ah, the resilience of dogs!