Jim's Cafe - January 31st

[Dante]

Lol I Love your cafes. Always so creative and interesting 🤣.. always makes me laugh. XD

Thank you

yugo is the worst car i ever saw. the quality was so bad in less than a year car doors actually came off the car when you tried to open them. and it was at the dealership more than in your driveway. yea the worst car.

mike....

What about the Peel Trident?

I was summoned. How do you type backward, though? Ok, I'll look up online.

https://qwerty.dev/backwards-text-generator/

I thought of drawing as a hobby to battle my addictions and suicidal thoughts. Turned out, learning how to draw is quite hard, especially when you have no one to support, encourage and motivate, and people literally want you to give up just to focus on work. The sketchbooks and the tools are still around whenever I am able to get back on drawing again, maybe there will be a tablet when I can afford one.

We are a pretty supportive lot here, personally I always found the key to drawing was understanding the structure, but I suck at drawing so what do I know :P

Geez, I hope the doors didn't come off when people were driving. That's just scary.

Sorry, thats just what came to mind when reading your post.

Hide-and-Seek
Painting by Pavel Tchelitchew

Its very surreal, and oddly captivating...

Hmm, we don't have an adequate "admiration" smiley (emoji). This one I'm using 👽 does it a little, but I hope you really do know I admire you Inya! People who love blue cheese surely must have somehow touched heaven.

Touched by heaven, did that happen that when you visited heaven during the near death experience caused by eating mouldy cheese? (Sorry, not a fan of blue cheeses)

I fantasize about being Wonder Woman. My favorite superhero. I also fantasize about being Princess Leia in the "Star Wars" galaxy. My favorite Rebel.

Nothing wrong about some healthy fantasy (as long as it stays healthy) If you fantasise hard enough maybe you can take on some of their strength? Pretend to be them in real life and find out that confidence and strength are as much a self-fulfilling act as fear and self doubt.

2) Have you ever made any forays into Art? Audio clips or photos would be great, Stories would be OK, did you ever show it to anyone? What did they think?
Ya a bit, have done some drawing and written poems over the years. Only showed my poems to a couple people, one didn't seem very impressed with them at all (said they needed to "rhyme" ya I didn't think that was very nice but w/e) and the other was one of my ex's and he seemed to like the ones I showed him, even thought some of them would maybe work well as songs (he was a musician, played guitar) which I was very flattered by Showed my art to some people over the years but I'm usually really embarrassed about that especially for some reason.

I think poetry really comes alive when you ditch the standard rhyming scheme, I still think there should be rhymes in there, but the variation and shifting of the rhyme does as much to help with flow and emphasis as the "beat" of the poem does (I.e. the way it pauses and flows based on structure) and removing the rhyme altogether would I suppose make it less structured? Personally I have always been afraid to abandon rhyme, sometimes a serious poem has all but demanded I do, but I still and afraid to do it.

Its easy to get embarrassed showing art because it is pure self-expression, you are asking people to judge YOU, the deep down parts that most people dont usually see.

5) Tell us something about yourself, no meaning needed, just whatever comes to mind.
As well as working full time as a teacher I run a business from home. It wasn’t really planned to be anything much, just earning a bit of cash to subsidise my salary but the business has taken off and is now expanding quite quickly to the point where it is probably a full time job in itself on top of the day job.

Take care everyone and stay safe. Xx

Wow.... thats annoyingly impressive.... *Sulks*

James Krenov and George Nakashima are both very inspiring. They have since passed away but they leave their heritage behind. They used the beauty of wood, a tree that gave up it's life from old age, to show the beauty of the natural world around us.

Thats the beauty of art I think, that it is such a form of self-expression and it outlasts the artist, that a part of the heart and soul of the artist can live on for generations.


Finally, a shout out to a few people:

Thank you @Inya and @Lane for sharing examples of your work

Thank you @Auri for giving us a look at the work mentioned in the Fun Facts. An additional fun fact, apparently it is such fine work that he had to do the work between heart beats.

And a BIG shout out to @OfLoveAndDeath, @JMG, @Holding my breath, and @MosesY for managing to read the post backwards ^^ and congratz to @adamjam for a valiant effort!

 

[dandelions]

sweet talker
When I was a kid and living with my mom I had to wrap it with alu foil before put it into a container because she sad the entire fridge stank lol.

my first experience with blue cheese was with something less than acceptable in blue cheese which is a surprise since my father always followed the philosophy “only the best” (for him) and this particular cheese made me shudder. it was for a salad dressing for a special occasion with guests - that for me, was not merely the experience of something new mixed with the theretofore unexpected, natural intensities of blue cheese but that this one must have been some kind of cheap supermarket bought. i remember that taste vividly even now and have tasted it again once or twice over the years when i inadvertently did not look carefully enough when purchasing. i hated it then and thus denied me the true pleasures of blue cheese for about 10 years, into my teens. fortunately my adult taste buds were wise too. btw you can actually find good blue in a supermarket these days but convenient availability puts my personal favorite kind of out of reach most of the time (stilton). did i mention heaven? oh and btw, i was notorious growing up for loving something with quite a bit more fragrance than blue which was liederkranz a now extinct cousin of limurger.

 

[Crossflow]

1) Is there any specific Art or Artist that you fund moving or inspiring in these troubling times?

Not specifically in these troubling times but: Georgia O'Keefes paintings as they have a sense of loving peaceful calmness. And I admire her.

2) Have you ever made any forays into Art? Audio clips or photos would be great, Stories would be OK, did you ever show it to anyone? What did they think?

Yes I did. I painted and played (intuitively) piano. Tried to combine both and play the melodie that I got from the paintings.
Due to Googles Image backwards search I'd rather not post them, but it's unlikely anybody would do that anyway.

3) When was the last time you felt inspired by something? What was it?

Some days ago when SleepyOwl posted a song in chat that I liked. It was Songbird played by Eva Cassidy.

4) Be honest, have you managed to read all this so far or did you cheat and go to the forwards version?

I read the first line and then cheated. ;-)

5) Tell us something about yourself, no meaning needed, just whatever comes to mind.

I didn't recognize the great gifts I got from people in my life.

 

[dandelions]

near death experience caused by eating mouldy cheese? (Sorry, not a fan of blue cheeses)

nope! not near death but fondly, near life. one does not actually know living until a bc experience in my opinion. i’d recommend giving blue cheese a second chance and bring along a blue cheese guide to introduce you to all the possibilities. you’d ultimately be happy, but i also do understand that blue cheese is not for every palate.

 

[Kiwi2016]

My online job application for Goodwill got rejected.

So sorry to hear this...sending you s

 

[dandelions]

as with blue cheese this picture is worth the experience.

Its very surreal, and oddly captivating...

i first saw it at MoMA in NYC when i was maybe about 13. every subsequent trip (with intent to see it again) it was not being shown but instead being kept in hiding somewhere in the building. i never did get to see it again in person but who knows, i’ve not been there in years. maybe now it is available. when in nyc, one should try to see it. the reproductions do not do it justice.

 

[Kiwi2016]

Thanks for opening & the tag @Dante...and to @Blue Star for the translation (admit not enough coffee to read backwards)!

1) Is there any specific Art or Artist that you fund moving or inspiring in these troubling times?
I love all art really...but Monet has a special place in my heart having been to Giverney. So when I look at his paintings I am transported back to his museum. And the same is true of Rodin...whose sculptures you do really have to see in person to appreciate the depth of his artistry.

2) Have you ever made any forays into Art? Audio clips or photos would be great, Stories would be OK, did you ever show it to anyone? What did they think?
Alas, as an art history major we were required to take 4 art classes during which I did realize that I have no artistic talent. In drawing class I stood up week after week saying...I tried to make it look 3 dimensional and would sit down. I do have a confession on that front as in frustration I took my hockey stick to the cactus I had spent the semester trying to draw. Not one of my prouder moments but admit felt good. And in photography was so helpless a friend helped me and much to her chagrin I got a better grade than she did. I do find I like to take photos of nature with my phone...so maybe will give that a more serious try.

3) When was the last time you felt inspired by something? What was it?
I think here every time as all here on SF are all such brave courageous and inspiring individuals and souls who despite what life throws at them continue on ...

4)Be honest, have you managed to read all this so far or did you cheat and go to the forwards version?
Already confessed to this.

5) Tell us something about yourself, no meaning needed, just whatever comes to mind.
I love my early mornings of alone time to be here on SF, drinking my coffee nd yes smoking...before my morning walk with my neighbor.

Wishing all a great Sunday!!!

 

[Przym]

1) Is there any specific Art or Artist that you fund moving or inspiring in these troubling times?

Back in the summer, I contributed to the Kickstarter for the developers of the game DeadMatter, which I unfortunately now regret, as it seems as though they made certain claims about the content of the game that weren't true. I won't be doing that again.

2) Have you ever made any forays into Art? Audio clips or photos would be great, Stories would be OK, did you ever show it to anyone? What did they think?

Poetry, rough drafts of music tracks composed in Reason (a digital audio workstation). My poetry I used to exhibit for people on certain websites, and I had a humble audience back in the day (2009/2010). Now, I keep most of my creations to myself.

3) When was the last time you felt inspired by something? What was it?

Watching Girl in the Spider's Web made me want to attempt to get back into coding.

4) Be honest, have you managed to read all this so far or did you cheat and go to the forwards version?

I cheated.

5) Tell us something about yourself, no meaning needed, just whatever comes to mind.

I am an official citizen of Byzantium Novum.

 

[Kiwi2016]

sweet talker
When I was a kid and living with my mom I had to wrap it with alu foil before put it into a container because she sad the entire fridge stank lol.

So this brings to mind Limburger sandwiches

 

[dandelions]

needed to "rhyme" ya I didn't think

hey JMG, it well may be that it did rhyme but went by unnoticed. rhyme is in (and much more beyond) the ear of the beholder! and rhyme does not end with sound but actually only begins there! some people may have to listen more than they atm realize.

 

[MisterBGone]

Not specifically in these troubling times but: Georgia O'Keefes paintings as they have a sense of loving peaceful calmness. And I admire her.



Yes I did. I painted and played (intuitively) piano. Tried to combine both and play the melodie that I got from the paintings.
Due to Googles Image backwards search I'd rather not post them, but it's unlikely anybody would do that anyway.



Some days ago when SleepyOwl posted a song in chat that I liked. It was Songbird played by Eva Cassidy.



I read the first line and then cheated. ;-)



I didn't recognize the great gifts I got from people in my life.

This reminds me of something one of my favorite filmmakers once said. That they were studying painting, and may have even gone to art school for it... (I forget, my memory is "rusty~!") -but that, he'd be looking at a painting, and think "This needs sound!" And so that began the foray & interest then into film (where he did go to school, I believe for it..?) AFI! ;D but anyway--it was the combination of images / in this case, "moving, or moveable!" AND \ sound that did it for him. With respect to the cinmea_

Are you still playing the piano? Do you sing!

 

[Crossflow]

This reminds me of something one of my favorite filmmakers once said. That they were studying painting, and may have even gone to art school for it... (I forget, my memory is "rusty~!") -but that, he'd be looking at a painting, and think "This needs sound!" And so that began the foray & interest then into film (where he did go to school, I believe for it..?) AFI! ;D but anyway--it was the combination of images / in this case, "moving, or moveable!" AND \ sound that did it for him. With respect to the cinmea_

My experience is that sound and music add a new dimension of feeling. So when looking at the image and hearing it... it 'feels' different and therefore is perceived differently.

Are you still playing the piano? Do you sing!

Playing sometimes, but mostly for self-regulation. I don't sing.

 

[cymbele]

1) Is there any specific Art or Artist that you fund moving or inspiring in these troubling times?

Nothing specific; I am always drawn to photos of landscapes

2.) Have you ever made any forays into Art? Audio clips or photos would be great, Stories would be OK, did you ever show it to anyone? What did they think?

I spent a year one time doing a paint by number of two white wolves in the dark forest. It was an 18 x 22 and it was a particularly dark time in my life (just depression before my divorce). I messed up several times and had to use my own discernment to mix the paints and fix the problems. I had it framed and for years spent in my ex's cabin until this year when I had the courage to ask for it back

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Free hand drawing I cannot do so I make crafts out of wood.

3) When was the last time you felt inspired by something? What was it?
Unfortunately I am always inspired but struggle to make things. I just don't have the talent.

4) Be honest, have you managed to read all this so far or did you cheat and go to the forwards version?

I cheated
5) Tell us something about yourself, no meaning needed, just whatever comes to mind.
When I am dreaming something up to make I feel happy. Just thinking about ideas to create makes me feel good.

Good topic

 

[Dante]

Thanks for opening & the tag @Dante...and to @Blue Star for the translation (admit not enough coffee to read backwards)!

I provided a forwards version too (In spoiler) but it seems a couple people missed it.

 

[Inya]

btw you can actually find good blue in a supermarket these days but convenient availability puts my personal favorite kind of out of reach most of the time (stilton).

I agree. I don't think I could pick my favorite one because I like different tastes and textures, but most often I eat gorgonzola piccante, cambozola and cabrales simply because they are most available for a decent price where I live.

 

[Lonelygirlfn]

I LOVED your fun facts

1) Is there any specific Art or Artist that you fund moving or inspiring in these troubling times?
I read this whole book series: "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy " during the pandemic, 10 out of 10 do recommend

2) Have you ever made any forays into Art? Audio clips or photos would be great, Stories would be OK, did you ever show it to anyone? What did they think? Hm, no, but maybe I'll do that in the future

3) When was the last time you felt inspired by something? What was it?
Recently, I started watching some "vintage youtubers", who sew their own clothes...Now I want to sew my own edwardian walking skirt somehow..but I don't know, if I will actually do it, we'll see..

4) Be honest, have you managed to read all this so far or did you cheat and go to the forwards version? I gave up after the first sentence, but I'm not a native speaker, so thats my excuse

5) Tell us something about yourself, no meaning needed, just whatever comes to mind.
I'm a hopeless romantic and I'm a pro-procrastinator..

 

[Dark111]

 

[Livelife]

@Livelife @Baywasp @Blue Star @OfLoveAndDeath @Nick @MosesY @Lane @JMG

Thanks for the tag @Dante Fun faster with each line as the brain and nerves adjusted to it. I'm inspired by so many things....
Forays were into music performance
I haven't funded any artists in these times, lol

 

[1964dodge]

Here's a pic of my mothers dog I drew for her before she passed last year. Bambi. View attachment 42485

that's amazing, i'm glad you drew her before she passed.

mike...

 

[KM76710]

I remember my sisters making fun of the Yugo!

I always thought a Yugo would be fun, unlikely to ever be stolen but the owner's manual is a bus schedule.