What is your favorite art medium? (If you have one)

@RedBaron I really like whatshisname(?) Ansel Adams I think it is. I once did a photo of one of my Siamese cat's, curled up in a bay window, perfectly composed in a shaft of light neith stained glass, one of those "happy accidents" I was offered money for the photo but NO WAY was Tobe up for sale.

@Grateful4you I thought about you and this song is in my keeping:
From a favourite movie.

It's a happy serendipity that the font is so cool.

I actually cried when I heard this, 2x now.

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@LunadelobosIAMTHEDRAGON Wow, hit you that hard? rarely does that happen for me. The guy who did the remake of the "Sounds of Silence" had that effect on me.

@Grateful4you You know that Crabs are criers, we cry for anything really, sad - happy and in between, and whatever. Kleenex must be handy :D

But yup. This song is lovely, evocative and I hoped you'd like it, and you do :)

Right. The remake by Disturbed. It is something else.

@bookerdana You seem to be commenting about him in past tense. Did he pass away? One of those with a "Beautiful Mind" No way was I a prodigy, teachers just couldn't understand how I put entire Shakespearian speeches to memory overnight yet was totally dumbstruck with basic multiplication, or reading "Crime and Punishment" by the 6th. grade, go figure.

@Grateful4you He died about two years ago,very quickly........Believe me I enjoy my life,what I have been given,my talents.But his death still haunts my younger brother and myself and the art thing just brought that back.

We all have our gifts and failings ,you were able to memorize Shakespeare and I'm sure a host of other things..the mind is really the last frontier of Science

@bookerdana That it is. Some woman called me a "dumbass" earlier, I ignored it. Now she writes again as though the lack of attention is getting to her. I'm not going to dignify her juvenile behavior. Would you?

@elafina That is my brothers medium. Unlike me, Dennis is a pro. He does really awesome, "inspired" work. For me, it's a "just for fun" diversion.

@Abstraction You have some work posted here? I will have to check that out. I have just one Seascape, not one of moms but it's quite lovely. I hope you make it in the finals, keep us posted so I can brag..."I knew him when" I was a caregiver to the first woman curator at the Detroit institute of art. She left me two works by the Hungarian artist Zoltan Sepshy and one very old lithograph of the poor Anne Boylen which is my favorite.

@Grateful4you Wow!
What a lovely story, about your mother.

Thank you for sharing.
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@LunadelobosIAMTHEDRAGON Aw, and thank YOU for saying so.

@LunadelobosIAMTHEDRAGON It wasn't actually "making" the ink. My calligraphy set came with an ink block and "stick" A few drops of water onto the ink block then repeated rubbing of the block over the ink well would gradually produce the ink. You can look-up John Stevens calligraphy sets. In oriental calligraphy just the character of "A" has an entire philosophical meaning.

Each calligraphy master has his own trademark style so there are various ways the character of "A" can be represented.

Done on quality handmade paper makes for a nice, (simple) wall hanging especially if matted.

@Grateful4you Whoah!
That just blew my mind!😀💌🖖

I love languages and I am fascinated by the evolution and interconnectedness of languages.
And what you said about the character A. Of course it makes sense, being an Oriental language.

Hugs, L.

@LunadelobosIAMTHEDRAGON Yes, I appreciate language, I once used to drive for a very wealthy college professor who once lectured me for saying, "Yeah" rather than a crisp "Yes" he said educated people would view me as being low-brow, pedestrian with no class.

I think I mentioned I also love symbols and how so many have universal meaning such as the symbol of the coiled snake etc. I'm not so careful about watching myself as I once was, it's just not as important to me what others think at this stage of the game.

@Starsandfire I like the idea of graphic markers, but the paper for origami, let's just say my "fine motor skills" ain't too fine. I'm all thumbs.