Chair #9

OK.

Technically, this is not a 'chair.'

It is what is generally referred to as a 

'love seat.'

Not a lot left to love

about this particular seat, though.

I have to say,

even at the height of

what might have been some

kind of fringe definition of

popularity

for this fabric pattern,

I would have found it difficult

to build a well-decorated room

around this piece,

which, by the way,

was probably accompanied by at least one

larger 'sofa'

and possibly an armchair and

an ottoman

...

with pillows.

Um.

Yeah.

Look closer.

Perhaps this 'chair'

has finally found a suitable home

in the WILD.

Taken 8 October 2010.

Liz, Andy, Monterey

This pre-dawn shot

captures a striking banner

of Andy Warhol's "Liz" (1964)

gazing out across Fremont Avenue

toward El Estero Park...

from the outer wall of

the Monterey Museum of Art,

La Mirada gallery.

Taken 3 November 2011.

Fishhopper, Cannery Row

Tough to devise

a string of poetic verbiage

that could do this scene justice.

Let's just say

I'm blessed to live

in a wonderful place

where natural beauty

and talented people

have conspired to present

endless attraction and enjoyment. 

Taken 2 November 2011.

Abandoned #1

This is not a beautiful,

heart-warming photograph.

It might be soul-stirring, though.

And...

interesting

in terms of 

composition,

lines, texture;

even color.

It is post-modern

assemblage art.

But it was accidentally assembled

by anonymous hands

and the unpredictable forces

of nature.

Taken 7 October 2011.

Street Art #20: Custom House Angel

Here is one of several

hand-crafted angels

who preside over the streets of Monterey, CA,

every year during the

Thanksgiving to New Year

holiday season.

This one is solemnly playing

a cello overlooking the

Custom House Plaza.

The Custom House itself

is California State Historical Landmark #1;

the oldest government building in California.

This year maybe I'll get out there

and snap a pic of ALL

of the street angels.

By the way,

the vacero on the balcony

is a permanent resident of the

Custom House Museum.

Taken 31 December 2010.

Old School

A desolate training room

in an abandoned building.

Who knows

how many young people

spent time learning new things

in this room

before it was relegated

to its new age of artistic expression?

Taken 7 October 2011.

Hi-Tech Trash

Our technology has advanced so rapidly

that we now consider these types of circuit boards

to be mostly outmoded,

almost "vintage."

Disposable effluvia

of an era

that came and went

so fast

it cannot even properly be called an era.

Taken 7 October 2011.