Drawing: Faces 1416 - Uncommitted

By Jack Brummet

[Sharpie®, Sharpie Industrial®, Marks-a-lot®, acrylic paint, and #5B pencil on 4' x 1' 4" concrete panel]

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Things fall apart: The state of the Democratic Presidential Primary

By Jack Brummet, National Affairs Desk

It could all fall apart, but the Trump-Ryan meeting fallout (and a lot of happy talk from both sides) today makes me nervous that the GOP-TEA PARTY is coalescing, while the Dems are embroiled in factionalism, mud-slinging, pointless churning, and back-biting.

The Dems, people seem to believe, were handed a gift horse candidate by the GOP-TP, and now they (we) are on the verge of blowing it by not capitalizing on our position. This needs to happen right here, right now...not 33 days from now when primary voting is over, and not on July 29th after the convention.

It's a very strange year where much of the conventional wisdom and laws of gravity have been swept out the door.  We need to act accordingly.

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What Donald Trump looks like under the tan and wig

From "God"'s newsfeed on Facebook:  Donald Trump looks almost human!

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Drawing: Faces 1414 - 33 days to go with Mr. Wilson and Mrs. Beasley

By Jack Brummet

click to enlarge

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Drawing: Faces 1413 - the fish and marks line up to be skinned

By Jack Brummet

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The first color photographs taken in America

My Modern Met recently published some of the earliest color photographs taken in the United States.  They are amazing.  

This shot below, of Mulberry St., looks like it came straight from The Godfather/G2....if they had hired more extras. You can jump to the article here. 

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poem: Here

By Jack Brummet

When I'm not here
I'm often there

e.g., anywhere
that's not here

I'm there,
but not all there

I have to be
a little here

to be there
and a little there

to be here
being here

or being there
is not being everywhere

when you go anywhere
you leave a little bit behind

shedding pieces
here there and everywhere

if you're not here
and you're not there

you are somewhere
neither here nor there

and somewhere
could be anywhere

but can't be
everywhere
I saw a bear

where? over there.

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Buck Henry meets The Grateful Dead

A pretty delightful short in which a skeptical Buck Henry appears to become a Deadhead. 

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Drawing: Faces # 1410

By Jack Brummet

[Pencil, India ink, and Sharpie on Goodwill shadow box]

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Poem: The Curtain

By Jack Brummet

There are pockets of sanity

still scattered among us,

and light years between those
shining seas of tranquility.

The task we face
is keeping the tiller

aimed away from
the sea of madness,

the silver rain
drawn like a curtain

between us
and God.

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Two friends I met last week - caballos en la playa de San Pedrito de las Palmas

by Jack Brummet, Mexico Travel Ed.

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The Faces Museum of Todos Santos, BCS

By Jack Brummet, Mexico Travel Ed.

Note: Flash photography was not alowed, so many shots are in low light.

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