New art from Brigit

I actually kind of like this one. Guess I'm just a sucker for ponies.

I'm gonna have to step my game up now in order to respond.

Art War - Update

Here is my sister's clarification of her previous "art." I do appreciate the clarity, although I find the subject matter a bit disturbing.
She promises more art to follow. But don't worry, I'll be ready for it....


....by sitting next to a BARF BUCKET!!!

Art War

It seems that after I criticized a recent crappy drawing of my sister's, she took offense at my discerning artist's eye. We now find ourselves in the midst of an art war. It began simply enough:

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Brigit Moore to me May 1 (2 days ago)
whatda got?

In reply, I allowed her to feast her eyes on the drawing as it was meant to look:

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Eric Moore to Brigit May 1 (2 days ago)

Clearly defeated in the realm of canine renderings, she chose a different tack:

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Brigit Moore to me (1 hour ago)

My original interpretation was that this drawing was an attempt to show my admittedly difficuly-to-represent inner strength as I release my pet eagle upon the world to do my bidding. As such, I actually thought it was pretty good, with its bold use of aggressive colors and its delicate shading which defines my rippling physique. However, Brigit claims that it is actually an eagle attacking me. Because art is meant to simply convey a snapshot of a single event with no possible secondary meanings, I think the fact that this crude smear of pixels is subject to such differing interpretations speaks more eloquently to its artistic poverty than any individual less astute than myself could ever hope to.

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Eric Moore to Brigit (6 minutes ago)

I call this work "for i have crossed the many miles." It speaks to the coldness and desolation of the modern world, the frustrations so many of us feel in our hearts, and the coolness of aliens and interstellar travel.

No reply yet from my sister, but I will be sure to post her letter of concession when it arrives.

little sister, bigger surgery

My little sister went under the knife today to either fix or remove a torn meniscus (depending on what the doc finds in there). I'm guessing she should actually be out of surgery by now, but she could probably still use it if people sent some love her way. Have a quick recovery, sis!

(Note: I realize that in the clever graphic I created, the phrase "please stand by" might seem a bit ironic and cruel in this situation. No pun was intended, and given that my only alternative image showed a puppy unplugging an electrical cord (i.e.: pulling the plug), I thought a monkey eating film was the way to go.)

Brigit's visit

So my little sis came out to visit a couple weeks ago. Unfortunately the weather to stop its whole "beautiful for weeks on end" act just before she got here, but it still stayed pretty dry the whole time at least. Our main activity was a backpacking trip to the south of Anchorage, where we were greeted at the trailhead by an ominous sign:

But fortunately this was the only bear that we saw.... yes, I'm talking about the tiny dot just above the middle of the picture:



The only animals we saw up close were ducks, ptarmigan, magpies (yes, Brigit, they're a real animal) and some trout. We were staying in a very pretty cabin on the shore of a lake in the mountains, which was all very scenic:





And here's just a couple shots to prove that we were there, too: