Randy Elrod's Blog, page 56
April 8, 2013
Struggle — My Latest Watercolor
12″ x 16″ Original watercolor and graphite on handmade paper $450
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“Often the hands will solve a mystery that the intellect has struggled with in vain.”
—Carl Jung
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April 3, 2013
Ten Books That Have Changed My Life
I read voraciously—much like I eat and drink; a good book sates the hungry mind. A great book satiates a thirsty soul.
If read thoughtfully at fateful times, great books can shape one’s destiny.
I offer ten tomes for your considerationand in no particular orderthat have nutured my soul. As any bookworm knows, I could offer myriad lists, but these actually grace the most hallowed space in my library (see photo).
1.) The Complete Essays of Montaigne (translated by Donald Frame) — “Of Idleness,”...
March 27, 2013
My Top Ten Happy Songs
These songs make me happy. And I like happy.
1.) I’m Alive Hooters
2.)Drops of Jupiter Train
3.) Beautiful Day U2
4.) Feeling Good Michael Buble
5.) Secret Crowds Angels and Airwaves
6.) Joy Hiromi
7.) Uprising Muse
8.) Dog Days Are Over Florence and the Machine
9.) Adagio for Strings Barber
Tie 10.) Jai Ho A R Rahmen
10.) Oh Happy Day Ramsey Lewis
I could go on…
Question: What is your favorite “Happy” song?
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March 26, 2013
Quick Relief For Real Life
Plop, plop, fizz, fizz, oh what a relief it is.
We plop on the couch and our lives fizzle away like a proverbial Alka-Seltzer tablet. I did it last night, did you?
We are wrapped around by pop culture. News that runs twenty-four hours creates info junkies. Local newscasts find the goriest accidents, the mostsalaciousscandal, the most paranoia-stirring threats to public health to serve up for breakfast, for dinner, and to send us toward turbulent slumber at bedtime.
Transient nonentities are ca...
March 24, 2013
Somewhere Out There—My Latest Watercolor
12″ x 16″ Original Watercolor and Graphite on handmade paper
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“The trick is growing up without growing old.”—Walt Whitman
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March 22, 2013
An Artists’ Thoughts on Wonder
My thoughts—the simplest, clearest, and therefore most wonderful thoughts—give me peace. For the first time in my life the possibility of life presents itself to me—not in relation to any worldly matter or with reference to its effect on others, but simply in relation to myself, to my own soul—vividly, plainly, wonderfully, and as a certainty.
And from the height of this perception all that had previously tormented and preoccupied me suddenly becameilluminatedby a warm white light without sh...
March 21, 2013
Want To Change History? Here’s How:
As I navigate this unprecedented time of life, my therapist suggested I read James Hollis’Finding Meaning In The Second Half of Life.
It has shaken my world. In a much needed way.
Hollis suggests we can change history (and our own lives) by this simple exercise.
Unconditionally affirm our children by saying these words to them. I wish to say it now to my children (Paige and Lauren) with all my heart and soul. I wish I had known to say and live it out to both of them and write it down for them...
March 18, 2013
10 Best Kept Secrets Unknown To Mankind
Kapari Beach
Here are my ten best kept secrets unknown (mostly) to mankind. In no particular order.
1. The wineries in Bandol — The Bandol wine region in Provence, Southern France may be one of the best kept secrets in the world. While Burgundy and Bordeaux get all the press, the small independent winemakers in Bandol make exquisite reds themselves. The Mourverdre grape is cultivated here like no other place on earth. And the wines…oh, the wines, are big, flavorful and exquisite.
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March 6, 2013
Vote For Your Favorite Of My Six Taos Photos
I shot all of these yesterday. Beautiful, stunning light.
Question: Which is your favorite?
Taos Mountain
Winter Palette
Standing Alone
Sacred Ground
Don’t Fence Me In
Desert Stump
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March 3, 2013
“Stop The Moon”—My Latest Watercolor
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“If I could ask God one thing, it would be to stop the moon. Stop the moon and make this night and your beauty last forever.”
– A Knight’s Tale
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