Posted in 'tis a gift to be simple, babies, birth, children, collaboration, faith, home birth, light, love, pregnancy on June 29, 2008 | 19 Comments »
But the signs are saying a new life will be arriving here within the next 24 hours…
Thank you all for your warm wishes.
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Posted in angels, art, collaborative storybook, ecphrasis, ekphrasis, faith, image prompts, light, myths, oil painting, painting, picture prompts, poem, poetry, portraits, prose poem, soup kitchen witch, stories on June 26, 2008 | 20 Comments »
Hello everyone. Since we never really know what the day will bring (or when we will knock off and go home), I am putting this Thursday image prompt up early and offering both the original and a later (scribble witch) version of the image. Take your pick!
Have a taste my dear… from Tina, author [...]
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Posted in aa, art, art for film and tv, awakening, callings, ecphrasis, electric cow, faith, film work, home birth, image prompts, light, love, myths, painting, picture prompts, poetry, stories, storybook collaborative, the art of recovery, the writing life, works in progress, you can't say you can't play on June 21, 2008 | 13 Comments »
around the feeder (me) but still no baby. We are in no hurry. Movie has taken over my life. It feels good to be back in the saddle again. More later. Here are links to new work to go with last week’s image.
. Again he dreamed of divine love , by Cristine, author of the [...]
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Posted in art, collaborative storybook, ecphrasis, ekphrasis, image prompts, kiss of the wind, love, new baby..., ozy, ozy where are you?, painting, picture prompts, poem, poetry, prose poem, stories, storybook collaborative, the kiss, where are you?, works in progress, you can't say you can't play on June 18, 2008 | 26 Comments »
Here is this week’s Thursday image prompt. Take in whatever direction you wish, and enjoy. Follow this link to the storybook collaborative for an easy to follow guide to images and writing thus far. This is open to everyone. The more, the merrier. Peace and strength.
p.s. BABY UPDATE
Naomi and Broadus and I want to sincerely [...]
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Posted in art, art for film and tv, collaboration, collaborative storybook, ecphrasis, electric cow, image prompts, myths, painting, picture prompts, poem, poetry, prose poem, stories, thursday prompt, works in progress on June 17, 2008 | 4 Comments »
big, big raindrops starting to fall. movie okay so far. I am getting more paint on the set walls than on myself, making an old hotel in Las Vegas NM look like one in Juarez, Mexico, with color references from Old Havana.
I am writing because I set up a new blog this morning – the [...]
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Posted in art, birth, blacksmithing, chris thompson, faith, happy family, home birth, kids, naomi swinton, poetry, should be sleeping, spencer broadus aurelius mobbs, sword making, two crows jones on June 16, 2008 | 16 Comments »
fuzzy picture of the mother-to-be: presenting Naomi Swinton… The new arrival comes any day. I’m betting it is a she…and coming on the night of full moon, but it could be anytime.
followed by pictures of Broadus Mobbs, the big-brother-to-be…
Broadus during a day at the beaver dams. He’s actually pretty excited about the new baby thing.
And [...]
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Posted in art, ecphrasis poetry, eileen mayhew, healing, image prompts, let your tears come, love, painting, picture prompts, poetry, thursday prompt on June 12, 2008 | 16 Comments »
For all the hurting people out there. The quote is from Eileen Mayhew.
Some of you work so quickly, and produce such neat things. First out of the starting blocks is paisley, with her poem, paint me a picture. Her blog (and bloglets) are to be found at whypaisley.com
Z, author of the naked truth according [...]
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Posted in "Blindness", Felicia Prechtl, american gothic, bleak, character studies, death penalty, fucking texas, hallowed ground, karl chamberlain, mu'ina arthur, painting, poetry, quesrtionable rights of the state on June 11, 2008 | 21 Comments »
What to say about a death penalty vigil, an execution watch? Should the state have the right to take a life? Karl Eugene Chamberlain was killed today in a Texas prison.
Karl grew up in the town we now call home. Naomi knows his mom, Mui’na Arthur, from activist circles. He was 37 years old. He [...]
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Posted in NM midwife, art, art for film and tv, birth, broadus, collaboration, collaborative storybook, completion, ecphrasis, elizabeth withnall, faith, homebirth, image prompts, love, picture prompts, poetry, pregnancy, thursday prompt on June 11, 2008 | 5 Comments »
update…. it looks like my start date on the movie is pushed to Monday, which is fine with me. We are still doing the last minute ordering and nesting which we hope will make life in the coming weeks easier. The plan is for another homebirth. (This Naomi’s call, totally.) We have a great [...]
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Posted in 'tis a gift to be simple, art, art for film and tv, birth, callings, children, collaboration, collaborative storybook, completion, ecphrasis, faith, film work, fun stuff, iatse, image prompts, painting, picture prompts, poetry, scenic art on June 9, 2008 | 9 Comments »
I start Wednesday on a movie in pre-production in Santa Fe. It will be my first show since moving to NM. I’ll be helping to make Las Vegas, New Mexico look like Jaurez, Mexico. Not too big a stretch, actually. Don’t have many other details. The reason I bring it up here is because [...]
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Posted in art, birth, ekphrasis, image prompts, lakota, myths, painting, picture prompts, poetry, prose poem, stories on June 5, 2008 | 26 Comments »
Enjoy. Take in any direction you wish. Backstory later. This one dedicated to the funny, talented, joyful and beautiful lakota, naughty lakota, naughty naughty naughty lakota.
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Posted in art, collaboration, collaborative storybook, ekphrasis, image prompts, myths, painting, picture prompts, poem, poetry, prose poem, stories on June 2, 2008 | 6 Comments »
if you have contributed a piece of writing and do not see it here please let me know (painter@rickmobbs.com). I am sorting writing with images in preparation for compiling a real storybook collaborative site elsewhere. I want to make sure I don’t lose anyone’s work in the process.
pepek (or the one we call pepek) [...]
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