Monthly Archives: June 2008

Still waiting…

Posted on June 29, 2008 by rick mobbs

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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6/26/08 image prompt – soup kitchen witch

Posted on June 26, 2008 by rick mobbs

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) … Continue reading →

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 | 20 Comments

lots of hummingbirds

Posted on June 21, 2008 by rick mobbs

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 … Continue reading →

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 | 13 Comments

6/18/08 image prompt

Posted on June 18, 2008 by rick mobbs

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 … Continue reading →

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 | 30 Comments

lunch break

Posted on June 17, 2008 by rick mobbs

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 … Continue reading →

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3 a.m. rambles, a family portrait

Posted on June 16, 2008 by rick mobbs

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… … Continue reading →

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 | 16 Comments

6/12/08 image prompt

Posted on June 12, 2008 by rick mobbs

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 … Continue reading →

Posted in art, ecphrasis poetry, eileen mayhew, healing, image prompts, let your tears come, love, painting, picture prompts, poetry, thursday prompt | 16 Comments

a life winking out

Posted on June 11, 2008 by rick mobbs

  Addendum, November 11, 2011. I am tempted to take down this post. It adds nothing to the debate and drives the blog into a wall. The bottom line for me comes down to the indefensible belief that the state … Continue reading →

Posted in "Blindness", american gothic, bleak, character studies, death penalty, Felicia Prechtl, fucking texas, hallowed ground, karl chamberlain, mu'ina arthur, painting, poetry, quesrtionable rights of the state, Uncategorized | 23 Comments

movie start date pushed

Posted on June 11, 2008 by rick mobbs

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. … Continue reading →

Posted in art, art for film and tv, birth, broadus, collaboration, collaborative storybook, completion, ecphrasis, elizabeth withnall, faith, homebirth, image prompts, love, NM midwife, picture prompts, poetry, pregnancy, thursday prompt | 5 Comments

starting a show

Posted on June 9, 2008 by rick mobbs

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. … Continue reading →

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thursday image prompt 6/5/08

Posted on June 5, 2008 by rick mobbs

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.

Posted in art, birth, ekphrasis, image prompts, lakota, myths, painting, picture prompts, poetry, prose poem, stories | 26 Comments

new arrivals… and new arrangements

Posted on June 2, 2008 by rick mobbs

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 … Continue reading →

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