Category Archives: collaboration

alone time

Posted on November 29, 2008 by rick mobbs

is hard to find these days but I have some now and I am puzzling out how to use this blog. I stay away from writing and painting too long – which happens whenever I take a movie job – … Continue reading →

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Google’s $10 million, revisited

Posted on October 18, 2008 by rick mobbs

A couple of weeks ago I posted a notice about Google’s 10 to the 100th project. You know, Google’s call for ideas that could change the world and offer to fund the most popular to the tune of $10,000,000. Deadline … Continue reading →

Posted in 10 to the 100th, anger management, art, Bartos Institute, callings, changing the world, collaboration, conscientious objector, draft resistance, ekphrasis, faith, google 10 million, making a difference, pacifism, painting, questionable rights of the state, refusniks, swords into war toys, uwc-usa, war and peace, war tax resistance, war toys | 6 Comments

10/16/08 image prompt

Posted on October 16, 2008 by rick mobbs

I’m actually posting these images on a Thursday, like I said I would. Life gets a little hectic here with a new baby, workaholic parents, a wild 9 year old. Almost 9. Okay, about the baby. Omygod, what a baby. … Continue reading →

Posted in ada corinna, art, broadus, children, collaboration, ekphrasis, halloween, image prompts, painting, poetry, Rockheads, stories, storybook collaborative, works in progress | 10 Comments

10/3/08 day late image prompt

Posted on October 3, 2008 by rick mobbs

Oops. It’s been a topsy turvy week. I apologize to those who have sent work in that I have not yet put up. I’ll try to post it later today or tomorrow. In the meantime, here is something Broadus and … Continue reading →

Posted in art, broadus aurelius, collaboration, ekphrasis, image prompts, painting, poetry, stories, storybook collaborative, works in progress | 9 Comments

9/18/08 image prompt

Posted on September 18, 2008 by rick mobbs

This image was inspired by the spirited freedom always evident in the artwork produced by my son, Broadus. If a dragon needs four eyeballs, or double jaws, or teeth in its belly he does not hesitate to add them. It … Continue reading →

Posted in art, broadus, collaboration, ekphrasis, image prompts, painting, poetry, quesrtionable rights of the state, stories, storybook collaborative, stupid war, tell us a story!, the children's hour | 5 Comments

new writing / catching up!

Posted on August 25, 2008 by rick mobbs

. Here is Grand Canyon, a poem from Tiel Aisha Ansari, creator of the blog, knocking from inside. The poem is from her 3 trips to the Grand Canyon and accompanies this week’s image. . And flesh and rock, from … Continue reading →

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image post 8/22/08

Posted on August 22, 2008 by rick mobbs

Hello everyone, Broadus and I are just returned from from our 8 day AzRa rafting trip down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. Some rafting groups are put together by AzRa and people get to know each another over … Continue reading →

Posted in an embarassment of riches, AzRa, Broadus Mobbs, collaboration, collaborative storybook, Crand Canyon, ekphrasis, family, geology, god's footprint, michael thomas jones, painting, picture prompts, poetry, Rockheads, with ah! bright wings | 15 Comments

pepek the assassin

Posted on August 8, 2008 by rick mobbs

I haven’t singled out a poet’s work and talked about it specifically, but Praise, by Joyce Ellen Davis struck me powerfully and I wanted to bring it up and see what feedback came in. I love the painting but it … Continue reading →

Posted in art, callings, collaboration, collaborative storybook, ekphrasis, image prompts, joyce ellen davis, painting, pepektheassassin, poetry, stories, Uncategorized | 13 Comments

8/7/08 image prompt

Posted on August 6, 2008 by rick mobbs

the summer is flying by. Hope it is a good one for you. Here is a summertime prompt I hope will elicit a story or two… …and they have. Here are some… .thresholds, from lirone (words that sing) . sisters, from … Continue reading →

Posted in art, collaboration, collaborative storybook, ekphrasis, image prompts, my four sisters, painting, poetry, stories | 25 Comments

7/24/08 image prompt

Posted on July 24, 2008 by rick mobbs

It’s the dog days of summer, inviting musings on loyalty, long walks and rolls in the grass, unspoken friendship and the simple satisfactions and creature comforts that make up some of the good things in life. Next week I’ll be … Continue reading →

Posted in art, collaboration, collaborative storybook, dog days, dogs, ekphrasis, friendshp, image prompts, loyalty, naomi swinton, painting, picture prompts, poetry, stories | 12 Comments

something new from the art predator, and more…

Posted on July 21, 2008 by rick mobbs

Lunch-break. The show is winding down and I’m working myself out of a job. That’s the way it works and we are usually ready to be done with the movie at this point, anyway. It never was a calling, just … Continue reading →

Posted in 'tis a gift to be simple, art, callings, collaboration, collaborative storybook, ekphrasis, film making, film work, image prompts, maria fernanda sosa, nanda, painting, pepektheassassin, picture prompts, poetry, scenic artist, script writing, stories, works in progress, you can't say you can't play | 4 Comments

okay, she’s here.

Posted on July 4, 2008 by rick mobbs

and her name is Ada Corinna Swinton. At least is is now. It’s a working title. Naomi might have other ideas after a few days rest. Ada is healthy and well and is now asleep with her mother.To the many … Continue reading →

Posted in 'tis a gift to be simple, ada corinna, art, broadus, collaboration, completion, connie trujillo, elizabeth withnall, healing, home birth, love, new baby..., NM midwife, poetry, Uncategorized | 31 Comments

okay, we’re on our way!

Posted on July 3, 2008 by rick mobbs
Posted in art, birth, collaboration, love, poetry, works in progress | 8 Comments

still waiting…

Posted on July 1, 2008 by rick mobbs

Pictures of Naomi Swinton and ??? Elizabeth Withnall, our midwife, says to give it a few more days. Meanwhile, we walk, we talk, we romp, we play, we work. We are touched by your thoughts and kindness. And your poetry.

Posted in 'tis a gift to be simple, babies, birth, children, collaboration, completion, faith, home birth, kids, naomi swinton, new baby..., pregnancy | 17 Comments

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.

Posted in 'tis a gift to be simple, babies, birth, children, collaboration, faith, home birth, light, love, pregnancy | 19 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 →

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 | 4 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 →

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 | 9 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 →

Posted in art, collaboration, collaborative storybook, ekphrasis, image prompts, myths, painting, picture prompts, poem, poetry, prose poem, stories | 6 Comments

5/29/08 image prompt –

Posted on May 29, 2008 by rick mobbs

Here is this week’s Thursday image prompt. The painting below was done in oils, on masonite, approximately 7’x3′. The picture is of the Island of San Giorgio Maggiore as seen from San Marco Square, Venice, just across the channel. and … Continue reading →

Posted in collaboration, collaborative storybook, ekphrasis, image prompts, island of San Giorgio Maggiore, painting, picture prompts, poetry, Uncategorized, venice | 15 Comments

5/22/06 image post

Posted on May 21, 2008 by rick mobbs

Hello everyone, greetings from North Carolina. I’ll be here a few more days and then head back to New Mexico. The countdown begins. We are four weeks to Naomi’s due date (6/21). Don’t know whether to expect a boy or … Continue reading →

Posted in arkay, art, birth, collaboration, collaborative storybook, ekphrasis, fun stuff, image prompts, love, myths, niebla, painting, picture prompts, poem, poetry, pregnancy, stories, works in progress | 27 Comments

5/16/08 the day late image prompt

Posted on May 16, 2008 by rick mobbs

Hello everyone. I’m posting this from D.C. It’s gray and overcast here but great to be with family and friends. Here is something for this gray day. Sorry the prompt is a little late. More later. Be well! p.s. mariacristina … Continue reading →

Posted in art, collaboration, collaborative storybook, ecphrasis, image prompts, myths, painting, picture prompts, poem, poetry, stories, Uncategorized | 14 Comments

enigmatic emblems

Posted on May 12, 2008 by rick mobbs

by enigma, who else? these tapestries are examples of some of the painstaking work she does. (When she isn’t blowing up stuff. She runs a SFX company, among other things.) The tapestries are 200 stitches to the inch. Her blog … Continue reading →

Posted in art, awakening, callings, collaboration, completion, egnima, image prompts, myths, painting, poetry, stories, tapestry | 5 Comments

5/9/08 image prompt

Posted on May 9, 2008 by rick mobbs

something for your kids, or for the kid in you… from joyce (my uncle pepek’s journal), we have what they said to him . cristine, author of mariacristina, wrote and produced a video (!), cheetah dreams of barefoot boy for … Continue reading →

Posted in art, children, collaboration, collaborative storybook, ecphrasis, image prompts, myths, painting, picture prompts, poetry, stories, thursday prompt | 18 Comments

5/1/08 image prompt

Posted on May 1, 2008 by rick mobbs

Here is this week’s image. This is a free for all. Children’s efforts welcomed here. . . Greybeard, the author of crackedheadblog, wrote Dark Matter the junkie’s wife wrote, accountable, damn it arkay, of the pessimistic idealist, wrote art thursda … Continue reading →

Posted in art, collaboration, collaborative storybook, ekphrasis, image prompts, lucid dreaming, myths, painting, picture prompts, poem, poetry, prosepoem, stories | 20 Comments

4/24/08 thursday image prompt – weighty voices on hallowed ground

Posted on April 24, 2008 by rick mobbs

Internet, cable, phones – landlines as well as towers – have been out all day and are just now being restored. Someone (accidentally) cut the fiber optics trunk line running north from Santa Fe (New Mexico, USA) and feeding all … Continue reading →

Posted in art, collaboration, desert warfare, ecphrasis, hallowed ground, painting, poem, poetry | 13 Comments

4/23/08 stupid war (broadus mobbs)

Posted on April 23, 2008 by rick mobbs

It’s a family affair here. My son, Broadus, explained this picture, Stupid War, to me last year when he was 7. (* hmmm… i must have lost his explanation. must look for it.) We worked on the painting together. The … Continue reading →

Posted in art, broadus, collaboration, collaborative storybook, image prompts, making up stories, painting, poem, poetry, prosepoem, stories, stupid war, war toys | 12 Comments

4/23/08 sun and moon

Posted on April 23, 2008 by rick mobbs

paisley, author of whypaisley, wrote bird of happiness.

Posted in art, collaboration, collaborative storybook, image prompts, love, myths, painting, poem, poetry, sun and moon, whypaisley | 2 Comments

#22 earth day – seeing eve (pepektheassassin)

Posted on April 22, 2008 by rick mobbs

seeing eve, for earth day from pepektheassassin, author of the blog, myunclepepeksjournal. (Definitely go over and check out the blog!) .

Posted in art, collaboration, collaborative storybook, ecphrasis, Fibinacci, image prompts, myths, painting, picture prompts, poetry, stories, tapestry, Uncategorized | 2 Comments

Darfur Fridge – thursday image prompt

Posted on April 17, 2008 by rick mobbs

(updated contributions to the collective storybook are found on the Storybook pages.) . …..…..….. . Hiking in the woods I found this rusting refrigerator that hunters had been using for target practice. I retrieved the door and it sat in … Continue reading →

Posted in art, callings, children of war, collaboration, collaborative storybook, crackedheadblog, ecphrasis, image prompts, lucid dreaming, painting, picture prompts, poetry, steel sculpture, stories, thursday prompt, visual journal, whypaisley | 9 Comments

Whoooeeeeee!!! Guess what came in the mail today?

Posted on April 16, 2008 by rick mobbs

A poem from Lakota, author of the handsome blog, naughtylakota (be warned!). She’s been promising one, and wrote the ailing child to tell the story of the painting below. I believe she has tapped into her softer side… .

Posted in art, collaboration, collaborative storybook, image prompts, lakota, naughtylakota, painting, poetry, the ailing child | 3 Comments

4/10/08 image prompt

Posted on April 9, 2008 by rick mobbs

That week rolled by quickly! Welcome to the collaborative storybook. The image above is the Thursday prompt. Jump right in! Your ideas are welcome here. Colors aren’t quite as true but for higher resolution pic click on image below.

Posted in art, collaboration, collaborative storybook, ecphrasis poetry, fun stuff, image prompts, lucid dreaming, myths, oil painting, picture prompts, poetry, sketchbook, stories, the writing life | 24 Comments

the collaborative storybook

Posted on April 7, 2008 by rick mobbs

I am trying to find a graceful way to publish in one place all the stories and poems and myths contributed, and to create an easily read storybook. I first tried posting all the pictures and responses on one page … Continue reading →

Posted in collaboration, collaborative work, ecphrasis poetry, fun stuff, image prompts, lucid dreaming, making up stories, myths, painting, picture prompts, poetry, stories, tell us a story!, visual journal, works in progress | 3 Comments

about image prompts

Posted on April 5, 2008 by rick mobbs

I have added this page – the collaborative storybook to have a place to post the myths, stories and poems arriving in response to the image prompts I put up here on a weekly basis. Look for a new image … Continue reading →

Posted in art, collaboration, ecphrasis poetry, fun stuff, image prompts, making up stories, myths, painting, poetry, stories | 4 Comments

an open invitation to write about a painting, or two…

Posted on April 3, 2008 by rick mobbs

Last week, feeling on the moody side, I posted an image without an accompanying poem or explanation, asking if anyone would like to make up a story to go with the image. Jo of floresence and Oz of ozymandiaz responded … Continue reading →

Posted in 'tis a gift to be simple, art, collaboration, ecphrasis poetry, myths, painting, poetry, stories | 13 Comments

collaboration #2, on ‘standing in the shadows’, a poem by oz on a painting by rick

Posted on March 30, 2008 by rick mobbs

I am honored that the very able and gifted Ozymandiaz (ocellus) responded to the invitation to make up a story about the painting below with the poem below that. Please visit his blog for more great stuff. (I would like … Continue reading →

Posted in art, collaboration, ecphrasis poetry, johemment, lucid dreaming, myths, ocellus, oz, ozymandiaz, painting, poetry, standing in the shadows, stories | 7 Comments

johemmant’s story (florescence) a collaboration

Posted on March 29, 2008 by rick mobbs

This post is a collaborative effort. Johemmant, author of floresence, wrote the wonderfully evocative story accompanying the painting below. Please visit her blog to read many more wonderful and beautiful things. h (jo’s story) We were resting after a long … Continue reading →

Posted in angels, art, collaboration, dreamtime, ecphrasis poetry, florescence, jo, johemment, myths, painting, poetry, standing in the shadows, stories, the writing life | 8 Comments

johemmant’s story (florescence) – standing in the shadows

Posted on March 29, 2008 by rick mobbs

Jo, the wonderful author of florescence, has written a story to accompany the painting in the post below. I am charged by the collaboration. You can find the storypoem here. I highly recommend a visit for everything else there, as … Continue reading →

Posted in art, awakening, calling, collaboration, florescence, jo, johemment, light, love, painting, poetry, standing in the shadows, stories | 4 Comments