Archive for April, 2011
Another installment of my 1790 portrait study
… I finished another installment of my photographic study of the 1790 settlement in middle Tennessee known as “Mansker’s Station”. Here, one of the first settlers to come to the area just north of what is now Nashville. The man is enjoying a wilderness stew prepared in the fort’s kitchen as he listens to an […]
A Short History of Political Cartoons
… Illustrations are an important aspect of my work. One of the more fascinating aspects of illustration is the political cartoon. Benjamin Franklin made the very first political cartoon ever. He ran in his paper during the War of Independence (the “so called” American Revolution) against England: Since that first political cartoon by Benjamin Franklin, […]
Creation is infinitely huge and infinitely small
I first saw a monochrome test of this film at the Smithsonian Institute’s newly opened Air and Space Museum in 1976. Everyone who saw it had their mind blown. As I have always thought – Everything in this universe from the largest body to the smallest particle is but a part in the Creator’s pocket […]
History is sacred to those who lived it.
Very funny and a bit exaggerated. However, this is essentially true. We also suffer the consequences by stopping short of total victory. Korea is divided to this day because of a mistake made by the Commander In Chief of that era by not allowing the professionals to fully perform their duty. Micro-management from […]
Will the real Tony Rollo please stand up ?
… There has been some questions and confusion with some of the emails I have received recently. “I requested friends on Facebook – why didn’t you answer?” … “Did you get my TWEET?” … and so on … Let me clear a few things up … officially. As Popeye put it: “I yam wut I […]
Are we the Modern Roman Republic turning into the Modern Roman Empire ?
… I send out this plea to those gifted in sharing the truth of our Constitution and Liberty I first voiced my opinion that the United States was “the modern Roman Republic turning into a modern Roman Empire” in my high school days in a paper turned in for a creative writing assignment in […]
The Passing of Sidney Lumet
I was very sorry to hear that the brilliant film director Sidney Lumet passed on this morning. 86 is a good, long life and he leaves behind some wonderful works. I never had the pleasure of personally meeting him, but I have met and worked with some who had worked closely with him on set. […]
All Nighters – Getting a Lotta Cool Stuff Done
More hours in the day would be great ! Sleeping is so overrated ;-) But we are getting many things done … especially on the creative side. Trying to balance the technical and tedious work with letting my brain go free so I won’t start stacking B-Bs in a corner … The Button Pin Store […]
Finding Our Center While Bailing Water –
Yes – I know I’m digging up the past a lot … … but I have been playing catch up. You see – we have been very busy for at least six months now. Because if not, we would have to either return to punching someone’s clock or slipping into oblivious hardship. The inevitable […]