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Contents updated December 14, 2008
Dogs Die Earlier ; They Love More
What your art teacher did not tell you....
Artists, art teachers, critics, curators, therapists and anyone coming into contact with works of art instinctively know that they are bridges between the physical and the other worlds, important part of life, the life itself.
Art students are instructed in art history, periods, lives of prominent artists, techniques, etc. Art dealers know precisely what sells for best profit and can predict appreciation of art objects.
There are many opinions about art, some strong and vigorously enforced, but very little information is given to art community and general public about the most important aspect of art - its powerful influence on human psyche, personality, and any methods to evaluate with some precision its effects. There have been no tools available to critically examine the self-serving theories of the art establishment, tools that would enable art students to charter their own artistic and personal development according to a scientific and impartial point of view.
Have you ever wondered why we are attracted to or dislike intensely certain works of art? It essentially is simple. When the emotions which were the driving force in conception and creation of the art object are similar to our own, when our personalities and our points of view match, we feel vindicated, comforted, and exclaim, "how wonderful" ! If, on the other hand, there is a disagreement between our life experiences and expectations and that of the artist, it produces an anxiety and revulsion. The medium of communication here is the Universal Symbolic Language understood on unconscious level to some degree by everyone.
At the beginning of psychology as a science some individuals studied facial expressions of people of different and distant cultures in certain emotional situations and they found that they were universal. Even some higher animals exhibited identical reactions. This is the basis of a branch of psychology dealing with "body language", unconscious gestures which give dependable indications of state of the individual's thoughts, emotions and body chemistry.
The Universal Symbolic Language of art belongs to the same category. Not only it can give us important and unbiased information about ourselves, it can serve as a technique of personal and artistic development. At the Imperial courts of the Orient calligraphy and painting were used in this way, cultivating precisely defined attitudes and personal skills. This art has been lost or ignored recently and what is given in the schools of North America has exactly the opposite effect, amounting to criminal negligence.
THE INVENTOR=S CONCISE BIOGRAPHY PERTAINING TO ART
Formal training and experience
Drawing with Oldrich Crhounek, CSAVU
Drawing, sculpture C. A. S. Brno, Prof's. Jiri Kotoucek, CSAVU, Frantisek Senk, CSAVU
Sculpture with Mrs. Mavis Ehlert at Delta, Hamilton
Stained Glass at Classical Glass Studio, Hamilton
Watercolour with Walter Hinkley at D.V.S.A., Dundas
Life Drawing at Mohawk College
Accepted member Sculptor's Society of Canada
Master Mould Maker at Canadian Porcelain
Works in private collections in Brno, Prague and Hamilton
Other activities related to art
McMaster University, courses in Psychology, Sociology, World Religions
Certificate and Master's certificate from International Grapho-Analysis Society for analysis of handwriting
Certificate from World Assn. of Document Examiners for forged or disputed writings, signatures
Taught Handwriting Analysis at Highland Secondary, Dundas
Taught 3-Dimensional Photography course at Sheridan College of Applied Arts and Technology, Oakville
Experience in most aspects of field, studio, darkroom, close-up, document, 3-dimensional, digital.
Exhibitions and competitions
One-man show at Tyl Theatre, Brno-Komin
One-man show at Main Gallery, Hamilton
One-man show at the New Studio Hamilton
Exhibition at Eaton's Gallery, Toronto
Furnished 5 sculptures to the newly opened Caesar's Restaurant
Competition, theme sculpture for the opening of Art Gallery of Hamilton
Competition for Injured Workers' Memorial, Hamilton City Hall
Credo
Art in many forms has been born from a need of humans to please deities; therefore, the artist shall persist in creating works suitable for consumption by gods. It will please and educate men as well. If, due to unfortunate circumstances in life or just plain lack of talent one is forced to create a work falling short of this standard, he should have enough self-restraint and conscience to confine his artwork to the deepest recesses of his closet.
On the oft-misspelled subject of pornography, I subscribe to a following rule of thumb: An art object that originates in or inspires beauty, auspicious thoughts and actions, cannot possibly be called pornography. As Beauty, pornography too, is in the eyes of the beholder.
Among the treasures in the private inventors= drawers may well be lifesavers, literarily. Never will they see the daylight, unless the method of administration of the Patent Law changes.
When an artist decides to go to a remote island to take pictures of a pile of excrement, his work is protected, automatically, for duration of his life and his heirs can still collect royalties for 50 years afterwards. If, on the other hand, an independent inventor finds a cure for cancer or makes similar urgently needed product, he is stuck.
Our forefathers established laws to compensate inventors, by giving them exclusive rights, who disclose a new device or product that will benefit the whole society. The law usually states that "Anyone who invents..." , not "anyone who can afford..."
The spirit of the Patent Law is fine, thank you. The large corporations who are in a fact sole beneficiaries of the current patent practices are not to be blamed for the inequities, they just follow the law not originally designed to cope with the developing industrial age.
In the newly emerging capitalist order with flourishing free enterprise morality and old customs where the businessman and the customer stood on same footing, where receiving good product for good money was taken for granted persisted for some time.
However, it became gradually clear that a company engaging in less-than-honest practice gained advantage against the rest. As for today, it has become firmly established that morality and equality on which the civil behaviour depends are incompatible with business and any organisation run in a business fashion which includes the governments.
Many people lament and proclaim that you cannot fight immorality by law. Hell, not. As it had been legislated in, as a consequence of political inexperience, inadequate foresight or cleverness of special interest groups it surely can be legislated out. Unfortunately, there is no leadership capable of restoring balance and common sense into human relations. Such a leader is not likely to rise up as a result of democratic process which favours weaklings and crooks who take advantage of the uneducated and politically innocent. As diplomacy is a war by another means democracy seems to become another name for dictatorship. The trouble is, we have bad memories of the dictators.
One of the methods of restoring equality, justice and peace may be generating new ideas and collecting the wealth of the already existing in minds of nation by a giant 'brainstorming session'.
Any takers?
Even a mass murderer is guaranteed protection, is presumed innocent and can sue the government if his prison lunch is not warm enough. Having been relegated to a status of third-class citizen, what incentive an inventor has to open his drawer and have any degree of respect for the lawmakers?
Artists and inventors rarely have a burning desire for profits or interest in business. Perhaps someone else with a sense of justice will undertake to organize inventors and the taxpayers to make changes to the practices of the Patent Law administration and to the ways people relate to each other before it reaches the point of Sodom and Gomorrah.
Invention on a Pedestal
Artists, professionals and people who prize their vision highly are very disappointed when they are forced to use glasses. They are not colour and other aberrations corrected, not much different than a coke bottle. Compare your spectacles to a lens from photographic camera which delivers razor sharp image with all possible corrections, 12 elements, zoom, lightweight, all for half the money of your prescription bifocals. Total disgrace. But it is not late, several systems exist that will substitute accommodation of the eye lost for example in a cataract surgery and make possible to use high quality glasses, converging automatically, of course, in the case of magnification. Just ask. Any comments from a vision professional wanting to take pride in achievements of his profession?
Computer Science?
Great number, maybe majority of computer users do word processing or graphics, image editing. Every time they compose a letter or write a story they must scroll up and down the page, they cannot see the whole page unless they zoom out, which makes the text hardly legible. If large graphics are included, it is even more painful. When one assembles a slide show the images must be resized to fit the screen. The problem is that portrait and landscape oriented pictures cannot be the same size because some inept industry leader decided that the screen will be landscape-oriented, completely ignoring the fact that there are many applications that need it the opposite way. I wonder how much trouble it may be to make screens square, with the applications having choice to change the orientation, automatically switching their interface to suit the individual graphics or text. Strips on edges would carry configurable menus and tool bars which should never ever enter the workspace. Why do we have to suffer, perhaps because the developers have never used the computer themselves?
Show & Tell, My Inventions Hiding in a Drawer
A select list of my unpatented inventions, in various stages of completion.
Machinery
AIR COMPRESSOR, noiseless, frictionless,
STATIC MIXER CYLINDER, stepless adjustment, easy to clean/disposable.
MANUAL HOIST, one hand operation.
AUTOMATIC BALANCING, for centrifuges, washing machines.
Tools, Instruments, Hardware
PUNCH MARKERS BOX, easy access to individual punches, better productivity
VIBRATION DAMPENING SYSTEM, for turntables, cameras, instruments.
TROWEL, for overhead work.
HOSE CLAMP, slim, adjustable from any angle, quick release.
RETAINING RING, easier installation, removal.
HELI-COIL THREAD INSERT, easier installation and change.
BORING HEAD, for conical bores.
Household, Baby, Health Products
ICE CUBE TRAY, self-releasing, dispenses cubes precisely one by one.
TOILET BOWL CLEANER, cleans better with less chemical and pollution.
TOILET FLUSHING DEVICE, independent, manual, using fraction of water.
TOILET PLUNGER, keeps contents positively in the bowl, no need to take shower.
MEASURING CUP, measures amounts poured out.
BABY HARNESS, baby free to turn in any direction, not entangled.
BABY WASHING IMPLEMENT, uses absolutely minimal water, leaves both hands free.
SAFE NURSING COT, MOBILE BED, baby next to mother, yet safe .
EYEGLASSES FRAME, accommodating and converging.
INTRAOCULAR LENS IMPLANT, focused from outside`
DUST PAN, collects dust and liquid on irregular surface, does not spill.
HAMMOCK, child-safe, with luxuries.
RUBBER CONDOM, increased protection, sterility, better packaging and application.
CONTRACEPTIVE VALVE, reversible, to replace vasectomy. (expired patent)
MANUAL WHEELCHAIR, ergonomic system of powering, adjusts to individual's disability.
RODENT EXTERMINATION SYSTEM, large scale, automatic.
FURNITURE, chair, table device for automatic elimination of wobbling.
BED MAKING AID, for quick changing of bedsheets.
QUICK CLOTHES DRYING, several devices.
WASHING MACHINE, without propeller, saves fabric, very effective.
MANUAL LAUNDRY IMPLEMENT, saves hands, fabric.
BABY TEETHER, with dual purpose.
TABLEWARE and PICNIC SET, keeps bugs, ants out.
CIRCULAR COLLAPSIBLE SEAT, flat package.
UNIVERSAL SAFETY PIN, for baby. Holds any size of diaper, fitting perfectly.
Textile Equipment, Fashions
SEWING MACHINE, hand-held, without base and counter-support. Very new technology.
GARTER BELT, improved looks and function.
TROUSERS FOR MEN, more comfort, fashionable.
ZIPPER KEEPER, keeps zipper positively locked.
WATCH DIAL, universal for travelers, no adjustment needed for zones, fashionable.
Automotive Design and Safety
PASSENGER RESTRAINT SYSTEM, more effective.
POWER TRAIN SYSTEM, one-lever operation, eliminates most parts, better traction.
NIGHT DRIVING DEVICE, eliminates blinding beams of incoming traffic.
ROTARY ENGINE, with continuous combustion, no reciprocal or planetary movement.
MOTORCYCLE TRAILER TAXICAB, longer life span, nimble, more convenient travel than in the traditional sidecar.
School, Office, Art, Advertising
CONTE STICK AND DRAWING PENCIL HOLDER, more expressive, cleaner.
FOUNTAIN PEN, retracts automatically to protect nib when falling.
PAN FLUTE, capable of playing chords.
FILING CABINET, access for disabled, larger capacity.
BALL POINT PEN, ergonomic grip, better writing angle.
PAINT CAN PROTECTOR, no more cleaning can rim and floor after paint job.
UNIVERSAL SUN DIAL, no moving parts to adjust.
Building, Construction
SIDING SECTIONS, individually replaceable.
CHIPBOARD, self-supporting, insulating, saves 4x2's.
SPACE STATION MODULES, store easily, assemble semi-automatically in the space.
ROAD MARKER, permanent, audible, reflective.
Personal, Environment Protection, Firefighting
OIL SPILL RECOVERY SYSTEM, separates oil on spot, adjusts to agitated water.
TSUNAMI SURVIVAL SHELTER. communal, personal.
BANK ROBBERY PROTECTION
LOCATING SYSTEM for missing persons and articles , non-electronic
PARACHUTE , for quick deployment, with increased aerodynamic efficiency.
FIRE ESCAPE AND EVACUATION OF TALL BUILDINGS, for large number of people.
OIL WELL FIRE EXTINGUISHING EQUIPMENT, stops fire, opens for business quickly.
EARTHQUAKE MITIGATING SYSTEM, protects buildings from large magnitude quakes.
Personal Safety, VIP and Property Protection
MASS EVACUATION SYSTEMS, for high rise buildings
LIFESAVER, picks up disabled swimmer on distance, automatically.
SURVIVAL SUIT, with ventilation and heating powered by ocean waves/human power.
BOAT STABILISER, prevents high speed boats from flipping over.
SHOCK ABSORBING DEVICE, for climbers, construction workers, breaks fall.
FATIGUE FUSE, signals beginning of structural failure, e.g. attachment of jet engines.
STORE CLERK PROTECTION, in case of robbery.
Alternative Energy
SEA-WAVE EL. POWER GENERATOR, self-contained, based on WOC principle.
WIND POWER EL. POWER GENERATOR, mobile, without expensive tower, suitable in
combination with gas-powered generator, to be switched in no-wind condition.
SOLAR STOVE, powerful, lightweight for expeditions, cooks for whole group.
DWE (Pulse Jet) new valve system, no breakage and burning. (NASA spent $ 7.5 Million on R&D).
Automatically switches to valveless, RAM
Marine
OUTBOARD SAIL CONTROL SYSTEM, for water sports, revival of sail power for commerce.
OARS, new concept, much increased efficiency.
SEA-WAVE PROPULSION SYSTEM, uses energy of sea waves to power vessels.
SWIMMING FINS, lightweight, collapsible, especially suitable for lifeguards.
ASCENT / DESCENT SAFETY CONTROL, automatically brakes when buoyancy changes fast.
INCOMPRESSIBLE MATERIAL FOR WETSUITS, protects better at depth, stable buoyancy.
AUTOMATIC CO2 INFLATOR, floats automatically unconscious skin diver, signals for help.
POSITIVE HARNESS, keeps air tank in place, lets go in emergency.
NOSE CLIP FOR SWIMMERS, more comfortable, adjustable pressure.
Sports, Toys
FREE STYLE POGO STICK
POWER TRAIN, for scooters, monocycles, etc.
RUNNING SHOES SOLE, re-directs energy for better efficiency.
SOFT DRINK BOTTLE with construction capability, building playhouses, walls, towers.
BICYCLE SEAT, ergonomic for long rides, adjusts to the rider's movements.
TRAINING DEVICE FOR SWIMMERS, at home, no need to travel to a pool.
BOW, super-compact, mechanically released, new concept. Not a cross-bow.
OPEN SIGHTS FOR SPORT FIREARMS, for low light conditions, imperfect vision.
FLIGHT INSTRUMENT, indicates glide angle and wind direction for precision landing.
PARACHUTE, for fast and safe deployment in combat.
WALK ACCELERATOR
Photographic Equipment
EVACUATION BOTTLE, to prevent oxidation of chemicals.
UMBRELLA LIGHT, for narrow studios, lights more evenly.
DISPENSING ENVELOPE, releases papers one by one, right side up.
COMPOSING FLASH. compensates different luminosity and distance in parts of the scene.
VIBRATION-LESS SHUTTER, for cameras.
CAMCORDER CONSOLE, hand-held, one arm sufficient, smooth vertical range from 0.2 m to 2.2 m,
stable, same quality as in $ 200,000 setup.
3-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES AND MOVIES, make and view, home-made or commercial, for computer, TV, magazines.
A Reluctant Diary
Clothes are a mask
My dear
Useless
And comical
Don't hide your face
Girl
You are full of beauty
Aktaion poor Aktaion
Torn to death by his own hounds
On command of angry Artemis
For no mortal may see
A goddess bathing
Of thousand times worse death
I am condemned to perish
When your hand
Beckons the ancient times
Following trajectory of Expectation
Landed my spaceship
Forged from Desire
Into your Tranquility Sea
And with a surprise I saw
The Mount Revelation
And Certainty Valley
With Pleasure Falls
And all the features
I used to look at
Through the telescope
As a schoolboy
Inconsolable Moon
Drops his crystal tears
Into the empty space
Not knowing
That down on Earth
Someone is trying to catch them
In despair
Someone whose arm is too short
Whose hand is quivering like Cupid's bow
In the morning frost
Whose arithmetic is too poor to know
The probability of meeting
Of one blinding crystal tear
One small hand
On the far end of the Earth
From goddess of love
The fastest arrow
Brought in the message
That couldn't wait
In secret hour
Without a sword
Come to my fiery gate
To worship
And drink the wine of truth
Attend the ancient rite
Come and behold
Entire world
Lies at my feet
Tonight
To enter the gates of Nirvana
One Buddha-key shall I possess
In your arms
Thoughts of Eternity
Cannot tarnish the skies
In your arms
Wheel of Karma suspends its run
I'd like to learn the art of living
And not taking a breath
As the mysterious Female
Who advances without stirring
Yields without losing battle
I miss you, my love
Your sunny beaches at Montego Bay
Beaches at dusk
My secret hideaway
I miss the warmth of mahogany
Depth of black coral
Your girls finer than satin
Smelling of flowers and herbs
Your valleys and hills of unfathomable peace
With their children wise majestic serene
First breathless now aching
You left me
Jamaica
Three-whites and hot mahogany
What a beautiful rhyme
Struck and pitiful I'm
One in a crowd one of many
It's really true that love
Brings out the worst in men
Chaos 'n' pain in heart and then
Regrets 'n' memories 's all I have
Stealing by ancient silky path
Another man a bit more bold
Captures the emerald treasure untold
It's time to write my epitaph
To every shadow
There is a light
Yang - Yin
To every arrow
A willing heart
Virtue - Sin
To every siren's lure
A lone sailor nearby
To every hawk
A magnificent sky
On your mission of mercy
Don't pay attention to road signs
For all roads lead to enlightenment
All roads lead to despair
When you come to the sanctum
Step carefully and barefoot
On the ancient mosaic
Of my soul
November 2 1984
Don't turn the other way dear
You'll bring back my non-memories
You're spring in a desert
You're Fata Morgana
Let me carry the sky for you like umbrella
Let me have the birds sing for you
Let me be the lucky spot
Your foot touches first in the morning
Let me plant and harvest you field
Let me forgive all trespasses
Promises let me always keep
Let me be your pelican
Breeze playing with your hair
Your life eternal.
November 6 1984
As Earth in perpetual motion
I circle you
My Sun
My gravity
My cosmic law
I am the oak with roots of steel
In your mount'n
Stag guarding his does
In deep misty valley
Of dreams
The stars say
This is the last Winter
We must endure
The Spring to come
Promises warmth without end
On a bright mirror
Dust will not settle
Vessel of love
Cannot be emptied
If it is really full
The door-knocks are answered
And virtues sing their own songs
December
24 1984
I've been told that space within
Fulfils the destiny of Grail
Yet what is in and what is out
And what is wrong and what is right
Knowing not - bound am to fail?
January 16 2001
Kibbles and bits
And bits and bits
Virtues and sins
And sins and sins
Praise and the blame
The blame the blame
Moon and the sky
The same the same
January 21 2001
There are crude rhymes
A slap in the face
There are rhymes like mother's arms
There are no rhymes some may think
And other that burn for days
November 9 2001
For one of your smiles
All Emperor's jade and emeralds
For one beat of your heart
Kingdom of mine
How far is the Sun
From my prison cell
How pale are the orchids
Without your breath sublime
You're in my dreams again and again
Laying your gifts upon my parched palm
Though in the morn' your place seems warm
I know I'd call your name in vain
( Instrumental..)
How far is the Sun
From my prison cell
How pale are the orchids
Without your breath sublime
January 9 2002
My most trusted Guru I asked
Reverend Sir your teaching is clear
I must hold equally dear
A saint beggar or elephant tusk
But if some visitors from distant Cluster
In region of Maybe-love
Ask for a shelter I scarcely have
What about them my Master
What about them?
February 6,2002
With patience of Job I'm scouring the Ether
But no signs of life on bandwidth so cruel
Beam me up, Scotty, I've been a fool
Not on this planet I'm destined to meet her
July 22, 2002
HAIKU CORNER
Never the rain falls
On unjust and just alike
It's beautiful dream
(Weather of Spheres) July 31, 2002
Walking through the Gate
No Master his snow-flakes gone
Memento Mori
( Zen) August 1, 2002
Is it a fancy
Or lack of proper mane-ers
I am scared to ask
(Lion) August 2, 2002
Unruly hairdo
Is not a good reason for
Disturbing his pride
(Lion 2) August 2, 2002
You're treading softly
Oblivious of your kin
Who click-clang click-clang
(Caterpillar) August 3, 2002
Wonder if you are
Missing the swish of arrow
My buffalo friend
Only your deer friends
See you in midst of forest
I keep the secret
August 4, 2002
Crafty touch of men
Eternal hand of Mother
Which do you prefer?
(Seal) August 5, 2002
There's lots of glitter
Emeralds and pebbled gold
In mid-summer pond
August 5, 2002
TRANSITION SEARCH AND RESCUE PREQUEL
Once Upon A Time
There Was A Meeting Of Souls...
As Prophet is a mouthpiece for the Divine
Poet resounds the message of the Muse not his own
Eyes dark and deep
They oppress me so
When their fires meet
And scorch my trembling soul
Is it fear or love
Or your charming way
That stole my heart and have
Taken my breath away
This fate lovely
In the arms of thee
Reveal your eyes clear
My crystal of seers
An ever faithful dove
I'll claim my birthright
Mirage of your love
My life's eternal light
Lyrics for "Ochi Chorniye" Russian Gypsy romance
December 14, 2002, March 10, 2003
Even wide ocean
Winds chilling the marrow
Can't stop the clever boy
His bow and arrow
Smile on his angel face
And without sympathy
Quickly released the darts
That wounded you and me
'Cause Galileo got it all wrong
I must keep singing this correction song
It's not the planets turning as due
It is my heart that spins
Because of you
Lyrics for Italian favourite "O Sole Mio"
Belle, be my only Valentine
January 23, 2003
Kalinka Kalinka Kalinka my love
Little strawberry raspberry in orchard
Ah under pine tree under the pine tree
You lay me down to my rest
Ay lyuli lyuli ay lyuli lyuli
You lay me down to my rest
Kalinka Kalinka Kalinka my love
Little strawberry raspberry in orchard
Ah gentle pine needles with your gentle needles
Play dirge above my forlorn head
Ay lyuli lyuli ay lyuli lyuli
Play dirge above my forlorn head
Kalinka Kalinka Kalinka my love
Little strawberry raspberry in orchard
Ah my charming beauty Kalinka don't tease me
Make love to me or I will die
Ay lyuli lyuli ay lyuli lyuli
Without your love I will die
Kalinka Kalinka Kalinka my love
Little strawberry raspberry in orchard
Lyrics for ''Kalinka'' Russian folk song
March 10, 2003
Drawn you have brow unfurrow'd
From your mother's horns of plenty
Peach 'n' cream to cream 'n' peach
Own pillows and delightful dreams
Stars and Moon stand you still
When my two darlings are resting
Precious gifts from above
Bringing heaven to Earth
Please dear Lord will you watch
My eyes are half-shut already
No-one else shall I trust
With such sweet treasure of mine
Stars and Moon ...
Lyrics for Johannes Brahms' "Lullaby"
March 29, 2003
Hello Philippines
Bye Bye Glorified Abyss of North America
Amazing thing happened to me
On landing with Northwest Air
Tired was I but now I'm fresh
'Cause darling Belle was there...
May 11, 2003
Lyrics for TV "Lavender" series
It is comforting to see there still are some programs left not dealing with murder, rape, opportunism and similar indignities.
What was the saying about endless repetition?
You play'd this song in big overtime
If tune or lyrics don't quickly change I'm
Going to go insane now
And it's your fault anyhow
Don't let me kiss my brains
My precious brains goodbye
August 12, 2003
Blessed thou a tiny droplet in the Universe
Genesis renewed
Spring forward ring as a fine-fitting verse
Beautiful sweet and good
Prayerful guardians of womb are we
Heavy with the grace
That undeserved is soon to be
Born in a humble place
How can we repay the gift of precious thee
With meager thanks of ours
To Him who brings the life of new eternity
To our open doors
August 25 2003
Come here brats and bring the dough
I have goodies from the land of snow
Pick your flavour don't be late
None is left if you hesitate
Listen to my tune my battle drum
Lick the fine ice cream freeze your bum
(Lyrics for the ubiquitous vendor tune)
August 27, 2003
It's impossible
To pass the rich through needle's eye
And for one who asks to give away
It's impossible
For the exalted to become humble
In a rain to light a fire
It's impossible
To foster fears and really love
To hold a grudge and be forgiven
It's impossible
To stop my heart from racing wild
When I see you coming near me
It's impossible
September 19 2003
In a kingdom not too far
Little bit off centre
Where mountains dream in a mist
Maidens clad in silk and jade
Just wrinkle their noses
'N' patiently wait to be kissed
Where Sages left their footprints in stone
And Panda bear in bamboo grove
Is making his cozy home
A shadow looms on horizon
Many a man apprentice
Clamor to be enlisted
In army of Elvis Presleys
(The same in prescribed 'haiku' form)
Strange gods won't bless yield
Better to wipe sweat profuse
On your father's field
September 26 2003
Relevant Nursery Rhymes
Little Ram little Ram
Have you soiled your bum
Many times many times
And then some
Six times in the morning
Twelve times afternoon
My bum is dry only
Once in a blue moon
April 15, 2004
Beatles: Michelle (Reborn)
Giselle - gazelle swift and lanky
Keeps on leaping to hearts conquest
Giselle - gazelle under which lucky skies
Will she come to her rest
With breath short and skipping my heartbeat
This' no more lovers game
No wizard on the Earth
Can hope to find the magic that will this gazelle tame
With breath short and skipping my heartbeat
Senses in disarray
But she is indiff 'rent
And goes on dancing leaping prancing always having her way
Giselle - gazelle
With breath short and skipping my heartbeat
I pray the day soon come
That she would find the pasture
Perfect in the coral of my ever aching arms
In a wake and in a sleep
I drown in the gazelle's eyes deep
Gazelle Giselle
May 16 2005
Portrait of a "TRAPO"
(traditional politician)
Yakity yak very loud
Cinky cink in Swiss account
Having a ball on public expense
To the poor voter making no sense
September 13, 2006
If you don't believe that criticism is a first
decisive step toward correcting inadequacy, stupidity and evil,
if you do not know meaning of the word "satire",
please, leave this section alone.
I am re-building it.
Where there was a mild criticism, it will now draw blood.
Every simpleton can, and does, write music making no sense, musically and in lyrics.
I believe there is a virtue and superiority in discipline, self- impopsed restrictions and adherance to artistic traditions. This is true in every Muse.
I am writing a volume of business letters. My priner refuses to work on the many of sub-standard quality envelopes, so I must hand-write the addresses. Very irritating. When I finally find better envelopes, I will use the old ones to write letters to my dog. He cares not for the envelope quality as long as a bone is included.
'Catalogue' is better word than 'catalog' which may be misunderstood as an order to do something to a log, cat being instrumental.
August 2, 2008
Filipinos are overconcerned with body odour, partly to be blamed on tropical weather. This makes the Country a paradise for the pharmaceuticals. O.K. with me, as long as it does not challenge God's Commandment of not damaging one's health by interfering with proper function of glands and blood circulation.Consumers should unite, they have great power, and demand products that will kill the bugs but not people.
This reminds me the "Teacher of Nations", Master Comenius, my countryman: "One worthy of freedom respects freedom of every man".
I am told, "get the dogs out of sala, they stink".
"Stink? What are you talking about, it is not stink, it is perfume of loyalty", I say.
Speaking of Commandments, they may say different thing to different people. To the Fidel, they are orders and injunctions directly from God. To a historian, they paint a picture of backward society of idolaters, thieves, murderers and adulterers in dire need for improvement. To one intent on penetrating into workings of human mind they may be of controversial value. preferring to hear about them only once. For repeating them too often amounts to promotion. Bad publicity is good publicity - and vice versa.
It is no different with the so-called sex education.
Young people are advised to, " abstain, marry later, it is good for your body, mind, intergrity and the Nation"
The teenager feels the adults are dishonest. Why then practice it every minute on the TV, on top of deviant ghosts,
scheeming and murder,etc., etc.
The teenager thinks there for sure must be something special adults want to keep for themselves. He is compelled to find out for himself.
Girl,you're so beautiful
Come with me to network
I'll make you into starlet
Rich and famous bitch
Come with me to network
Throw demure and proper
I'll
make you into starlet
On my dirty show...
Lyrics to a tune with czardas flavour I met some 40 years ago.
Never forgotten. What about the lyrics? I made up my own
August 11, 2008
Morality: Rational or instictive?
Humans have no dependable point of reference in philosophy , purpose of life, therefore are best advised not to use definite values, rather comparison.
When we see male bird courting female, building elaborate decorations to impress her, we know that he may be displaced by other more aggressive male. However, he will not promise her marriage and then abandon her as many human males do.
It is difficult for us to admit rational behaviour in an animal, therefore refer to it as instinctive. In humans, whether we call it instinctive or rational, it is pitifully lacking.
August 24, 2008
An Inventor Delivers State of Disunion Address
Ladies and gentlemen, dear citizens;
.
We beget, raise and cherish children, devote to them long
years of sacrifices and resources.. We respect all children, not just our own
We do not say onto them, "you exploit us, want
advantages without giving us anything in return". To mention profit in
front of children would be morally repugnant. We understand they are the future
parents, creators of values, protectors of society.
Yet, when we meet an inventor we employ different philosophy.
We forget that he was born to create, deliver immediate and recurring benefits
to us. We perform the same despicable and cowardly acts as an aggressor planning
to start a war. We de-humanize, lie, vilify. It is easy then to accuse him of
self-interest and greed in order to justify our blackmailing and treating him as
less than human. Only those incorporated, endowed with phoney artificial body
are to be treated with respect.
Ladies and gentlemen, to treat an inventor differently than a
gifted child is morally repugnant; societies following such practice are morally
deficient.
Thank you for your attention.
Great Silence is a precursor to Great Announcement.
Couples experience stronger emotions in courtship than after five years of
marriage. The Teacher told us Buddhas postpone their entering Nirvana for
the sake of sentient beings Sir Francis Chichester: "Joy of
life comes not from success, but from the attempt"..
It seems a law of nature is at work here which we ought to
study.
Perhaps not. Great Cleverness precedes Great Confusion.
August 28, 2008
Artist Delivers State of the Art in Arts Address
Using accepted statistical tools,
contemporary art cannot even remotely compare to Old Greeks
This is the most polite way I am
able to present the truth. It is beginning to dawn on me why I cannot find an artist
to talk to, have even been "disapproved" from joining Yahoo art
discussion group.
I carry such insults with pride
Thank you for your attention.
September 1, 2008
Definitions...
Who is an artist? One whose destiny is to manifest and maintain living force, the same force that causees us to be born and, on account of strong emotions and motivation become leader in community and a model to follow.
He may, during long winter evenings, create some works of art. However it is not a pre-requisite.
September 6, 2008
When I came first to Canada I thought SITCOM stands for "sitting and communicating". 'communicating' being euphemistic allusion to 'talking stupid'.
.September 10, 2008
Ba ba black sheep
Have you any wool
Yes sir, yes sir
Ten bags full
One for my master
One for my dame
Eight for the Government
And bribes in the game.
September 12, 2008
On a school trip, a truck with load of hogs was overtaking our bus . They were crowded, so one jumped up on a platform of some sort.
I reasoned that he is a Chairman of the Board. Ha,ha,ha, everyone laughed.
Nothing funny, it shows pigs have similar social organisation as humans. I believe theirs is more intelligent and equitable.
October 28, 2008
It has been said that Governments derive their just power from consent of the governed. I do not think this is true. It is not true because it lacks explanation where those who consent acquired the power to consent without consent of those who do not consent.
I wonder why they call Mr. Minton bad. What is wrong with inventing a gentlemanly game of bouncing a feathered ball back and forth.
November 10, 2008
The ugly business of pulse jets.
Incurably into propulsion of exotic kinds for over half Century I keep close watch on this subject. There is one thing though that bothers me a lot.
Whenever the WW II V ! missile powered by Fi-103 pulse engine is mentioned it invariable is "The infamous "
O. K.with me, except it stirs my curiosity, why similar weapons killing countless civilians are not given the same treatment. For example,the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. Perhaps Japanese women and chldren are less human than British?
Another beef I have with the Loockwood-Hiller engine. Not only it was shamelessly stolen from the French SNECMA, the Lockwood is an inferir copy of it and what is even worse, they have obtained US Patent for it. Very strange, indeed.
I shall always use its real name "Ecrevisse". If not similar any more, I call it "U-Turn " engine.
If I could work for the SNECMA I would give them the latest variation of this engine which will not lose efficiency with increasing size. They spent considerable energy on this problem. Very simple trick, I am keeoping it for better days.
December 5, 2008
The Network is going overboard with Pacquiao. Even rhe so-called dancers wear boxers and the least emancipated
show off that which is normally referred to as "muscles".
December 14, 2008