Alaska Native Art
Posted on May 13, 2014 9 Comments
Masks hold memory
Spirits animals protect
Healing strength of art
I’m in Anchorage for a two day training related to my job. I visited the Alaska Native Medical Center and spent an hour mesmerized by it’s extensive collection of Alaska Native art work.
These are just a few masks. More art work to come. Enjoy.
Mama – A Most Beautiful Woman
Posted on May 10, 2014 10 Comments
Mama is a most beautiful woman
most beautiful most beautiful
her name an endless refrain
on the shelf of my brain.
How, I longed to be like she.
Tall, fine, soft brown
long hands artists hands
painted many a canvas
musician’s hands
played a nice note.
She carried Eartha’s class
wore Pearl’s elegance
lived her bible – common sense.
Mama remains a most beautiful woman
the feeling will never change.
Big awesome feeling
only Mama can bring.
The inception of my conception
Earth born earth brown earth bred
her stream flows into my river
my river flows into her sea.
My Mama is the most
beautiful woman
in the world to me.
(Eartha Kit – black actress. Pearl Bailey – black singer)
Make Haiku Mini-Comic Book #40
Posted on May 10, 2014 Leave a Comment
Dark clouds pile in rows
Cool air greets late summer morn
Autumn approaches
Follow the instructions below to make this week’s mini-comic book. Enjoy.
HOW TO MAKE YOUR VERY OWN ZCW MINICOMIC from Brian Payne, artist
1.) Download the image to your computer desktop.
2.) Set your printer to the fill entire paper/borderless setting and use the landscape format to print it on a piece of 8 1/2″ x 11″ paper (preferably colored.)
3.) Watch the tutorial I found on YouTube (see link below,) make sure your folds are straight, all the corners are even, and be extra careful with your cut.
Enjoy!
Scribes’ Cyber Salon
Posted on May 9, 2014 9 Comments
Encouraged by the spirited, informative, and inspiring discussion the writer’s quote and question generated last week, and in the tradition of literary salons, places writers gathered to discuss their work and ideas on the art and craft of writing, I launch Scribes’ Cyber Salon. Most of my favorite writing friends live all over the world, so we have to share this experience in cyberspace.
Every week, I’ll post a quote by a writer, well known or not so well known, and ask a question to stimulate contemplation and conversation. I look forward to your cyber company and comments. Take a seat and join the conversation.
So what do you think of this quote by John Updike?
“We’re past the age of heroes and hero kings. … Most of our lives are basically mundane and dull, and it’s up to the writer to find ways to make them interesting.” (From Writer’s Digest)
Do you think your life is mundane and dull? Do you think it’s up to us, as writers, to make people’s lives interesting? I look forward to reading your answers.
Skywalker Storyteller Works 
