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Jul 16, 2017 art, digitalart, portrait, procreate, ipad Michael Barrett

Underlit

Jul 16, 2017 art, digitalart, portrait, procreate, ipad Michael Barrett

Jul 10, 2017 Michael Barrett

Ripples

Jul 10, 2017 Michael Barrett

A couple of weeks ago I was my morning train to work, tired and stressed. I didn’t want to nap on the train so I decided to close my eyes and try to focus on my breathing. It is very hard to keep random thoughts from trespassing your mind. I did ok for a bit. As I was starting to feel more rested, I recalled an image from a Nova series called Fabric of the Cosmos.

Jul 10, 2017 Michael Barrett

Jul 9, 2017 Michael Barrett

The art store

Jul 9, 2017 Michael Barrett

I traded in one old art book on Amazon - but the others are so old or have been replaced with subsequent editions that they have no value. But books store guilt between their pages and I can’t imagine dumping them in the recycling bin. Perhaps my local used bookstore would want them?

Jul 9, 2017 Michael Barrett

Jul 8, 2017 Michael Barrett

Hilltop

Jul 8, 2017 Michael Barrett

There’s a great little cocktail bar and restaurant on J Street in Tacoma, in the Hilltop neighborhood. Rose is a bartender there and she is mighty. She is blonde and striking. Tall and intimidating. She’s a Tacoma native and makes a good martini. One night in April, Caroline and I walked to the bar on J street, through the Hilltop neighborhood, about one mile from our home.

Jul 8, 2017 Michael Barrett