Uploads from Jim_Auchinleck

Ducks in a Row

nobody@flickr.com (Jim_Auchinleck) — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 12:04:55 -0700

Do you wait for the ducks to get in a row, or do you line them up together?

Marine Debris (The source is us!) If you have been to the beach you have seen it for yourself. Let's do something about it!

nobody@flickr.com (Jim_Auchinleck) — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 13:26:55 -0700

Marine debris is more than an eyesore
Each year, three times as much rubbish is dumped into the world's oceans as the weight of fish caught.

Marine debris injures and kills marine life, interferes with navigation safety, and poses a threat to human health. Our oceans and waterways are polluted with a wide variety of marine debris ranging from soda cans and plastic bags to derelict fishing gear and abandoned vessels.

Marine debris is defined as any persistent solid material that is manufactured or processed and directly or indirectly, intentionally or unintentionally, disposed of or abandoned into the marine environment or the Great Lakes.

Today, there is no place on Earth immune to this problem. A majority of the trash and debris that covers our beaches comes from storm drains and sewers, as well as from shoreline and recreational activities such as picnicking and beachgoing. Abandoned or discarded fishing gear is also a major problem because this trash can can entangle, injure, maim, and drown marine wildlife and damage property.
from:
oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/marinedebris.html

Seeing Eye to Eye

nobody@flickr.com (Jim_Auchinleck) — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 07:16:56 -0700

Jim_Auchinleck posted a photo:

Experiencing a record heat wave, and enjoying it. Summer has that ability to make us sweat and love it all the while.

Sand Art

nobody@flickr.com (Jim_Auchinleck) — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 07:10:48 -0700

Jim_Auchinleck posted a photo:

An old time police car created for the 100th anniversary of the NJ
Police Security Expo at the Atlantic City Convention Center by artist Matt Diebert.

Information about the artist Matt Diebert can be found here:

www.astickrealty.com/materials/top-head.jpg

A Joy Forever

nobody@flickr.com (Jim_Auchinleck) — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 12:35:55 -0800

Jim_Auchinleck posted a photo:

A thing of beauty is a joy forever: its loveliness increases; it will never pass into nothingness.
John Keats

www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9hM7HN4ehY&feature=related

Bridges

nobody@flickr.com (Jim_Auchinleck) — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:58:34 -0800

Jim_Auchinleck posted a photo:

We build too many walls and not enough bridges.
Isaac Newton

Timeless Romance

nobody@flickr.com (Jim_Auchinleck) — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 08:46:41 -0700

Jim_Auchinleck posted a photo:

Hand-holding by the water
Feelings whispered in the ears
Romance is everlasting
Never mind how many years

Nature's Beauty

nobody@flickr.com (Jim_Auchinleck) — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 07:53:04 -0700

Jim_Auchinleck posted a photo:

Summer in the Meadow

Ambling through a meadow
This sultry summer day
Found me amidst the beauty
Of nature’s fine display.

Blossoms all about me
Of every kind and hue
Fragrance wafting gently
Enhancing such a view.

Singing fills the ether
Exalting spirits high
Sunlight beams all gather
To warm my heart thereby.

Pausing for a moment
To let it all soak in
Understand the portent
And from this place begin.

Holding On

nobody@flickr.com (Jim_Auchinleck) — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 10:44:35 -0700

Jim_Auchinleck posted a photo:

Though broken limbs may be our lot
Seeming lost without foundation
We should trust that alone we’re not
And together find salvation.

Hidden Gems

nobody@flickr.com (Jim_Auchinleck) — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 09:43:31 -0700

Jim_Auchinleck posted a photo:

Hidden Gem

A thousand times we pass the place
Where the hidden gem resides
And never condescend to glance
Where true beauty often lies.

So the grass grows all around us
And we walk it every day
And there’s beauty all about us
But it seems no more than hay.

We may search for gems forever
But if we don’t take the time
To observe what’s right before us
We may never make the find.

Great Ideals

nobody@flickr.com (Jim_Auchinleck) — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 13:05:03 -0800

Jim_Auchinleck posted a photo:

Conceived in liberty
Reinvented as welcome
Lost in myopia

Spring (Seasons Series - One of Four)

nobody@flickr.com (Jim_Auchinleck) — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 12:49:04 -0800

Jim_Auchinleck posted a photo:

13th & Pine Streets Philadelphia
artist - David Guinn
Meet the artist below

The Philadelphia Mural Arts Program began in 1984 as a component of the Philadelphia Anti-Graffiti Network, an effort spearheaded by then Mayor Wilson Goode to eradicate the graffiti crisis plaguing the city. The Anti-Graffiti Network hired muralist Jane Golden to reach out to graffiti writers and to redirect their energies from destructive graffiti writing to constructive mural painting.

Jane Golden quickly befriended the graffiti writers and was impressed by their raw artistic talent and their self-taught knowledge of art history. She recognized the amazing creative force they represented, and she began to provide opportunities for them to channel their creative talent into mural-making. Mural painting also provided a support structure for these young men and women to refine their artistic skills, empowering them to take an active role in beautifying their own neighborhoods. The murals they created instantly added color, beauty, and life to an old, industrial city struggling with decades of economic distress and population loss. The results of the program were nothing less than magical. From the beginning, Golden witnessed how mural-making changed lives and how the murals themselves began to mend the aesthetic fabric of the city.

In 1996, Mayor Ed Rendell announced that the Anti-Graffiti Network would be reorganized into the Mural Arts Program, with Golden as the director. At the same time, Golden established a nonprofit organization, the Philadelphia Mural Arts Advocates, to raise funds and provide other support to the nationally-recognized program. Today, Mural Arts is an innovative and successful public/private partnership that encompasses both the city agency and the nonprofit.

Since it began, the Mural Arts Program has produced over 3,000 murals which have become a cherished part of the civic landscape and a great source of inspiration to the millions of residents and visitors who encounter them each year. In fact, Mural Arts' unique efforts have earned Philadelphia international praise as the “City of Murals.” But as stunning as the murals are themselves, they are, most importantly, the visual products of a powerful and collaborative grassroots process in communities. The mural-making process gives neighborhood residents a voice to tell their individual and collective stories, a way to pass on culture and tradition, and a vehicle to develop and empower local leaders. Mural Arts’ mural-making process also engages thousands of Philadelphia’s at-risk children, youth, and adults who find their artistic voice, develop their self-confidence, and discover new ambitions while creating murals through numerous programs.

Mural Arts’ award-winning art education programs annually serve 1,500 youth at neighborhood sites throughout the city. Mural Arts’ programs are offered free and are targeted to at-risk youth. Educational programs use an intensive curriculum that involves mural-making as a dynamic means to engage youth and to teach transferable life and job skills such as taking personal responsibility, teamwork, and creative problem-solving.

The Mural Arts Program has also become a national leader in arts in criminal and restorative justice, currently offering educational programs in local prisons and rehabilitation centers using the restorative power of art to break the cycle of crime and violence in communities. Mural Arts offers mural-making programs for adult men and women where inmates receive a stipend to create murals for schools and community centers throughout Philadelphia. Mural Arts also offers opportunities for individuals recently released from prison through its re-entry program.

The organization has grown exponentially since the early 1980s when Jane Golden first began approaching writers and graffiti gangs to engage their raw talents in a constructive way. Mural Arts’ acclaimed art education and prevention and prison programs now serve as models throughout the world. In addition, muralists from around the world come to Philadelphia to be trained in mural-making, and many local muralists trained by Mural Arts are now traveling to cities and countries throughout the globe because of their expertise in leading large-scale mural projects. Philadelphia has become synonymous with murals, and murals have never been more popular.

The Mural Arts Program’s success is in large part due to its faith in three simple words, three words Jane Golden herself uses as a personal and professional mantra: Art Saves Lives. It is with this conviction that the organization looks forward to continually enhancing its programs and embarking on special initiatives that will continue to challenge and inspire the many individuals whose lives are touched by Philadelphia’s murals.

from the website:

muralarts.org/about/history

Sunrise Sunset

nobody@flickr.com (Jim_Auchinleck) — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 13:35:40 -0700

Jim_Auchinleck posted a photo:

Sunrise, sunset
Swiftly fly the years
One season following another
Laden with happiness and tears.

Jerry Bock, who composed the music to some of the most memorable shows in Broadway history, including the melodies for "Fiorello!" and "Fiddler on the Roof, died Wednesday in Mount Kisco, N.Y. He was 81.

The Bridge

nobody@flickr.com (Jim_Auchinleck) — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 08:26:56 -0700

Jim_Auchinleck posted a photo:

There is a land of the living and a land of the dead and the bridge is love, the only survival, the only meaning.
Thornton Wilder

This bridge was chosen to represent that aspect of this quote that refers to the bridge between the land of the living and the land of the dead. Burnside's Bridge became a major focus of combat on September 17, 1862, near Sharpsburg, Maryland, as Union forces under General Ambrose Burnside repeatedly tried to capture the bridge from Confederate forces guarding the crossing from a high bluff overlooking the creek. The day of the battle is known as "the day Antietam Creek ran red" due to the blood of thousands of Union casualties mixing with the creek waters. Perhaps some day through the preservation of such sites we will come to understand that unless we purge war from our souls and replace it with love, there will be no end to war. When that is done, then we can be said to have found the bridge of love and crossed from the land of the dead to the land of the living.

Walk the Road

nobody@flickr.com (Jim_Auchinleck) — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 12:24:47 -0700

Jim_Auchinleck posted a photo:

People create their own questions because they are afraid to look straight. All you have to do is look straight and see the road, and when you see it, don't sit looking at it - walk.
Ayn Rand

Beauty

nobody@flickr.com (Jim_Auchinleck) — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 07:45:53 -0700

Jim_Auchinleck posted a photo:

Who looks not deeply
Into the lotus flower
Sees not true beauty.

nobody@flickr.com (Jim_Auchinleck) — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 09:44:18 -0700

Jim_Auchinleck posted a photo:

Layers

nobody@flickr.com (Jim_Auchinleck) — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 05:49:35 -0700

Jim_Auchinleck posted a photo:

"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."

Stanley Kunitz

Darn ! (expletive deleted)

nobody@flickr.com (Jim_Auchinleck) — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 05:47:56 -0700

Jim_Auchinleck posted a photo:

Jestem Gotowy

nobody@flickr.com (Jim_Auchinleck) — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 14:19:03 -0700

Jim_Auchinleck posted a photo:

Great White Egret in full breeding plumage