Fort Lauderdale

This is the Atlantic Ocean at night!
Great to smell the saltwater, feel the ocean breeze, the cool water and sand on my bare feet.


This is the great Florida Orange Juice cake I had for dessert

Walking alog I came across this random piece of cardboard and leave perfectly positioned as if it was "Street Art" or a piece of "Found Art" saying look at me!

Something made me think of Jim!

This made me think of Steve for his nature photos, and Armando for his Birds on a Wire paintings.

Copyright 2009 William H Miller All Rights Reserved

United Hope

I created this image of the flag, I call it AMERICANS FLAG becuase I used a picture I captured on the television of the millions on the mall watching the inauguration of the 44th President of the United States, Barack H. Obama.

It is a great day to be an American with hope for change and a better world.

Copyright Jan 20, 2009 William H Miller All Rights Reserved

It's Just A Jump to the Left...

Tonight I relived a part of my youth. I saw Rocky Horror Picture Show in Houston at the River Oaks Theatre at Midnight with my "virgin" friend, Karen. It was as good as always, and the heckles have certainly changed over the last 20 years since I last saw it at the 8th Street Playhouse in NYC. Some of the antics were the same, some were lost in time and no longer relevant, newer more clever shout outs made it - but all in all watching the young of today dressed in transexual attire (much more than when I was 20) it warms the heart to know that this lives on, the performance during the show, and the audience part tisss a ..... SAY IT! ...... Pation! is still fun once you get into it. I left laughing as gobs and gobs of toilet paper was stuck to the bottom of my shoes!

GOT MILK? GOT PRIDE?

Tonight I saw the movie "MILK" - all I can say is that it moved me deeply. Lots of memories flooded my brain. You see I was gay closeted teenager. What I remember was seeing images of gays protesting, reading that it was ok to be gay, that Anita Bryant thought I was a prevert (I knew I was not), and all this I guess gave me the courage to be myself, to be gay, to be out -- it took time, first my friends (many are still good friends today), then my family, then my co-workers. I remember my first Gay Pride in NYC. I will search for some photos from way back then and post them.

My name is William H. Miller and I am here to recruit you.

It is ok to be gay. It is ok to be straight. It is ok to be yourself.

Thank you Harvey Milk for opening the door.

Thank you for Daniel Nicoletta for your photos of the events.

Thank you to the wonderful couple I met after the movie, we met for a reason. I hope to see you again soon.

Thank you to my best friends who I talked to before and after the movie and who are reading this post now. Yes, if you are reading this you are my friend and in my life for a reason.

Thank you to my parents, my biological and chosen family, and my co-workers who love me just the way I am.

Becoming a digitalist

Evolution

http://billy.snaplog.com/

How did I get into being a digitalist .... I was painting in my small den that I shared and I was traveling so painting was hard to do often. Then I got a digital camera and I had this idea to document the abstracts that I saw each day during my journeys. I started taking pictures. This lead me to blogging - with the purpose of showing some of those pictures and adding words to clarify my thinking. This year, I came across another type of blog - snaplog - that allows me to post the photos from my iphone directly to the net and with the GPS location of where the photo was taken.

I am taking time to get back to the basics of my creating spirit. Watching an inspiration DVD called "Downtown 81" which includes legendary graffiti artist Jean Michel Basquiet. So great to see so many street scenes from NYC.

"if you want to see the world just have to walk a couple of blocks, if you want to see someone, just think about hard about them and you'll run into them"

You must be an artist if ...

your clothes have as much paint on them as the floor and the canvas you paint.

I found this site when I was looking for things.... Art Jokes.
http://painting.about.com/od/inspiration/a/ArtJokes.htm

I am sure you can leave a comment of your own filling in the blank...

HNY

The small but first post of 2009!

Happy New Year, everyone!

The Force of Creativity

The Foot Muse

Inspiration comes from the most unlikely places. I created a digital art piece once before from a photo of a friend's new shoes. In my holiday card this year I wished that Santa brought them a new pair... and this photo of shoes arrived in my email box... and as I listened to my ipod inspiration and my computer brain took over the shapes of this photo to create the new piece. A great way to work at the end of 2008. Now I need to sleep and dream of new digital art pieces for 2009.

Copyright 2008 William H Miller All Rights Reserved

Time Flies

Can not believe that my time in Myrtle Beach has come to an end. In the early morning hours, I will head to the airport for my flight to Houston via Atlanta. If all goes well and uneventful I will be in Htown by noon. Today we saw "Seven Pounds", framed and hung numerous pieces of art. The cowboy boot by Jim Frederick, the artwork from my mom, my Dad's hole in one certificate, some of my digital prints, and some of the art collected in their cruises around the world. The week was filled with great home cooked meals of roasted pork loin and turkey... stuffing, potatoes, green beans, beets, and top it off with Christmas cookies and pecan pie and ice cream. Well signing off for now.

Thankful

"Some days we forget, to look around us, some days we can't see, the joy that surrounds us. So caught up inside ourselves, we take when we should give.

So for tonight we pray for what we know can be. And on this day we hope for what we still can't see. it's up to us to be the change, and even though we all can still do more, there's so much to be thankful for."

This was part of a song that was sung at the community theatre Holiday production in Conway, SC. It was really good and the words are very inspiring. Prayers to Karen for safe passage to Houston on her drive this week. Happy Birthday to Seth. Merry Christmas to all my friends and family spread across the globe.

The Holidays in Myrtle Beach, SC

The Miller's have a routine - breakfast at the Omega Pancake house. All the staff know Mom & Dad, and they know their usual orders. I was welcomed as the boy from Texas.

The snowglobe is from the flowers sent to Mom & Dad to start the Holiday Season. Now I have time to rest, and do the usual Christmas routine - Addressing my holiday cards, and update my address book. I got news also, that my friend, Karen, has gotten an assignment in Houston and will be my neighbor for a number of months. I am very excited, and she is moving here on the same day I did two years ago - must be good Karma!

What?! SNOW in Houston!

It was a very rarely and fleeting sight that we had snow flurries in Houston tonight! December 10th, 2008 around 6pm we have had a few hours of snow. Enough to catch on your tongue! Once it hits the street or the car it melts. But it was a nice reminder of the season!

New Homes for New Art

Attached are photos of artwork that now has new homes with individuals who live in Houston and Dallas.

The Triptych to the left is now in a great home in Dallas, owned by David H.

This is now owned by RQ in oakcliff part of Dallas.

Chris & Lisa are enjoying their commissioned piece with some wine, a pet barking at some watermelon in the Woodlands, TX.

This great couple owns the piece called Motel Memory in their Houston home.

And the symbolic Red Dot is now in a new home as well in Houston.

Good Memories

This is an amazing photo that I took while I was away for Thanksgiving in Florida. It was one of those moments. To be able to capture such a smal creature in such great detail.


This is a picture of how I used the Painted Umbrella that I got from jim when I moved to Houston. It was used for a backdrop of the food table for the Art Chatter group I hosted at my home. (It was also good at hiding boxes of junk!)

This is my tree this year, small and practical, and blue glowing lights and blue balls!

Finally the evening at Art Conspiracy -- Auction Auction Auction --- so much fun!

A co-worker and his wife, and their friend joined Armando and his cousins and I for the evening and they really got into the art buying. Here I captured one such high bid! Who knew they were artists themselves. Lots of cool people! Lots of great art.

ART CONSPIRACY CREATION

On December 5th, it was another yearm the fourth actually for Art Conspiracy. Artist's gathered among their supplies and heaters in a semi open warehouse that was the staging area for the creation as well as the event.

Two Artist Knomes, not sure they are woodsmen, helped with the supplies, we never did catch their names. They were supposed to be welcome gifts for someone who shall no longer be named. But he had different plans and decided Dallas wasn't the right place for him.

Pictures of my P.A.C.E. art buddy, Jim looking great - not sure which I like better the piece of art or his art shirt! (To think someone tried to throw that away! Never!! That would be treason)

Jim is standing between his "I need a hand" painting and my Artist Soul painting (digital art on canvas with acrylic embellishments).

The afternoon ended with of all things a flat tire, and I am not talking about the beer. One Auto Rescue came and left because he could not find the crank to get the spare out. Leave that to handy lesbians - one came and quickly helped me. After two other trucks never showed, a nice fellow named Jack, (wearing a cool Billy Goat sweated hood shirt) changed the tire for me and I was on my way after three long hours in the cold. Nice friends, Al & Robb took Jim home so he could get warmed up and not wait for this to clear up. I topped the evening off with getting warm, comfort food from Cyndy's New York Deli!

Some great links of other artists that documented the event

http://lifeoutsidethebubble.com/2008/12/08/awesomeartcon-4/

http://sarahjanesemrad.blogspot.com/2008/12/sitting-in-my-all-good-cafe-rempte.html

http://artconspiracy.org/

and I was the proud owner of David Hopkins' created piece - here is a blog about his creation of the piece

http://antiherocomics.com/2008/12/120708-art-conspiracy.html

Abstract Madonna

I created this image from images from taken at the Madonna concert from my camera.

In a way it is very dream like, you see images but you do not. I like the layers of this piece and how it is your own imagination that fills in the gaps and your mind trys to make sense of this abstract image.

Copyright 2008 William H Miller All Rights Reserved

Madonna

Lots of images from the master of crafting images. The concert was a feast for the senses. I can only hope that my art communicates as much as those who experience it.

Soul Signals

It was an interesting day. Listening to my own thoughts. Cleaning my house. This new computer image was created from an image that I painted.

Copyright 2008 William H. Miller All Rights Reserved

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