Inspired Pics

A picture is worth a thousand words... 

January 2012 theme:

"The Grey Area"

Black and white just make grey...or does it?

"Hetty on the Beach"

~1000 Word Picture of the Month~

Mircea-Bogdan Lungu - Taunton, Somerset, UK:

An amazing  photographer at Nyne Muses Magazine ...



"Her Skull"

Sunday Dawne Marie - Phoenicia, NY
Adding light to the darkness....

13+ years of tattooing... life is imagination that becomes adventure... finding inspiration in music, books & travel... she loves making art & enjoys the collaborative nature of tattooing which she sees as a chance to work with a myriad of different people whom she might have otherwise never met... sunday is a friend to animals great & small & can often be found talking to birds & squirrels...

Sunday currently spends most of her time at her studio: SkinFlowerCosmicArts... located in the friendly little hamlet of phoenicia, new york, in the heart of the catskills... its a clean, colourful place with a relaxed atmosphere nestled in the mountains near the picturesque esopus creek... enjoy a wide variety of great music & an awesome collection of art books when you visit...

See more of Sunday Dawne Marie's work >>>TAKE ME THERE!

"October Storm"

Nick Owen - San Diego, CA:

Nick captured these storm clouds at the BMWCCA Oktoberfest 2010.   Nick makes his living keeping BMW's running at top performance and is also President of The BMW Car Club of America San Diego Chapter.  He told us "This chapter  holds just over 1600 members of the total 70,000+ BMWCCA members nationwide. This non-profit organization was founded back in the 1970s by a group of BMW enthusiasts out of Boston, MA. With support from BMW North America, and other like minded BMW enthusiasts, the BMW Car Club has grown into over 60 chapters across the country. The BMW Club is a social club that puts on events that allow you the ability to enjoy your BMW to your desire while being surrounded by like-minded individuals. With everything from driving your BMW on a race track, to being on display at a car show, to getting discounts on parts and labor from supporting repair shops, the BMW Club is the place to go!" 

Check it out! Here are the links to the club >>> http://www.sdbmwcca.com/ & http://bmwcca.org/

Frank Strasser - Venice, CA: 

Grey clouds over silvery water... You can purchase Frank's work at Fine Art America's site >>>TAKE ME THERE!

Feel free to view more samples of Frank's art on his FACEBOOK PAGE  or to view more of Frank Strasser's original acrylic on canvas paintings on his website click here >>> TAKE ME THERE! 

Dona Blunt - Long Grove, IL:

Black and white always makes you think of zebra's :) Dona says "I'm Flying"--one of my paintings to be on display starting Monday, January 23, 2012 through April 5, 2012 at the Village of Arlington Heights building. I am one of 12 local artists to be featured in the display."  Black and white always makes you think of zebra's

See more of Dona's art>>>TAKE ME THERE!

"INTERMOUTAIN Concours d'Elegance" Original

In late December 2010, My new business division A U T O C O M started to develop a new logo design for Mr. Chris Purdum president of the INTERMOUTAIN Concours d'Elegance, located in Salt Lake City, Utah. When developing the design the main focus was the look of the logo which was to have the "look of class". The other element I had to work with was that Chris wanted the work of Tony Sikorski in the logo.  Tony is an award-winning artist with a penchant for cars — particularly, 1930s Formula 1 and vintage racing vehicles. With the blessing of Mr. Sikorski, I used one of his sculptures and turn it into line art. And still maintain the beautiful craftsmanship of his work. In the end and several revisions later the INTERMOUTAIN Concours d'Elegance logo was born. But what makes this logo design so special to me is this was the very first logo design for A U T O C O M and I was recently surprised to hear from Mr.Purdum that the INTERMOUTAIN Concours d'Elegance is now a official sponsor of the World Race 2011 . And the design of the new logo which I developed will be placed on over 21 cars going from New York to Pairs. I love American history and to be apart of a history in the making is like a dream come true.  And he made a little"green" too ;)

FIND OUT MORE ABOUT JOE'S WORK >>>

A U T O C O M: http://autocomstudios.com

INTERMOUTAIN Concours d'Elegance:  http://www.intermountainconcours.com

World Race 2011:  April 14-July21, 2011  http://www.world-race.net

Hemmings Motor News: Tony Sikorski  http://www.hemmings.com/hcc/stories/2005/10/01/hmn_feature12.html

"Rock Wall"

Beth Foley - Irvine CA:

This Rock Wall at Avila Beach, California shows that in natature grey is gorgeous but awesome as well~

"In the Dark"

Allyson Thompson - Johnsburg, IL

Peaceful dreaming in the dark.... 

"Seattle Beauty"

 Sam Sim- Bellevue, WA 

Cold and grey never looked better ~ the quiet winter beauty of Seattle - captured :) Sam is the co-founder of Guppy Media/Guppy Games.  According to the website he is another geeky but really cool guy (and just slightly better looking than his partner Alex)... Check it out TAKE ME THERE>>>

"The Home Owner"

Claire Meadows - London, UK

It's completely black and white ;)  Although Claire is very busy as the Editor in Chief of Nyne Muses Magazine and tending to the Liquid Gallery website, she finds plenty of time for her pup Willow and Willow graciously allows Claire and her husband Kieth to stay.

CHECK OUT THE LAUNCH ISSUE OF NYNE MAGAZINE:

Want to learn more about the Liquid Gallery?   TAKE ME THERE>>>

 ~A picture is worth a thousand words~

Featured Flight of the Month January 2012John St.Augustine:

Life Expectancy

So it’s 2012. Humanity creeps and crawls along into another calendar year, one that brings with it some serious considerations if you are in to Nostradamus the Predictor (1503-1556) who seemed to confirm what the Mayan’s put in place- the end of the world. I agree with them both the end of the world is imminent, that’s why life expectancy is vital to being alive.

How long our biological human suit sustains itself depends on more factors that we could count. I often thing that buried deep in our physical and spiritual DNA lies a bar code of sorts that has a slew of numbers that represent when we got here, certain ages we are really going remember and our personally selected expiration date. Most of us motor around pretending to be alive, pretending to be awake, pretending to be involved when the truth is we are skimming the surface of our existence until one of those numbers slides through the scanner and bam! Wake Up call… We stay awake for a bit reeling from the job loss or illness or divorce or death only to be lulled back into our functional comas when in fact those moments are sent to make sure we stay awake as fully as possible. Or not.

The life expectancy in the United States biologically is just about 78 years or 28,470 days give or take depending on how you count. We all know our arrival date and celebrate that once a year, but none of us know our exit date that can arrive at any moment and therein lies the secret to living, using the inevitable end as a spur for new beginnings.

Life Expectancy is not just about how long you are here. It’s about being fully engaged in the process, for what you expect of life is what life will return to you and that end of the world stuff? It’s true. The world ends for someone, somewhere every day-and you don’t need to be a prophet to know that. Begin again right now, right where you are.

John St.Augustine is an award winning talk show host, best-selling author and internationally known speaker on human potential. Find out more at: www.johnstaugustine.com

John can frequently be heard on  WGN RADIO 720 The voice of Chicago  >>>TAKE ME THERE!

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A View From the Office...

What do you want to do next?...

2012 Coffee Talk photo by DMThompson

Internet Explorer always asks me; what do you want to do next? But I never answer. I just type in my "destination" and mindlessly peck through my tasks and curiosities. Today as we near the close of another year, I choose to answer… I wanted my coffee topped with whipped cream, caramel and cinnamon. So I did without regret or worry of what the calorie count has risen to. I want to stop burdening myself with regret and worry over nonsensical things. I want to get to know some people better and I know some are better forgotten. I want to find the secret to inner peace, the key to success and joy and then share the secrets until they are no secret, but common knowledge. I want to forge fearlessly into the future and save the world or at least the part of it within my reach. I want you to realize your own potential and I want you to smile :) Happy New Year! DMT

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D.M. Thompson

Founder, President & CEO, GoldenMark, Ltd.

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