My Bone!

Ghost at 16 Weeks

Birds in Odd Poses

I was tired of the same bird in profile, bird at attention, bird looking to the distance poses and decided to go for something a bit different. 

Night on Sarasota Bay

The 2011 Sarasota Boat Parade

Behind You!

Ghost the Muddy Wonder Pup!

She's at 15 weeks right now and is certainly growing up! It's great to see her continue to develop a personality. Today we went down to the water to play for a bit and we both ended up muddy and wet.

Currently my favorite picture of her!

Photography and Tumblr

Few entries back I talked about this mural in Sarasota but did not post this particular photograph. Instead of posted it on my tumblr. Well, this photograph is apparently my post popular tumblr post receiving over 300 notes (likes and reblogs) in a relatively short amount of time.

I guess tumblr has it's uses besides GIFs of kitties being cute.

Here's my tumblr link: http://dr-moxie-awesome.tumblr.com/ to see what nonsense I post and reblog (mostly it is of the nerdy variety).

Ghost and Santiago

It's funny watching the two of them form a relationship. They are playing together now, instead of Ghost just barking at Santiago. Santiago will sometimes seek her out to play and seems to get confused when I have Ghost tied to a chair instead of letting her have free roam of the house.

Hanzou is getting more and more curious about Ghost but still hisses when she's near. Santiago, however, seems to warming up to the newest addition which is fantastic.

Graffiti Art

Two shots of some fantastic graffiti art from the Sarasota Chalk Festival that took place a few months back.

Tube Dude

Tube Dude of Sarasota, Florida. His show room is awesome.

http://www.tube-dude.com/

On Art and Censorship

Renowned graffiti artist, MTO painted this mural recently in Sarasota, Florida. The mural which is done only with spray paint is located in an area of town that suffers from high crime rates and rampant drug use. Compared to the rest of Sarasota, which is affluent, rich, and white, this area of town is often sneered at and dismissively referred to. As soon as the mural was completed the public cried out against its use of gang imagery.

According to a recent TV report, the model for the hands and the tattoos is a surfer from California living in Sarasota. 'Fast Life', he stated on the report, has nothing to do with gangs. Critics of the piece are stating that it is exactly that phrase, as well as the position of the fingers (the inspiration stated that the hands and fingers are positioned that way for aesthetic purposes) is offensive to the area and it's residents.

I'm not sure which section of Sarasota, which neighborhood, or which tax bracket has the loudest voice in opposing the piece. To me, I think the majority of the problem is because people simply hate having an issue that they would rather forget shoved in their face.

And what better way to shove an issue in your face than a huge mural?

Which is why the mural was scheduled to be painted over.

I took these shots on the day of the paint over but luckily the mural was saved last minute. The owner of the Tube Dude business, where the mural is located, said he would wait for one month to assess public opinion on the mural. If opinion is still negative after that time the piece is getting painted over.

Myself,  I love the mural. I think it's a fantastic piece of art expertly done. It's striking and powerful, and as all good art ought to do, inspire debate.

Ghost at 14 Weeks