Ascender Rises Above

I Give You Fire; Photo. More Ascender’s Photos. Print.

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Prometheus is reaching out for the stars with an empty grin on his face.

Arthur Koestler

In Greek mythology, Prometheus Ancient Greek: Προμηθεύς, “forethought” - is a Titan known for his wily intelligence, who stole fire from Zeus and gave it to mortals for their use. He was then punished for his crime by Zeus. His myth has been treated by a number of ancient sources, in which Prometheus is credited with (or blamed for) playing a pivotal role in the early history of humankind.

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I Give You Fire (detail); Photo.

Inspired by long-time cyber art-inspiration buddy Stephanie’s (Rodrigvitz Style) post to her lovely daughter Tess… I thought I would share my two ghoulie-girls.

Oriental Poppy Gargantua IV; Photo. More Ascender’s Photos. Print.

Cyber-pal Donna (woodka) informs me that this is not the California Poppy Gargantua; but the Oriental Poppy Gargantua. I stand corrected; as it looks exactly like the oriental poppy wiki photos (though I like mine better.) I threw in the ‘Gargantua‘ part in the title myself as I am writing a blog not a wiki — that basically means I can make things up as I go along. Plus; I am an artist and that entitles me to artistic freedom.

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… Santa Lucia: eyes jellied on a plate.
The thrust of serpentine was almost green
all through the mountains where the rock cropped out.
I liked sundowns, dusks smelling of madrone,
the wildflowers, which were not beautiful,
fierce little wills rooting in the yellow
grass year after year, thirst in the roots,
mineral. They have intelligence
of hunger. Poppies lean to the morning sun,
lupine grows thick in the rockface, self-heal
at creekside…

Santa Lucia by Robert Hass (full text)

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Oriental Poppy Gargantua V; Photo. More Ascender’s Photos. Print.
Oriental Poppy Gargantua I, II and III

The Garden’s Seer; Illuminated Tile. Collage on Hand Painted Tile
More Ascender’s Illuminated Tiles.

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An enchanted life has many moments when the heart is overwhelmed with beauty and the imagination is electrified by some haunting quality in the world or by a spirit or voice speaking from deep within a thing, a place, or a person.

Henry Louis Mencken

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The Garden’s Seer; Illuminated Tile. Collage on Hand Painted Tile

The Bee’s Knees VIII, Photo. Print.
See Ascender’s Bee’s Knees I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII
More Ascender’s Photos on this blog.

Do you have a photo of bee’s knees? Drop me a comment with your link and I will list your post here.

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“If God is a flower, you should feel yourself a bee that sucks its honey;”

Sri Sathya Sai Baba

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Waiting For Tomorrow I; Photo. More Ascender’s Photos. Print.

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Slow buds the pink dawn like a rose
From out night’s gray and cloudy sheath;
Softly and still it grows and grows,
Petal by petal, leaf by leaf.”

Susan Coolidge

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Waiting For Tomorrow II; Photo. More Ascender’s Photos. Print.

California Poppy Gargantua III; Photo. More Ascender’s Photos. Print.
See more of these poppies of this blog

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Every one has many associations with a flower. You put out your hand to touch it, or lean forward to smell it, or maybe touch it with your lips almost without thinking, or give it to someone to please them. But one rarely takes the time to really see a flower. I have painted what each flower is to me and I have painted it big enough so that others would see what I see.

Georgia O’Keeffe