Creations from Avalon Members

[thepainterdoug]

Anything created by Avalon Members be it inventions, writings , drawings, paintings, songs, or even pending ideas that members have created past and present and future
Can be your childhood drawings as well.

of course as painter doug, Ill get out of the gate with an old drawing study.

Pen on paper study analyzing the key angles of a young girl sitting in the park.

[Bill Ryan]

We also have this beautiful thread, started by Harmony in 2022, in the Express Yourself section:

• Creativity to Inspire and Transform
  
  

[norman]

Here's something I created in the first month of 2022 (I had no internet for over a month so I used the time to work on it off line). Some parts of it are reworkings of stuff I'd already done.

I didn't post it in Harmony's "Creativity to inspire and transform" thread because I didn't think it really fit the brief in the way I imagine she intended it. It's a long (CD length) audio montage. I burned it on to CDs to give away. I wanted to get it out into the world. It's a long (CD length) audio montage and I posted it on mixcloud where it got only double figure listenings. It didn't get much traction anywhere.

Last year I tried making an MP4 (video) format version of it to put on Rumble where I thought it might get more exposure. Nope, still no change, it broke through into 3 figure listenings after a few months but no sign of sharing or force multipliers. A 'Still' thumbnail and an audio track doesn't seem to hook into the zeitgeist like videos with AI produced dazzling primary coloured thumbnails and young people wearing baseball caps speaking inches away from big fat microphones they got from Amazon.

So, mainly for the historic record, now, here's the Rumble version of that big lump of work that caused a splash only at the bottom of the memory hole well.

S.O.S. WAKEUP - AUDIO MONTAGE

https://rumble.com/v2vvke4-s.o.s.-wa...e9s=src_v1_upp


Source: https://www.rumble.com/video/v2ta54a/?pub=1yatds

[thepainterdoug]

Wow no takers?? Should we just combine it to the CREATIVITY TO INSPIRE AND TRANSFORM thread?

In the meantime, heres a fish on a plate that I caught painted and ate in Belize, years ago.

Fish oil on panel , 11x14

[thepainterdoug]

Hey Norman, thanks for contributing. But thats gonna take some time to listen. A late night will do

pd

[arwen]

My YouTube channel from back in the day. A series of fairly short, themed spiritual videos, set to music I found compelling, with images to match the themes:

Blue Crystal Eagle

Samples:

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=t8J9b9vdQbw

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=776EwEJFYNE

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=xJGZj6ValwY

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=hrjl2ABLCO4

[seehas]

Im not sure if this belongs here but i will tell you about my weird hobby. Sometimes i record videos with my telescope and later create some spaced out tunes on my synthesizer to them.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=NCPlgRCT9wk

[Harmony]

Posted by thepainterdoug (here)
Wow no takers?? Should we just combine it to the CREATIVITY TO INSPIRE AND TRANSFORM thread?

In the meantime, heres a fish on a plate that I caught painted and ate in Belize, years ago.

Fish oil on panel , 11x14

This is a wonderful thread Doug, and it is especially good for those members who want to share their work more publicly like Norm in post #3.


I love to see what members have personally created. Each creation is wonderful in it's own unique way. Arwen's instantly brought tingles and tears with the beauty portrayed. Others are so masterful and so personal in the way they are produced and convey different aspects of life as we perceive it.

[thepainterdoug]

seehas/ do you ever capture anomalies, objects or structures?

arwen/ thanks ! love the africa one

[seehas]

Posted by thepainterdoug (here)
seehas/ do you ever capture anomalies, objects or structures?

arwen/ thanks ! love the africa one

Yes I've seen objects hover over the lunar surface before they even casted a shadow so they must have been huge but I did not capture this on video. There are many weird structures on the surface of the moon and when the atmosphere is good I love to observe the moon with more than x400 magnification.

The video is showing some kind of anomaly at 1:12 that weird looking line if you can see it.

[Harmony]

I hope this isn't too off topic. Eva2 kindly posted the following photo that her friend very recently took. It reminds me of your painting that you are using on your avatar.

[Ratszinger]

For 14 years I professionally made folding knives and sold them off my forum on Bladeforums.com. Before that I made straight knives for nearly 25 years on the side and the sheaths out of leather that I sewed myself before I dared even try my first folder. Once I made a folder things picked up though.
I also invented the fold over or 'Low Rider' pocket clip you see on about all pocket knife models being offered by manufacturers now. I used to sell those to fit any knife off my forum and before that before the internet even existed and it carried over into the internet age where they caught the attention of manufacturer reps at shows because my customers had them mounted on their knives!

I was making more pocket clips than folding knives when I retired. I retired and sold or traded off my shop to other knife makers now. This when I retired but I did create them. Stamped them all with my Runic initials, "STR" only straight lines. Even the pocket clips but they are all stamped on the back side underneath. Anyway the green folder I made has one mounted on it that I did for that model ordered that way by a customer..

Edit: I forgot to even mention that I wrote articles for Knife World, Blade, and Tactical Knives and I also designed a knife models for GEC Great Eastern Cutlery company that has become their most sought after collectible from what I've heard. An electricians knife I designed. Last one sold on ebay for a huge chunk of change after a bidding war. It was fun to watch! :-)

[thepainterdoug]

Harmony, that is certainly strange!!

Ratszinger/ those knife are great. I always a pocket knife clipped to my side when going about. I remember seeing a video of a man and his child walking when a vicious dog attacked the child. If it wasn't for the knife he had on him, the child would have been killed!
I like the top one, clean and simple

Her is another paining i did from my Religion in Uniform series.

I share a lot of art on my F Book incase anyone wants to see?

I invite all to join / https://www.facebook.com/dougauld222

"The Little Priest " oil 20x 24

[Raskolnikov]

Wow, some excellent creations from everyone. Really enjoyed all of it, and your paintings are great Doug. My best friend growing up was a painter. It is truly a special artform and takes great patience and practice, as well as a little talent, so well done.

Here's a passage from a book I wrote a long time ago. Not really sure how to format the paragraphs on this platform so excuse the block-style layout.

The Rising Light over Zurich

After the blizzard-like scenery from the train, I found it hard to believe the bright sunny weather blazing over Zurich. In every direction the view positively sang with life. I couldn’t have imagined a more beautiful city. The impression was that of familiar history, of beautiful historic architecture intimately spaced down charming tree-lined streets giving an overall effect of a small town where the pedestrians might address each other by name in passing. While off in the distance majestic snow-topped mountains protectively guarded the city and smiled down in praise of how the tiny humans had appreciated nature and managed to compliment their towering grandeur. I circled the station gaping in awe while maintaining proximity for fear of missing the connecting train.

After buying a cup of coffee, I found a bench, sat down and unwound. The sun continued its upward climb taking with it the sharp contrast and displaying the city in a more even light. And though the beauty continued to shine I found myself preoccupied and unsettled by the absence of something, something I couldn’t quite pin down or name. The rising light of day was robbing the city of its fresh vibrancy, its magnificent promise, something was slipping away with the shrinking shadows and the fading contrast and being replaced by a diffused and bleeding light, one stripped of any lazy or easy definition and void of all certainty. This impression deeply disturbed me, even causing me to tremble, and left me wondering why even this world’s most beautiful scenery managed to rouse in me a deep sense of melancholy and loss, an overwhelming feeling of desolation, as if I were suddenly in a ghost town and everything around me long dead.

But looking around everything appeared so alive that once again I couldn’t understand this growing sense of dread in the face of such beauty. Something within that beauty, something I couldn’t put into words let alone grasp or even remotely comprehend, was contradicting itself. Beauty was at war with itself, defying and negating itself, and I couldn’t fathom why. Examining the beauty around me, it felt as if it were revealing to me a great secret, a secret learned by so very few, but also a secret that comes at a great price, and survived by even fewer. I contemplated this secret for some long solitary moments, one moment feeling fortunate, the next not so, and wondered if it’s true import were indeed a blessing or a curse. With this terrible, conflicting sensation tearing at my breast, I tore my eyes away from the beauty and entered the station to catch the train.

[Mari]

Okay, my little contribution: the blossom on my Conference pear tree, taken last year, using my (rather old) digital camera. This year's blossom is late to appear, hence last year's photo.

[thepainterdoug]

Mari, there is a divine little skip along of light in your flowers. like a musical rhythm
a beautiful composition

Raskoinikov. thats a stirring piece of writing. Thanks very much, I will copy and paste into my reader and read/ listen again. eerie!! and somehow I feel I have been there with those feelings.


BTW/ Raskolnikov , Ratszinger and Ravenlocke should be a law firm

[thepainterdoug]

a rare watercolor for me

Gallaping Horse

[Dilettante]

Here's an old drawing of a pug I did:



[EDIT] and A macro photo of ants attacking a worm:



I don't do much art anymore. I don't write much, draw much, photograph much, or journal much anymore. I think too much. Sometimes it's upsetting to realize how much time has passed, but then I can't make sense of whether it matters or not.

[Satori]

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/9kfxd...84&st=l8c4cufx


If I did this right, the link above is to a documentary that I co-produced with USC film school graduate James Lujan in 1998 /1999. The title is: "Little Rock's Run". I am a co-creator with Little Rock (Deceased) and James Lujan. (I'm also depicted in the documentary; much more than I expected.) Little Rock died in about 2000, not long after he became a free man. That, too, is another story in and of itself.

It is a fascinating story about a former client of mine, Timothy "Little Rock" Reed. The documentary dates to 1998-99.

I was just able to have the video converted to digital. The reason that came about is a story in its own right. Little Rock's son, Jasper, who is depicted prominently in the documentary when he was a baby is now in federal prison in Oklahoma. Sentenced to prison for robbery, but now facing charges while in prison related to the death of another prisoner. In connection with Jasper's legal woes, I was recently contacted by the Oklahoma Federal Public Defenders Office. They were looking for information about Jasper's background and life history. That effort resulted in me giving them some audio and video tapes of Little Rock. One of the things I gave them was this documentary.

The documentary debut at the Taos, New Mexico, Talking Pictures Festival in 1999. It was very well received. We were going to submit it to Sundance, but at that time Sundance only accepted 35mm film, not video. We did not have the $35,000 to convert the video to film.

I have not watched the documentary in 20 years at least. I watched it again recently and realized that it is every bit as important and topical today as it was back then—if not more so.

My apologies for not just lodging the video here so that you do not have to go to the link. But I'm computer challenged.


I hope you enjoy. It's about 90 minutes. It starts off a bit slow as we introduce Little Rock. Then it picks up pretty good.

[Nasu]

Love this thread. Love all the creations you have all made, I hope you all continue in your own unique ways. Just wanted to ad a side note that not all of us create in the formal yet beautiful way as you do, but every member, in their own small way co creates this forum every day and in every post, some are akin to street graffiti or modern art, some just finger painting like myself and others are true masters in a renaissance style.

I commend all the creators on this wonderful forum no mater their choice of subject, form or expression…….x…… N