Contemplation of Justice

While there are many ills and evils in the world, no one should fool themselves that Eternal Justice does not know of it, and has prepared the Judgement against the wicked. Those who suffer innocently can take refuge in this knowledge, while those who cruelly abide in their selfish ways should learn and resist the ensnaring temptations. Justice is patient and wise, and in the end shall prevail, whether it be on earth or in heaven. Of this no one should have any doubt.

Happy Thanksgiving

Even though life may not be perfect, we still have a lot to be thankful for. For one thing, we were not born turkeys. :)

Happy Thanksgiving!

A Shelf of Treats

Art Rebel found himself walking through a quaint little restaurant / grocery store in Tarrytown on the Hudson where they have shelves of jams and honey, and all kinds of exotic treats. So he took a picture. Of course.

Looking Through the Window

Art Rebel happen to be walking through a very pretty little town on the Hudson named Tarrytown.  When he turned a corner he was surprised by this pretty sight.

Art Rebellion #30

Art Rebel found himself next to some women who had a flare for art, though they wouldn't admit it. After much cajoling, they finally contributed to this 3-Way Art Collaboration. Art Rebel was impressed.

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Here they are in more detail...

Art Rebellion #30 - 3-Way Collaboration

Woman from the Dark Side

Young man waiting for something, but didn't know what.

Dr. Chickenhiemer, contemplating the possibilities.

Rotundra The Squirrel

For years now we've been sitting outside on the front steps getting drunk and throwing peanuts at our adopted squirrel, Rotundra. She's gotten to be pretty big. Extra big. Like, I'm sorry, but that squirrel is fat. I mean FAT. For a squirrel. She probably weighs, I'm guessing, four pounds. She can bully small children.

Fortunately, she is a nice squirrel. Otherwise, we'd be in trouble. If she knew any kung fu, we'd have to pay protection money... in peanuts. LOTS of peanuts. She could wear an eye-patch and we'd have to join her gang.

Fortunately, though, she's a sweat-heart. Wouldn't hurt a fly. She's very cute. She likes to come up and take peanuts from our hands. She once climbed up on my lap. That hurt. She's really heavy. I thought she broke my tibia. But she didn't, so it's ok.

Anyway, if you are in the neighborhood and you see her coming over the tops of the trees or anything, just offer her a peanut. She's easy to please. But don't call her "Ralph". She hates that. If you call her that she gets mad. And you wouldn't like Rotundra when she's mad. Believe me. She can be a badass squirrel. She used to smoke cigarettes. She quit in 2007. But anyway, don't worry, you'll like her. She's great, and lots of badass stories.

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Horizon Catches Fire

One day long ago, before most people can remember, Celestial Golden-Orb, our beloved Sun, caught the horizon on fire. As it happened he was gazing at Moon Princess, who happens to be a most wondrous and heavenly beauty. She was splashing around in her silver pool, bathing, and making jokes with her hand-maidens, and being utterly delightful as usual. She has such a sweet and clever personality, and such elegant manners! So ardently was the Sun enraptured by her, that a ray of light escaped from his eye and ignited a world-spanning blaze along the entire western horizon! So terrible was the blaze that the whole sky was lit up with a fiery red light. This event caused the ancient Sky Lords to protest.

"Why have you done this terrible thing!?" they demanded, having hauled the Sun before the Judgement Seat of the Emperor in the Heavenly Court of the Universe. Everyone glared at the Sun, waiting for his answer.

"Well, I couldn't help myself from staring," replied the Sun sheepishly. "She is very pretty, you know, and I kept thinking that perhaps she had taken a shine to me."

The Ministers, Counselors and High Muckity-Mucks all hung their heads in dismay.

The Emperor, however, being very wise, ruled in the Sun's favor, saying that such accidents are to be expected on occasion because, as he said, "the world in not perfect, nor are the things in it, nor even the Celestials who rule over it."

"Only Love is perfect", quoth the Holy Emperor, "and Love takes into account all things."

In the end the fire was put out by the Sky Lords who, by Imperial Decree, peed on it for forty days and nights, and so, fortunately, the earth was restored and made good as new.

So that the Sun would never forget and do so again the Great Holy Emperor of the Universe decreed that whenever the Sun should become enraptured by any beautiful Princess, he must paint a portrait of his feeling for her, which today we call 'The Sunset Sky', and 'The Dawn Sky'. And so long as there are beautiful princesses in the world, so it shall be from now until Eternity.

Pixies Dancing with the Moon

Once there were three pixie sisters who were not quite so mischievous as the others. Instead of tying horses manes into knots, or scattering the geese at midnight, or letting the fox into the hen house, they preferred to dance with Moon Princess in Dreamland. They had such a very lovely time of it. But of course, you know that their cousins were all very jealous and used to tease them about it quite a bit. But they didn't mind. Dancing with Moon Princess is worth more than ten rose petals floating on the still waters of Lake Beauty-Under-Stars, so the pixie sisters paid no attention to the teasers, except to say once in a blue moon, "If you weren't so jealous and annoying about it, you could have joined us instead. Then you might have had as much fun as we have had." Whenever they heard this, the other pixies would let out a wail and vanish into the marshes where they belonged. And so the pixie sisters enjoyed their time with Moon Princess, and the dear girl was happy to have the company.

Moonset at Dawn

The beautiful moon, celestial pearl, sets in the west, as the sun, divine golden orb, rises in the east, together creating a scene of transcendent beauty, for those who from their busy lives can take but a moment, or eternity, to see.