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If you like drawing, you may have tried to draw a family member from a photo, and then you may know how hard it is to find a likeness. You finish it, and the nose, eyes, and eyebrows are all in their proper places, but Aunt Jane it is not.
We all have a basic idea of what a face looks like. They don’t have fingers or legs hanging off them, or pizza, usually. A face has...
You may find the soft “clouds” of mature juniper foliage pleasant.
Eventually this gets out of hand and we have a big thundercloud of foliage obliterating the structure of the tree. Which you may have spent a lot of effort wiring and setting.
At this juncture some retooling is in order.
This juniper has outgrown its shape and could use redefi...
Keith Jarrett arrived in Koln, Germany to discover the grand piano he’d requested for his concert wasn’t there. By mistake, a baby grand sat on stage at the opera house, in a condition a lot worse than just out of tune. The pedals didn’t work. And it had poor bass and a tinny upper register.
He refused to play. And the 1975 concert was sold out.
Jarret...
A couple weeks ago I posted about a Yellow Cedar, and got a few comments which said it wasn’t integrated. Which is a great critique. Because it isn’t. And I teach integration.
Let’s use this Cedar as a sacrificial example, and compare it to others that are well-integrated. And then I’ll explain why I’ve not integrated this one.
But first let’s set the board, and...