the Madiran effect

The Madiran wine is produced around the village of Madiran in Gascony (you know Gascony because the ugly poet with the big nose comes from there - Cyrano de Bergerac - also known under his real name and with a smaller nose Hercule-Savinien Cyrano de Bergerac - just "wikipedia" it)...

So what is the Madiran effect and why is it there?

It is hard to say it ;) but I have to say it (like Sting) it is probably me (to say it). 

In a strange country,

There is no labels to put on,

In an ordinary country,

it is not only me,

but I need someone to set me free,

like I want to be,

as jazzy and it makes no sense,

but I had to say it,

open mind and no defense,

but I have to say it,

it is just probably me 

and of course some of the Madiran effect and some Sting...

Me against the universe

Me against the world (2Pac song) - I did 2 posts on it... Me against the universe is something new. at the moment I am like a black hole (even if they say "today" black holes do not exist or something like that) - so I am like on of these fellows who travel around somewhere and suck everything in. Do not worry it is just a speech or a telling, what I mean is the news, the media, the Fbook, the real world and so on - I suck every information and I have the big problem that actually I can not do just listen (one ear in - the other out), my brain want to think about everything and that is quite boring and it takes me a lot of energy.

So there are few solutions - if we take out alcohols, drugs and whatever, there are just few left - meditation, sport, hmmm (who knows) and gardening.

so to beat the universe I do some meditation, some sport (not a lot - once a while), some gardening, some private stuff ;), some chatting with the people I know and some alcohol and it work sometimes.

In the end the universe is almost always the winner...So what to do?
Smile?
Try to understand?
Accept?
Hmm?
I just go with it and to lose against the universe it is not so bad, since in the real world of today I almost never lose ;)

Got it

I am thinking of writing little bit more - let us say again. Since my first post on blogger there are few things that have change, or let us say quite a lot of things :
- I got weight (loose some and still loosing it)
- I lost some hair and still loosing it, but not to fast (at the moment)
- I write and speak much better English since than (the old times)
- I changed from PC to Mac
- I do less art, more businesses, less poetry, more gardening, less going out - more parenting - to cut it down I got married and "we" got pregnant...

do not worry at this point - I will not start a blog about parenting, kids and so on... It will remain the same I just hope and "pray" to have more time, the ambition to post more often again, since I actually like writing - even if there is nobody to read this stuff - but who knows, maybe in the future there will be the famous eleven - like the last time and on my TO DO LIST after work is written - PODCAST again and again and again...

So cheers
your
wizard of Avignon...

wax ingravings

just few details

Conceptual art work

Why should we do conceptual art work if we cannot eat it at least?

this piece is made of roasted cabbage, it was made at 6 PM, show to the public at 7PM, reheated at 10PM and eaten at 10PM10 - the work that existed only 4 hours and 10 minutes and it was delicious.

the productive days!

I had some black and white acrylic colors standing around for so long, so I decided to do something with them!

those days

 Do you have those days when you just do not want to do anything? Today is such a day. This day is such a day! I decided to listen to some good old school music and to paint. Maybe I will do something else, but still why do we have those days? They are just so, fu^^ing boring! Hope that Led Zeppelin can change that!

Greetings and c U!

Dust in the wind!

few years ago I started a podcast, so I quietly did not blog so often any more. and like dust in the wind everything changes and so I want to blog more (let us say) again.not only because I stopped to podcast (for the moment). like in the beginning I am in front of a PC (I hate PC - MAC is so much better) and it is a PC "in french". I love france and french people but the computer should be the RIGHT way and not the french way - it is so annnnoying to get to use to it!

whatever. let's blog again!!!!

a wall that can be eaten!

Still - life 5

 

Like I said few weeks ago - it is quite amazing what the nature is capable of. 

Still - life 4

Still - life 3

Still - life 2

Still - life 1

In French it is called "nature mort" (dead nature) - the still-life is just an other term for it. Here is my own conceptual work about the REAL dead nature and what we can do with time and biology!

 

It is amazing what the nature is capable of. Take few minutes and take a good look at this little thing I took with my Nikon - what do you think this is? During the next few weeks I will show you few other examples of "death nature" - literally what I did was experimenting with the rooting and drying methods of sliced fruits and vegetables, their transformation in the complete dark or in a sunny place, there changes in cold environment or hot environment and the big challenge now is how to stop the process and to preserve it for the future without using additives that will change the aspect of the object and without storing it in a box? 

If you have some ideas or experiments on this subject please contact me on dzennan@gmx.net...

Enjoy and cheers

your wizard of avignon!  

other paper work 3

other paper work 2

other paper work 1

Paperwork

Not everything we do is art, but the most of it is fun. Some times it is something more commercial for sale and sometimes it is just us playing around.  Here is some playing around with some papers, an old frame and some colors I use in conservation for imitating patinas and gilding.

Enjoy!

Some new graphics...

The first few graphics are made with motives from paintings of the great Chinese painter Mr. Lou Dahua. If you want to find out more about him - click here. The last 3 are random. Enjoy!