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The Fine Art Of Ineptitude, Sue Winemiller
The Fine Art Of Ineptitude, Sue Winemiller
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Each of us knows at least one of them. They are perched before easels duplicating the spring's emerald meadows and the autumn's turbulent skies. Clad in leotards, they pirouette and pas de buerre their souls into the "Nutcracker Suite," while their colleagues entrance the audience with skill in the orchestra pit. Not content with a monopoly of the fine arts, their type is found fashioning Christmas angels from empty toilet paper rolls, making doll houses out of old cereal boxes, and whipping together gourmet dinners from cans of Campbell's Chicken Noodle Soup. I speak of my personal nemesis, the artist--one …
Apples And Glass (A Comment On Picasso's "Pomme Et Verre"), Charles Hostetter
Apples And Glass (A Comment On Picasso's "Pomme Et Verre"), Charles Hostetter
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"No, Junior, the picture is not hung upside down."
"How does Mother know? They don't hang pictures upside down."
"The picture is called "Apple and Glass."
Blazing The Real: Writing By Indiana Children, Susan C. Adamson, Julie Patterson
Blazing The Real: Writing By Indiana Children, Susan C. Adamson, Julie Patterson
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I got my first camera when I was in third grade—a Brownie Hawkeye flash model with a snazzy little camera case. The instruction manual provided six simple steps for taking successful pictures.
Hold the camera steady, supporting it underneath. Then, with the sun behind your back or over your shoulder, locate the subject in the finder. At the instant of exposure, hold your breath and press the shutter release with a gentle squeezing action (Brownie Hawkeye Instruction Manual).
The camera came with two rolls of film, each with16 frames. I eagerly used them up and sent the exposed film off …