a new picture of maryellen
May 19th, 2010 by Norman
this drawing/painting is in a rather different style.
do you like it?
please visit my spring 2010 art page
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I’ve posted new paintings on my web site
and
Lisa and Max have made a short film morphing my art.
Take a look. Send it to your friends. Send it viral!
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Norman’s Art Morphs!
Apr 17th, 2010 by Norman
Lisa and Max have made a short film morphing my art.
Take a look. Send it to your friends. Send it viral!
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a could not… (a poem)
Apr 16th, 2010 by Norman
I’ve made a few minor changes to this poem:
I quite like it…
a could not: (an ugly piece)
I came here like a falling star
but could not mend a broken heart
I was caught within a fairytale
enthralled by hope
and wound around me like a shroud
the me to which I’m bound
was a string of mixed metaphors
mixed and empty
I leave here less then stardust
an ember
an embryo
promise of a better day beyond the sky
I came here as a falling star
to mend a broken heart
and couldn’t even make a start
I could not
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Ted Allan: a partial biography…
Apr 14th, 2010 by Norman
My father used to say that Norman Bethune was the most exciting person that he every new (as an introduction to discussing Bethune). My father, Ted Allan, was the most exciting person that I ever knew…
I have posted 13 chapters of a (20 chapter) biography… and more are coming.
The first chapter, (The Pen as Sword:
Ted finds a new name,
Ted meets Bethune
and the Spanish Civil War) is, I believe, one of the most gripping 20th century stories. Please have a look, and then go on reading if you fancy, and give me feedback (at normanallandr@yahoo.ca)…
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I was telling Tee that I needed a simple text, an “Enlightenment for Dummies”, and she replied that finally there is no guide… you have to go the last step alone, uncharted… ultimately all the Gurus will tell you that for the finally step there is no path, no bridge. You have to jump… and the leap is into the self.
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