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Brian H. Gill
I was born in 1951. I'm a husband, father and grandfather. One of the kids graduated from college in December, 2008, and is helping her husband run businesses and raise my granddaughter; another is a cartoonist and artist; #3 daughter is a writer; my son is developing a digital game with #3 and #1 daughters. I'm also a writer and artist.
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Tag Archives: art
Something Different: Sharing Art and Experience
I keep meaning to get back to this, but haven’t. About six months back, I was introduced to an ‘art’ site: It’s — no, you’re better off checking it out yourself. You’ll find a small but varied set of pictures/paintings, … Continue reading
AI Art and Me
Oddly enough, that picture was not made with or by AI. I didn’t do all the work that went into “Hangar 7”. Nikola Tesla, Michael Faraday, and a whole mess of other folks developed the alternating current1 that ran my … Continue reading
War, Feelings, Jesus, and Making Sense
How I feel about a colorful and imaginative image of the American president. More to the point, what I think about what has been happening. Continue reading
Art in Context
Something G. K. Chesterton jotted between the lines of a book, a bogeyman of yesteryear, and how the Eighth Commandment relates to media and art. Continue reading
Something Pleasant: Christmas Decorations From Minnesota
I ran across “So Minnesota: Department 56 is a Christmas tradition” on YouTube yesterday afternoon. I’ve seen these ceramic ‘Christmas village’ buildings and their many look-alikes, but hadn’t known their origin story. “Department 56, a Christmas tradition found in homes … Continue reading
