The Work of A Cowboy And Ed Mell Clouds

November 1, 2018
   Woke up to an Ed Mell morning.

Sunrise Over Ratcliff Ridge

   Those clouds sure have a strong resemblance to one of Ed's paintings, don't you think?

Mell Cloud Painting

   Scrambling to finish our January issue. Lots of hangouts, last minute changes and typos. A new crew member trying to get up to speed. It's stressful but this is what I do.

Up On The Design Review Wall

   When I was a kid, of course, I wanted to do this kind of work:

Eddy, New Mexico Cowboys

   And, although I had the jeans for it, I never really had the genes for it.

"A miner is a cowboy with his brains bashed in."
—Old Vaquero Saying

"Cinema is an empathy-injection mechanism. It maneuvers us, emotionally, so we can care about people who don't exist, whom we have never and will never meet." 
—Marc Bernardin