Old Vaqueros In Purgtory And Women In Hell

 May 11, 2025

   Ever meet some crazy guy who always has a smirk on for every occasion?

Daily Revised Whip Out: "Suave Pocho"

   Ever witnessed a vaquero on the border coming over a ridge in a cloud of dust?

Daily Revised Whip Out:

"Ridge Rider In Dust"

   Ever wished you could see a vaquero peering out from underneath his sugarloaf sombrero in hell?

"In hell, women are even more right."

—Old Vaquero Saying

   Or, maybe, you'd like to see it more subtle. . .

Daily Whip Out:

"Old Vaquero In Purgatory"

   Words to live by.

"You know, I didn't write my books for critics and scholars. I wrote them for students and artists. When I hear how much my work has meant to them, well, I can't tell you how happy that makes me. That means that this great stuff of myth, which I have been so privileged to work with, will be kept alive for a whole new generation. That's the function of the artists, you know, to reinterpret the old stories and make them come alive again, in poetry, painting, and now in movies."

-Joseph Campbell, author of Hero's Journey and The Power of Myth

   Of course, not everyone appreciates my artistic efforts:

"BBB puts his infantile finger paintings all over the magazine. A child dabbling in watercolors instead of going to art school and learning how to draw."

—Jerry Weddle