December 15, 2025
This morning, I was looking for artistic inspiration and so I grabbed an excellent book from my library: "Salvador Dali: 50 Secrets of Magic Craftmanship" and it was fun to revisit some of his artistic nuggets, such as his love of the fan-shaped brush. And because of Dali, I have discovered so many tricks with this little awkward looking paint brush:
Daily Whip Outs Galore With ThisFan Shaped Delight
But then I came to this secret: "Believe me, when I advise you to guard your studio with the utmost vigor against the intrusion of any living creature besides your wife." He goes on, railing against monkeys, parrots, cats and then he gets to the heat of his disdain: "the stupid presence of a dog, with its lachrymose sentimentality, cannot but strike you as lamentably out of harmony with the cruel tensions of your lucid spirit, which is one of the principal vital and fecund characteristics of every authentic creator."
—Salvador Dali
Well, he could have talked all day and not said that, especially when I looked around and saw this.
"Dog-Gonnit I thought people liked me!"Well, scratch that part of Dali's dog-gone advice. The fan brush stays and so does the dog!
Made some green chile this afternoon and whenever I do that, I haul down Mad Coyote Joe's classic cookbook.
Joe is also a guitar player and one man band.
I think he would appreciate this little dittie.
"Guitarists spend half their lives tuning their guitars and the other half playing out of tune."
—Paul Simon
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