This is a photograph of Salvador Dali & Walt Disney taken in the 1940s. I am guessing that it is in California.
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Art Game II
This is a water colour painting by my cousin, Martha Outt Harns, done in 1987. She is now 87 years old & sadly, lives in a residential facility for Alzheimer’s Disease patients. I wanted to post this as part of the Art Game series as a tribute to the body of work that she left us. This painting shows some degree of Thai dance culture, in terms of the hand & finger positions, but the costume design, as I understand it, is her interpretation or composite of similar costumes from South East Asia.
Art Game III
This is a result of my point & click camera. The Art Game series has inspired me to record the art I see around me in San Francisco on a daily basis. Not all art has to be within the walls of a museum or a palace. It can be part of your daily life, if you let it. I call this one Kitty Cat Sidewalk, not knowing who created it, nor what (if any) name was given to it. It was taken not very far from where I work.
CODA: I had a funny, sweet, naughty, smartest-cat-in-the-world. Her name was Marnie, after the Alfred Hitchcock movie. To the best of my ability to know, the only thing she ever shoplifted was my heart. She was in my life for 15 years, before she died. I miss her very much. To Marnie, my little meow-face!
Art Game IV
Atlas Stands Unnoticed Before The Holy Wisdom
I started this painting in 2007. It was rejected. I repainted it, after years of pain, in 2010, understanding it was growth which caused both the pain & the release of the cause of that pain. Now, the painting is free & in so being, it has released me from much sadness.
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Art Game V Jay Defeo/The Rose
This monumental painting by artist Jay Defeo is one of the most astonishing & spiritually moving works of art I have ever experienced in my life. I first became aware of it several years ago by taking a class called Women In Art History, City College, San Francisco. It's history of having to be removed from an apartment here in San Francisco, due to the eviction of the artist & the story of having the bay window that was it's original backdrop setting removed & a crane used to hoist it to the street-level moving van added to my intrigue of the work. I was impressed by the photographs I had seen & by what I had read about the struggles of the artist. But NOTHING, NOTHING at all could have prepared me for the emotional & spiritual experience of seeing it in real life, real time, minus the bay window that was it's original backdrop. Much has been written about this work. The only thing I can add, with a tone of urgency is: Please, take the time to see this for yourself while it is back in San Francisco, at the Museum of Modern Art. It is a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Photography can certainly show you what it looks like, but you need to experience this in person, as an active viewer, in order to be fully overwhelmed. My paltry words do not do it justice, not at all!
Art Game VI
Art Game VI: Andy Warhol-Knockoff
This is a painting of Andy Warhol @ a cafe entrance on Divisadero Street, San Francisco. I liked the idea of it being more or less street art, not in a museum & not costing several millions of dollars. It's not signed. Post Mortem would make that a bit of a challenge, even freaky. Calling it a knockoff is a tip of the hat to Jean-Claude Van Damme & to Warhol, since they both did the same thing over & over & over. One was a genre artist, the other is an genre actor. Duplication must be in the wrist & the timing. Makes the term monetize seem rather quaint. Enjoy!
Art Game VI
No Smoking Sign. This is the international standard glyph for "No Smoking." It is simple & well designed, making it's simple message obvious to all who can see. Why is it still being ignored by people? This is a question for which there is no simple answer. I hope that by posting this work of functional art, the message can be repeated: You deserve to have a full life that does not include destroying your lungs or harming the environment. Think: if every tobacco field were turned into a forest, how good that would be for the planet! That, alone, is a very exciting concept. Help make it a reality!
Her Imperial Highness continues to show her devotion to the art of film promotional ‘standees’ & to Patrick Stewat, to whom she dedicates her Bonaparte fortune. She likes to X-periment with every possibility in life.
YOU TUBE TRAILER OF X-MEN DAYS OF FUTURE PAST
The casting error of omitting Her Imperial Highness, The Princess Melita Bonaparte, becomes evident very quickly. She brings a special presence & value that cannot be explained or denied. She longs to be placed into a dumpster, next to her film idols & professional peers. For her next film: THE PERFECTION OF RUIN–which will be dedicated to Patrick Stewart.
When casting directors & studios understand that people are coming to see her, they will stop calling about using her car. Princess Melita Bonaparte is tireless in her efforts to promote films & those who work in them. She believes that her future is in the stars…
The newest addition to my active vocabulary is ‘standee.’ In the film world standees (pluralform) are the generally oversized, free-standing photographic (and sometimes accessory-laden) promotional items that serve to advertise films @ the multiplex theatres. AMC 1000 Van Ness Avenue in San Francisco is one such venue. I imagine that some film festivals of newly released “A List” motion pictures have them. Some of them may be filtered down to some repertory houses that might have room for them.
By the grace of a horror film–so January 2014 of me-Paranormal Activities: The Marked Ones, I have become enchanted with them. I see these items as having potential for collectors, those with the green stuff & the space, and those of us who have a particular interest in one or two items. Other possibilities for re-use could include schools, kindergartens-even the opposite end of the age spectrum, assisted living facilities, might be good repositories for some items. It would be a valid re-use, and provide a charming, if somewhat temporary second home for some of them. It would be nice to see the studios engage in some planning that would prolong the shelf-life of these items. Tossing them into the dumpster is just another symptom of American waste.
The Original “Standee” for the upcoming Muppets Film MOST WANTED
This is the original version of the Disney Muppets film standee for Most Wanted. Here, you can see the image of the ever-brilliant Tina Fey.
At the very least, the theatre chains could at least keep them up whilst the films are still showing. It seems to brutal of the managers to toss this art-form into the dumpster in such a premature fashion.
After slight editing, there may be two characters you may have seen before?
Alas, Tina Fey was headed out by Her Imperial Highness, The Princess Melita Bonaparte. Also, Captain Spaulding makes an appearance. Beneath him lurks Princess Melita’s Twin Brother, Prince Roland Bonaparte II. They got their heads together @ 1000 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco. Keeping your head off my shoulders allowed me to photograph these. Usually, it’s due to the ‘kindness of strangers.’
YOU TUBE TRAILER FOR THE MUPPETS: MOST WANTED
The Muppets have been around for a very long time & have engaged some of the most talented humans of their era.
“Of course, this line was my motto & everyone knows this,” says Princess Melita Bonaparte
See, it is the Family Motto: Ego levavi manum meam ut praesidium regium et cum sanguine vitam.
Even advertising on the glass doors of Westfield Centre couldn’t keep this Titanic on course or lure passengers to their death by being comatose with boredom. The plot line was too confusing & the dialogue was splattered with endless chatter that added very little to map out who was going where. It was even more muddled to have an exclusive Vampire boarding school with Euro Royalty that had no connection to the plot. It had potential to be funny and/or make a statement. Unfortunately, it did neither & sank without benefit of an iceberg. There were no life boats for this one @ all! The ‘standee’ art work was better than the film!
You Tube of Princess Melita Bonaparte’s Boarding School-Vampire Academy! She was at the bottom of her class! She was always a bottom feeder & her teeth prove it!
Princess Melita Bonaparte barely made her grades @ Vampire Academy! The deans were ready to expel Her Imperial Ineptness when, all of a sudden, she made it to the very top of her class-and was graduated summa cum laude. It stunned her classmates, they knew she had cheated on all of her examinations. Like Richard Nixon (long before he became famous, actually did this, a sort of foreshadowing of a caper to come later in his career), she broke into the professor’s office & pilfered through the files, using tons of liquid paper to change rows and rows of “F”s to “A”s-she was able to pull off a feat nearly as astonishing as Carrie White winning the Prom Queen title.
From the bottom of her class, now to the top of the world. She is the new Oprah!
But: There was The Vampire Manifesto, written entirely by her–& dedicated to Valerie Solanas & Patrick Stewart.
“Dental rights for Vampires”–and “Blood Safe For Vampires Is Good For The Bloody World” made headline articles in the New England Journal Of Medicine & People Magazine. She provided expert economic analysis that defied refutation at all levels, proving that what was good for vampires would lead to exponential economic growth, unparalleled in world history. Every small town in the Middle West would have two, (not just one) Wal-Mart’s. Princess Melita demands FREEDOM OF CHOICE, as long as it is what SHE wants. She is just perfect to be a middle manager as well as being Empress of the Universe! To this date, she is being considered for the Order of Charlemagne (for protecting blood lines), the Pulitzer Prize (for fiction) and the Nobel Peace Prize (for human rights for vampires)! There is no end to her accomplishments & her proposals are being adopted by the FDA without corporate payoffs or the formation of any PACs. A Postal Zip code is being considered for her personal use. She demanded good service & still wants the Post Office to send her the DVDs she sent to Dorothy Malone’s agent to be autographed , who kept them & did nothing with them. She contacted the FBI, Senator Diane Feinstein, and they did nothing! The London School of Economics is creating a chair, just for her use–so that her blood supply won’t be stale. President Obama plans immediate action to add her list of dental hygiene suggestions to Obamacare. Popular acclaim for the Imperial Princess may threaten Hillary Clinton’s chances of being the first woman president. “It’s fine, I can wait another 8 years,” Mrs Clinton has been heard muttering under her breath. “Pour être le premier président avec un titre impérial et royal est un noble objectif,” proclaims the Princess, under her breath. It’s a good day for Listerine!
“One little bite for a man, one meal for mankind,” Princess Melita said in a recent telecast from Moon. She went there without a passport, and is wondering now, was this a set-up?
I want Universal Vampire Rights & Access to Health Care–she demands! Plus, we have ‘special needs’ vampires, those who cannot reach taller people. She is placing a special request for step stools to the Carpenter’s Union, and asking that Miss Manners devote an entire column to explain proper etiquette for tall people with long necks who encounter hungry vampires who are short. “Kindness to vampires will be it’s own reward,” we are being told.
Will Ben & Jerry come up with a new ice cream flavour? Will all new cars be blood-red?
Princess Melita Bonaparte was graduated from Vampire Academy summa cum laude.
Post Graduation Celebration @ Mel’s Diner–just steps away from her film debut!
“I sweated Blood for this degree of frustration,” says Her Imperial Highness. “Now 1000 Van Ness has tossed my Alma Mater in their dumpster! Celebrating @ Mel’s–summa cum laude!
“I will do my best to protect Film Inspired Art from being tossed into the dumpster @ 1000 Van Ness & I will do my best to restore the Greek Monarchy,” promises the Imperial One.
