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Apparently I’m still in the need to tweak stage. I just became aware of a bundle of comments that ended up in the spam basket – a few from people I thought were white-listed. I’ve removed them from the bit bucket and approved those comments – none were spam as I define it – so if you noticed one of your comments not being posted, it should be by now.
I thought I get notified for spam entries but it appears … I wuz rong.
It appears that comments are no longer accepted at AD.
I think it was my comment on the latest post on AD. I was able to get on to the comment section as normal but I noticed that the post locked up right after I submitted it.
I fear the death throes of American Digest have begun. I managed to download the site, cumbersome as that process was. It’s likely I’ll pick a rare occasion to post one of Gerard’s essays … but the site will be gone and we’ll move on.
Seems Casey’s moved on as well, I haven’t heard from him on this site; I miss his commentary as well.
Can someone contact Casey and ask him to stay connected to this site? Maybe help him link up. Do we know what his site is and can you post it here?
Given the mid-air crash tonight at Reagan National, I’ll give a few initial comments. The usual caveats apply: You should consider very little that you hear in the first 24 hours to be accurate, and as always, my 60% Rule applies.
I’ve always hated flying into triangular airports….they are set ups for ground or air collisions. I said after 9/11 that that was a good opportunity to close DCA.
More tomorrow, probably.
One more thing before I head to bed…..Trump has had a very good week and a half. This post to Truth was neither helpful nor Presidential. Saying the usual “thoughts and prayers” or nothing at all would have been far better.
Your comment was the first I heard of this.
I hate flying in any case – having nothing to do with being stuck in a software controlled cigar tube cramped up with a couple hundred friendly folk 6 miles up and buzzing around at 2 or so football fields per second.
Used to do it a lot …
I drive cross-country rather than fly … and I once worked on designing commercial aircraft (electronics, not structures). I don’t fully trust anything operated with software – not that anything for certain would be known at this time about this particular crash.
Haven’t been in a tube since 1980 and prolly never will. I’m not in a hurry to be scared to death… Like you, I prefer the “scenic” route. I’ve driven cross country a couple times – long, sometimes boring, most times not, always arrived at the other end unterrified and undead.
I still travel for work. Been through 65 different airports worldwide.
Our crew goes to the PI every year or two. If you do not fly, it is a long swim.
Where Casey is?
Maybe he can be contacted here:
https://thecolorist.blogspot.com/
Medal Awarded to Klahn
Davenport, WA artist Casey Klahn was awarded the Master’s Circle status from the International Association of Pastel Societies, June 8th, 2019. The award is indicated for his achieving the IAPS master’s status in 2017, when he secured a fifth point in the international association’s system for recognizing artists achieving either awards or exhibition placement.
Klahn is a past member of the Northwest Pastel Society, and a signature member of the Pastel Society of America. He is represented in the contemporary marketplace of various social media platforms, and teaches art workshops internationally.
The award of Master’s Circle is signified by a bronze medal coated in 18K gold, struck with a design of a rose rendered by IAPS founder and former president, Urania Christy Tarbet. On the back is engraved the awardee’s name and date of the award. An artist may use the letters IAPS/MC to indicate his or her status, and in Klahn’s signature the letters PSA are also used to note his status as a signature artist in the Pastel Society of America.
The pastel medium is among the oldest mediums used by artists. It is composed of pure pigment and the least amount of binder or body necessary to make a paste, which is then dried and forms a stick similar to a crayon. The difference being that a crayon is of gross materials, and the pastel of the finest. Pastel artworks are considered the most archival colors, even exceeding oil paint for lightfastness. Contemporary pastelists enjoy the availability of archival surfaces now, compared to the past when some paper substrates were of a fugitive nature. One of the formal qualities of pastel that Klahn enjoys is its ability to portray bright, pure color, which is a keynote of contemporary visual art.
Wow! Our Casey is quite the fellow, eh? I hope he comes on over; I for one miss his commentary.