Bring On the Dancing Horses

Billy stands
All alone
Sinking sand
Skin and bone
Bring on the dancing horses
Wherever they may roam
—-Echo & the Bunnymen, Bring On the Dancing Horses

Design District Dallas, Texas

Design District
Dallas, Texas

Always Silent And Alone

“In his face there came to be a brooding peace that is seen most often in the faces of the very sorrowful or the very wise. But still he wandered through the streets of the town, always silent and alone.”
― Carson McCullers, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter

Huffhines Park, Richardson, Texas

Huffhines Park,
Richardson, Texas

Like A Big Ol’ Dinosaur

James Dean in a Mercury ’49
Junior Johnson’s runnin’ in the woods of Caroline
Even Burt Reynolds in a black Trans Am
All gonna meet down at the Cadillac ranch
—-Bruce Springsteen, Cadillac Ranch

Old Guys Rule Cadillac Ranch Amarillo, Texas

Old Guys Rule
Cadillac Ranch
Amarillo, Texas

Cadillac, Cadillac
Long and dark
Shiny and black
Open up your engines, let ’em roar
Tearin’ up the highway like a big ol’ dinosaur
—-Bruce Springsteen, Cadillac Ranch

Emptying Her Face Of Emotion

“She was not one for emptying her face of expression. ”
― J.D. Salinger, Franny and Zooey

Huffhines Park, Richardson, Texas

Huffhines Park,
Richardson, Texas

To Make Something Happen

“That’s the problem with drinking, I thought, as I poured myself a drink. If something bad happens you drink in an attempt to forget; if something good happens you drink in order to celebrate; and if nothing happens you drink to make something happen.”
― Charles Bukowski, Women

Design District, Dallas, Texas

Design District,
Dallas, Texas

Dead Beetle At the Bottom

“He had the look of one who had drunk the cup of life and found a dead beetle at the bottom.”
― P.G. Wodehouse

Huffhines Park, Richardson, Texas

Huffhines Park,
Richardson, Texas

The Tyranny Of Petty Things

I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty things.
—-Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Charles Umlauf Spirit of Flight Love Field Dallas, Texas

Charles Umlauf
Spirit of Flight
Love Field
Dallas, Texas

Change the Musculature Of Your Face

“Intelligence, goodness, humanity, excitement, serenity. Over time, these are the things that change the musculature of your face, as do laughter, and animation, and especially whatever peace you can broker with the person inside.
It’s furrow, pinch, and judgement that make us look older – our mothers were right. They said that if you made certain faces, they would stick, and they do. But our mothers forgot that faces of kindness and integrity stick as well.”
― Anne Lamott, Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith

Huffines Park, Richardson, Texas

Huffines Park,
Richardson, Texas

There’s Only One Kind Of Dance

There’s only one kind of dance, the robot
And the robo-boogey
Oh and the ro, two kind of dances
But there are no more humans
Finally robotic beings rule the world
—-Flight of the Conchords, Robots

The Travelling Man (two versions) Deep Ellum, Dallas, Texas

The Travelling Man (two versions)
Deep Ellum, Dallas, Texas