Tag Archives: Dallas

The Restless Urge Of Autumn

Posted on by Bill Chance

“…as the slow sea sucked at the shore and then withdrew, leaving the strip of seaweed bare and the shingle churned, the sea birds raced and ran upon the beaches. Then that same impulse to flight seized upon them too. Crying, whistling, calling, they skimmed the placid sea and left the shore. Make haste, make speed, hurry and begone; yet where, and to what purpose? The restless urge of autumn, unsatisfying, sad, had put a spell upon them and they must flock, and wheel, and cry; they must spill themselves of motion before winter came.”
― Daphne du Maurier, The Birds and Other Stories

Mural, Exposition Park, Dallas, Texas

Mural, Exposition Park, Dallas, Texas

Lines of Power

Posted on by Bill Chance

“There is no real direction here, neither lines of power nor cooperation. Decisions are never really made – at best they manage to emerge, from a chaos of peeves, whims, hallucinations and all around assholery. ”
― Thomas Pynchon, Gravity’s Rainbow

Shade Structures, Continental Bridge Park, Dallas, Texas

Shade Structures, Continental Bridge Park,
Dallas, Texas

The Nights Will Flame With Fire

Posted on by Bill Chance

“If you’re going to try, go all the way. Otherwise, don’t even start. This could mean losing girlfriends, wives, relatives and maybe even your mind. It could mean not eating for three or four days. It could mean freezing on a park bench. It could mean jail. It could mean derision. It could mean mockery–isolation. Isolation is the gift. All the others are a test of your endurance, of how much you really want to do it. And, you’ll do it, despite rejection and the worst odds. And it will be better than anything else you can imagine. If you’re going to try, go all the way. There is no other feeling like that. You will be alone with the gods, and the nights will flame with fire. You will ride life straight to perfect laughter. It’s the only good fight there is.”
― Charles Bukowski, Factotum

Pizza Oven at Cane Rosso Deep Ellum Dallas, Texas

Pizza Oven at Cane Rosso
Deep Ellum
Dallas, Texas

Bomb-Makers And Gunmen Have Taken That Territory

Posted on by Bill Chance

“I used to think it was possible for an artist to alter the inner life of the culture. Now bomb-makers and gunmen have taken that territory.”
― Don DeLillo, Mao II

Deep Ellum Dallas, Texas

Drain Pipe
Deep Ellum
Dallas, Texas

Always Silent And Alone

Posted on by Bill Chance

“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

Painted Parking Meter Deep Ellum Dallas, Texas

Painted Parking Meter
Deep Ellum
Dallas, Texas

Sometimes Make Money

Posted on by Bill Chance
Window display, Deep Ellum, Dallas, Texas

Window display, Deep Ellum, Dallas, Texas

art is important because you get to have fun and sometimes make money

A Waiting, Opened Soul

Posted on by Bill Chance

“He was taught by the river. Incessantly, he learned from it. Most of all,
he learned from it to listen, to pay close attention with a quiet heart,
with a waiting, opened soul, without passion, without a wish, without
judgement, without an opinion.”
― Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha

Trinity River in the Fall, Dallas, Texas

Trinity River in the Fall,
Dallas, Texas

The Curves of Certain Lines

Posted on by Bill Chance

“I find him in the curves of certain lines, in the loveliness and subtleties of certain colours.”

― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

Continental Bridge Park Dallas, Texas

Continental Bridge Park
Dallas, Texas

Think Before You Speak

Posted on by Bill Chance

“Think before you speak. Read before you think.”
― Fran Lebowitz, The Fran Lebowitz Reader

Mural on column at Deep Ellum Dog Park, Dallas, Texas

Mural on column at Deep Ellum Dog Park, Dallas, Texas

fluffy2

Is There Any Tea On This Spaceship?

Posted on by Bill Chance

“Arthur blinked at the screens and felt he was missing something important. Suddenly he realized what it was.

“Is there any tea on this spaceship?” he asked.”
― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

Photographs from the teacup races at Turner House in Oak Cliff, during the 2014 Tweed Ride festivities.

teacup3

“There are those who love to get dirty and fix things. They drink coffee at dawn, beer after work. And those who stay clean, just appreciate things. At breakfast they have milk and juice at night. There are those who do both, they drink tea.”
― Gary Snyder

teacup4

“You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.”
― C.S. Lewis

teacup2

“I say let the world go to hell, but I should always have my tea.”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Notes from Underground

teacup1

“Take some more tea,” the March Hare said to Alice, very earnestly.
“I’ve had nothing yet,” Alice replied in an offended tone, “so I can’t take more.”
“You mean you can’t take less,” said the Hatter: “it’s very easy to take more than nothing.”
“Nobody asked your opinion,” said Alice.”
― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland