Thursday, March 15, 2012

Three Drawings from the Past

Tug Miriam de Felice - 1982
I've been looking for images to go with my piano music at the new web site I'm building for putting a lot more of my music on the web.  My piano concerto and three piano toccatas are about boat trips in Alaska.

I scanned some drawings.  These three are from 1974, 1975 and 1982.  They were in notebooks I kept back then, with drawings, interviews and poems.

At the top, is the Miriam De Felice, headed through the Aleutians.

Reflecting on a Prince William Sound rainbow:


Design plans for a new pilot house on the Kannah Creek:

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Nice drawings especially from a music guy.

Below, you commented about other bloggers. I figure these folks have figured out there is gold in them thar hills-- there is money to be made from Palin discussions. I think they love Palin and they are laughing all the way to the bank with their Palin critical blogs. If Palin went away, they would go away too. I hope both will happen.

I can't stand Palin, and I also can't stand these bloggers-- Palin should be criticized intellectually (that would be a slam dunk) but criticism of Palin should not be a cash profit tool. Some of these folks only care about money-- which makes them similar to Palin.

Anonymous said...

Actually, most of the anti-Palin blogs continually discuss the intellectual void between Palin’s ears. I hold them in high esteem as they were the first to report the truth about our ex-quitter governor. As a cash cow tool? How?

Phil, I love how you composed the top watercolor. The size of the boat is so endearing! It makes me happy to look at it.

Philip Munger said...

"I love how you composed the top watercolor. The size of the boat is so endearing! It makes me happy to look at it"

-- we were on our way from Captain's Bay Unalaska to Shemya and Attu in September 1982.

I used to draw a lot. Up until about 1984. Then it dropped off as I began writing music seriously again after a lapse of 12 years.

Anonymous said...

3/15, 2:04 pm:

How as a cash cow tool?

Just look at one of the blogs, for example mudflats.com-- you can buy stuff from their shop:

http://www.cafepress.com/mudflats

You can also buy a copy of Blind Allegiance through their link:

http://astore.amazon.com/mudflats-20/detail/1451654405

or you can buy from one of their other advertising sponsors.

Yes, this is a cash cow. Like it or not. They are in it for the money

Philip Munger said...

I'm not

Anonymous said...

You're right. Wasn't talking about you.

Anonymous said...

What makes a cash cow? How much money can one make owning and maintaing a blog? I am just curious, not combative.

Anonymous said...

I'm curious too. Also there's the book Blind Allegiance. That was probably the big cookie. You should ask them.