The Caws

[E^D Crow]

Here is where I will post things I have written or drawn.
Here is some poetry:

Ode To The Clouds

There should be strange creatures down there
Running, walking, standing, at least
Among the roiling white
There should be some activity
Movement or undulation
All there is
Is stillness
Floating islands with flocks of puff
They should do something, also
Maybe they are
Maybe it is
Too subtle to see
Or just tricking me
Optical illusions
Colors fade, shrink, become one
Is it the bottom of a sea?
Could be beaches and forests, and mountains.
Devouring or protecting?
From what?  Not us.
Which is above; who can tell?
The curve is wonderful,
Watch it fade...


The Difference

Something new
Something's through
What did I do?
Nothing yet
Something soon
Unseen
Unknown
Burn the bridge?
Leave the king de-throned?
No
Smaller
Grander
Just like me
But not
As it should be
Totally new
Not opposite
Does not oppose
Just different
The scent of each rose


Chapter 2

With my bare hands
I have broken the glacier
Revealing the hundreds of beautiful, sparkling layers
Layers unseen through the old, worn face
Speaking of which
There it goes now
Wave goodbye


Formation Of Thought

Metaphorically
Actually
Perpetually
Conceptually
Thinking
Drinking
Blinking
Sinking
Put 'em all together
Metaphorically thinking, actually drinking, perpetually blinking, conceptually sinking
Add more
Make it whole
I'm metaphorically thinking, while actually drinking, everyone is perpetually blinking, and their mass beliefs are conceptually sinking.
There.
Words made one.

More to come...
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[E^D Crow]

Feel free to comment, criticize, question, or simply read.


Take Me Home

Four hours in San Jose
Didn't see much of the city
Didn't see any of the city
Save for the moving scenery
And I wait
Two hours to go
I have two beers
To pass the time
To make the time pass
And I wait
Forty-five minutes to go
I sit and read
I draw and write
Kinda buzzed
And I wait
Oh I'll get home
In time
Much too late
But for now
I wait


The BenJenmins (or One Night At This Club/Bar I Go To)

You made me realize something,
for the brief moment we shared,
and I thank you for making me see
what was always there.
Your single digit invitation
(surprised me!)
was innocent and fun,
without a doubt, I would agree!
Mutual friends we know,
it's the band's third set.
For the brief moment we shared,
I'm glad we met!


THE Dogg's Life

A steady haze
A mist lingers about
Sharp blue flames pinken the steel bud
More fuel; they dance higher
Needing no help, save the perpetual
Heat & the heated hang thick
Fast & brutal, it ever reddens
Repelling the weaker
Keeping the tolerant and confident close
Doubly effective, one holds the true trump
Behind, it never stops
Continuing without foresight.
Respect is drawn by the energy
Nullifying the cheap hangers-on
Someday the truth will be exposed
None shall deny
None shall question
The final word says it all. . .
And the uncollected crumbles further,
While the true maintains.


Of course, I'll be keeping all the really angsty and mushy stuff to myself.
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[E^D Crow]

Aged cheese.
I made this original image about 8 years ago, using Adobe Illustrator:



Save it, and make it a tiled desktop pattern; unless it starts hurting your eyes or you just don't care for cheese, then feel free to not do as such.

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[E^D Crow]

This next poem is very special to me, as I originally wrote it upside-down, on the wall of my best friend's attic bedroom, soon after his mother died.  The night before he moved out of the house, we all hung out in his room, covering the walls with graffiti.  I couldn't find any other copies, and had thought it was lost.

Live On

Someone was here.
They are not now.
Sometimes I think,
to the stars.
Look inside,
& find peace.
Forevermore,
we are all here
again.
Could it be taken back?
I don’t want that much
responsibility, thank you.



Words & song.
Thoughts & phrases.
Memories, dreams.
These live.
Esoteric thoughts live.
Don’t cry.
I love you.
All of you.
Good & bad.
Charming & irritating.
Friend, foe, lover…
I am you.
You are me.
We are all one.
With love,
respect,
and humility.



It's been about 12 or 13 years since, and this copy was in an eight-year-old Zip disk that I can finally access.

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[E^D Crow]

Here are some masks that I painted, while I was on vacation.
Bought them at the dollar store, painted with my father's acrylic paints, with a spray-gloss clear coat.
They are about 2 ¾" H x 1 ¾" W.


The Excel mask is actually three shades of green; the bottom is not black.


I used real lace for the Hyatt mask.


Luckily, my sister had some gold paint for the Elgala mask.

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[Necrominion]

Here are some masks that I painted, while I was on vacation.
Bought them at the dollar store, painted with my father's acrylic paints, with a spray-gloss clear coat.
They are about 2 ¾" H x 1 ¾" W.


The Excel mask is actually three shades of green; the bottom is not black.


I used real lace for the Hyatt mask.


Luckily, my sister had some gold paint.

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I love the way you painted these, smooth colouration within each block of colour adds a credence to the work, and the fine straight edges presence on the Hyatt mask increase the overall effect.  The added extra of the silk is a nice touch as well

[MincyMatsu]

Those are really cool Nice job with painting those, i like how the shape of the outfits fit in there in a way too...

[E^D Crow]

Thank you very much.  Having three masks in the package, I had no choice but to make them an homage to the ACROSS girls.  I had a lot of fun painting them, and would someday like to make larger versions.

This next piece is not mine!

While I was on vacation, visiting my family, I watched Azumanga Daioh with my sister.  She is 14, a freshman in high school, and she really, really enjoyed watching Azumanga Daioh with me... nothing could have made me happier.


Below is a drawing she gave to me, the day before I left.  Our (mutually) favorite characters are Osaka and Sakaki.  It gave me a warm, fuzzy feeling, and I kind of got misty-eyed when she gave it to me.



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[Lord Il]

Ok, those masks are just outstanding! It's hard to imagine them being that small. Didn't take long to clue-in as to what you were going for. A great and original tribute to Koshi Rikdou's creation. I do hope he can see these at some point. I bet it would make him smile ear to ear. Seriously.


The Azumanga Daioh picture your sister made is really cute. Make sure that goes up on your wall. 

[E^D Crow]

My sister's drawing is in an awesome "floating" glass frame.  I had it in an 8 1/2" x 11" frame, but Chio-chan's mouth was cut off, and that wouldn't do.
It's right next to the masks, on the wall:

Of course, Excel's mask is slightly higher then the other two.

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[Lord Il]

Perfect!
Now that's the way to do it.

[MincyMatsu]

That's cool
Respect to your sister ..!

[knumlab]

nice
-Shouta-tan

[E^D Crow]

Here are some pictures of me, cosplaying as Nabeshin at this year's AniméNext convention.

http://photos.animejutsu.com/tools/a.php?a=13065

http://photos.animejutsu.com/tools/a.php?a=13066
 
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