The Real Presence of Fake News
Image
1
Category Archives: iPad Art
Propaganda Plus
With all this talk of “fake news” I recently shared on FB an old Paper 53 digital drawing depicting someone up to his ears in the green muck of misinformation in a jar labeled, “Propaganda.” A friend, who’s no stranger here at portfoliolongo.com, added a comment suggesting that we need a more truthful dissemination of information, and he employed a term I hadn’t ever seen, when he stated that maybe we could use more propagandhi. He subsequently assured me that he was not referring to the Canadian punk rock band. I knew what he was getting at, and I fully agreed; however, that didn’t stop me from putting one and one together in Procreate about how Gandhi might be propped up.
Annual Christmas Letter
For the past few years we’ve put out our annual Christmas letter digitally, and this year it’s capital E. Click here to see small t and h. We like to keep’em short.
Paper 53, Procreate, iColorama
Ps. 23
Originally, I entitled this image Psalm 23 or as it is written: 23rd Psalm, partially because of the Shepherd reference, but mainly because I painted it in an iPad drawing app called Paper 53. I thought it was kinda’ funny.
In March of 2025 I decided to modify the original image, straightening and adding to the right side, removing the inscription, and I renamed it, simply Sheep. I hope the image conveys the original innocence and vulnerability of “the flock” that the psalmist intended; however, I want to lift it out of the Hebrew Scriptures and place it into a more contemporary political context without judgmentally crossing over any lines that might conjure up notion of sheeple and related nightmare scenarios. We’re much more likely to fulfill our dreams if we do so collectively and as a community.
Renamed: Sheep
Cinema Cafe
I agree with the Trip Advisor reviewers, Cinema Cafe is a gem. Everything’s fresh, even the banana trees. Done (very quickly) on an iPad Pro with Apple Pencil in Paper 53 and iColorama.
Click on image to enlarge.
Cat
Something happened the other day in one of my cat poses. I had a nasal breakthrough. Related yoga posts.
Marjaryasana
Tayasui Sketches, iColorama
If the linguist in Arrival spoke Pittsburghese
I never ever thought I’d hear anyone say “Sapir-Whorf hypothesis” in a movie, but I heard it in Arrival! Ok, it was a science fiction film. See trailer here. Linguistics professor Louise Banks (Amy Adams) is asked to help the United States communicate with aliens, and she’s the one who talks about the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis.
I liked the movie, but something inside me made me wonder how it would have been different if Professor Banks had been fluent in Pittsburghese. See yinz.
Tayasui Sketches, iPad Pro, Apple Pencil
not normal, never will be
Image
Step Right Up
I reversed the order of the lines in this quote from theologian, Reinhold Niebuhr to dramatize the crescendo of his interpretation and the structure of the effort implied. Please click here to see the quote in its original sequence.
Out There In Here
iPad Pro, Apple Pencil, Procreate
Progress video (7 seconds) in Videoshop:
portfoliolongo 