The best Peoria Illinois fine art blog on the internet by Darren Daz Cox, painting, drawing, illustrations, sculpture, art history, tips, tricks, quantum physics, it's all here, and full of big pretty pictures to enjoy! You might know me from "I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people."
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Vincent Van Gogh
in that big old spiderweb
I dangle in random absurdity
like some strange poem
you might have read...
how precious are dreams
that logical themes
quote facts in attempt to deny you
that magical day, when you can say
I believed!
and that's why they ARE true!
I like art, I do art,
I do art all the time,
I do alot of art
and when I'm not
sometimes I write a rhyme!
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gypsy-heart on Zombie with balloon and hot girlfriendLOVE IT SO MUCH!
Sand 'tween my toes
and minimal clothes
make for fun in the sun
yeah you know it!
but the seashore at night
is a sensual sight
as the moonbeams
sow love seeds for poets!
Time
Time is a weird thing
goes sooo slow when yer
waiting for the bell to ring
goes fast on Christmas
and sunny days
and when you're in love
it compresses and strays,
time is elastic
and sometimes like glue
but it's never wasted
when I talk to you!
Artists
all great artists seem full of doubt
there is too much inside
and not enough out
but each piece of art
makes someones day,
perhaps our souls
need it that way.
kharmalade
Would this have made
a good last day?
did I accomplish
any kharmalade goal?
did I climb some sunsetted peak
by the bay
to placate my expectant soul?
no, but i did take a second
to look around
like that dude
with his own Iron Chefs,
and in that infinity portal
i'll go as a mortal
suspecting it's all for the best....
SOMETHING GOOD
I remember something good
back when days
unfolded like
a grand adventure should.
I don't want to just fit in
be functional like some machine,
I want a purpose
need the wind
to blow the scent of fortune
on my skin.
Are you of that small percent
who cannot fold
who will not bend
who takes a soul and strips it bare
not because you can
but because it's there... ?
You Is You
You are you and that is good
you may not be what they say you should
or be that which you cannot be
and you wouldn't want to be like me
but I see you as you and so
if you see me unmasked say "yo"
"what makes Me me is all unique
what makes us Us makes us complete"
I Artist
i sometimes wonder
if it is so
that I am an artist
simply because i say so
was I born with talent
to write or to paint?
a prodigy perhaps?
there's no doubt that I aint
not a leader or lackey
no big money schemes
but an artist
resulting from having big dreams
they say visualise
what you want to be
regardless of what people say
and all will come true
quite possibly
maybe
some happy day!!
THE DANDYLION STAR
Amongst the speckled field of black
I saw the dandylion star
it winked at me
and I winked back
and sent that wish up far,
the other stars
looked more like gems
like diamonds stuck in tar,
but I liked the mellow
glow of the yellow
wonderful dandylion star.
like crystal fish the others sit
cold like a platinum bar,
but how can you miss
when you make a wish
upon the dandylion star?
WE TWO STARS
We two stars
burn so intense
without pretence or fuss
and what would we say
if somewhere far away
someone made a wish upon us?
for the darker the night
the brighter the light
that shines for every face
so get up and stay
in the vast milky way
and add your light to the space!
"Five 46PM" acrylic on canvas 36x48 inches 2003
What do you think of latest blog banner? Blue and white are great colors with a scandalous hint of gold! 
I’m done with the gold/violet/green series for a while here’s the last of it for now.
Originally posted 2008-06-30 11:18:57. Republished by Old Post Promoter
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June 30th, 2008 at 11:35 am
that’s some good stuff. I like the banner too.
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June 30th, 2008 at 12:58 pm
I like the banner. It’s abstract but it clearly relates to what’s at this site = art.
June 30th, 2008 at 2:14 pm
I like those colors together a lot. They seem to really be inspiring you quite a bit lately!
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June 30th, 2008 at 2:50 pm
I see FISH in the banner!!
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July 1st, 2008 at 5:46 am
Hello there!
Found Your blog through my beloved cybersister Gypsy-Heart and I’m glad I did! Fact is I believe I even found myself in Your right column at “Five 46PM”!
More seriously now, You’ve got some marvellous creativity going on in Your corner of the universe, I think, and I like it.
Greetings from Finland!
/Anni
July 1st, 2008 at 10:06 am
Your creative energies continue to amaze me!!
Speaking of energies, I see a lot of energy in the banner, including an imperfect heart…which you know I like!!
You are multi-gifted my friend.
Good and creative energies to you!
PS..you’ll love Anni. Make sure you listen to her song..it’s on her site. She is another multi-gifted soul!!
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