TheMagical Artist

 

Photo A.M. Moscoso

I love to watch an artist paint or sketch.

A line here, a swipe there a flick of the wrist and like magic an image appears.

It’s magical it really is magical.

I wish that I could carve pumpkins with that same magical  ease.

A cut there, a little slice there a flick of the wrist there and there and like magic a face appears on my pumpkin- maybe it will be a screaming face, a laughing face a face with too many eyes or not enough teeth.

I think about carving pumpkins a lot during Halloween and when it isn’t anywhere near Halloween I still think about carving pumpkins-

among other things.

Photo: A.M Moscoso

Skeletons, Statues, Vampires and Other Surprises

All of these pictures have one thing in common- I took them by accident.

I was either aiming at something else or I just clicked my camera at the ‘wrong time’.

I wish I had the talent to take my camera out in the world and find these oddly entertaining moments on purpose but I don’t have that talent and I don’t think it’s a skill that anybody can learn.

So once and awhile I go through my photo gallery and get a fun surprise. I suppose that will have to be good enough.

Photo A.M. Moscoso

 

I was checking the time on my phone when I  must have pushed the wrong icon and got this- according to Google it’s about a week old.

Photo A.M. Moscoso

I was taking a picture of this marble tomb because I liked the pink marble and the textures when I got photo bombed by a vampire. No fooling, on that day a group of vampires were taking a tour of the cemetery and one caught me:

Graveyard Photo-Bomb
— at Saint Louis Cemetery- October 31st 2012

I got off the train and was putting my phone into my backpack when I heard that click sound my app makes when I take pictures. I didn’t look at it right away because I new I was standing near a light post and who cares about those? When I went to delete the photo I saw the sticker:

Photo A.M. Moscoso

I had no idea the statue was a person in makeup- I just liked her dress so I took out my camera and snapped the  picture and right after that the Statue started to dance. It was a cool experience.

 2017 ·
Dancing Statue, Pike Place Market Seattle, Washington

 

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