Francis Erich McElroy
Published posts, philosophical humor, deep thoughts.
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Scribbling for Livelihood (Interpreting Visual Art – Architecture)
Do you enjoy your job? Yes. There is a profound difference between modern architecture that is built in months or years and ancient architecture that is built throughout decades or centuries. The amount of time it takes to build a structure sometimes reflects how long the structure will last. Ancient architecture showed the wealth of…
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Cat Door 2 (Interpreting Visual Art – Photography)
My cat ventured outside today for the first time. The facade of the building is more round than inside our sterile, gray apartment. She stuck out like a midwestern cookie-cutter cowboy stooped on the side of a white stucco saloon. My wise cat, with her incredible skill to walk through walls, didn’t make it very…
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Readers Miss Out
I grew up too fast in the 80’s and 90’s which actually stunted my growth. As a child I was shorter than the horizon, never able to look. As a teenager I put my head in the sand to stay young and boast, to keep my head below the horizon and rarely opened a book. …
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That Place Within Each of Us (Interpreting Visual Art – Photography)
Every great portrait from any period has a real look on the subject’s face that reveals priceless emotions from the setting of that painting. The viewer longs to comprehend that place. Photo by saul_landell @ Instagram
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Butterfly-Wing-Like-Words
If you could permanently ban a word from general usage, which one would it be? Why? Let’s focus on the word “vehemently” for a minute. I do not use that word in a sentence because it doesn’t accurately depict the feeling I get when saying or doing something emphasizing force and strength. “Vehemently” flutters from…
