Something to Think About …. “🤔 If It’s Meant to Be, it Will Be 🤔 …. “!!

~~October 24, 2018~~ 

This is a message I needed today.

Thank you, Universe! 

HortyRex©

Think Positive Words

https://www.facebook.com/Think.Positive.Words/

#SomethingToThinkAbout #IfItsMeantToBe #ItWillBe #JustLetItBe #ThinkPositiveWords #DeepMeaning #NeededToday #ThankYouUniverse

#WeAllAreOne #ItIsWhatItIs #DrRex #HortyRex #hrexachwordpress

‘Your Body is My Canvas’ …. “🎨 Alexa Meade, American Installation Artist 🎨 …. “!!

~~July 15, 2018~~ 

ALEXA MEADE

WHAT A DISCOVERY!

I just found Alexa Meade today. It’s a treat for my senses.

A reprieve from daily life.

Amazing talent!

HortyRex©

Alexa Meade (born 1986) is an American Installation Artist best known for her portraits painted directly onto the human body and inanimate objects in a way that collapses depth and makes her models appear two-dimensional when photographed. What remains is “a photo of a painting of a person, and the real person hidden somewhere underneath.”

She takes a classical concept – trompe l’oeil, the art of making a two-dimensional representational painting look like a real three-dimensional space – and turns it on its head by doing the opposite, making real life appear to be a painting.

~Wikipedia~

~~Your Body is My Canvas~~

~~Published on Sep 6, 2013~~

Alexa Meade takes an innovative approach to art. Not for her a life of sketching and stretching canvases. Instead, she selects a topic and then paints it – literally. She covers everything in a scene – people, chairs, food, you name it – in a mask of paint that mimics what’s below it.

In this eye-opening talk Meade shows off photographs of some of the more outlandish results and shares a new project involving people, paint and milk.

TED

Alexa Meade

Instagram 

https://www.instagram.com/alexameadeart/?hl=en

Facebook Page 

https://www.facebook.com/alexameade/

YouTube Channel 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE8jmoni1u-okx5VbIC9ESQ

Alexa Meade Art Twitter

Tweets by AlexaMeadeArt

#AlexaMeade #YourBody #MyCanvas #AmericanInstallationArtist #Instagram #FacebookPage #YouTubeChannel #TEDTalk #AmericanInstallationArtist #Portraits #PaintedDirectly #HumanBody #InanimateObjects #CollapsesDepth #Models #AppearTwoDimensional #Photography

#WeAllAreOne #ItIsWhatItIs #DrRex #HortyRex #hrexach

We Are …. “💕💕 Keone & Mari …. So Very Apropos 💕💕 …. “!!

~~June 27, 2018~~ 

BEAUTIFUL HOMAGE TO IMMIGRANTS

In need of something uplifting and inspiring.

Something to lift up the soul.

My heart, my soul are raw … sometimes I feel I can’t breathe.

Today is one of those days!

HortyRex©

~THE BACKBONE OF AMERICA~

The dance world already knows that Keone and Mari Madrid are brilliant storytellers, choreographers who can create narrative movement that moves us. But we especially love it when they use their choreographic voices to highlight important causes.

For this year’s VIBE Dance Competition exhibition performance, the husband-and-wife duo created a beautiful homage to the immigrants who form the backbone of America.

Inspired by their grandparents, “who came to America to make a new life for their families,” and by “the many displaced humans around the world who are trying to do the same,” We Are is an emotional exploration of the trials immigrants have faced – and continue to face today.

Its message hits even more powerfully thanks to its innovative use of video projections (by Vibrvncy/Nick Kim) and some ingenious set design (by Brandon and John Arii).

~~SOURCE~~ 

http://www.dancespirit.com

~~WE ARE~~

Keone & Mari

~~Published on Feb 19, 2018~~

“We are” – A piece inspired by Keone and Mari’s grandparents who came to America to make a new life for their families and the many displaced humans around the world who are trying to the same.

Worldwide Dance

#WeAre #KeoneAndMari #SoVeryApropos #BeautifulHomage #Immigrants #InspiredByKeoneAndMarisGrandparents #America #MakeNewLife #FamiliesAndDisplacedHumans #AroundTheWorld #WorldwideDance

#WeAllAreOne #ItIsWhatItIs #DrRex #HortyRex #hrexach

A Picture Says a Thousand Words …. “😥 This one, a cartoon, screams, #69 …. My Heart and Soul Ache for My Country 😥 …. “!!

~~May 31, 2018~~

Need I say more?

I was in Puerto Rico last week.

I returned on Tuesday, May 29, that was the day when I became aware of the results of this study.

I knew this was true even after the first few days after Hurricane María battered the Island.

I will never forget or forgive the current American administration or the current Puerto Rican administration for the totally inadequate response to this disaster.

The conditions back home aren’t adequate still.

Uncle Sam, there’s Puerto Rican blood on your hands. 

The mighty, imperialistic US of A doesn’t care about it’s colony.

The Puerto Rican government is as corrupt as the American one.

4,645 Puerto Ricans, (so far), paid the ultimate price!

HortyRex©

Born and raised by underpaid public school teachers in Sanford, Fla., Andy Marlette graduated from the University of Florida and became staff editorial cartoonist at the Pensacola News Journal in 2007.

Marlette received a priceless editorial cartoon education while living with his uncle and Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Doug Marlette in Hillsborough, N.C. Doug’s tragic death in July of 2007 made evermore poignant the elder Marlette’s fierce and faithful devotion to the art form of editorial cartooning as a cornerstone of American free speech.

With this in mind, Andy works daily to learn and uphold the disciplines and values passed on to him by his late uncle. Andy’s editorial cartoons have become both hated and adored by daily readers.

~SOURCE~

http://www.creators.com

#PictureSaysThousandWords #ThisOneScreams #69 #Cartoon #Screams #Cartoonist #FacebookTimeline #AndyMarlette #AmericanCartoonist #PuertoRico #HurricaneMaria #UpdatedDatedCount #HarvardStudy

#WeAllAreOne #ItIsWhatItIs #DrRex #HortyRex #hrexachwordpress

Something to Think About …. “🙏🏽 Your Inner Peace …. Let It Go 🙏🏽 …. “!!

MY MANTRAS

#SomethingToThinkAbout #mazingPhoto #Quote #Quotes #YourInnerPeace #DontFightIt #Let It Go #RadPhrases #Radonna #TruArt #MyMantras #AmazingGraphics #Ramazing #PositiveThoughts

#WeAllAreOne #ItIsWhatItIs #DrRex #HortyRex #hrexachwordpress

 

‘We Demand to Live’ …. “✌️ Change the Ref …. Empower Our Next Generation ✌️ …. “!!

~~April 15, 2018~~

“WE DEMAND TO LIVE”

Joaquín Oliver

“The last day I saw my son was Valentine’s Day, so he was bringing flowers for his girlfriend.

We all have the right to react however we want. But the way we react will also be part of who you are. I lost my son and my best friend which is very painful. I can just be sad or fight.

It shouldn’t be the ‘new normal‘ to think that our kids could be targets.

This is not about me. This is not about how I feel. This is about my son. He’s part of what the kids are asking for.

Those kids you saw in Washington now have a new member.

Joaquín has a voice.”

~Manuel Oliver~

~~ChangeTheRef.org – Walls of Demand – LA~~

~~Published on Apr 14, 2018~~

Learn more about & become a part of the change at http://www.changetheref.org

~FOLLOW CHANGE THE REF~

Change the Ref

https://www.facebook.com/ChangeTheRef/

Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/changetheref/

Change the Ref  Twitter Feed

Founded by Manuel and Patricia Oliver, parents of Joaquín Oliver who was lost in the 2018 Parkland Shooting.

Our mission is to empower our next generation.

Tweets by ChangeTheRef

~~Walls of Demand – NY~~

ChangeTheRef.org 

~~Published on Apr 14, 2018~~

Learn more about & become a part of the change

~OFFICIAL WEBSITE~

http://www.changetheref.org

~~Miami Heat Supports ChangeTheRef.org~~

~~Published on Apr 4, 2018~~

Thank you to the @MiamiHeat & @DwyaneWade for all the love and support that they’ve shown to @ChangeTheRef and Oliver family!

ChangeTheRef and the kids thank the outstanding Miami Heat organization for going above and beyond to keep Joaquin’s voice alive through our mission and to bring smile to all of his friends faces!

Please watch this video and share with others so that we can spread the word about how we are trying to change the world!

Be a part of the change we are making in this world.

 #WashingtonDC #ParklandFlorida #ParklandShootingSurvivors #ChangeCanHappen #GunControl #MarchForOurLives #NeverAgain #BePositive #BePassionate #BeProudToBeAnEagle #MarjoryStonemanDouglasHighSchool #MSDStrong #JoaquinOliver #ManuelOliver #PatriciaOliver #WallsOfDemand

#WeAllAreOne #ItIsWhatItIs #DrRex #HortyRex #hrexach

Composite Photo Update, #3 …. 🇵🇷 Honoring my Country, Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 …. ‘Proud Boricua Woman’ …. “!!

~~March 31, 2018~~

HONORING PUERTO RICO

PERSONAL PHOTOGRAPH MADE WITH ‘LIVE COLLAGE’

“That looks like a Puerto Rican statue of liberty on steroids.”

(a friend told me)

Some of you may know, others not.

I am a fan of tattoos, having a few of them myself.

I’m also Puerto Rican, born and raised, living in the mainland.

Since September 20, 2017, when Hurricane María battered and almost flattened my country, my personal feelings have come to the surface.

My heart and soul ache for Puerto Rico.

It’s been a week today since I visited my tattoo artist for add ons, updates, coloring and completion.

Colors, shading, The ‘cemí’, the hibiscus flowers, the ‘Taíno coquí’ and the ‘Taíno sun‘ were completed.

The process is almost totally done.

Only minor details for the last sitting.

My tattoo artist, Barefoot Stacy, is amazing!

Here it is!

This is a proud Boricua woman, holding her head up high, ready to hold her stand and give the good fight.

This happens in Puerto Rico every minute of every day.

The fortitude of the Puerto Rican woman has been tested during the trying times since Hurricane María battered the Island on September 20, 2018, a bit beyond six months ago today.

I wanted to share another ‘almost complete’ result with you today.

 More will follow as it’s totally done.

HortyRex©

🇵🇷 … my true heritage! European, African, Taino … 🇵🇷

*(maybe my next tattoo)*

#PuertoRicanMoment #Boricua #PuertoRican #AlwaysBoricua #PuertoRicanPride #ProudPuertoRican #AwesomeGraphic #ILovePuertoRico #GaritaDelDiablo #Machete #Machetero #HibiscusFlower #TainoCoqui #TainoCemi #TainoSun #AlmostTotallyHealed #BarefootStacy

#WeAlllAreOne #ItIsWhatItIs #DrRex #HortyRex #hrexachwordpress

Composite Photo Update, #2 …. 🇵🇷 Honoring my country, Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 …. ‘Proud Boricua Woman’ …. “!!

~~March 25, 2018~~

HONORING PUERTO RICO

“That looks like a Puerto Rican statue of liberty on steroids.”

(a friend told me)

Some of you may know, others not.

I am a fan of tattoos, having a few of them myself.

I’m also Puerto Rican, born and raised, living in the mainland.

Since September 20, 2017, when Hurricane María battered and almost flattened my country, my personal feelings have come to the surface.

My heart and soul ache for Puerto Rico.

Today I visited my tattoo artist again for add ons, updates, coloring and, mostly, for completion.

Colors, shading, The ‘cemí’, the hibiscus flowers, the ‘Taíno coquí’ and the ‘Taíno sun‘ were completed.

It is still a bit swollen, it’s still a bit ‘shiny’. 

The process is almost totally done.

Give a few weeks for skin healing and then another ‘sitting’ for any needed last detail.

My tattoo artist, Barefoot Stacy, is amazing!

Here it is!

This is a proud Boricua woman, holding her head up high, ready to hold her stand and give the good fight.

This happens in Puerto Rico every minute of every day.

The fortitude of the Puerto Rican woman has been tested during the trying times since Hurricane María battered the Island on September 20, 2018, a bit beyond six months ago today.

I wanted to share the ‘almost complete’ result with you today.

 More will follow as it’s totally done.

HortyRex©

#PuertoRicanMoment #Boricua #PuertoRican #AlwaysBoricua #PuertoRicanPride #ProudPuertoRican #AwesomeGraphic #ILovePuertoRico #ItHappens #AwesomeMeme #ThoseWereTheDays #GaritaDelDiablo #Machete #Machetero #HibiscusFlower #TainoCoqui #TainoCemi #TainoSun

#WeAlllAreOne #ItIsWhatItIs #DrRex #HortyRex #hrexachwordpress

Composite Photo Update, #1 …. 🇵🇷 Honoring my country, Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 …. ‘Proud Boricua Woman’ …. “!!

~~March 10, 2018~~

HONORING PUERTO RICO

Some of you may know, others not.

I am a fan of tattoos, having a few of them myself.

I’m also Puerto Rican, born and raised, living in the mainland.

Since September 20, 2017, when Hurricane María battered and almost flattened my country, my personal feelings have come to the surface.

My heart and soul ache for Puerto Rico.

Today I visited my tattoo artist again for add ons and updates.

We added a ‘cemí’, several hibiscus flowers and a ‘Taíno coquí’.

A touch of red was added too.

Here they are!

This is a proud Boricua woman, holding her head up high, ready to hold her stand and give the good fight.

This happens in Puerto Rico every minute of every day.

The fortitude of the Puerto Rican woman has been tested during the trying times since Hurricane María battered the Island. 

There are still some details and more colors to be added to the artwork.

I wanted to share this with you today.

 More will follow when completed.

HortyRex©

Tencha, you rock!

That looks like a Puerto Rican statue of liberty on steroids.

Jeannette P.

~~GRAPHICS SOURCE~~ 

Personal Photo made with PicCollage

#PuertoRicanMoment #Boricua #PuertoRican #AlwaysBoricua #PuertoRicanPride #ProudPuertoRican #AwesomeGraphic #ILovePuertoRico #ItHappens #AwesomeMeme #ThoseWereTheDays #GaritaDelDiablo #Machete #Machetero #HibiscusFlower #TainoCoqui #TainoCemi

#WeAlllAreOne #ItIsWhatItIs #DrRex #HortyRex #hrexachwordpress

Composite Photo …. “🇵🇷 Honoring my country, Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 …. ‘Proud Boricua Woman’ …. “!!

~~February 14, 2018~

HONORING PUERTO RICO

Some of you may know, others not.

I am a fan of tattoos, having a few of them myself.

I’m also Puerto Rican, born and raised, living in the mainland.

Since September 20, 2017, when Hurricane María battered and almost flattened my country, my personal feelings have come to the surface.

My heart and soul ache for Puerto Rico.

Yesterday, I visited my tattoo artist.

I had an idea in my mind but Stacy showed me her idea and this is what she came up with.

I instantly fell in love with this image.

This is a proud Boricua woman, holding her head up high, ready to hold her stand and give the good fight. This happens in Puerto Rico every minute of every day.

The fortitude of the Puerto Rican woman has been tested during the trying times since the hurricane. 

There are still some details and colors to be added to the artwork.

I wanted to share this with you today.

 More will follow when completed.

HortyRex©

Tencha, you rock!

That looks like a Puerto Rican statue of liberty on steroids.

💟 💟 💟

Comes to mind the last part of “En La Brecha“, de José de Diego.

Jeannette P.

My Facebook friend saw the image and commented as noted above.

I asked her about “En La Brecha” and here it is.

~En La Brecha~
Poema

José de Diego
¡Ah desgraciado si el dolor te abate,
si el cansancio tus miembros entumece!
Haz como el árbol seco: reverdece
y como el germen enterrado: late.

Resurge, alienta, grita, anda, combate,
vibra, ondula, retruena, resplandece …
Haz como el río con la lluvia: ¡Crece!
Y como el mar contra la roca: ¡Bate!

De la tormenta al iracundo empuje,
no has de balar, como el cordero triste,
sino rugir, como la fiera ruge.

¡Levántate!, ¡Revuélvete!, ¡Resiste!
Haz como el toro acorralado: ¡Muge!
O como el toro que no muge: ¡Embiste!

(Texto completo)

~~GRAPHICS SOURCE~~ 

Google Images

DISCLAIMER

I do not own some of these images.

No intention of taking credit.

If anyone knows the owner of any, please advise and it will be corrected immediately.

HortyRex©

“A FREE SKY AND A LONE STAR”

#PuertoRicanMoment #Boricua #PuertoRican #AlwaysBoricua #PuertoRicanPride #ProudPuertoRican #AwesomeGraphic #ILovePuertoRico #ItHappens #AwesomeMeme #ThoseWereTheDays #GaritaDelDiablo #Machete #Machetero #EnLaBrecha #Poem #JoseDeDiego

#WeAlllAreOne #ItIsWhatItIs #DrRex #HortyRex #hrexachwordpress