{"id":1452,"date":"2025-04-25T16:52:33","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T16:52:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/?p=1452"},"modified":"2025-04-25T16:52:35","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T16:52:35","slug":"after-all-is-said-and-done","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/after-all-is-said-and-done\/","title":{"rendered":"After All is Said and Done"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Raoul’s Two Cents: April 25, 2025<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Artist At Work<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

So, I started painting again. I’ve been planning to do this for years. When I was younger I thought I would get the chance to do this when I retire. Then I figured, why wait? Just do it now while I still can see, still can use my hands \u2026 still cognizant. So now my room’s all messed up with paint tubes and brushes all over the place. I have to walk sideways to walk from the canvass to the computer \u2026 ie. my artist cave is complete! And when I wake up in the middle of the night, I paint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All the websites, all the commercial graphics I’ve created will fade but my artwork will live on. Even AI will never replace handmade art. I know some of the sporadic paintings and caricatures I’ve done already hang in walls around the world. There are many more walls to conquer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I was born to be fast”
— Eric Liddell, The Scottish Olympian Runner, (Chariots of Fire)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I was a kid, I knew God had given me the gift. In art class I was long done while my classmates struggled to finish the projects. Drawing, painting and sculpture came easy for me. I really wanted to make a living as an artist but my Mom snuffed that ambition when she told me “the only rich artist is a dead artist.” (Everyone knows that Van Gogh never sold a painting while he was alive).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now I’m thinking, I’m getting older \u2026 I’m gonna die soon \u2026 so I guess I will soon be rich — well at least who owns my paintings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But this is just silly ol’ me. TGIF people!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s a sneak peak at what I’m currently working on:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cI am seeking. I am striving. I am in it with all my heart.”<\/em> — Vincent Van Gogh<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cArt washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life” <\/em>— Pablo Picasso<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTo be an artist is to believe in life.”<\/em> — Henry Moore<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFor the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.” <\/em>— Romans 11:28<\/p>\n\n\n\n

JOKE OF THE WEEK<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Thanks to Martha of Connecticut<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Original art by Raoul Pascual.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Parting Shots<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Thanks to Juan of San Diego<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Thanks to Tom of Pasadena, CA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Thanks to Colleen of Washington State<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Thanks to Art of Sierra Madre, CA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Thanks to Jordan of Kentucky<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Thanks to Norm of Encino, CA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Thanks to Joanne of Hacienda Heights, CA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Thanks to Jennifer of La Habra, CA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Thanks to Dick of Covina, California<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I found these:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My good friend (and jokester) Terry and I came up with these.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Got any good jokes? Come share it with rest of us!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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