The Fezziwig News by Stu Jenks

Now available, on the Apple IPad: The Transpersonal Papers (1861-2010) and Bozo In Love

Been a long time coming for The Transpersonal Papers (1861-2010).

Three editors, two proofreaders, two designers, four printers, and hours, days, weeks, months, years, lifetimes, (I know I'm overstating), of writing, traveling, shooting, editing, remembering, hiking, and more writing, shooting, and editing, but I'm not complaining. No, no, no.

And apologies for not having the dough right now, to print The Transpersonal Papers as a coffee-table book as I had originally planned. ($10,000, it would have cost. Maybe someday.) But you now can buy it, for $14.95, as an Ebook on the Apple IPad, and I expect it to be available within a couple days on the Nook and the Kindle as well.

I just looked at it on my new IPad. The photos, text and design look grand.

And as an extra surprise, Bozo In Love is now up on IBooks too, ($9.95), as well as the rest of my catalog: Flame Spirals, Hoop Dancing, and Dementia Blues, on IBooks, Nook and Kindle.

Just in time for Christmas.

And don't worry. All but The Transpersonal Papers can still be bought as a book book through Fezziwig Press. I have plenty. Just go to www.fezziwigpressonline.com, for the hardbounds and paperbacks, but go to ITunes, today, (and Kindle and Nook, soon) for the ebooks.

Heavy sigh from my third story apartment balcony. I look out onto the Tucson city lights in the valley below. Cold, dry air embraces me. I inhale deeply. Exhale.

A very good night in the desert.

Think I'll make a cup of coffee with egg nog and play some Angry Birds on my new IPad.

Time to celebrate.

 

"Venus De Medici"

"Venus De Medici, Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada" (c) 2010 Stu Jenks

"You Never Said I'm Leaving"

"You Never Said I'm Leaving: A Cowboy's Grave: Nevada" (c) Stu Jenks 2010

"Antlers"

"Antlers, Nevada" (c) 2010 Stu Jenks

[Happy Friday the 13th, y'all. For some reason, it's always been my lucky day.]

"Old Lady Marmot"

"Old Lady Marmot, Great Basin National Park, Nevada" (c) 2010 Stu Jenks

"The Nicest Hotel Room"

"The Nicest Hotel Room, Hard Rock Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada" (c) 2008, 2009 Stu Jenks

[I'm comfy sleeping in the back of my truck or in a Red Roof Inn, but I treated myself last Fall, after a day of walking among the Ancient Bristlecones. I was so blown away by how great this hotel room was, that I took a couple pics of it. The bathroom was astoundingly sleek. The tub was as deep as a pool. The bed was so soft it was like sleeping on clouds. And check out that huge flat screen TV on the left. And as I fell asleep that night, a warm desert breeze blew through the open french doors, that overlooked the pool ten stories below. And the final cherry on the sundae was a large photo of Jimi at Monterey Pop burning his guitar. Let me stand next to your fire.]

"Once I Built A Tower, To The Sun"

"Once I Built A Tower, To The Sun" (c) 2008 Stu Jenks

[View from the Tenth Floor of the Hard Rock Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada]

(Often a song or a picture says it better than prose. Mandy Patinkin and Tim O'Brien sing my favorite versions. Check 'em out on ITunes for a buck. And the image? A Post-Modern version of Monet's Water Lilies, perhaps.

1931, 2008. Same song, different times, same damn story.)

"Brother, Can You Spare a Dime," lyrics by Yip Harburg, music by Jay Gorney (1931)

They used to tell me I was building a dream, and so I followed the mob,

When there was earth to plow, or guns to bear, I was always there right on the job.

They used to tell me I was building a dream, with peace and glory ahead,

Why should I be standing in line, just waiting for bread?

Once I built a railroad, made it run, made it race against time.

Once I built a railroad; now it's done.  Brother, can you spare a dime?

Once I built a tower to the sun, brick, and rivet, and lime;

Once I built a tower, now it's done.  Brother, can you spare a dime?

Once in khaki suits, gee we looked swell,     

Full of that Yankee Doodly Dum,     

Half a million boots went slogging through Hell,     

I was the kid with the drum!

Say, don't you remember, they called me Al; it was Al all the time.

Say, don't you remember, I'm your pal?  Buddy, can you spare a dime?

Once in khaki suits, gee we looked swell,     

Full of that Yankee Doodly Dum,     

Half a million boots went slogging through Hell,     

And I was the kid with the drum!

Say, don't you remember, they called me Al; it was Al all the time.

Say, don't you remember, I'm your pal?  Buddy, can you spare a dime?

"West of Currant, Nevada"

"West of Currant, Nevada" (c) 2008 Stu Jenks

The Transpersonal Papers: Chapter Fifteen: "The Highway of Joyous Tears"

The Transpersonal Papers: Chapter Fifteen: "The Highway of Joyous Tears, U.S. 50 East, Nevada"

[Was it "Yes" by Coldplay on the CD player? Was it the blue and white snowy peaks in front of me? Was it the straight-arrow road? Was it just me being thankful to be alive, with eyes to see, a mind to think and a heart to feel? Was it something else, mysterious and wonderful that has no words, but only happy tears? Yes, to all of the above. And a little 'first' for me that day. This is the first photograph that I've even taken when I was crying, quakingly crying, weepingly happy. Thank God my long lens has image stabilization. I love The Great Basin. More than photographs can show. More than words can say.]

"Cesar Chavez Day & The Tucson Open Studio Tour Sales"

CESAR CHAVEZ DAY/ OPEN STUDIO TOUR SALES: 2007

 

 

Greetings, Good Folk;

 

We, here in Tucson, celebrate Cesar Chavez Day. Well, sort of. The County gives its employees their choice of either the Friday or the Monday around the time of his birth off. We get to pick which day. Nice, huh? Cesar would have like that [I’m taking Monday the 26^th off]. Thank U.S. Rep. Raul Grijalva for getting this passed by the Board of Supervisors when he was a member. The City of Tucson, by the way, has yet to enact a C.C. Day.

Also, this weekend, the 10^th and 11^th of March, is the last weekend of the Tucson Open Studio Tour. I’ll be at my studio from Noon to 5 both days, showing off new work and selling Giclee prints of new and old work.

Then, just a few minutes ago, while I was having my morning cup of coffee outside of our wonderfully shoddy New Pima County Courthouse, I was stuck by an inspiration.

I’m already having a ½ price blowout sale of my images at my studio this weekend. Why not include the entire planet in this, in honor of Cesar, for I was just telling someone that I will always have small prints for sale for close to cost, for people who can’t afford much Art if any Art at all. Affordable Art for the People or something like that.

 

So here’s how it’s going to work:

If you are in town, feel free to come on down to the BR-549 studio at 549 North 7^th Avenue near Downtown Tucson. (One block east of Stone, one block north of 6^th Street). I’ll be there on Saturday and Sunday, the 10^th and 11^th of March from Noon to 5 P.M.

And as I said above, I’m having a ½ price sale at my studio. 13 x 19-inch Giclees, regularly priced at $190 will be $95, and 8 ½ x 11-inch Giclees, normally $45 will be priced at $25. And I have “West of the Fire” CDs for $10 instead of $15 as well.

And for those of you in the world at large, or who just can’t make it down, look at my work on my blog or my work on my website, at http://stujenks.typepad.com/my_weblog and http://www.stujenks.com and email me your choices, and I’ll see if I have them in my inventory. Most likely I will have them except for some very old work. I’ll pack up the images you want to buy and mail them to you. There will be a small shipping and handling fee, probably between $3 and $7, depending.

The Internet Sale will start right now and end at midnight on Sunday the 11^th.

Just email me at stujenks@gmail.com with your order and I’ll get to it as soon as I can.

And this month, think of Cesar Chavez and how he helped change the world. In the American Southwest, his legacy lives on.

Si Se Puede! Yes We Can!

 

Peace in our time,

Stu Jenks

 

[Images: Very Top: "The Old Bullock Home Place, Virginia'; Bottom Set: "Cedar Breaks Star Circle. Utah", "Catalina State Park, Arizona" "West of Ely, Nevada", "Sloppy Flo, Bladeworld, Tucson, Arizona", "Rappahannock Spiritland, Virginia", "After The Rain, Arizona".]

[Note: Double-click on the images above and they get larger.]