THE DESCENT OP MAN

Beasts won't torture, lie or pray.
Just human beings are made that way,
Which makes laughable our boast
That mankind has advanced the most.
Rick Lyttle 5/1/04

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  STUDIO OPEN EVER MAY WEEKEND

Once again, my studio at 50 Drakes View Drive in Inverness Park will be open every weekend in May with 20 percent of sales divided between two local non-profits, the Marin Agricultural Land Trust and the Bolinas Museum.

Hours will be from 12 to 5 daily, and this time, I'll try something a little different in setting up. The studio, rather than being used to display art, will continue operating as a working etching shop. Visitors can view prints in the adjacent showroom, and if it's convenient, they might see the etching press in action in the shop.

I'll put up signs at the intersection of Sir Francis Drake Boulevard and Drakes View Drive. Meanwhile, you can get detailed directions to the studio and see a map by clicking on "contact" at the bottom of the home page in this site.

There are several new prints on hand since I last opened the doors, so try to stop by for a visit.

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  TEST YOUR APHORISM

Michael Howard Manning of Durham, UK, writes: "I must admit taking some interest in Madam Prud'homme's ‘fools and bairns should never see half-done things,' and the fact that she traced it to my part of the world. Coupling fools and children or bairns is, of course, an old tradition in our folk lore, but perhaps the earliest literary sample comes from the scene two, act two, of Sir Martin Mar-All where John Dryden wrote: ‘For secrets are edged swords and must be kept from children and from fools.' the play, as I'm sure you know, was first staged in 1668 when the poet was 37 years old, neither child nor fool."

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  HUMPTY DUMPTY REVISITED

Bumpity, bumpity, bumpity thump,
Humpty Dumpty fell on his rump.
Although his pants were badly soiled,
He didn't crack – too hard boiled.
This left nothing to do again
For all the king's horses and all the king's men.
So the king decided as he did before
To keep them busy with a useless war.
Isn't it silly and isn't it sad
To have both king and egg equally bad?
Rick Lyttle 4/25/04

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