Comments on: Cast-away http://jeanburman.com/2009/12/13/cast-away/ Artist Writer Curious Dreamer Thu, 17 May 2012 09:59:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jean Burman http://jeanburman.com/2009/12/13/cast-away/comment-page-1/#comment-11538 Jean Burman Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:23:26 +0000 http://jeanburman.com/?p=1223#comment-11538 The story of my life Roger. Glad the calendar arrived :-) The story of my life Roger. Glad the calendar arrived :-)

]]> By: roger marz http://jeanburman.com/2009/12/13/cast-away/comment-page-1/#comment-11534 roger marz Fri, 18 Dec 2009 11:27:43 +0000 http://jeanburman.com/?p=1223#comment-11534 The calendar arrived and will hang in my studio. I agree with John that your style is well suited to graphic novels. Keep working and in the words of Satchel Paige" Don't look back, something might be gaining on you." The calendar arrived and will hang in my studio. I agree with John that your style is well suited to graphic novels. Keep working and in the words of Satchel Paige” Don’t look back, something might be gaining on you.”

]]> By: Jean Burman http://jeanburman.com/2009/12/13/cast-away/comment-page-1/#comment-11466 Jean Burman Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:17:35 +0000 http://jeanburman.com/?p=1223#comment-11466 Thanks John... I really appreciate that :-) How wonderful that the sea has figured so hugely in your life... and your sailing it in particular... seems so whimsical to me. I'm so pleased the Calendar finally got there... and you will have it for the beginning of the new year. It's kind of cool to know 'those little guys' will see out 2010 on a wall at your place so many miles across the sea. I had been working on a series of children's books [with characters and story line all worked up] and I know we talked before about graphic novels but this past year I kind of lost direction. I guess it's all part of the process of discovering the best way forward... and trying different things to see what works... but in the new year I am hopeful I will regain my heading with a sure and steady compass to steer toward the future. It feels so good to at last be out there at the helm with the breeze in my face... LOL Thanks John… I really appreciate that :-) How wonderful that the sea has figured so hugely in your life… and your sailing it in particular… seems so whimsical to me.

I’m so pleased the Calendar finally got there… and you will have it for the beginning of the new year. It’s kind of cool to know ‘those little guys’ will see out 2010 on a wall at your place so many miles across the sea. I had been working on a series of children’s books [with characters and story line all worked up] and I know we talked before about graphic novels but this past year I kind of lost direction. I guess it’s all part of the process of discovering the best way forward… and trying different things to see what works… but in the new year I am hopeful I will regain my heading with a sure and steady compass to steer toward the future. It feels so good to at last be out there at the helm with the breeze in my face… LOL

]]> By: John Crowther http://jeanburman.com/2009/12/13/cast-away/comment-page-1/#comment-11463 John Crowther Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:26:34 +0000 http://jeanburman.com/?p=1223#comment-11463 I do miss sailing, Jean. A lot of the most magical and thrilling times of my life have been on the water, too numerous to list and impossible to even make a short list of the best. It's true there's an old saying that the two happiest days in a yachtsman's life are the day he buys his boat and the day he sells it. There's also the definition of a yacht: a hole in the water you dump money into. But I got my money's worth, and knew when the time had come to move on, but I do still get the itch to cast off lines and sail away. On another note, your calendar arrived yesterday, exactly to the day I was told to expect it by redbubble.com, and it's beautiful. Thank-you so much! I've always loved your work online, and it's even better enlarged. It's funny, I looked at the thumbnails on the back and was struck by the idea that if you ever had the urge you could do a beautiful "comic" book or graphic novel; the style and wonderful color would lend itself. Thank-you again! (I was going to back-channel my thanks, but I wanted everyone who visits your site and stumbles upon my comment to see it.) I do miss sailing, Jean. A lot of the most magical and thrilling times of my life have been on the water, too numerous to list and impossible to even make a short list of the best. It’s true there’s an old saying that the two happiest days in a yachtsman’s life are the day he buys his boat and the day he sells it. There’s also the definition of a yacht: a hole in the water you dump money into. But I got my money’s worth, and knew when the time had come to move on, but I do still get the itch to cast off lines and sail away.

On another note, your calendar arrived yesterday, exactly to the day I was told to expect it by redbubble.com, and it’s beautiful. Thank-you so much! I’ve always loved your work online, and it’s even better enlarged. It’s funny, I looked at the thumbnails on the back and was struck by the idea that if you ever had the urge you could do a beautiful “comic” book or graphic novel; the style and wonderful color would lend itself. Thank-you again! (I was going to back-channel my thanks, but I wanted everyone who visits your site and stumbles upon my comment to see it.)

]]> By: Jean Burman http://jeanburman.com/2009/12/13/cast-away/comment-page-1/#comment-11436 Jean Burman Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:30:41 +0000 http://jeanburman.com/?p=1223#comment-11436 Roger... you have winters there in Michigan??? Nahhh don't believe it! Grin. You and Eileen must have made some wonderful memories cruising to all those exotic locations. Sunsets are special no matter where on the planet we are... some more so than others depending on who we are sharing them with I guess. I like the sound of that North Channel cocktail esp the freshly picked blueberries! I can picture it now... Roger… you have winters there in Michigan??? Nahhh don’t believe it! Grin. You and Eileen must have made some wonderful memories cruising to all those exotic locations. Sunsets are special no matter where on the planet we are… some more so than others depending on who we are sharing them with I guess. I like the sound of that North Channel cocktail esp the freshly picked blueberries! I can picture it now…

]]> By: Jean Burman http://jeanburman.com/2009/12/13/cast-away/comment-page-1/#comment-11435 Jean Burman Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:30:24 +0000 http://jeanburman.com/?p=1223#comment-11435 Sounds magical John :-) Do you miss sailing? I think I would if I had marvellous places like these to discover. I have a real soft spot for Robert Louis Stevenson which probably dates back to seeing a lock of his hair and his pipe (not to mention the missing verse from his poem My Shadow written up in a journal in his own hand) at the tiny weeny Robert Louis Stevenson museum downstairs on the Queens Mile in Edinburgh. I admire his courage to live life with his compass pointing to [his creative] true north. Sounds magical John :-) Do you miss sailing? I think I would if I had marvellous places like these to discover. I have a real soft spot for Robert Louis Stevenson which probably dates back to seeing a lock of his hair and his pipe (not to mention the missing verse from his poem My Shadow written up in a journal in his own hand) at the tiny weeny Robert Louis Stevenson museum downstairs on the Queens Mile in Edinburgh. I admire his courage to live life with his compass pointing to [his creative] true north.

]]> By: roger marz http://jeanburman.com/2009/12/13/cast-away/comment-page-1/#comment-11400 roger marz Tue, 15 Dec 2009 09:36:31 +0000 http://jeanburman.com/?p=1223#comment-11400 I have never lived on a boat,Michigan has winters you know, but I owned two a Cal 25 and a Cal 27. Both were built before the strengths of fiberglass was known and were much more solid than contemporary boats. My wife and I sailed Lake Erie, Lake St. Clair and Lake Huron in the summers and chartered in the British Virgin Islands and the Bahamas in the winter. My two favorite cruising grounds were the North channel of Lake Huron and the BVI small islands many many harbors. I remember the long long sunsets of the north channel sitting in the cockpit with a north Channel cocktail crushed freshly picked blueberries and rum. I have never lived on a boat,Michigan has winters you know, but I owned two a Cal 25 and a Cal 27. Both were built before the strengths of fiberglass was known and were much more solid than contemporary boats. My wife and I sailed Lake Erie, Lake St. Clair and Lake Huron in the summers and chartered in the British Virgin Islands and the Bahamas in the winter. My two favorite cruising grounds were the North channel of Lake Huron and the BVI small islands many many harbors. I remember the long long sunsets of the north channel sitting in the cockpit with a north Channel cocktail crushed freshly picked blueberries and rum.

]]> By: John Crowther http://jeanburman.com/2009/12/13/cast-away/comment-page-1/#comment-11386 John Crowther Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:57:35 +0000 http://jeanburman.com/?p=1223#comment-11386 Ah, Jean, how did you know? The "Home is the sailor" quote is one of my favorite all-time pieces of poetry! Catalina is a day's sail out of Marina del Rey, and one I've done often. On the back side of the island is Cat Harbor, a magical place where wild goats roam the hillsides. It's fun to take the dinghy to shore and walk the short way to the Isthmus on the other side, passing grazing buffaloes on the way. Further offshore there's the tiny Santa Barbara island, where one anchors on the lee shore and hopes the winds don't shift during the night. It's a state nature reserve, and one can hear the sea lions barking all night. To the west there are the Channel Islands, with wonderful coves to explore - and no inhabitants. Or one can sail south to Baja. Ah, Jean, how did you know? The “Home is the sailor” quote is one of my favorite all-time pieces of poetry! Catalina is a day’s sail out of Marina del Rey, and one I’ve done often. On the back side of the island is Cat Harbor, a magical place where wild goats roam the hillsides. It’s fun to take the dinghy to shore and walk the short way to the Isthmus on the other side, passing grazing buffaloes on the way. Further offshore there’s the tiny Santa Barbara island, where one anchors on the lee shore and hopes the winds don’t shift during the night. It’s a state nature reserve, and one can hear the sea lions barking all night. To the west there are the Channel Islands, with wonderful coves to explore – and no inhabitants. Or one can sail south to Baja.

]]> By: Jean Burman http://jeanburman.com/2009/12/13/cast-away/comment-page-1/#comment-11373 Jean Burman Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:28:18 +0000 http://jeanburman.com/?p=1223#comment-11373 Yes John... I could easily imagine that. Flying into LA you get a sense of the vastness of the place. There are almost as many people living in the LA Metropolitan area as there are living on the entire Australian continent. So getting out to sea and away from it all would seem like the ideal escape. Where did you sail to? I know Catalina is off there somewhere but are there other islands you can get to as well from there? Here... there are a myriad of small [and large] islands dotted right along the Great Barrier Reef from the tropic of Capricorn north. It's something I guess we take for granted but when you do get out there you remember how incredibly beautiful it all is... and how lucky we all are to be here on this planet Earth. I'm a bit of a landlubber I'm afraid but would love to spend more time out there. In fact it has been a bit of a pipe dream of mine to sail from here out to Western Samoa to check out Robert Louis Stevenson's haunt there. I have always felt a close kinship to the man for some reason and would love to walk up the hill to his epitaph to get an inside glimpse of the place he loved so much. Under the wide and starry sky, Dig the grave and let me lie. Glad did I live and gladly die, And I laid me down with a will. This be the verse you grave for me: Here he lies where he longed to be; Home is the sailor, home from sea, And the hunter home from the hill. Yes John… I could easily imagine that. Flying into LA you get a sense of the vastness of the place. There are almost as many people living in the LA Metropolitan area as there are living on the entire Australian continent. So getting out to sea and away from it all would seem like the ideal escape. Where did you sail to? I know Catalina is off there somewhere but are there other islands you can get to as well from there?

Here… there are a myriad of small [and large] islands dotted right along the Great Barrier Reef from the tropic of Capricorn north. It’s something I guess we take for granted but when you do get out there you remember how incredibly beautiful it all is… and how lucky we all are to be here on this planet Earth.

I’m a bit of a landlubber I’m afraid but would love to spend more time out there. In fact it has been a bit of a pipe dream of mine to sail from here out to Western Samoa to check out Robert Louis Stevenson’s haunt there. I have always felt a close kinship to the man for some reason and would love to walk up the hill to his epitaph to get an inside glimpse of the place he loved so much.

Under the wide and starry sky,
Dig the grave and let me lie.
Glad did I live and gladly die,
And I laid me down with a will.

This be the verse you grave for me:
Here he lies where he longed to be;
Home is the sailor, home from sea,
And the hunter home from the hill.

]]> By: John Crowther http://jeanburman.com/2009/12/13/cast-away/comment-page-1/#comment-11369 John Crowther Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:25:55 +0000 http://jeanburman.com/?p=1223#comment-11369 Wow, Jean, what a lot of cosmic energy focused in one spot for you. Great adventure! Having lived on boats for over ten years, first a 42 foot sport fisherman and then a 45 foot ketch, loving every second of it, I drooled at the thought of your day on or near the water. My best times were when I dropped the lines and headed offshore. It was always amazing to me to get a mile or so away from land and look back at the L.A. sprawl, knowing that on their side of the shoreline there were millions of people and on mine perhaps a couple of dozen. Wow, Jean, what a lot of cosmic energy focused in one spot for you. Great adventure! Having lived on boats for over ten years, first a 42 foot sport fisherman and then a 45 foot ketch, loving every second of it, I drooled at the thought of your day on or near the water. My best times were when I dropped the lines and headed offshore. It was always amazing to me to get a mile or so away from land and look back at the L.A. sprawl, knowing that on their side of the shoreline there were millions of people and on mine perhaps a couple of dozen.

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