February 2014 ~ LA PENSINE MUTINE (EN)

Howling Wind

Ey@el2/25/2014Song Lyrics No comments

Love on this wasteland holds no dominion
I refuse to lay me down
On the grapevine comes the saying
"Son, you'll reap whatever you sow"
I sow the seeds of my love
Deep undying true love I sow

There is beauty out there somewhere
I will leave no stone unturned
There's a guitar and a bugle
I hear the sound of distant drums
Fire and water rage through my mind
(Love on)
Love on this wasteland
I cannot find

And there is a HOWL HOWL HOWLING WIND
A ringing around my ears
And a wild wild wind is a blowing
Tearing down my tears

There is virtue truth abounding
Peace will come to everyman
And there's a landmark on the skyline
There is a sign standing in the road
Sail on my brother
Sail on through the night
(Love on)
Love on this wasteland is waiting on down the line

And there is a HOWL HOWL HOWLING WIND
A ringing around my ears
And a wild wild wind is a blowing
Tearing down my tears

Forty days in the desert sand
Forty nights on my hands and knees
Forty days in the howling wind
In the howling wind

Love on this wasteland holds no dominion
I refuse to lay me down
On the grapevine comes the saying
"Son, you'll reap whatever you sow"
I sow the seeds of my love, my love
Deep undying true love's what I sow

There's a HOWL HOWL HOWLING WIND
A ringing around my ears
And a wild wild wind is a blowing
Tearing down my tears

And there's a HOWL HOWL HOWLING WIND
A ringing around my ears
And there's a wild wild wind is a blowing
Tearing down my tears

Original text by MIKE PETERS
© La Pensine Mutine. All rights reserved. Reproduction prohibited.

Get On Up Like a Sport Machine!

Ey@el2/24/2014Humour No comments

A new expression is born: to be left high and frozen.

Smart does it when you've got webbed feet instead of spikes.

Recommended exercise to keep a flat tummy.

Notice how the smaller dogs are jumping higher.

Freezing Cold

Ey@el2/22/2014Artwork No comments

A digital scrap page from a cut-out photo of my furry “cousin” Lili, a lovely Basset Griffon Vendéen more scared of her own shadow than of the snow (well, she'll be fine this year).

Wonderwall

Ey@el2/14/2014Song Lyrics No comments

Today is gonna be the day
That they're gonna throw it back to you
By now you should've somehow
Realized what you gotta do
I don't believe that anybody
Feels the way I do about you now

Back beat, the word is on the street
That the fire in your heart is out
I'm sure you've heard it all before
But you never really had a doubt
I don't believe that anybody feels
The way I do about you now

And all the roads we have to walk are winding
And all the lights that lead us there are blinding
There are many things that I would
Like to say to you
But I don't know how

Because maybe
You're gonna be the one that saves me
And after all
You're my wonderwall

Today was gonna be the day
But they'll never throw it back to you
By now you should've somehow
Realized what you're not to do
I don't believe that anybody
Feels the way I do
About you now

And all the roads that lead you there were winding
And all the lights that light the way are blinding
There are many things that I would like to say to you
But I don't know how

I said maybe
You're gonna be the one that saves me
And after all
You're my wonderwall

I said maybe
You're gonna be the one that saves me
And after all
You're my wonderwall

I said maybe
You're gonna be the one that saves me
You're gonna be the one that saves me
You're gonna be the one that saves me

Oxford vs. Manchester : Thom Yorke's spoof cover

Original text by NOEL GALLAGHER

The Dance of Hearts

Ey@el2/14/2014Artwork, Traditions No comments

“All you need is love, love is all you need” sang The Beatles.¹

On this day ruled by the arrows of CUPIDity, why not give unconditional love around you rather than flowers, chocolate, perfume or any other conditioned, superficial commercial tokens totally unrelated to this state of being? What comes from the heart doesn't rely on a calendar reminder to express itself. And you don't need to be in love nor have found your soulmate to be in the right vibration that will get you out of the Matrix's chessboard. So let's do the hearts dance (everyday) and take all the Grinches and those left behind by life with you in this joyful farandole that is bound to win at the end of the day.

“Say the word and you'll be free, say the word and be like me, say the word I'm thinking of... Have you heard the word is love? It's the word: love!”²

Endnotes

"All You Need Is Love", The Beatles (1967).
"The Word", The Beatles (1965).

How to Apply Grunge Effects on Photos

Ey@el2/09/2014Photo Editing No comments

This is based on a Photoshop tutorial I had adapted (changing a lot of things) for Paint Shop Pro, thus you also should be able to use it with any other image editing software. Newbies may find it a bit difficult though, as a basic knowledge of layers, blend modes, and how to use brushes is essential (nothing really tough here). Since the page of the original tutorial is no longer available, I take the liberty of reposting here the free downloadable material (Polaroid frame).

Materials

a photo
grunge style brushes (on DeviantArt according to your chosen image program)
a script font
Nadine's Polaroid frame
pattern (fractal)

Instructions

1. Open a copy of the picture you wish to manipulate and apply the necessary corrections and desired enhancement.

For the above example, I added a bit of blue to midtones and highlights, slightly desaturated the overall colours, denoised and increased contrast with an external filter that can differentiate between light and dark areas (UnPlugged Split Contrast). To soften my image, I duplicated the original layer then apply Gaussian blur to the copy (radius 3), set blend mode to Screen, lowered opacity to 40%, and finally merged layers. Then I applied Photo-Plugins Soft Focus with Soft Light mode, but this is optional and depends both on your source picture and on the effect you wish to produce. The possibilities are about as endless as the number of external filters available is.

2. Open a copy of the Polaroid frame and paste your altered image as a new layer under the frame layer. Resize if necessary so that it is correctly framed.

3. Add a new layer on top (above the frame) and apply brushes. I have used four different scratches and a fingerprint in black colour.

4. Add a new layer (always on top) and fill with the fractal pattern. Apply Motion Blur (angle 270°, strength 100%). Increase luminosity to 40%, lower layer opacity to 50% and set blend mode to Overlay.

5. Duplicate the fractal layer and change duplicate layers settings to opacity 70% and blend mode Lighten.

6. Activate frame layer and select transparent centre using the Magic Wand. Then activate top layer and click Delete to erase the central area. Unselect.

7. Add your desired text on a new layer (I used the Philing font).

8. Add a new layer on top and apply more brushes (two scribbles) with colour black and setting blend mode to Burn.

NOTE: These are only the general lines to follow as depending on which picture, which fractal and which brushes you use, layer opacities and blend modes may need to differ. The purpose of this tutorial is to inspire you not to copy which is not fun nor rewarding.

Polaroid Android

Ey@el2/09/2014Artwork No comments

This is another graphic based on my “grunge Polaroid” tutorial using no pattern/texture but many brushes and various fonts. Since I used a disparate set of pictures, I attuned them applying a “bleaching” filter and set blend mode to Luminance, adding a copy of the central picture under each side picture layer then smudging it with the Smudge Brush so as to have all the right colours in the right places. The central animation is from an original video converted to animated GIF I found on the web then re-exported the same way.

Zombie

Ey@el2/03/2014Geopolitics, Song Lyrics No comments

Another head hangs lowly
Child is slowly taken
And the violence caused such silence
Who are we mistaken
But you see it's not me
It's not my family
In your head in your head
They are fighting

With their tanks and their bombs
And their bombs and their guns
In your head in your head they are crying

In your head
In your head
Zombie zombie zombie
What's in your head
In your head.
Zombie, zombie, zombie

Another mother's breaking
heart is taken over
And the violence causes silence
We must be mistaken
It's the same old thing since 1916
In your head in your head
They're still fighting
With their tanks and their bombs
And their bombs and their guns
In your head in your head they are dying