Tag Archives: America

Thank you! A day to remember those who fought (and are still fighting) for our freedom!!

A day to remember those who fought and are still fighting for our freedom to choose, to have a voice, to live as we wish …to be American!! Thank you to all the veterans and their families for making such great sacrifices in order for us to be free!!!

Artpoetography series revisited…..

Revisiting my Artpoetography The Take Over photography series inspired by my two poems, Rising Coup and High Coup, speaking to the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 in China (The Chinese government military, with assault rifles and tanks, inflicted casualties on unarmed civilians trying to block the military’s advance towards Tiananmen Square in the heart of Beijing)and the economic take over of China over the U.S. in recent years. Still working on developing the series and currently fine tuning this image in Photoshop.

Being green…Recycle….

Random!!!! And trying to be green!!!
Saw this on the side of the road today!! Gives a new meaning to “Out House”!!!!
…I guess the owners of the toilet were hoping that someone would take it in order to reuse it…can’t hurt to try to recycle even a toilet!

Boy Scouts Pinewood Derby-A tradition!

It’s that Pinewood Derby time of year!!! The ART of carving a block of wood into a racing machine!!! Boy Scouts/Cub Scouts is an excellent organization that teaches boys important skills that have been slowly diluted and in some cases lost in our age of technology and busy lives!

The Race by C.E.K. Nelson, oil on paper painting by author

The Race

All you little people,
look up to where I stand.
Listen to my lies,
while I take your freedom
with one hand.
With the other,
I point a finger,
At my scapegoats who pull the trigger.
Now read my lips,
I am not to blame
for the United States
of questionable fame.
Those in the past
who played with cigars,
and many others
Who acted like Czars.
Waters gates did open up,
To allow great floods to corrupt.
Like the Katrina’s
in our world,
her skirt caught in the twirl
of FEMA’s compromising swirl.
Hunger for war,
starving men,
can’t wait for the battle to begin
in distant lands,
to control
the puppets on the Capitol.
And then there is the health care plan,
Dealt by none other than
Uncle Sam’s hand…
Debiting us in deep depression,
clothed over by false recession.
Is it a wonder that
Our innocence dies,
dependent on
a slew of lies?
Spending Lincoln to disgrace,
creating a currency of false face.
No one,
not any party,
will ever win
this race.
– C.E.K. Nelson

Not one party is to blame, we are in this together… so let’s work hand in hand on continuing to bring to fruition our forefathers vision- we must not forget that our country is GREAT and that we, the people make it that way! Stand tall, America, let the politicians see US above the bureaucracy- we desire to be successful, independent, sympathetic, helpful, strong- a nation of many people who are represented by parties ELECTED by us. Every party is important, they create checks and balances in our system…just as every American is different and important- let us remember that, in the end, we are ALL fighting for freedom! Cheers!

Proverbs of Peace by C.E.K. Nelson, painting by author

Please click on image to read poem and view painting.

There is much anger and confusion in the United States right now. An internal conflict that for some, seems to have been resolved years ago but for many the struggles are real and the fight for equality continues to be a haunting endeavor. Perhaps instead of pointing figers at at each other, we should turn our eyes towards the laws that bind us to a system of rules and regulations that cause our decision making process to be skewed in a way that disagrees with our moral sence ability. Anger towards each other and the races that we belong to, only take us steps back to a place where no one wants to go. Resolving issues can only be done together, as one America. The waves of change are coming… Only we can decide as a group whether the change is peaceful.

The painting: I created this original painting with acrylic paint on paper. In Christianity, the fish represents Christ and peace. The two fish are swimming in opposite directions, representing opposing views but they are both fish, why not swim together?