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  • My Computer Taught Me to Paint Abstracts

    by Joe Coen
    My computer taught me to paint abstracts.

  • What's So Funny?

    by Joe Coen

    Scholars of the highest class, when they hear about the Tao, take it and practice is earnestly.

    Scholars of the middle class, when they hear of it, take it half earnestly.

    Scholars of the lowest class, when they hear of it, laugh at it.

    Without the laughter, there would be no Tao.

  • Sweatshirts added to the store

    by Joe Coen
    I added some sweatshirts to the store decorated with some of my abstract GenArt. Please check them out.

  • First World Problems with Plumbing

    by Joe Coen
    After my continuing efforts failing to fix the plumbing, all I can say is that I’m grateful I have indoor plumbing to fail to fix.

  • On a Tao roll

    by Joe Coen

    To attain knowledge, add things every day. To attain wisdom, remove things every day.

  • Thoughts of Sadness and Anger

    by Joe Coen
    Another unarmed black man shot and paralyzed. Three protestors dead. A gun wielding child who had no business playing cop is facing first degree mu...

  • The worst critic and most delusional supporter? Me.

    by Joe Coen
    I am my worst critic and my most delusional supporter. How in the world do I know when I’m getting something right?

  • Good art, Bad art.

    by Joe Coen
    A good artist lets his intuition lead him wherever it wants according to the Tao Te Ching.

  • Video for Astro Prints

    by Joe Coen
    Video promo for Astronaut Prints is on Youtube.

  • Turning 56

    by Joe Coen
    even though, I may be closer to the end than the start, I’m still closer to zero than infinity, still closer to nothing than everything.

  • Koans and Coen

    by Joe Coen
    If I write a blog, and no one reads it, is it still a blog?

  • Creatively controlled chaos

    by Joe Coen
    “So it goes” Kurt Vonnegut would write at this point. In my case, it’s not so much as a fatalistic response as an acknowledgement of my powerlessness.