FPN's PEN ART GALLERY

[Andrew_L]

Woman's portrait

 

(Montblanc 146 early 90s, Diamine Ancient Cooper, Double A(A4))

 

http://lenskiy.org/2023/04/montblanc-146-meisterstuck-early-90s/

 

[txomsy]

Beautiful

[Andrew_L]

Thank you

[Andrew_L]

I happened to see Louis Blanc’s photo work “CyClOpS” and it reminded me a russian society, which now supports putin’s regime and the war against Ukraine. Those who sit in the cracks, hate the whole world, want to destroy everyone and everywhere, but use global achievements in any fields and do not have their own, from the word “at all”. 

 

Could it be that they themselves are afraid of what they started?

 

(Montblanc Meisterstuck 146, Rohrer&Klingner SketchInk Thea, Wancher Dreampen w|custom Noodlers Flex, Rohrer&Klingner SketchInk Margot, Double A (A4))

 

http://lenskiy.org/2023/05/457th-day-of-war-in-ukraine-stoprussia/

[Andrew_L]

Apstls Vzks is a Greek craftsman pen maker.

 

(Wancher DreamPen w|custom FPR Flex UEF nib, Pelikan 4001 Blue-Black ink, Double A(A4))

 

Details: http://lenskiy.org/2023/06/customize-modern-fpr-flex-nib/

[Andrew_L]

“I know that many people in America say that this is all propaganda, that russia is not actually committing war crimes. And my answer to them is: come talk to me. I am living proof of the terrible things they do to people. And I can tell you what it really is” - Alex Drueke is a 40-year-old American who returned from russian captivity and told everything.

 

(Cross Peerless 125, Noodler's Ottoman Azure, Double A(A4))

http://lenskiy.org/2023/06/469th-day-of-war-in-ukraine-stoprussia/

 

[ParramattaPaul]

2 hours ago, Andrew_L said:

“I know that many people in America say that this is all propaganda, that russia is not actually committing war crimes. And my answer to them is: come talk to me. I am living proof of the terrible things they do to people. And I can tell you what it really is” - Alex Drueke is a 40-year-old American who returned from russian captivity and told everything.

 

(Cross Peerless 125, Noodler's Ottoman Azure, Double A(A4))

http://lenskiy.org/2023/06/469th-day-of-war-in-ukraine-stoprussia/

 

Andrew, anyone who has any awareness of how the Tzars, Lenin, Stalin, and those who followed treated the Ukraine and Ukrainians -- the pogroms, the starvation, and the rest -- knows Russians commit evil and war crimes are just part of it.

[inkstainedruth]

3 hours ago, Andrew_L said:

“I know that many people in America say that this is all propaganda, that russia is not actually committing war crimes. And my answer to them is: come talk to me. I am living proof of the terrible things they do to people. And I can tell you what it really is” - Alex Drueke is a 40-year-old American who returned from russian captivity and told everything.

 

(Cross Peerless 125, Noodler's Ottoman Azure, Double A(A4))

http://lenskiy.org/2023/06/469th-day-of-war-in-ukraine-stoprussia/

 

😢

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

 

ETA: I was on a trip to what was then the USSR in 1976.  There was a guy in our tour group who was born there, but brought to the US as a small child. He was absolutely convinced that he was being followed the entire trip (Moscow, the industrial city Kalinin, and Leningrad).

[txomsy]

I think we should not generalize, it is not any human group that is inherently good or evil, but some individuals only. And most important, that specific topic is not fit for the forum.

 

If we were to complain, we might as well complain about pen makers who disregard fair play conventions in their own interest, without any regard for those who are affected by their practices.

 

But two points come to my mind: it is some makers not some generic collectives and there are already many threads to discuss these practices (that some may actually not perceive as unfair).

 

Therefore, I think we could rather leave this thread for its main topic, Arts and the way arts depict our daily experience of life (which sometimes, as we all know, can be rather distressing).

 

Personally, I welcome Andrew's Art, lately as a refection of the unpleasantness (to put it mildly) of life, and his explanations, without which his Art would be meaningless.

 

Unfounded generalizations, specially demonizations, I personally am less comfortable with. (And beg your pardon for my contorted grammar).

[Andrew_L]

9 hours ago, txomsy said:

without which his Art would be meaningless

 

Thanks for the inspiration - "meaningless art without explanations"))

Maybe, maybe ... I'm not offended, I understand everything.

 

ps: Maybe it looks better from the side, but I just honored a brave guy.

[Astronymus]

23 minutes ago, Andrew_L said:

 "meaningless art without explanations"

Sounds like an excellent title for a series of artwork.

[Andrew_L]

51 minutes ago, Astronymus said:

Sounds like an excellent title for a series

Thanks, maybe this is really nice idea))

[essayfaire]

On 6/8/2023 at 1:46 PM, Andrew_L said:

Thanks, maybe this is really nice idea))

I don't think art is meaningless; life would be depressing if it were.

 

Not that all art must be meaningful, but I don't know why we have art(in the broad sense- music, literature included) at all if not to communicate humanity across time and space.

[Andrew_L]

42-year-old title-winning Ukrainian hockey player Oleksandr Khmil died near Bakhmut.

 

(Montblanc Meisterstuck 146, vtg. Waterman's Luminouse Blue, Double A(A4))

 

http://lenskiy.org/2023/06/montblanc-meisterstuck-146-early-80s-2/

 

[Andrew_L]

Ukrainian defender Mykhailo Varvarych, who lost both legs at the front. There is a touching video on the Internet where he confesses to his beloved Irina.

 

(Narwhal Nautilus w|Noodlers Flexible UEF, Rohrer&Klingner SketchInk Mix, Double A(A4))

 

http://lenskiy.org/2023/06/ground-to-uef-modern-noodlers-flexible-nib/

[Andrew_L]

Ukrainian writer Victoria Amelina, who died in the hospital from injuries received in Kramatorsk after a ruzzian rocket attack on June 27, 2023.
 

 

(Montblanc Meisterstuck 146 w|BB nib, Diamine Red Dragon, Double A(A4))

 

Review: http://lenskiy.org/2023/07/montblanc-146-meisterstuck-lately-80s/

[Andrew_L]

As a result of the rocket attack on the residential building in Lviv by 06.07.2023, 10 people died – 8 women and 2 men, and 45 people were injured, including three children. Damaged about 60 apartments, 50 cars and 18 roofs.
 

(Pilot Justus original w|custom UEF nib, Pelikan 4001 Blue-Black, Double A(A4), Photoshop)
 

http://lenskiy.org/2023/07/500th-day-of-war-in-ukraine-stoprussia/

[Andrew_L]

Kinderdijk’s windmills

 

(Conklin "Mark Twain" Crescent-filler first edition, Pelikan Edelstein Topaz, Double A(A4))

 

Full review: http://lenskiy.org/2023/07/modern-conklin-mark-twain-signature-crescent-filler-first-edition/

[Astronymus]

Wonderful.

[Andrew_L]

@Astronymus Thank you