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name is Tony Johansen. I am an artist. I like art and science and
poetry and books and history and technology and lots more besides.
Every day I am excited by the marvelous things I see in this wonderful
world and beyond. I love the Internet for giving me access to so much.
I am like a sponge for wondrous things or things that make me wonder. This site is really just a
scrapbook. Being on the web, however, means being able to share the
treasures I find. That's me, Tony Johansen, artist who likes to share
my excitement of being alive.




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    Wonderful poetry collected and shared by Tony Johansen


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    That’s How It Felt To Be On The Moon by Alan Bean “This is my answer to the question I’ve been asked most often since November 19, 1969.  I felt a long, long way from the people and places I love the most.  It seemed unreal…impossible.  From time to time I would look down and say to myself, “this is the moon.” And then, I would look up at a small, beautiful, birght blue and white sphere hanging in the mysterious, luminous black sky and think, ” that is the earth.”  Words have never expressed what I experienced, but I thing that in this work I have captured some of the excitement and exhilaration I felt.  I wanted an eye-arresting image, somthing to communicate the excitement of being on the moon, so I began experimenting with “exciting” colors - bright primary tones.  But that didn’t feel right. then as I worked, I began to see a rainbow effect in the layersof paint.  That feeling, of all colors being mixed but also harmonizing, finally allowed me to tell how it felt to walk on the moon.” - Alan Bean 

    That’s How It Felt To Be On The Moon by Alan Bean

    “This is my answer to the question I’ve been asked most often since November 19, 1969.  I felt a long, long way from the people and places I love the most.  It seemed unreal…impossible.  From time to time I would look down and say to myself, “this is the moon.” And then, I would look up at a small, beautiful, birght blue and white sphere hanging in the mysterious, luminous black sky and think, ” that is the earth.”  Words have never expressed what I experienced, but I thing that in this work I have captured some of the excitement and exhilaration I felt.  I wanted an eye-arresting image, somthing to communicate the excitement of being on the moon, so I began experimenting with “exciting” colors - bright primary tones.  But that didn’t feel right. then as I worked, I began to see a rainbow effect in the layersof paint.  That feeling, of all colors being mixed but also harmonizing, finally allowed me to tell how it felt to walk on the moon.”

    - Alan Bean