I’m always thrilled when I see the intense, sometimes narcissistic and crudely materialistic “me-generation” Pluto in Leo (1938-1958) creativity of one of my compatriots morph into entirely new forms. As for Bob Dylan, when looking at his chart, with all that earthy Taurus (Saturn, Jupiter and Uranus) I’d say no wonder each of the words to the lyrics of his songs feels heavy, meaningful, carrying its own weight, like a stone, though rollin’! So here he is, rollin’ along, utilizing that grounded, material Taurus energy in yet another intensely Pluto in Leo creative manner. May we all learn from his unending capacity for self-regeneration.

Bob Dylan is a welder and he makes big iron gates out of scrap metal [5 pictures]

November 12, 2013

by Abraham

twentytwowords.com

Since he is a factually elusive storyteller, it was hard to know how seriously to take Bob Dylan when he said in his autobiography Chronicles that he keeps welding supplies at his home in Malibu where he makes “ornate iron gates out of junk scrap metal.”

But it turns out to be entirely true. An exhibition of Dylan’s art — paintings as well as his iron work — goes on display at London’s Halcyon Gallery this weekend.

Dylan writes…

I’ve been around iron all my life ever since I was a kid. I was born and raised in iron ore country — where you could breathe it and smell it every day. And I’ve always worked with it in one form or another.

And of course he waxes poetic about his interest in gates, specifically…

Gates appeal to me because of the negative space they allow. They can be closed but at the same time they allow the seasons and breezes to enter and flow. They can shut you out or shut you in. And in some ways there is no difference.

(via John Shearer, The Daily Mail)