My latest art project is underway. Here’s the initial blueprint sketches for a sculpture I’m working on.
Deviant Art link to a larger view of the image.
Latest Art Project Underway
Month: July 2019
Walking On the Moon: Thoughts on One Hundred Years on the Moon at Fifty
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Yesterday was the first session of the VA OT Creative Writing group I’m participating in. The prompt was “Walking on the Moon”. This is what I came up with.
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It’s hard to believe the historical significance of the place. Standing in the middle of the site, you can see the fast food joints encroaching on the east and the retail chain stores to the west. This once desolate location has all the symptoms of city life infecting it. The once sea of tranquility is yielding to rivers of asphalt and concrete.
The original structure and flag are now removed. Someone somewhere sometime either objected to or otherwise found them offensive. A plaque on the side of a decaying condominium marks where an eagle landed and first steps were taken. The sign of a local real estate developer long ago replaced the nylon and aluminum flag assembly. Bootprints that held place for most of a century are no longer visible amidst piles of pet excrement and human litter.
If not for the plaque and the street signs marking this as the intersection of Armstrong Way and Aldren Avenue, you’d never believe this was the location where one small step for a man became one giant leap for mankind. Politicians and businessmen call this progress, scientists and artists call this crime. Our children’s children will never know the significance of the moment when Neil Armstrong was walking on the moon.
Clipart stolen from Clipartmax.
Good Days, Bad Days
As anyone who’s ever fought with depression and anxiety knows. we have good days and bad days. Fortunately, the last couple of weeks were mostly on the good side and definitely on the busy side. In addition to working around prep work for the Fleur de lis exhibition, I’ve been lining up the next few rounds of projects. I’m just hoping I don’t over-commit myself as I’m usually prone to do and then end up regretting my project schedule on the bad days that will come along.
In the time between my Fleur de lis prep-work and now, Blizzard released the 8.2 Rise of Azshara patch World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth. I’ve been actively watching the Women’s World Cup tournament and cheering on the American team. And, of course, in the U.S. we’ve also celebrated Independence Day this week. So, non-work hours have been and continue to be busy.
In art projects, I’m already doing pre-work and design work on projects for the next three Soulard Art Gallery exhibitions as well as a couple of personal projects. I also do church sanctuary and altar decorations and started working through the next few months projects for that.
In writing projects, I’ve signed up for and will be attending a Veterans Creative Writing Group through the St Louis Va Medical Center. This is a once a week session with writing based on a prompt and then reading and responding to each other’s pieces. I’m also working on a couple of other writing projects, some of which will be appearing here soon.
Clipart stolen from Clipartmax.
When Idiots Science 