A detour
After a slight detour, I am back to making and uploading art again. Let’s just say I went on a journey where I learned a lot, saw a lot, met some nice people, but had to journey back again…
Today I uploaded some pieces I had been working on over the winter (the pepper and the pear) and one I did right when I left my day-job two years ago (the mallard).
Vegetables and fruits have been the focus, but I’m itchin’ to go back to making animals my subject matter. I even have some lofty ideas of going to the zoo this summer to do some gesture drawings. However, I have two issues about doing this:
1) The humans walking through the zoo or state fair (another drawing haunt) are sometimes MOST irritating. I know they are just curious and what-all, but I personally would never DREAM of bothering someone that is clearly in their own world trying to study something. As Mike recently brought up, you wouldn’t bother me if I was at a picnic table eating a sandwich.
“Hey what you eatin’? Don’t look bad, yah know? How long have you been eatin’ sandwiches? Which sandwich is your favorite? I like Subway. I think they make some good sandwiches. You know they got those five dollar footlongs. Why don’t you go there?”
(I had such a conversation with a fair-going-patron at the state fair that pulled me out of head-phone-land and some real progress in my sketchpad . Just substitute sandwiches and Subway for art and art school. Sorry, “drawR-ing” school.)
2)…makes me feel that this is what the animals must feel like there (only they can’t talk back and be sarcastic) I feel bad looking at a creature that clearly doesn’t belong behind bars/glass while staring at it for long periods of time. I feel their space and dignity being violated on a constant basis and it clouds my focus to be quite truthful. Yet, I will probably never get to see any of these creatures in real life and I am quite sure they are well taken care of. It’s still a struggle though.
But I guess I can try it out once and see how it goes. Maybe a nice weekday where The Obliviators are still at work.
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You rock!
Just got back from seeing “Body Worlds” Downtown before it closes. Thought I would be grossed out, but loved it. Sketched like crazy. I can understand people being curious. If they really need to invade my space, fine whatever. I have less patience for the adults that need to talk to me. Actually now that I think about it, kids never really say anything to me just look. R.E.S.P.E.C.T. I almost said something to this guy that came up and said “excellent”. How does he know it’s excellent when he said it right when he saw it. Alas he had kids with him so I kept my mouth shut, which I’m glad I did, it was for the best
YAY!!! It’s so good to have you back. I can’t wait to see what new things you dream up!
Carrie
I should check my own blog more often! HA! Thank you Mo and Carrie
Mo, I have a report to fill out in my next entry about that very thing you talk about.
We saw Body Worlds too, and though it was quite cool, I was a little disturbed by the way the muscles were “flayed” out. That part didn’t sit well with me.
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Commenting is not available in this section entry.Yeah that part was weird. They seemed to have altered everyone to some kind of theme. I thought it was kind of like an art exhibit in that sense. I went in there thinking I’d be grossed out. Said I’d go as part of Shane’s anniversary gift to him. I envisioned bodies cut in half, skin still on etc. but they looked so altered and weird. The only one that came close was the pregnant woman.