Tuesday, June 30, 2020

Day 2895: Mental Chaos.





"Mental Chaos": junk mail collage, china marker, gesso









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Click here for Shawn Mendez, Lost in Japan.
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 WonderWoman flew in this morning. I am so blessed.

 
 She delivered 3 bags of groceries from Trader Joe's.




Goodies, flowers, fruits & vegetables.

 
She spoils me with things I wouldn't buy for myself.
Thank you, Superman and WonderWoman,
you are so kind to me and I appreciate you both. 



 


2GN2S

Small Windows of Sunrises/ on the Covers of the N. Y. Times 

Sho Shibuya

 



It’s been a dark couple of months for New York City. 
Citizens, forced to stay home, have waited out the days 
absorbing the sad and depressing news. 
But it’s often darkest just before dawn, and for 
Brooklyn-based artist and designer Sho Shibuya, 
the city’s sunrises offered a means of coping, as well as 
a silver lining to what was otherwise a terrible situation.



While locked down and feeling overwhelmed in his Brooklyn studio apartment, “I realized that from the small windows of my studio, I could not hear the sounds of honking cars or people shouting,” explains Shibuya, who is the founder of the creative studio Placeholder. “I could hear the birds chirping energetically and sound of wind in the trees, and I looked up and saw the bright sky, beautiful as ever despite the changed world beneath it.”
So the artist decided to photograph each sunrise. He then skilfully recreated it in acrylic paint, on the cover of that day’s New York Times, rendering a beautiful and poetic window; a contrast between the daily chaos and the sky’s serenity. He has been posting the artworks to his Instagram account.



'If one thing the news has made clear, we need generosity and peace for all people now more than ever,” says Shibuya, who hopes these sunrises can also serve as a reminder of the strength and generosity that New Yorkers have shown over the last months.
















Just because ...


Blue Crane





Smiles for Tuesday ...
































5 comments:

jeriinpaso said...

Loved every bit of this story

jacki long said...

Thanks so much, jeri! I love hearing from you and it was great to see you on zoom

elenor said...

What a wonderful and interesting post again. I love your creativity to find one or even more good stories to tell each day. You are a real master in it.
Have a fine evening and stay safe (and home - that's hard, isn't it?), dear Jacki.

jacki long said...

Thanks so much, Elenor, I was thinking of you and then found your comment.
Just like life, some days are easier than others, but somehow something turns up. I never know? Please take good care, Elenor, Good health, and happiness to you and your beautiful family.

Irene Rafael said...

Hello Jacki, Somehow I found this post on Pinterest of all places. Ditto what Elenor said. You must scour the media to fun such interesting stories daily. Thank you for your continued efforts.