Day 4286: Four legged tree, and Advice.

    

"Skeletons": junk mail collage, digital.

 

  

Want music?

 

    

Click : Ray Orbison, Crying.

 

  

 

 

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Four-legged Tree?

Four legged tree in Cedar Falls, Iowa.

One hundred years ago (1915), John Henning planted 4 linden tree saplings—2 on either side of the walk—leading up to his front door. Mr. Henning, a farmer who had immigrated from Germany as a young man, had moved into town when he retired. With lots of expereince grafting apple trees, he aimed to imitate the archways of lindens he recalled from Berlin. First, the two on the same side of the walk were lashed together and grafted. Then when each pair was tall enough to arch over the walk, he grafted the pairs. Over time, a towering trunk grew from the original four. The four-legged tree of Cedar Falls has weathered two major setbacks in its long life. Not too many years after Mr. Henning started his project, the front right tree died and a replacement was grafted in. Thus the lesser girth of that trunk.

 

 

 

 

  

 

A 4+  minute video, artist, Helen Acclaim  here

 

 

 

  

 

Just because ...

  

Eurasian Collared Dove

 

Tuesday's Smiles ... 

 

 

   

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day 4285: 13 Bronze Women, Christopher Bright

 

"Uncertainty": junk mail collage

 

 

  

Want music?

 

    

Click :Al Green, You Ought to be With Me

 

  

 

 

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13 Bronze Figures

13 Bronze Figures Reinterpreted from Velázquez’s ‘Las Meninas’ Line Up in a Central Venice Plaza

Thirteen bronze women in wide pannier skirts stand single file in St. Mark’s Square in central Venice. The large-scale installation is the work of Spanish artist Manolo Valdés and on view for the 60th Venice Biennale. Known for recontextualizing the iconic figures, colors, and textures throughout Western art history, Valdés once again pulls from well-known source material for Las Meninas a San Marco as he reinterprets the subjects of Diego Velázquez’s 1656 painting “Las Meninas,” or “The Ladies-in-waiting.” Led by the monumental “Infanta Margarita” who stands at the center of the original painting, the trailing figures are “Reina Mariana,” a nod to the infanta’s mother framed in a portrait in the background of Velzázquez’s work.

Las Meninas a San Marco has come under fire from Italia Nostra-Venezia, an organization that opposes galleries paying for public spaces to stage artworks and what it calls the “‘biennalization’ of the city.”

The project will be on view through June 15, when one of the “Reina Mariana” sculptures will be donated to the city.

One of my many favorite students was Chris Bright, now Christopher Bright, successful musician and entrepreneur. I had an email from him today and I thought I would share the links, his music is wonderful.

Welcome to christopherbright.com. My name is Christopher Bright and I spend my life making music. Currently, I write and record original music (Life Is My Soundtrack), make production music (for Film/TV), play in several bands, do session work, teach privately, and develop music-related software/apps. I’m also a #1 International Bestselling Author. I currently live and work in Southern California.

Christopher Bright	5:04 PM (5 hours ago)
to me

Hi Jacki! I know this may shock and surprise you, but I just released some new music last week!  This one is called Volant, and it's inspired by flight! I hope you enjoy it, and I'll have more new music for you soon! Thanks!!

https://lifeismysoundtrack.com/volant

Christopher Bright / Musician   Life Is My Soundtrack Music That Whispers, Blooms, And Explodes Listening Links (Spotify, Apple Music, Etc.) @: https://lifeismysoundtrack.com

 

 

 

 

  

 

A 5 minute video, On your mark, set, go,  here

 

 

 

  

 

Just because ...

  

Bald Eagle Family

 

 

Monday's Smiles ...  

    

   

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

Day 4284: Poetic Portraits and a Graduation.

"Attacks": junk collage, inks, digital.

  

Want music?

 

    

Click :  Jacob Collier, Time Alone with You.

 

  

 

 

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Poetic Portraits

“PORTRAIT D I 24” (2024), recycled wood sculpture, 55.12 x 36.61 inches.

 Stefaan De Croock’s portraits have no identifying attributes. The Belgian artist (previously) puzzles together fragments of wood or marble into figures with distinctive postures and presences but no facial features. Anonymity can lend itself to universality, De Croock believes, and he strives to pinpoint the experiences

“PORTRAIT R IV 24” (2024), recycled wood sculpture, 33.46 x 21.26 inches

“PORTRAIT F VII 24” (2024), Taj Mahal marble, 20.87 x 36.61 inches

Using reclaimed materials, the artist finds that dings, scratches, and evidence of wear add to the histories of each piece, while speaking to a sense of timelessness that runs through his work. “The materials hold something magical. They possess a certain spontaneity, impossible to recreate. They show an amazing imprint of everything that ever happened to them. You can ‘see’ time,” he said in a statement.

Left: “PORTRAIT R II 24” (2024), recycled wood sculpture, 70 x 40 centimeters.
Right: “PORTRAIT L I 24” (2024), recycled wood sculpture, 90 x 53 centimeters

   

“PORTRAIT R V 24” (2024), recycled wood sculpture, 39.37 x 21.26 inches 

“PORTRAIT G I 23” (2023), Carrara marble and wood frame, 100 x 64.57 inches

You might explore more of the artist’s work on Instagram.

Saturday, May 18, 2024 was a big day for our family.

\Grandhunk #2, Jake graduated with honors from University of California, Dominguez Hills

Uncle Jimmy and Aunt Lauren

Proud Parents

Brothers, Zack, Jake and Jordan.

Long-time, especially good friends, Kevin and Alicia Smith hosted an after graduation party at their lovely home. Family and friends enjoyed being together in a beautiful setting.

Hoda, aka Teta and brother, Uncle George

Superman, aka Dad and Mike aka Geed

GH#2 aka Jake, Sara, Chris

Uncle George and Uncle Tarek

BFF's

 

 

 

  

 

A 4  minute video, Night of Gastropods, here

 

 

 

  

 

Just because ...

  

 

Eastern Bluebird

  

 

Sunday's Smiles ...  

Lisandro Rota

 

   

 

 

 

 

Stefan Hall