Day 2899: A holiday treat!

"7/4/2020": junk mail collage + digital.

Want music?

 

Click here for Miriam Makeba, Pata Pata.

then click back on this blog tab or here to listen as you browse, or not?

Something special for the holiday today,

brought to my notice by Blog Correspondent, Carrol Wolf.

 "When you get a chance,  look up the 25th Street Mosaic. 

It is about a large public mural in San Pedro. 

It's a little overly long but really fascinating."

And, I did. Thank you Carrol!

 

Julie Bender

 Picture a 200' wall, conceived by artist Julie Bender. 

Taking 2 years, 8 months to complete with the help of 300 locals.

(Julie said she slept for 2 months on completion.)

 

 

I snagged a few screen captures, 

hoping to lure you to the comprehensive 20 min. video, here 

Well worth your time, when you have the time. 

A 3 min. Ray Kelly video, here.

And, a short 2 min. abc-news video, here.

Congratulations to Julie Bender and 300 helpers! Wow!

 

Blog Austria correspondent, 

Heidi has sent a few shots from her walk today.

"After a rainy night, the sun came out. 

So we could go walking again."

"It was so lovely to meet these 8 weeks old cuties."

all Austria photos by Heidi Putscheg

I think we all appreciate Heidi and pictures from Austria?

• A 2 min, video, firework dictionary, (sound down or off?), here.

• A 7 min. funny animation, "Some Thing", here.

• A 4 min. amazing animation, here.

Smiles for Saturday ...

  

 

 

From Merriam-Webster: via Austin Kleon

Doomscrolling and doomsurfing are new terms referring to the tendency to continue to surf or scroll through bad news, even though that news is saddening, disheartening, or depressing. Many people are finding themselves reading continuously bad news about COVID-19 without the ability to stop or step back.

Don’t do it! Put on a mask and go for a walk instead.


 

Day 2888: A revisit to the amazing Liquid Shard art installation.

"Balance": junk mail collage.

Want music?

 

Click here for Jacob Collier, & Mahalia, All I Need.

then click back on this blog tab or here to listen as you browse, or not?

This is a re-post from August 7, 2016, and is one of my favorites.

I read about the Liquid Shard & had to go!

I texted a photo to Grandhunk # 3 and asked  ...

if he wanted to go Saturday & have lunch at Olvera Street?

He said yes. Actually, he said "sure, I'll ask Mom!"

 A few minutes later, a text from WW saying...

"I'll go and can drive."

Win, win & triple win in WW's car!

An hour, twenty minutes in traffic & we were there!

I love LA! The buildings, the street art, the energy. 

Pershing Square, is a public park in downtown LA. 

One square block, bounded by 5th, 6th , Hill & Olive Streets.

 It's atop a huge underground parking garage, where WW parked.

And there it was, a mesmerizing kinetic sculpture comprised of ...

  

thousands of silver streamers, 

actually holographic mylar strips,  an eerie humming sound,

stretching 15,000 sq ft. across the park ...

rising & falling like some kind of mystical giant, 
hovering & slithering through the wind. 

  

The project, titled Liquid Shard, is the work of Patrick Shearn, president and co-founder of art collective Poetic Kinetics, who teamed up with AA Visiting School Los Angeles design program. 

The dazzling installation, which is strung up from
the postmodern park’s purple bell tower, 
will be on view through August 11.

 

It's hard for pictures to do justice, so if time allows, 

the 2 minute video  here, has Keith Kurlander 
exploring the installation. Music by IdIoT-SaVanT.

 Or, I have posted some shorter videos of the shard 

on my Instagram account:  http://instagram.com/jlonginc

Great memories of a special day.

•  A 1-min. a sweet video of 4 yr.old boy singing Bob Marley, here.

• A 4-min. inspiring video by Claire Crosby & her Dad, here.

• A 3- min. video Liquid Shard installation, LA, August 2016, here.

Smiles for Tuesday ...