photo friday 5-16

new garden in the mystic land of peacocks

In the neighborhood I grew up in there was an old, abandoned lot. Peacocks roamed there. Sometimes I'd walk over and try to peer inside. It was wonderful fuel for a child's imagination.

Now that land is being transformed into a community garden, and they could use some support. Here's the info. 

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Coming soon to Downtown Orlando...

The Coytown Community Garden

This summer, Orlando’s newest and biggest community garden will be opening its gates to local residents. In partnership with Simple Living Institute and the City of Orlando, neighborhood residents are coordinating efforts to establish a (new) green space.

The Coytown Community Garden will serve as a place for families and individuals to gather, learn and grow, by participating in sustainable, local food production. The garden site is located on former Navy Base property that is being converted into the new Orlando Mountain Bike Park. The transformation of this land is being facilitated entirely by volunteers, grants and donations. 

We are currently seeking the help of the local community in acquiring the funds, materials and tools needed to complete the garden startup project. With your help, our 50+ gardeners and volunteers can break ground on Orlando’s biggest community garden.

 We are asking local residents and businesses to support our efforts by making a donation to this garden startup project by visiting our website: www.coytowngarden.com

We would also be happy to also accept a donation of materials or tools (new or recycled) for the garden. We are in need of...

Lumber
Screws and various hardware
PVC pipe, fittings, and glue
Hoses, hose racks, nozzles, and spigots
Gardening tools (shovels, rakes, trowels, pitchforks, hand pruners, wheelbarrow)
Padlock and keys
Paint

If you wish to donate materials, or pay by a method other than Paypal, please email: Coytown@me.com"

beautiful line - spoiler enhanced!

(If you're wanting to avoid story spoilers for the Portal 2 video game, you'll want to avoid this entry. Otherwise read on.)

The Portal series is far from the first (in games, in sci-fi, in pop culture or story) to deal with existence and humanity through the a.i. lens. Such elements are natural to the game's story and to the genre. It's a great spring board for thought. It's also a fun game.

I spent an evening last month channeling some such moodier thoughts and working with ink. 

Some things I was pondering at the time;

How might one adapt to chosen or forced isolation? 

Without opportunity to practice constructive socialization, how might an individual's personality manifest? 

And so forth.

Enough chatter, here's the piece.

art censorship issue

This story over at 

http://eyeteeth.blogspot.com/

really grabbed me.

repair day

The picture says it all. Oh, and I like cats.

some new stuff

The first one was a gift.

inspiration on Cezanne's day

new art at the Downtown Orlando Library

Museum of Modern Art photo friday

Here's what inspired me;  three artists that impacted me at pivotal times in my life + studies. 

Very happy to see Brancusi on my MOMA visit.

interesting mirror frames on Frida

(It's a travesty I still haven't seen the movie they did about her.)

Fur Cup! Possibly what sparked my interest in Art History in my tween years

As you can see, museums are much more 

than a fun diversion for me.

For me, seeing some of this stuff might be 

similar to when people meet celebrities. 

I was very happy.

sneak peek before the show

 This will be in the 1st Thursday show @ OMA along with the two other totes. 

I painted it. 

I was sitting outside the very trendy Stardust in Orlando, when I first doodled this. 

The totes are made of recycled canvas. I can make more of these. It was fun! I might make myself one at some point.