Looking up... gouache & metallic paint 8 x 8
Are you excited for the eclipse? I don't remember seeing the last, I remember talking about it in school but not to look -or I think we made special boxes - do you remember? I'm looking forward to this one.
I think the emerging of the cicadas & the eclipse are related, they both happen around the same time and not for a long time. The eclipse happens April the 8th and It should last about 4 minutes, hopefully clouds won't block the view - it will be 80 years before the next - which I won't be here to see. I'm not going to look directly at it, you can buy glasses but I don't think I'll bother, it should be visible around 3p.m.
On social media there is an image circulating from aT.V. news station for Eclipse tips (in the USA) warning people to have cash on hand, have a communication plan, purchase groceries & gas... for an eclipse? One state has brought in armed forces for that day as they anticipate an increased number of human excited to witness the miracle first hand and as close as they can get. Perhaps there is also concern that' will impact some negatively, just like full moons & some weather does.
Speaking of armed forces.. they are now on NY subways, it seems a bit extreme but I have no concept of the reality of riding a NY subway. Tensions are high everywhere, the presence of men with machine guns in the subway won't help in decreasing them any time soon. I don't think riders will feel any safer 'IF" something were to happen on a subway train and there is a shoot out, I wonder if it will impact the amount of people taking the trains - we shall soon see. I never had issues riding the subway - a long time ago, I took it as a kid often by my self & took a bus, subway & go train to get to Sheridan every day -I might have had some guy 'cat calling' occasionally but that's all, thankfully... I enjoyed the subway - it was a good time to draw.
Im in monkey mode - not sure why really. I just feel compelled to draw/paint chimps for some reason but I have 2 more (one done & one on the desk) and then I'm switching to something else. Is it 'Planet of the Apes' trying to take over my subconscious? Heehee.
Perhaps.
TWO miracles of Gods creations in April ! I hope to see the eclipse & hear if not see the cicada emerging! Apparently they come out at night & many already have their flash lights ready! When I was 7, one night in the summer on a full moon a bunch of (I think they were Italian, it was an Italian neighbourhood then) people were going from lawn to lawn with flashlights, my grandma woke me watch them on her lawn on Oakwood Ave in Toronto. They would walk the street all night after it rained with buckets and flashlights collecting - worms! I'm not sure why - to sell for fishing? In Toronto?
Do you know why? If so - let me know. I thought it was interesting then and still do. There was also a man who would ride his popcorn making machine (attached to his bike) up and down & sell tiny brown bags of buttered popcorn for .25 cents... those were the days my friend - we thought they never end.
Created to create... pondering an eclipse painting.
Are you excited for the eclipse? I don't remember seeing the last, I remember talking about it in school but not to look -or I think we made special boxes - do you remember? I'm looking forward to this one.
I think the emerging of the cicadas & the eclipse are related, they both happen around the same time and not for a long time. The eclipse happens April the 8th and It should last about 4 minutes, hopefully clouds won't block the view - it will be 80 years before the next - which I won't be here to see. I'm not going to look directly at it, you can buy glasses but I don't think I'll bother, it should be visible around 3p.m.
On social media there is an image circulating from aT.V. news station for Eclipse tips (in the USA) warning people to have cash on hand, have a communication plan, purchase groceries & gas... for an eclipse? One state has brought in armed forces for that day as they anticipate an increased number of human excited to witness the miracle first hand and as close as they can get. Perhaps there is also concern that' will impact some negatively, just like full moons & some weather does.
Speaking of armed forces.. they are now on NY subways, it seems a bit extreme but I have no concept of the reality of riding a NY subway. Tensions are high everywhere, the presence of men with machine guns in the subway won't help in decreasing them any time soon. I don't think riders will feel any safer 'IF" something were to happen on a subway train and there is a shoot out, I wonder if it will impact the amount of people taking the trains - we shall soon see. I never had issues riding the subway - a long time ago, I took it as a kid often by my self & took a bus, subway & go train to get to Sheridan every day -I might have had some guy 'cat calling' occasionally but that's all, thankfully... I enjoyed the subway - it was a good time to draw.
Im in monkey mode - not sure why really. I just feel compelled to draw/paint chimps for some reason but I have 2 more (one done & one on the desk) and then I'm switching to something else. Is it 'Planet of the Apes' trying to take over my subconscious? Heehee.
Perhaps.
TWO miracles of Gods creations in April ! I hope to see the eclipse & hear if not see the cicada emerging! Apparently they come out at night & many already have their flash lights ready! When I was 7, one night in the summer on a full moon a bunch of (I think they were Italian, it was an Italian neighbourhood then) people were going from lawn to lawn with flashlights, my grandma woke me watch them on her lawn on Oakwood Ave in Toronto. They would walk the street all night after it rained with buckets and flashlights collecting - worms! I'm not sure why - to sell for fishing? In Toronto?
Do you know why? If so - let me know. I thought it was interesting then and still do. There was also a man who would ride his popcorn making machine (attached to his bike) up and down & sell tiny brown bags of buttered popcorn for .25 cents... those were the days my friend - we thought they never end.
Created to create... pondering an eclipse painting.
