09 January 2006
Giant Baby Head
This weekend, Joe and I went to the Art Gallery to check out the Christopher Pratt exhibit before it ended. His paintings are something. At first glance, I wasn't be impressed. It looks exactly like whatever it is supposed to be: a dresser from the seventies, a moose crossing the street in front of a truck, the ocean as seen from a cottage screen door.
But then I looked closer and realized..wow! This looks exactly like whatever it's supposed to be! Only frozen in time with no disturbance by anything that is not supposed to be there (ie: garbage, graffiti). Like the flip side of sterile. What would you call that? Whatever you call it, it was pretty cool. Also, if you look at the water as though you were reading, you see the waves move. Attention to detail like that is mesmerizing and awe-inspiring.
On the way out, we were deciding whether to wander around the gallery any more or head out when we saw the head. It was a very realistic replica of a baby's head, complete with downy hair and Great Staring Eyes. Though, it was more a mask than a complete head, since there was nothing at the back other than some two by fours and other things needed to hold the head up. The baby head convinced us to stick around a bit longer.
Also this weekend, I read "A Girl Like Sugar" by Emily Pohl-Weary. (http://emily.openflows.org) This book rocks. It's about a 24-year old woman who loses her boyfriend to a drug overdose. It's set in Canada, the characters are believable and sympathetic and the story is very Real...nuthin' plastic in there.
I wrote to Emily Pohl-Weary to tell her how much I enjoyed the book and she wrote me back the next day (today!) offering some encouraging and friendly words. Amazing!
Have a great day, everyone,
E.
ps. Thanks to Lindsay and Sean for a fabu time on Saturday night and Thanks to Mom, Dad, Ainslie, Oma and Artie for a chill Sunday.
But then I looked closer and realized..wow! This looks exactly like whatever it's supposed to be! Only frozen in time with no disturbance by anything that is not supposed to be there (ie: garbage, graffiti). Like the flip side of sterile. What would you call that? Whatever you call it, it was pretty cool. Also, if you look at the water as though you were reading, you see the waves move. Attention to detail like that is mesmerizing and awe-inspiring.
On the way out, we were deciding whether to wander around the gallery any more or head out when we saw the head. It was a very realistic replica of a baby's head, complete with downy hair and Great Staring Eyes. Though, it was more a mask than a complete head, since there was nothing at the back other than some two by fours and other things needed to hold the head up. The baby head convinced us to stick around a bit longer.
Also this weekend, I read "A Girl Like Sugar" by Emily Pohl-Weary. (http://emily.openflows.org) This book rocks. It's about a 24-year old woman who loses her boyfriend to a drug overdose. It's set in Canada, the characters are believable and sympathetic and the story is very Real...nuthin' plastic in there.
I wrote to Emily Pohl-Weary to tell her how much I enjoyed the book and she wrote me back the next day (today!) offering some encouraging and friendly words. Amazing!
Have a great day, everyone,
E.
ps. Thanks to Lindsay and Sean for a fabu time on Saturday night and Thanks to Mom, Dad, Ainslie, Oma and Artie for a chill Sunday.
