Seriously?

Thursday, February 21, 2008

The Loneliest Orange

Driving home yesterday, I stopped at a red light, glanced out the window, and saw this.

So many questions, so few answers.

Thursday, February 14, 2008

Meet Mel

Last night I made a new friend. This is the story of how we met.

I was strolling though my apartment, when I looked down and saw these six shapes laid out on the coffee table. Three were labeled. The labels said ear, leg, and arm. Keeping with the body part theme, I figured the circle shape was a head, and the squarish shape was the middle parts. I wasn't sure about the bat shape.
Maybe it was just visiting?

I decided to trace the shapes.
I made two of everything, because, well, two is better than one.

Then I laid the shapes on a piece of paper.
Oops, I forgot the middle parts!

There, that's better.

I wouldn't like to have a head without a nose, a mouth, or eyes.
So I added them.

Then I put the ears on.

Gotta have brains!

And guts.

And that's how I met Mel!

I think Mel and I are going to be great pals. I have a feeling Mel's going to want to hang out with me a lot, and that we'll have many adventures together. Mel might even bring along a few friends. Stay tuned!

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Have you seen us?

I seriously don't understand why anyone would steal art. There's just no payoff. Any painting worth real money is going to be too well known to sell. These six works will either rot away in some fool's basement, or be recovered in a few years time and need mild to significant restoration. Either way, the best we can hope for is that the paintings are returned with as little damage possible. And the best the thieves can hope for is to not get caught. To steal a painting is just a stupid, selfish crime. It deprives the world of something unique that has the ability to provoke thought and stir emotions in millions of people. It's just wrong.