Peter Bromberg, a very good friend, suggested using a Tragically Hip lyric as a basis for a sketch.
Would you be willing to create a sketch illustrating the Tragically Hip Lyric, “Driving down a corduroy road/ Weeds standing shoulder high / Ferris wheel is rusting off in the distance. You can give it a listen here to get the vibe: Some more context at: http://www.facebook.com/l/e3d30;www.hipmuseum.com/100.html Thanks my friend, Pete
Thanks so much for the suggestion, Peter! It’s a great song, and I loved the visuals it evoked for me. I’d love to try this a few more times, as what I see in my head in response to the song is not quite what I was able to fit in 500px square, but that happens pretty often. 😉
My very good friend Kelly Lake and her husband Ed were recently blessed with twins, and I can’t think of anyone more deserving of a shot at motherhood. I love the fact that she’s got a double shot, and I’m cheering them on. She is part of the 365 project over at http://www.facebook.com/365sketches and she knows I’m always looking for sketch ideas for this project. She said “So… Ed has this t-shirt idea that I think if anyone can make it possible YOU can… he said, ‘you should get a t-shirt with a window on it and two little baby faces pressed up against the glass’ I guess in a ‘window on the womb with twins’ what do you think?” I said I loved it and that as soon as my current queue ran out, I’d get on it. Here it is, and I hope she loves it! Hugs and kisses, Kelly!
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Event: New Jersey Library Association 2010 Conference
Date: April 28th, 2010
Venue: Long Branch, NJ
Abstract: This session will introduce and demonstrate various ways in which Twitter is being used by libraries and patrons in order to increase communication, garner community, and strengthen relationships and awareness. Participants are encouraged to bring a laptop so that they can start playing with new Twtter based tools right away. Twitter enthusiasts, novices, and experts are all welcome to attend and add to the discussion.
Phoenix Tattoo for autism awareness - lemasney.com
Phoenix Tattoo for autism awareness – lemasney.com
I often call suggestions from the Facebook group for this site “requests” because I like to think I’m providing a service, (join us at https://www.facebook.com/365sketches to help with the project) but in reality, most of my suggestions from friends are not so much requests as beneficial inspirations, little hits of creativity that had nothing to do with me. It’s one of the most amazing parts of this project for me, the way that people have helped me to grow with their suggestions, because they are often surprising concepts, sometimes quite difficult from a research and organization perspective, and always a learning experience. But this one here was an actual request, and likely one of my most challenging and interesting pieces.
Fred Housel, who has been a good friend of mine for about 10 years, asked me to do this sketch by submitting the following post to the 365 Sketches FB page.
I would like to see a sketch of a Phoenix contour to the shape of my back black n white with a colored ribbon of Autism in it’s mouth . Strong and powerful ,passionate ,wise , heroic,gentle compationate , & loving … This ink should show a three dementional layer of my muscle on my back on to the shape of the Phoenix …, wide at the top and tappered down at the bass of my back … Symetry is key … Thanks my friend …
And so, I did some research, finding a few great phoenix tattoos, looking at a few images of the musculature of the back, and studying how the often three quarter views of the fiery birds could be made into a symmetrical image. After a while, I had a good idea of what I wanted, but the design definitely evolved as I went. The Autism symbol is a puzzle piece, and as many ways as I tried, I had difficulty getting the ribbon to look right. I left it as a sort of halo for the phoenix. The pure symmetry that Fred is looking for wasn’t something that I stayed absolutely true to, but I think that enough symmetry exists there to satisfy him. We’ll find out!
Thanks for the inspiration Fred, you’re a great friend, and I only hope I can talk you out of the hundreds of dollars this work would likely cost. 😉 I do have the image in a far larger size than this, and just black on transparent, if you’re interested. 😉
