We just got home from an amazing art show at the Sister Lodge in Northpark. A few friends of mine displayed their artwork in a few different ways tonight, giving us a treat for all the senses. Donald Klumker displayed a lot of his recent work, ranging from impressionistic portraits to abstract and realist scenes. His work is just amazing! There are so many layers to it, not just layers of paint but also layers of depth. The longer I look at one of his paintings, the more things I start to notice. I start to form connections between each new element I find, start to imagine a story in my head about the piece, and it just blows my mind!
We also heard from Matt Diaz and his spoken word. I’m usually not a fan of spoken word, but Matt really found a way to engage and connect with the audience. His voice, his body language, and his words were piercing and moving. I’ve heard him speak before this, but tonight it felt like he wasn’t holding back anything!
The night finished off with the extremely talented Joseph Wiggan, rhythm tap dancer from Los Angeles. He did his thing acapella and mesmerized us all! Seeing an amazing performance like this, and getting to be within a few feet of the artist, was intense! I love dance, especially tap, so this was such a treat for me!
Today was a day of appreciation of art in all its forms, I finally got to see Coraline today! Coraline is a stop motion animated film by Henry Selick, story originally written by Neil Gaiman. This movie was awesome in every aspect! I’m a huge fan of Neil Gaiman, he wrote the Sandman comic series and many other sci-fi and fantasy books. I’m also a huge fan of the director, Henry Selick. He also directed the Nightmare Before Christmas and James and the Giant Peach, one of my all-time favorites! Coraline was such a fantastic work of handmade wonders and imagination gone wild! I also spent some time on the Coraline website, super cool. Here’s a flower I made:
Now, off to do some packing, we leave for Las Vegas tomorrow morning! We are attending the WPPI (Wedding & Portrait Photographers International) convention and tradeshow and I can’t wait!
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Your flower doesn’t come up.