The perks of getting lost

People often wonder why i enjoy getting lost in cities and towns without a map. I often wonder that myself until i bump into people like Jamey Turner and my jaw drops for a second from being struck by an unexpected glimpse of glory.


He makes music out of glass goblets! He calls his instrument a glass harp and i found him at the end of King Street in Alexandria, Virginia close to the waterfront. :)

He also justified my need for a new camera. There are just so many miracles happening in and throughout the mundane that slip through my hands. One may consider it very naive but i dream of capturing these fleeting moments of the majestic and store them in glass jars so others, too, may see, even for just a moment.

His website is: http://jameyturner.com/ and he, also, wishes to give the glory back to God. Fantastic day has been fantastic.

WAT

My brother and i were wandering around the national gallery of art and found these two pieces at the top of one of the wings of the gallery. They were part of an entire series that filled up a small room. i don't know what to make of it. All i know is that i'm glad my motivation to make stuff doesn't lie in what is the current vogue of the times. 


Um.

Time Traveling

Today, a 3D file I opened indicated that I traveled through time.

I neither remember doing it nor do I have any recollection of where I parked my time traveling apparatus which makes me conclude that the surveyors of the cosmic rifts are up to no good again and are erasing people's memories of chance ventures into inter-dimensional peregrination. 

I need to update my life insurance. One of these days they might lose their patience with my insatiable curiosity and just fry me on the spot.

Mhm.

Life Drawing Session 3

"Don't be afraid to make a mistake. We all have 10,000 bad drawings in us so the sooner you get them out the better!" - Walt Stanchfield

9,600 more to go! I hope the good drawings come out soon.

Next time I'll actually scan the images and not be lazy and just take pictures. A new sketchbook is needed. Woopwoop!

Life drawing session 2

More drawings from the drawing group. Both are 20 minute poses of Mary after 11 gesture poses ranging from 2 minutes to 10 minutes. The masses are still unclear due to the ambiguity of the values but hopefully it will be amended a bit after anatomy drawing on Sunday.

Also, due to the lack of space in the classical drawing class, I ended up in figure sculpture. The first day was relaxing and I am glad that the instructor didn't go easy on me. Correction was dished out from moment to moment and the piece is still out of shape but it is coming together. Rhythm, balance, proportion and the focus on gesture through line was emphasized. Really excited to go in again on Friday and I hope to bring my camera this time so that I can document progress.

Life is moving slowly (sometimes disappointingly so) but the pace is steady and He is walking with me. All is well.

Soli Deo Gloria