Recycling Munro Style

Bruce Munro found inspiration one day on a rocky peninsula in Australia. He experienced that awesome play of light when a silver shimmer of sun bounces off a surface. He then got an idea

Munro used 600,000 donated CD's and placed this art installation at Long Knoll Field in Wiltshire, England. He hoped that CD Sea would remain in place for 2 months. But he hadn't accounted for the growth of grass or the interest birds would have in the shiny disc. After only about 2 weeks the installation was dismantled and the disc were recycled....again.

I love this idea. I am so impressed with how perfect his path is curving through the 'sea'. I would have loved to walk it. Munro said if this installation inspired a smiling face it was successful. Well he certainly made me smile. The sparkle, the moon glinting off the surface...wow. I hope it made you smile too.

Get to Work!

I love winter. My favorite season without questions. When spring creeps in I am usually a bit depressed for a few weeks. When Anchorage got hit with snow fall upon snow fall last week I gleefully shoveled and hoped more was on it's way.

Here's the problem. I just want to play in it and I have work to do! Every day I tell myself that this is the day I am going to buckle down but then the sun comes out and next thing I know my skis are in the car and I am headed to the trails. Yesterday I decided I really needed to smoke up some fish. A great excuse to be out in the glistening snow. I shoveled, I frolicked, I found all sorts of reasons to be outside.

My 'to-do' list is relentless. The messages of unanswered calls build, my e-mail box is full...what is wrong with everyone? Don't you see this wonder out your window? Doesn't it take your breath away with it's peaceful blanket of white?

I took a bike ride this morning and absorbed the crisp serenity that only winter brings. I decided to just get it out of my system early. So TODAY I will be focused and accomplish creative things. Right after I put out the winter bird feeder.

Chicken Soup Anyone?

Andy Warhol is coming to Anchorage! Well, not that man of course but his exhibit titled, "Manufactured" opens on Friday at the Anchorage Museum. This is an exhibit I won't miss.

Do I LOVE Andy Warhol? Not really but I find his thinking about art interesting. He was a filmmaker who was the mind behind the pop art movement. What is pop art? Well, it is the blending of fine art and media style graphics. The above art is a good example. It is a piece of art with a comic book style. I choose this instead of the world famous chicken soup can. Everyone knows that Warhol piece. A graphic designer spent hours creating the Campbell's label in hopes it would make us buy the soup. Now the label is part of American culture. You can buy t-shirts with the Campbell's label. Does that make it art?

I don't know the answer to that question but I am a bit fascinated with the impact his ideas are having today. You can get your photo done in the 'Warhol' style just like Marilyn Monroe's famous Warhol piece. Pop art is million dollar market.

I am not sure what to expect at this exhibit. Andy didn't die with a large catalog of works. He was really the start of us realizing how much the media was affecting our lives. I do know I will be there opening day and I hope the chicken soup can is there.