Thursday, October 4, 2012 at 4:18PM 
Go here first to see what this is about. And then a quick bow of gratitude to Alex. W. for his kind words. Happy first. Then famis. Pretty much spells out the American Dream. [NOTE: And then there's the tag to the far right that says "I wish people were not jerks"].
Friday, April 13, 2012 at 11:27AM 
One of the exhibits at the Columbus Museum of Art (see ART) is a Wish for Peace Tree. Based on Yoko Ono's interactive artwork Wish Trees (1996), children write their wish on a paper tag and then tie it to a tree, in this case, a beautiful little Japanese maple (Acer palmatum Thunb). I was particularly taken by the wish shown above. As a longtime fan of Akira Toriyama's wonderful manga series, Dragon Ball, I, too, was always hoping that Son Goku would find all seven of the mystical orbs and be able to summon the wish-granting dragon. [Spoiler Alert: He does].
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There is a delightful piece of public sculpture down from the Columbus Museum of Art at the corner of Washington Avenue and Gay Street in Columbus, Ohio. Its message is especially clear on a cloudless day with a crystal blue sky - like yesterday. [NOTE: The red steel sculpture was created by Doris Shlayn for the Columbus College of Art and Design].
Inside the museum is an incredible assortment of other wonderful pieces, many from some of my favorite artists. For example:
Cardbird IV (1971), Robert Rauschenberg, color offset photolithograph on cardboard, and
Imola (1981), Frank Stella, paint on corrugated aluminum. [NOTE: I have always tried to follow Stella's maxim in my own work: "You can't use too much glitter"].