re Welcome Mat

Most WELCOME mats do not make such good use of the opportunity to set the tone for a visitor. There is more to life than just cleaning your feet.

re Suicide Gimmick

This discarded sign offers a new tack on the challenge of panhandling in the cynical Fremont neighborhood. The full presentation involves lying along a heavily traveled bike path, curling up in the fetal position and draping the cardboard sandwich board style message over the shoulders. A rain soaked hat is placed nearby for whatever funds might be forthcoming. This is the third sign that has surfaced in as many weeks, making it easier to separate the posers from serious players. Makes one wonder how many times this ploy will work. Even the vernacular lettering fails the sincerity test.

Xmas Past

These Xmas cards from Xmas past might explain why the friends who received them have removed me from their address books.

re BiG NEwS

More than the brain can imagine. Just plain
amazing. Take a look:
http://moderndog.com/book

Re: Text in Sculpture

Incorporating text in a monument is a special challenge for the artist. This version of the 23rd Psalm is a small feat compared to the Vietnam War Memorial. Sand blasting is now used to execute the computer output; however, the Kennedy Inaugural Address was over 2,000 hand chiseled characters.

re Birdhouses

Pick up some scrap lumber. Make some birdhouses. Line them up along a road.
Sell them.

re holiday thought for 2007

This special holiday photo was taken along Aurora Avenue North near Seattle.