Tag: Arbor Lakes

Veiled Lady of the Roses

Chalk Fest at Arbor Lakes

Street painting in Arbor Lakes this year was a race against the weather. Everyone chalked beautiful drawings that ranged anywhere from 3D bees and flowers to the genie from Aladdin. I challenged myself by drawing a lady with a veil at a 3/4 face angle. I focused on the roses by drawing each petal with care and meticulous detail. I finished just in time to capture photos. Then we got to experience the beautiful breakdown of our drawings in the rain. This ephemeral nature is what I love the most!

10 Jun ’19
The Men of Earth came to Mars

“The Men of Earth came to Mars. They came because they were afraid or unafraid, because they were happy or unhappy, because they felt like Pilgrims or did not feel like Pilgrims. There was a reason for each man. They were leaving bad wives or bad towns; they were coming to find something or leave something or get something, to dig up something or bury something or leave something alone. They were coming with small dreams or large dreams or none at all…it was not unusual that the first men were few. The numbers grew steadily in proportion to the census of Earth Men already on Mars. There was comfort in numbers. But the first Lonely Ones had to stand by themselves…”
― Ray Bradbury, The Martian Chronicles

11 Jun ’18