Showing posts with label Sculpture. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sculpture. Show all posts
April 1, 2025
January 31, 2024
June 20, 2023
February 7, 2023
Rising To Great Heights
April 25, 2022
Cool To Be Square
April 1, 2022
Stairs Without Legs
February 10, 2022
Oriental Glass Sculpture
January 20, 2022
Cut Off The Legs And Call Him Shorty
It comes after:
"Shave off my hair and call me baldy."
They don't make them like they used to. ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
December 20, 2021
September 22, 2021
Two Flutes Are Better Than One
September 14, 2021
That's Such Bull
September 1, 2021
Vase With Tongue Out
Very creative, but also a little gross.
I remember some crazy elders who used to say to put that tongue away or you'll get it cut right off.
At least the flowers will still remain and grow in the sunlight! ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
February 28, 2021
Incredible Horses and Wagon
Wow, thought this was an incredible horses and wagon.
I love how the artist raised the path, so you could see the difficulty of traveling like this.
And the sculpture is so intricate and detailed.
Truly lifelike and makes you feel the times.
In the Wild West, like in the "Old Country" people kept chugging along, even when life was difficult and often miserable.
Not sure how they did it. ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
October 25, 2020
October 16, 2020
Face It!
The brilliance of capturing the essence while leaving out the extraneous.
A person is clearly there even though it's just his face.
What is hidden is also revealed.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Yet, I don't miss him, because he's right there.
It looks like he's about to say something! ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
April 28, 2020
Reach Out And Grab Ya
But in a bizarre way it looks almost like a toilet.
The place for the candle is the toilet!
Sort of would make a pretty scary toilet in real life if the back of it (ie. tank) has a body with arms that looks like it is reaching out to grab you as you take your royal seat.
Hey, someone let me out of here!
Ok, I have definitely been shut in too many days due to this Coronavirus thing.
I am imagining the world's scariest toilets. ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
November 8, 2018
Think Back, Think Forward
There were about 20 people in the graduating class.
One thing that I liked was that when they called up each person to shake hands and get their diplomas, each graduate was given the opportunity to say a few words.
It was amazing to me how 20 people could give a thank you, what I learned, and what I will do with it speech in 20 completely different ways.
20 people, 20 personalities, 20 ways of thinking and saying something.
We really are all the similar to and different from one anther at the same time!
I remember one graduate in particular.
He talked about how the leadership program challenged him, and he said:
It made me think back, and it made me think forward.
I loved that!
This is really what learning is all about.
Reflecting back and using that to think forward--how to apply it, how to shape it, and how to innovate from it.
Thinking forward starts with thinking back to where we came from and all the lessons learned in our lives.
It all starts at the beginning and it goes forward from there. ;-)
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
March 1, 2018
Alien Orange Vacuum Cleaner
These big orange overhangs from the lamp poles look almost like big vacuum hoses that are ready and going to suck people literally off the streets.
Can't you just see the people in mid-air suction, arms and legs flailing all around, yelling "Hey, what's going on around here!"?
Hopefully, they don't end up on an alien spaceship somewhere with some weird creatures wanting to explore about us or even use us for food!
Okay, this is what I call Purim spiel--fun for the holiday celebration today.
Seriously though, those orange things are great. ;-)
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
January 5, 2018
My Contribution To Love
They looked really cute together.
And this guy is in his 60's and lost his wife a number of years ago to cancer, so I was really happy to see him happy, and playful in love again.
After a while, I took the opportunity to play cupid best I could.
I told her how nice this guy was and how well he takes care of his customers.
I ended by saying how we really love having him around and how it wouldn't be the same without him.
I could see him behind her smiling ear-to-ear--this lady really meant something to him.
When I saw him again today, I asked innocently, "so was that your girlfriend?" and like a young teenager in love, he smirked and nodded.
It was obvious how much it meant to him that I spoke well of him to her.
What can I say, I am really happy to make a little contribution to love--and I am really happy for them. ;-)
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
February 21, 2017
Naked Sitting
This "Big Man" is just sitting in the corner at the top of the escalator.
Sitting naked and looking deep in thought and down on his luck.
In a sense, as we sit or stand in front of our Maker, we are all naked bearing witness to our transgressions and trespasses.
What are we to do when we give in to weakness?
We see people looking around and hoping no one is seeing them as they try to get away with doing the wrong thing.
But as my Oma (grandmother) used to say in German to me:
"Liebe Gott sieht alles"
Almighty G-d sees everything!
Our souls, and the souls of those that came before us, and those that will come after us, are all around us, without limitation to time or space.
Our nakedness is revealed no matter what we use to try to cover up with.
Hunched in the corner, we don't really know what to do, but to try to do better with each and every next time.
We have opportunities to right the wrongs, if we get up and exert self control and overcome our mortal and character weaknesses.
Then our nakedness won't be foul in sight and smell, but will be radiant, with our spirits having risen to the occasion of what we can be as the children of G-d. ;-)
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
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