Design
9/11 Pentagon Memorial
Life is hard. I know that’s an understatement, particularly for those who have suffered loss. This is why I am always amazed at people’s resilience to make something beautiful from some sense of destruction, turning their grief into hope. The Pentagon Memorial is this very kind of extraordinary art. It is a very moving tribute to those who lost their lives in DC on that horrible September 11th morning in 2001. To me, it looks like bold, moving strokes of light “heading Home.” It’s hard to believe it’s been seven years because it feels very fresh and raw to recall every anniversary. I think those of us who lived through…
Boat Design +
Just wanted to follow up on my previous post, Traveling in Style about the “Fine Art Yacht.” While that one is a traveling art exhibit, this one, belonging to Greek Tycoon, Dakis Jaonnus, is a traveling art display — visible from the outside as linked on Art Observed. This might remind my boys of legos, at least it does for me. But just as I was getting ready to post this, I received this email with this new luxury, jet liner, Singapore Airlines. At only $10,000 a ticket, now that’s traveling in style! I just wish I could fly like this once!
Hex Signs
Thinking of the “Eye” of the [Gustav] Storm and “the evil eye” and “putting a hex on you” sayings, as well as my previous post below, Demystifying Hex Signs, the Colorful Soul of Pennsylvania Dutch Decor, was an interesting article by Mariella Savidge featured in the Washington Post. I like symbols and I have used many in my illustration work as well as my murals. I learned a lot from this article about the meaning of hex signs — typically used for good luck, particularly painted on the side of barns by the Pennsylvania Dutch. Some symbols date back to Norse and even pagan art and were sometimes used as…
