• Actual West Wing height of halls via CNN on Art Is Everywhere
    Architecture,  Celebrations & Events,  Design,  Family

    Part 2 Another Day at The White House

    Let's start by saying "Happy New Year!!" and this post actually isn't just another day at The White House but a part two tour -- of the West Wing, and The Old Executive Office Building, as featured on Art Is Everywhere.

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  • Architecture,  Artists,  Celebrations & Events,  Culture,  Humor,  illustration,  Kick-Start the Weekend,  Murals,  Music

    Current Events

    Due to the results of the current election, I decided to post one more mural and a surprise illustration that I received from one of my readers. This 10 x 40 foot, trompe l’oeil  architectural mural below, painted by EVOL, appears to be falling down. What a great illusion that I think is representational of the current state of affairs — as grand as the Berlin Wall finally being dismantled — slowly — piece-by-piece-by-piece, but eventually no longer and only a remembered scare. It’s also a memory that no one forgets and I would hope we could all learn from it’s circumstances as not to repeat again. When things fall…

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    V is for Visitors

    “Welcome to the war…It’s us Vs them,” is the tagline in the show V on ABC. I’ve been watching this show since it first aired late last year and I can’t help but think it has parallel meaning. V stands for Visitors — alien visitors that come to earth “in peace” and they happen to look just like normal but beautiful people. The aliens have a convincing PR plan. The people on earth are suspicious and fearful at first but the Visitors act so calm, forthcoming and gracious that they soon earn the people’s trust. They even feign to help humans by sharing some of their technology with them, like…

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