Today (Day 2, Tuesday)
Yester, I got set up.
Today, I got to work.
I made a list of all possible sculptures, in preperation for
meeting….
Then I met with Melissa, to talk pieces and places.
She showed me a some new spots to utilize in the museum!
One is a little cove/dislplay area, which you see as you
approach the gallery
The other is in the downstairs area, at the end of a hall.
They are still interested in me showing in some of the area
outside also! Which I am very glad for.
It sounds like we are mostly on the same page. There was
some issues about the Reclamation theme. Melanie said just be creative, and do
your thing. This is really what I needed to hear. Melissa seemed a little bit
hung up on it, but I think we got it figured out.
I am very excited by their offer of both of these spaces,
and have some plans for them already!
In the ‘nook’, I am going to propose that I set up a mini
diorama, with an arm chair, one which I will place some ‘pillows’.
I would also like to hang a mirror, and maybe throw down a
rug, and put Lola the Lampa in there. The idea is to create a lux Parlor
environment.
Why? Well part of the idea is to reclaim this museum, for my
generation.
Rather than think of it as stuffy, think of the
craftsmanship.
SCAVANGING
SEEK, and YE SHALL FIND
After work, I went shopping on the streets of Norfolk, for a
few materials.
Mainly I was looking for some door skin, for the backs of
some pillow pads, and also the backing of a mirror. I also wanted to hunt up
some local sources for tires.
Triumph Motorcycle shop- Bryan, got some good ones.
Custom built bike with MASSIVE beach tire “Bigger Digger”,
from CA on rear.
I’d found my moto tire supplier
Then I stopped by Cycle shop- John showed him Luther. They
were getting ready for ride.
Then I decided to explore the coast. Came across pile of
doors, in place that we being gutted.
Score I thought! Feeling pretty smug,
Until I tried to peel away door skin, and fouind that of all things, it was made of cardboard.
I remarked to some fellas walking by, and they were like, ‘yeah, where you been?’ I may have lived in a van for 10 years, but look what I was missing!
I remarked to some fellas walking by, and they were like, ‘yeah, where you been?’ I may have lived in a van for 10 years, but look what I was missing!
Eventually, I happened upon the Mount Everest, of scrap. It
was actually two giant pile, where the city of Norfolk is accepting A) Tree Debris
B) Home Debris in respective piles. From this pile, I harvested several pieces
of REAL wooden Doorskin, plus a few odds and ends…dangerous, I know.
I also met a nice transgender person named Jesse, who was
cleaning up a destroyed deck from his Grandmother’s home. (PIC of Jesse tossing last foundation
post). Jesse told me that his girlfriend has just gotten into belly dancing,
and also mentioned some thing about drum circles. While I had some what absolved
to curtain my social activities while I am here, in the name of keeping to task
at hand, this might warrant an exception….
I also met there a fellow that claimed to have poured the giant cinderblock that is the newish prison in downtown Durham. He told me that they put ground up tires into concrete walls, to help absorb noise from highways. Thats kinda cool!
I also met there a fellow that claimed to have poured the giant cinderblock that is the newish prison in downtown Durham. He told me that they put ground up tires into concrete walls, to help absorb noise from highways. Thats kinda cool!
Dogs and Burgers
After a hard day of hauling, I began the GREAT SEARCH for of
a burger….
I have decided that a side project is to sample the cheese
burgers of Norfolk.
This began, while pitching in to pick up sticks in front of
the Hermitage yesterday, when the subject of hamburgers came up, in somewhat of
a ravenous revelry. As this happens to be a subject of some considerable
importance to me, I had to inquire, where could one find a good burger around
here. To this, Collin The Conservator, informed me in, some confidence, that
there are several opitions. BUT, one that stands out from the rest, is the
Burger at a place around the corner called D’Egg, which will serve you not just
a hamburger, but also a fryed egg, at the same time, laying flat up on it!
Well, while I didn’t venture my opininion that D’Egg has to take the prize as
the All Time Stupidest thing to name a restraunt, I did acknowledge my
realization that this could very well alter my life forever.
I am forever searching for debaucherous new ways to increase
my cholestoral level, and this Ladies and Gents, smacks of a winner!
Dog n Burger Wins the Prize!
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| Great service, great burger, I’ll be back! |
While eating there, it occured to me, that in this day and age, there needs to be an award for resourcefulness. Like a Pulitzer Peace Prize, but for using your noggin, and your eyeballs, to SEE what is under your nose (not always so easy to do).
Of course, the architype of this virtue is MacGyver, the ingenious hero of that TV show that the Fonz produced in the 80's. So what I would like to propose is:
Of course, the architype of this virtue is MacGyver, the ingenious hero of that TV show that the Fonz produced in the 80's. So what I would like to propose is:
The MacGyver Award for Resourcefullness
(Post on Engagerer Blog. Also, post on Reuse Alliance group)
Nominations:
The guy who drank his own piss, and THEN whitled his arm off
with a pocket knife gets my first ever MacGiver.
Then comes Piedmont Biofuels, who use rotting corn to make
trucks run.
Mohatma Ghandi, who led his countrymen to make salt from the sea (and royally pissing off the Brittish while he was at it) would be an excellent candidate.
Mohatma Ghandi, who led his countrymen to make salt from the sea (and royally pissing off the Brittish while he was at it) would be an excellent candidate.
