A Photo Round-Up of Some Things My Mom Sees on Her Walk Home from Work, Part 2: Architectural Oddments

Posted on February 2, 2013 by maedez

Going home for a few days gave me a welcome sense of clarity and renewed my creative determination. I’ve returned South happier, calmer, and aesthetically and intellectually richer. Until next time, Columbus. Until next time.

“A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral.”-Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Clouds and Trees

The LeVeque Tower Peeking Through

Glass Facade

Purple Church Sign

Green Church

The Columbus Club

Red Church Doors

Traffic Speeding Through Twilight

An Imposing Church

It’s In The Details

The Columbus Club, Take Two

Happy Birthday James Joyce, You Stylish Gent

Posted on February 2, 2013 by maedez

James Joyce was born on 2 February 1882. Although he was born too early to grace the pages of GQ…

James Joyce, circa 1918

…he went on to have quite the literary career. You may have heard of him?

QUOTE: “A man’s errors are his portals of discovery.”

SOME WORKS: Chamber Music; Dubliners; A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man; Ulysses; Finnegan’s Wake.

A KEEPSAKE:

Handmade Vintage Cameo Pendant Necklace of James Joyce by Blings To Pay The Bills. $22.48 USD

A Photo Round-Up of Some Things My Mom Sees on Her Walk Home from Work, Part 1: Public Art

Posted on February 2, 2013 by maedez

My mom works and lives downtown. She takes different routes to and from her job, depending on weather, inclination, and schedule. She’s lucky to see the city from such an intimate angle. Being on foot allows her to stop and actually look at things, to take them in with consideration and deep thought. Columbus is a city awash with public art. It’s everywhere you turn: bold, unique, subtle, provocative, demanding attention, always evolving. Boredom is turned away; it has no place there. I accompanied my mom on her Wednesday commute. I am a writer, but the profound human experience conjured by urban surroundings-gritty, beautiful, humorous- is one of the things that fuels my creativity. These images represent a handful of the aesthetic wonders we saw that rainy day, that she sees several times a week as a matter of routine. Lucky lady.

“The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.”-Pablo Picasso

“A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament.”-Oscar Wilde