Cadillac Ranch

I was browsing through old pictures the other day and came across these from Cadillac Ranch in Amarillo, Texas. It's one of the oddest public art installments, which says a lot coming from a Seattleite - home of the Fremont Troll and Gum Wall.

Rows of graffiti'd old Cadillacs half-buried in the middle of an open field. Then add a few camels to the mix* and you've got yourself a bona fide tourist destination, sure to please anyone.

Can you think of anything more odd than this?

*Oh, and for the record, the camels are not regularly out there. I just got lucky. I wish they would have been blasting Black Eyed Peas, 'My humps' too. That would have been epic.

From boy to man and everything in between

They shot 60,000 pictures, developed 9,600 prints and then again shot over 1,800 pictures. And apparently without any post production! Stunning, right? (via)

There are so many darn creative people out there, aren't there?

Artsy.

I sometimes wish I was more artsy. I mean, I can be creative sometimes (not to be confused with any great artistic skills), but I'm too much of a damn perfectionist to start anything. I just know that it will take me too long and I'll labor and obsess over the parts I don't like or the small mistakes only seen by my eye.

Hmm, I wonder where I got this from? Yep, my mother. But she doesn't let the perfectionism get to her. She just keeps bustin' out new works of art. I can't even tell you how many projects I've seen her take on over the years. Currently it's necklaces and nuno scarves - both taught to her by my artsy Aunt Jo Ann. They are really quite creative ladies!

Which brings me to the reason for this post: Ballard Art Walk. Little did I know, but there is an art walk every month in Ballard and last weekend I went for the first time. Joe and I went to see his buddy/my neighbor's show. It was really cool! (Puts my stick figures to shame.)

Great art. Good beer. Crazy McDonald's cheeseburger-tasting Doritos. Good company. Fun post-show trip to the Sloop. Overall, good times.