As I rode my bike on Monday I saw a robin ahead of me on the path. He (or was it a she?) had just landed so I swerved to the side to avoid him. As I approached his location he rose up and flew right into the path of my bike tire. Robin suicide. I was so shocked I couldn't finish my ride. It has stuck with me all week. Do I need a noisemaker on my wheels? Should I have called out a warning? What to do with a dead robin on the side of a path? Had he ingested some disorienting herbal mixture? I guess I will never know. RIP little guy.
good morning texture
Random Thoughts, Paula Kovarik, 2014
The studio brims with sunlight this morning, casting it's eye on the Random Thoughts piece I am finishing up. Started another layer of detail yesterday that you may or may not see in this shot.
More later. must go back to work.
let me explain
I loved this fountain in a park in Madrid. The woman seems to be saying "Wait, wait! let me explain!" It has a background of stone with carved letters in Spanish. Someone took the time to underline the word "catolica?" It intrigued me enough to try to translate it via Google Translate (always a fun experiment). I got this:
Everything passes, one thing you will be told and it is your job well done. Noble is the man calls and just who every day renveva her. Excitement, wise, to discover the order of the world, including the irony is responsible father, and service mission patricia, political, must be Catholic. That is, universal, apostolic, ie chosen, Roman, ie one. Also a culture free state of solidarity in space and continuity in time that everything is not tradition is plagiarism sin nature, are sickly leisure and solitude. Let each io cultivate that angelic graces him in friendship and dialogue.
Admittedly a bit foreign, eh? Love that phrase:
"Let each to cultivate that angelic graces him in friendship and dialogue."
Maybe I need to get a real translator to help me understand. What kind of animal is that exactly?
Letting the sky in
Sky roof, Madrid
I love how the architect of this art museum remembered that the most beautiful visions can sometimes be over our heads. Seen in Madrid at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, devoted to modern art. The museum was brimming with some of my favorite artists: Miro, Picasso, Gris, Calder and Braque.
3D printing in Barcelona
Saturated with history, Barcelona is the home of Gaudi, a master architect with brilliant, wacky and radical vision. We were lucky enough to tour several of his buildings while visiting. The ultimate was Sagrada Familia, his masterpiece basilica in the center of Barcelona. It is a world heritage site. The building is still being built according to his plans and will not be completed until at least 2026. A perfect example of "more is more"
One surprising thing was the use of 3D printing to recreate some of his designs at scale for the architects and builders. An interesting juxtaposition of the old with the new.
