Earth Chalkin'

An afternoon of chalk in the back yard:

Pinks and browns and blues and blues and blues

Transformed into an essence of the earth

Afraid for years, not of bodies, not of personalities

Afraid for years of misrepresenting, maligning

Afraid to disappoint, afraid, afraid, afraid

Peace, learning and satiation found only in creation

A lifetime of art, creativity, love, joy and thankfulness.

Electro Circus at Zilker

Here are a couple of shots from last weekend's Electro Circus:

The hoop leaping is much more challenging than it looks...At least at this height!

Come give it a try. There will be another gathering this Sunday (August 16) from 3-10pm at Zilker Park in the Polo Picnic Area.

This weekend will be a shared skills weekend rather than workshops. Come and share your skills or learn some new ones and don't forget Daily Juice will be providing healthy refreshments.

Pure Austin Weird Event

I hope you will all join me for the Electro Circus, an interactive participatory circus arts jam, today from 3pm-10pm in Zilker Park at the Polo Picnic area. There will be DJs all day and the Daily Juice will be there to provide fresh juices and smoothies. The community will provide all sorts of toys like hula hoops, poi, staffs, juggling goodies, slacklines, and lots of training to learn fun new skills. There will also be massage therapy, face painting, sidewalk chalk and a misting tent.

For those of you that can't this is a bit of the fun you will miss:

Electro Circus - You are the star of the show!

http://yourheartisaportal.com

Sponsored by C.U.@Circus (facebook group)

Chalk Skaters

These are some creative young artists.  Gave me a nice smile.  If you know who they are, let me know and I will give them credit.

Simon would have loved these guys!

Dragonfly Chalk Design

I did this last year on the back porch of our old apartment. I did it for a dear friend in Canada.  It was easier and harder than I thought it would be.  Either way, I was pleased with the result.

  

 The piece was 3 or 4 feet across.  I have a new piece of slab I am working on, but have not quite got the hang of working on it.  I need a light out there! 

Insominiac Sidewalk

Some nights, it can be difficult to sleep.  I enjoyed playing with chalk in the dark tonight.  It's no masterpiece, but it is what it needed to be.  Life is good and I am feeling thankful.

Artist Debut

New Artist-Armstrong, BC
Delaney O'Brien

An aspiring Canadian artist, 3 year old Delaney shares a creation of herself on the beach.

She draws ALL the time, it's her favorite thing to do.

Porch Chalk

(Click picture to enlarge)

Comic book chalk art

Thought these were nifty. I love chalk art. Passion poured out in the face of impermanence.