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Little miniature goblets made from candy wrappers. Selling for $8000. That's $8.42 per goblet. How much liquid can each goblet hold? They are little micro shot glasses. Although I suppose that's part of their artisticness is that they are so thin and fragile. And they did at one point hold something consumable--a piece of candy.
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Looking up at the connector window thing on a CTA train.
The underwater sea all captured from a train: www.spudart.org/blogs/randomthoughts_comments/5426_0_3_0_C/
Why was a turkey leg on a tripod? Find out at www.spudart.org/blogs/randomthoughts_comments/5425_0_3_0_C/
This image is being used for a blog post about THE best way to sing happy birthday at: www.spudart.org/blogs/randomthoughts_comments/4135_0_3_0_C/
What does the word styrofoam mean?
Read about it at my blog post, "The word Styrofoam has origins in trees."
Fittinging, the tourist section in the Wrigley Building has views of Michigan Avenue and the Tribune Tower. Read more about all the amazing views this Walgreens provides at www.spudart.org/blogs/randomthoughts_comments/5921_0_3_0_...
Read about how when you walk on this staircase, you do not become a prisoner. www.spudart.org/blogs/randomthoughts_comments/5195_0_3_0_C/
Even the wallpaper is great in this Walgreens in Chicago. Get all the great details on my blog post about the Wrigley Walgreens at www.spudart.org/blogs/randomthoughts_comments/5921_0_3_0_...
Here's a map of America with JUST the capitals. No state lines. This illustration is for a blog post. Read about what I'd like to do with this illustration at: www.spudart.org/blogs/randomthoughts_comments/4552_0_3_0_C/
Read more about making Grover-themed wrapping paper and photo album at www.spudart.org/blogs/randomthoughts_comments/5378_0_3_0_C/
Our team, the ThunderPigs won our Kickball league this fall!!!
Back row, left to right: Gaspar, B, Christopher, Cef, Lisa, Matt (me), Chris, Tim
Front row, left to right: Stephanie, Colette, Nicole, Colleen, Erin, Cecil (the dog)
For more info on our team and our secrets of success, visit my blog post at: www.spudart.org/blogs/randomthoughts_comments/3870_0_3_0_C/
I should have made it say "picnic table" instead of "picnic bench." It's really the table that is wider. The benches are broken up into segments, so people can easily get in and out.
Mentioned already in the comments, I'm adding this to the caption too. This photo reminds me of my first blog post in 2001, Long live long tables.
Dan Peterman's "Running Table" (1997), a 100 foot-long picnic table constructed of recycled plastic material, is the most visible of his recent works and presently shares a plaza in Millennium Park with Anish Kapoor’s Cloudgate
This image illustrates a blog post about deleting the states and using the counties for states. Read more about it at: www.spudart.org/blogs/randomthoughts_comments/5045_0_3_0_C/
What is brett favre doing in Chicago?
Does his yellow shirt mean yellow teeth?
Why is Corey McFerren not wearing socks with his sandals?
These questions and more are answered here: www.spudart.org/blogs/randomthoughts_comments/3628_0_3_0_C/
The Montrose sign stands there boldly and poses for this photo.
Why shooting with a fisheye lens is fun: www.spudart.org/blogs/randomthoughts_comments/5426_0_3_0_C/
My away message on IM tonight. This screenshot is for a blog post at: www.spudart.org/blogs/randomthoughts_comments/4826_0_3_0_C/
Check out the better photo and the story that goes along with it: www.spudart.org/blogs/randomthoughts_comments/5909_0_3_0_C/
Read my blog post about recycling in the Tribune Tower at www.spudart.org/blogs/randomthoughts_comments/5164_0_3_0_C/
The view from the Tribune Tower of the birdies visible from the 14th floor.
10,000 Pink Flamingos Flock to Downtown Chicago, for more about this visit my blog post at:
www.spudart.org/blogs/randomthoughts_comments/3986_0_3_0_C/
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Photo by Mario Mitsis
Photo by Miss Construed
Who came up with the idea to clad the Wrigley Building in white terra cotta? A certain mythical artist known as... For those up late, super sneak-preview into the exclusive interview with the great White-out Monster: www.spudart.org/blogs/randomthoughts_comments/5930_0_3_0_...
I talk about this graph in detail on my blog at: www.spudart.org/blogs/randomthoughts_comments/3935_0_3_0_C/
For a list of letters that come after Z, go to: www.spudart.org/blogs/randomthoughts_comments/5167_0_3_0_C/
Happy (Heavenly) Birthday Dad. photo taken in 2006
In Memory of My Dad
If I could write a story, it would surely be one of the greatest stories I have every told. My father was a very kind and loving father. He had a heart of gold and his family meant everything to him (especially the grandkids). I could go on and on yet still have difficulty finding the right words to express how much I love and miss him every single day. I am thankful I found a love for the camera and he never said no to me taking his pictures. I am still hurting and sad but I know he is no longer suffering and he is with my mom. They are together again which is what he always wanted. He wanted to be with his wife. Pop-Pop you are loved and missed by our family. We were abundantly blessed to have had you for a such a long time. {Random Thought 1.17.2025}
I made a blog post about bouncy balls on escalators at: www.spudart.org/blogs/randomthoughts_comments/3724_0_3_0_C/
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Photo by United States Marine Corps Official Page
Photo by Dreamer's Intuition
More like Transformer face. This was totally an Autobot's face. In fact, I bet the artist made it as one of the faces of a Transformer, but then someone else came along and said it's Beethoven's mask.
There was a long three paragraph description on the caption, but I didn't bother reading it. This is a transformer face if I ever saw one.
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Why I challenge the Richard Bronson about wearing a tie to work: www.spudart.org/blogs/randomthoughts_comments/5603_0_3_0_C/
This is my sticker file at work. Read more about my quest to find cheap stickers at www.spudart.org/blogs/randomthoughts_comments/5279_0_3_0_C/
One of my favorite photos from this day, the traffic guard came over and asked me what all these flamingoes were about. She even asked me if I'm the one who planted them there! It's cool how she's at the same angle as the flamingoes. When I saw her pop up in my viewfinder, I used my non-camera hand and waved while my camera hand snapped the shutter.
10,000 Pink Flamingos Flock to Downtown Chicago, for more about this visit my blog post at:
www.spudart.org/blogs/randomthoughts_comments/3986_0_3_0_C/
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Walgreens planning staff had fun with this one. What else did they have fun with? Find out at www.spudart.org/blogs/randomthoughts_comments/5921_0_3_0_...
Take the bouncy ball elevator challenge at: www.spudart.org/blogs/randomthoughts_comments/3725_0_3_0_C/
The most inspiring artwork at ArtChicago this year. This 8-foot wide canvas is massive with an equally massive subject. I've been thinking about going back to making paintings, but I didn't know what to paint. Now I know. Not just bridges, but massive architecture.
I really like all the methods of painting Alexey uses. The scraping, patching, swipes, splatters, washes. All done to give solid volume. A solid mass. I really like the strength of this painting.
Many people walked by and commented on how they liked the painting. They would look for 5 seconds and then walk on. Which is fine. But when you investigate this painting and all the techniques used, this painting becomes captivating. One of the things about artwork is the empathy the artist can envoke through the evidence of creation. That is, the signs of how the work is created. That's why Pollock's work is so captivating.
With this painting Alexey is definitely in the same class with Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Gerhard Richter, and Anselm Kiefer.
This painting is being sold at ArtChicago 2011 by the Art-Kvartal Gallery, Moscow
59x98
$28,000
More of Alapatov's bridges can be seen on his website www.alpatov.su/m04_en.html
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