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Met the artist...
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And today, on errands, delivery truck, another pick up at the junction, a couple dozen boxes of kitchen stuff (really, no kidding, like WTF?) and a hundred or so paintings. The artist? A. Moder. An older, elderly even, German (?? From the accent) fellow, I shook his hand and told him how glad I was to meet him and that his paintings were selling out at the thrift shop. I didn't mention the $5.00 Price-Point.
He seemed pleased, I told him he should continue painting. That his best work was yet to come. And I think he went off to his studio afterwards...
Unloading at the thrift shop I met a fan of his. He wondered where all this great art was coming from, deceased perhaps? And I said no, I thought the same, but I was just there, met the man, shook his hand, and now he wants to know all about him...
"Divine Union, Divine Purpose"
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My find of the day - found a few days ago, put aside, then lost, then found again today:
"Divine Union, Divine Purpose". Mary Magdalene and Jesus sharing a glass of wine.
A bit of googling and I find it: https://www.gaiarising.com/products/western-mysteries-statue-divine-union-5-5
Mine is a bit smaller - maybe 2 inches, resin made to look like ivory, cheesy as all get out - but there's no king of Kitsch and Bad Taste bigger than Jesus. And doesn't Mary have a fetching bosom? And isn't Jesus's chest - well, something? Anyways, my treasure of the day...
Tyvek
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This was explained to me by a customer.
Everywhere out here you see the incomplete construction projects. The raiments of Tyvek gesticulating in the wind, housing projects, home reno's, projects in the perpetuity of "completion" and never "complete".
He explains: That as soon as the project is complete, the property tax assessment goes up. And so many residents prefer to keep their properties incomplete.
This makes sense, but it suggests that maybe we need some revision to our guidelines for property tax....that any projects begun need be complete within X timeframe or face X penalties...
Still, grateful for the explanation. So many mysteries unfolding, slowly, surely....
The Bus to CrazyTown
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Saturday afternoon, I'm late, catching the bus to work.
It's the afternoon bus to Crazytown.
Seriously, this is "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" type of shit.
In the beginning, everyone boarding. I get on at Baker, everyone else at Chakha Mia Mall.
And it starts.
Everyone knows one another. There's the exchange of greetings.
Even the improbable- "normalish" seeming man in his 60's talking to someone....well...
someone that he shouldn't know. And so it goes.
Fights break out..."You're crazy!!" "No, You're Crazy"....
I'm on the bus to CrazyTown.
I mention it to a few of the customers when I'm at work. They confirm it, I need a car, the Balfour Bus, it's the bus to CrazyTown.
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