Royals World Champions Parade

World Series Game Two

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The Royals won the second game of the World Series! They are precious to Kansas City and we are absolutely thrilled to be on this ride. Already, I read in the sports news and hear on TV that we are seeing this team play their last few games together. Players will begin to leave as free agents. Different teams will invite our Royals to be among them and not us. This is it -- the bright shining moment. This Royals now. You get what you want and everything changes. We are left with memories of winning through struggle, with awesome plays and never saying we can't do it. Always, "expect a miracle" -- always, a "Let's Go Royals" -- always, Eric and Moose and Salvador and Alcedes and Chris and Johnny and Lorenzo and Kendrys and Gerad and all the actuality of youth and physical fitness and focus, patience and dream into reality. The famous fountains of Kansas City turned blue, the flags on the Country Club Plaza saluted the Royals, the Power and Light District lit up, blue and white pumpkins showed up at the market, victory signs flashed between strangers wearing blue Royals shirts and jerseys. A time, a joyous time of joys shared. To the Royals, ". . . no one like you has been before you and no one like you shall arise after you." (1 Kings 3:12) And appropriately from Andy McCullough of the Kansas City Star: "Savor the 2015 Royals. Because when the team returns to Kansas City next week, you may not see any baseball. You may have to settle for a parade."

Be Royal!

The Royals won! Most of Kansas City was simply deflated yesterday as the Royals were losing the tie-breaking series with the Astros and saying, "Good Bye" to any chance of a national championship. Then, at the very last moment of the game, in the 9th inning -- Boom -- Home Run, Eric Hosmer! And the runs started coming in with a final score of 9 - 6! Awesome. One of their slogans is "Believe in Miracles" and yesterday certainly was proof of the practicality of that. Miracles are easy. They flow and all the pieces fit smoothly and the lights turn on and you're not alone in your misery. You are together in your health with others who are cheering for that health and, as Rex Hudler says, "It's a beautiful thing!" Entering the 8th inning the Royals had a 3.2% chance of winning. The Royals were lifeless through 7 innings and then Mike Moustakas "walked into the dugout shouting about how the Royals would not lose this game. They would keep fighting, keep battling . . ." This is miracle talk, for sure. "Moments like the one the Royals gave us on Monday are a blast precisely because they come from nowhere." (Story: Kansas City Star)(Photo: John Sleezer jsleezer@kcstar.com "Kansas City Royals first baseman Eric Hosmer was welcomed into the dugout after hitting a two-run homer in the ninth inning during Monday's ALDS baseball game on October 12, 2015 at Minute Maid Park in Houston, Tex."

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The first words

The first layer of words sets the design for the total of all layers. And, meaning matters. Even though the literal text turns more to design then to reading matter, the essence of the word remains. Words can be read, changed, exchanged, erased, written using various means on enumerable surfaces, but the first word stays, is imprinted into the whole of the art. Therefore, trust the language used to form the base of what is seen when the sound of writing is over. In this case, Country Club Bank has stated well it's basic principles which I replayed as the only text for this piece beginning with "Strength Trust Stability: Where roots run deep, relationships grow strong."

WordLayers before words

I knew the colors, originally. Coral and dark turquoise and sky blue. Now, I had something and I loved it tremendously. I'm working on a small notebook computer with a 10" screen. In preparation for final output, I will work with 300 pixels per inch. I can go no higher with my simple equipment--scanner, computer and printer. So, I see this creating of art through a small lens blown big. I comb through the strands of color. I comb through the strands of the words to come.

Mediterranean Image

I have been working hours and hours on our ARTS group collaborative, our third. Nine of us, each armed with a clean 20x20 inch canvas, a black and white image of a bank logo printed on paper, and an individual 2" square piece of that logo.  In sharp contrast to the Bear image, our new project contained distinctive lines of Mediterranean architecture and spaces of arches. 

This is the image we were given. A tower typical of those found on Kansas City's Country Club Plaza. We divided the paper copy into 9 squares and selected who had what out of a hat. The piece to the right of the tower image is my draw of the whole. I scanned it into my computer and it measures 2x2 inches and doesn't look like much to build upon, which could be a good thing. I began this project with nothing and carried that around with me for at least a week. Playing with nothing keeps a creatively turned mind, busy. Fear and hope--moving toward a 20 inch square canvas.

Arts Anonymous

Day 10 at the Writers' Colony and I am thinking of the Arts Anonymous  meeting I am missing. The non-frauds I know who modify life into an interesting stroll: Black and white silhouettes that become people remembered, Dots and dots that build awesome as a noun, Articles written talking of the arts, Lives lived richly again in memoir, Trees seen vibrantly on stage through pastels, Words that fall on to page again and again, Throw-a-ways preserved as magical, Wire twisted into intrigue, Paint on brushes, Ink on paper. And the stroll continues for there is always a camera in the house to capture vision into something real. This walk through the arts happens every Saturday at 11:00 in the Peace Room at Unity Temple on the Plaza in eclectically wonderful Kansas City. I miss you guys!