tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574060146103839230.post3703261532364391850..comments2022-11-13T09:38:58.195-05:00Comments on Raining Acorns: Here Today, Gone TomorrowSusan Scheid (Raining Acorns)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02827286681242730183noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574060146103839230.post-61536141179200914602010-11-04T16:36:03.122-04:002010-11-04T16:36:03.122-04:00Well, the good news is that the artwork has been l...Well, the good news is that the artwork has been left to nature. The city decided not to wash it off. Seems like that was all we needed to get some much needed rain! When I drove through the area today, some of the pictures were barely visible through the rain but Edgar Mueller's Giant actually looks better than ever!Carol-Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07390714553925368818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574060146103839230.post-36975701393088690202010-11-04T14:14:13.814-04:002010-11-04T14:14:13.814-04:00Carol-Ann,
I too would have voted to leave it.
You...Carol-Ann,<br />I too would have voted to leave it.<br />You also pointed out another strange thing: you have a draught situation yet you WASH the road? With water?<br />We have hose-pipe bans on this wet island if we haven't had rain for a few weeks in summer. We aren't even allowed to water the vegetables!<br /><br />Wide Open Spaces -<br />tut tut, allow me a smirk. <br />I have just been walking out of doors, in mud and drizzle with a mild gale blowing, for about an hour. Just think, an hour!<br />Just think how much money for the gym I've saved.Frikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574060146103839230.post-84125720491192580652010-11-01T22:03:01.078-04:002010-11-01T22:03:01.078-04:00What an interesting festival! I can't imagine...What an interesting festival! I can't imagine how they get the perspective to do those large drawings on the ground, especially the 3D ones! It is very hard to try to picture the "real" street surface underneath.<br /><br />@Friko - yes, Americans do walk. Indoors. On our treadmills. In gyms. To which we get in our cars and drive!Wide Open Spaceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04573357176617683341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574060146103839230.post-85037719801528389872010-11-01T19:55:35.979-04:002010-11-01T19:55:35.979-04:00This is amazing. A far cry from Bert's chalk ...This is amazing. A far cry from Bert's chalk pictures in Mary Poppins! What artwork! Amazing.Heidi-"Heidi in Real Life"https://www.blogger.com/profile/01765631003765541364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574060146103839230.post-14461422342811995242010-11-01T19:43:21.420-04:002010-11-01T19:43:21.420-04:00What a wonderful event! In New York City, I'v...What a wonderful event! In New York City, I've seen a bit of this from time to time, but nothing on this scale. The 3D is quite incredible--glad, though, it was make-believe as opposed to the crater Britta describes.<br /><br />About whether to wash away the works or let nature take its course: I remember two splendid chalk drawings on the sidewalk in NYC. They were left to nature/human feet to wear away. They've been there since 2008 and I think are still visible. I continued to marvel at them, even in their worn-away state. (Car traffic, of course, may be another matter.)<br /><br />Wonderful post about a fascinating event!Susan Scheid (Raining Acorns)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02827286681242730183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574060146103839230.post-28931351090885835282010-11-01T19:14:37.237-04:002010-11-01T19:14:37.237-04:00Thank you, Britta and Friko, for your comments. I ...Thank you, Britta and Friko, for your comments. I wish you could have seen these works of art for yourself - my photographs just don't do them justice - particularly the dual piece by Edgar Mueller. Please go on to his website in my link to get a better perspective. The night time "baby" was a wonder to see!<br />Friko, thank you for pointing out how odd it sounded for me to say that I would drive on this art. I do Americans a great injustice if I give the wrong impression - here in Sarasota, people walk a lot! This "gallery" was painted on a rather busy street that we must drive on to get to lots of other places that are too far or impractical to walk to - these paintings are not on the sidewalk but on the actual street. The reason the City would want to wash it off is because we are in a drought situation at the moment and it seems there will be no beneficial rain to wash it off any time soon, unfortunately. Without this, the works would degrade in an unattractive manner, apparently. (I voted to leave it to nature.)Carol-Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07390714553925368818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574060146103839230.post-33085139787811536062010-11-01T16:04:56.143-04:002010-11-01T16:04:56.143-04:00You have introduced me to a German street painter,...You have introduced me to a German street painter, of whose existence I had no idea! Thank you for that.<br /><br />When I still lived in London I used to go and watch street painters at the National Portrait Gallery, I think they may have been chased away by now except for special occasions.<br /><br />Why would anyone want to wash these painting off the road? Are they hazardous in any way?<br /><br />Lastly: the most beautiful street you've driven on? Not walked? we are always told that Americans don't walk, it's true then? Not even for art?Frikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574060146103839230.post-65844055222410112542010-11-01T15:57:17.661-04:002010-11-01T15:57:17.661-04:00Dear Raining Acorns,
I always learn so much by yo...Dear Raining Acorns, <br />I always learn so much by your interesting posts! Thank you! I never knew that a Chalk Festival existed - although I often admired the painters here. The first shown painting with the crater became yesterday reality in Germany - a wide crater opened in a town, luckily no persons was hurt, only cars and garages disappeared, till now nobody knows why...<br />I like the fugacity of the chalk paitings: they show that in the long run everything undergoes change - the "expensive" arts only last a second longer in contemplation of eternity.Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.com