That weekend also happened to be my nephew's high school graduation. I was so very glad to make it to the party. He was born my first semester at college. He is half my age. Thinking about it in those terms is kind of a smack in the face - not that I would really want to be 18 again. In many ways I don't feel any older now than I did then. This aging thing is getting really weird...
The return to Gettysburg was great, I had an interesting interaction with a couple of young kids at the Lion Potter. Absolutely beautiful work, I do my best to stop in when I am in town. On this particular day, there were some small pieces that caught my eye, made by the owner's children. I decided to see if they would be interested in a trade - I pulled out a suit case of the little bowls & had a terrific time looking through them and telling the kids the story of the 99 bowls show in San Francisco. I now have two small ceramic sculptures mounted to the dash of the truck! I have this mini art collection happening on my dash - all very small pieces, it started before I left Philly with a little Cali Lilly painting...
Next stop was the Blue Brick Gallery downtown. As it turns out one of the members of the gallery is the Art teacher at Gettysburg High. "You went to Tyler? So did I. When?" "93-97" "You might know my brother then - Michael Thrush" Michael was my freshman year roommate at Tyler School of Art! It is a very small world indeed.
The next stop would be Toledo for the annual Glass Art Society Conference. As this year is the 50th anniversary of the Toledo workshop that started the modern studio glass movement, I did not want to miss this one! Back to the same path that I took last November.
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