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Scrolls
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
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When I left he gave me that bag of scrolls - I mean it was a big bag, easily a hundred, double sided, the results of barely 2 weeks of work - if even.
I've started photographing and uploading them, they are fascinating (if a bit repetitive, ...); all of them can be substantially embiggened by right clicking and selecting "open image in new tab". When looking at them they're all in pairs - one side, then the other; only rarely is a scroll one-sided. And - I'd like to say - a lot of people would guess from his artwork that he's a dirty-old-man. He's not. I mean, he is, just not in that way, he's very respectful of women; clearly he's gotta have some sort of charm if any (or all?) of these women posed for him...
This job of digitally archiving them - and poorly, at that - it's a full time thing - I'm not kidding, already friends are advising me I have more bags of scrolls waiting, you're going to have to settle for the best I can do...
A Side
B Side
The Other Drumheller Museum
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While in Drumheller we passed "The Other" museum. This is a rock/mineral and dinosaur museum that capitalizes on the signage guiding tourists to the Royal Tyrell - I have every suspicion that they waylay a substantial portion of the people on their way to their museum who think they've prematurely arrived...
Let me assure you, this is not it. I mean, interesting - "Animatronic" dinosaurs, most of which had all the veracity of that motion-activated Halloween Zombie you got at dollarama, the only exception being the T-Rex (I think?), which was well done. The others - well...not so much. Laughable even. The exhibits, good, clearly it cost a lot to set up, and it perfectly balances the cheesy with the very-lightly-informative, and a hint of the owner's anti-climate-change or "all this is perfectly normal" agenda. The daughter and I, we had our laughs, were quickly in and out, 30 minutes is plenty of time, they probably do a great business in the summer, glad we stopped but really no need to go here twice...It would be fun for families with smaller children, but it annoys the heck out of me that people visiting might stop here and think they've taken in the Royal Tyrell and wonder what all the fuss was about...
My Calgary
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Images
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Gonna start an image blog of Calgary, the city that's perpetually under-construction and never, ever there. A melancholy day made worse by the landscape...
They're everywhere these, the roadside-flattened-squirrels; Calgary should make a giant welcome mat out of them, if only to protect you from the needles...
I should print up a bunch of Artists Cards and leave them at these little extemporaneous found-art discoveries...
Watch Porn
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On my list of YouTube recommendations, sometimes it gets it right. 20 minutes of watching somebody unbox a shit-tonne of treasure - some absolutely fantastic finds - including the Digital Bulova Driver, The Vintage Rolex, Hamilton Electric...kinda makes me want to go garage saling real bad. I'm definitely going to check out his shop next time I'm in Edmonton.
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