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A Sunshine State of Mind

7/27/2022

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"Chrysalis" Basking in the Sun

After a record-setting wet spring, summer has arrived.  The light and energy warms body and soul as the cold damp spring tendrils spring into verdant green. A Sunshine State of Mind to me means looking for, finding, and focusing on the good in the world.  The world we live in is full of good, but the unrelenting news cycle and our tendency to doom scroll can mask that.     This year it feels easy to stand in the sunshine mind set. A month-long trip to Colorado, Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin, placed my sculptures in wonderful spaces.  New friends were made who graciously welcomed me and my art into their communities.  

The capstone to this trip in early June was the dedication of my heroic sized "Ener-Joy" trio of dancers at the Performing Arts Center in Silverthorne, Colorado.  Children and adults alike struck the poses of the dancers while smiling with delight.  Donors beamed with a real sense of accomplishment and Silverthorne folks threw themselves into the celebration--not only of the new artwork, but also rejoining into a community after the longest two years. Watching the joy and pride of the community and donors at placing their first public art humbled me. Sunshine everywhere. I stood quietly in front of EnerJoy in the early sunshine next morning and realized that I had indeed lived out my own ethos of "sculpting joy." 

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Dedication of Ener-Joy at Silverthorne with the Community Members Who Made It Possible
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    Harold is an out of the box sculptor of swooping white figures.  He's been at it for about 30 years and considers sculpting to be play. 

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