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This is my entry for Week 3 of LJ Idol. The topic this week is "Without You."

Graffiti Pier (Motherhood in a Nutshell)

Today, in a gray
hat suitable for the Outback,
you head for Graffiti Pier
with art camp. To contribute your
beautiful chaos. In photos, flashing
consummate V's betwixt
layered color. Carnivorous
plant, axolotl, deep words,
sunglasses and trench coat,
your group's additions. Each
taking over a space, spraying
onto primed cement. The pier

awash with voices. All those seasons of
painters -- like you now -- at once
alone on this concrete island. Together,
a cacophony. A chorus. And then
you, with blued hands, inked sleeve, spinning
away into your own orbit.

~~~

Thanks for Dr. Finn's "Plop and a Plunk" art camp for the inspiration.

Here's an image of KFP at Graffiti Pier with his creation, the logo for Wrenchcoat Labs, a fictional organization he invented: Wrenchcoat Labs

Here's more about Graffiti Pier

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OMG, how is KFP this old now? He looks like he's 10 or 11!!

To contribute your
beautiful chaos.
I like that description.

What a neat idea for an outing for kids-- OR adults!

Hold onto your seat: he's 14!

Yes, it was a particularly cool idea. On different days, they also did theater games with an improv group, visited a fabric museum and gallery and learned how to make a silkscreen, wrote pieces inspired by people watching in one of Philly's biggest greens, and of course, visited the Philadelphia Art Museum to seek inspiration for some written pieces.

he's 14!
WUT!?!

In my mind, he was recently 5, so I thought I might be overestimating his age! :O

In my mind, he was also recently 5. And I live with him.

Ha, you know me, I always have to quote something, and I loved the way this ended, "you, with blued hands, inked sleeve, spinning
away into your own orbit."

You used great visuals throughout, enough so that even I, a blind dude, got excited about the graffiti outing. :)

A fabulous tribute to your kiddo.

Dan

Just lovely! I love the idea and vision of a chorus of artists :) Great job!

Love this - "to contribute your beautiful chaos" ❤️

I love the idea of Graffiti Pier, and you've done an excellent job of capturing it in poetry.

I can’t see the image (I don’t have a Flickr account) but I’ve seen photos on FB. Sweet poem - I love the name “Wrenchcoat Labs!”

It's trying to make you sign into Flickr? That's odd. It's not supposed to! It's set as public. I'm so frustrated with Dreamwidth these days, mostly because of the inability to embed images. I've tried various methods, and nothing works. You can see it embedded in the LiveJournal version of this post.

I've now tried various methods of embedding images and think I have some options for further posts. Sorry about the problems you ran into! If you want to see my conclusions about image embeds, I worked it out here: https://alycewilson.dreamwidth.org/14666.html

Yeah, intellectually I knew KFP must be approaching HS...but I was repressing it.

At one point I was writing a Superhero Idol entry and Karmasoup's Phoenix (aged up a bit) and he were on the team along with other children mentioned in Idol and a couple pets...but I chickened out as it was longer than I like to write.