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Parliament of Catalunya.

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Glad I’m not one of these two climbing and hanging off of the top cross of Sagrada Familia this morning.

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Sagrada Família in Barcelona.

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It was a very cold morning but we made it out to see the World Snow Celebration and the snow sculptures. Teams were working towards the deadline of completing their sculptures. They were amazing. We also did the Peoples Choice votes. I voted for Team Falcon of Mongolia and Tammy went for Team Warm Your Cold Brits.

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We found the Illuminati. 😁

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Go Loons! ⚽️

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Delightful evening watching Cirque du Soleil’s LUZIA in Montreal, the home of Cirque.

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\"Four\"Two\"Cirque\"Group

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Quebec Old City.

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The Unitarian Universalist Meeting House at the top of Church Street in Burlington.

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These installations by Jacob Hashimoto at Burlington City Arts were so unique and interesting. The depth of the art pulled you in. Very unique and interesting!

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\"Large-scale\"Large\"Wall\"Four

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At the Stone Arch Bridge Festival this weekend these clear candles by Lake Escape Candle Co caught my eye. I hadn’t seen anything like it. They are made with a gel wax and they did a brilliant job using that in the design. The next day I lit one and was wowed by the way the light lit it up. Lovely!

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\"Glass\"Lit

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The Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw was an impressive experience. I particularly found it interesting to hear about Polish history through the context of the art that we were seeing. Recommend going here if you are in Warsaw.

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I was incredibly taken by the central stairs in the new Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw. They instantly gave me Escher vibes and I took a moment to stop and observe them as the light changed during our visit. Lovely.

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\"Multi-level\"Multi-level\"Multi-level

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The Fryderyk Chopin Monument in the Modernist Garden of Royal Łazienki. Cool sculpture.

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We visited the Palace on the Isle (Pałacu na Wyspie) and The Old Orangery (Stara Oranżeria). Impressive architecture and beautiful grounds.

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\"Neoclassical\"Grand\"Marble\"Long

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We joined friends Joe & Lisa for Life of Pi at the Orpheum tonight. We had seen it on Broadway in 2023 and were excited to see it again. It was a great performance. Recommended!

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We had a fun visit to Bell Museum this morning. We saw Mars: The Ultimate Voyage in the Planetarium and then checked out all the dioramas.

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We had a great time on the Architectural Boat Tour of Chicago.

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While making our way to a coffee shop in Lincoln Park we ran across Oz Park in Chicago. It was a fun discovery. We didn’t have time to find the Lion though.

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We visited the Art Institute of Chicago specifically to see one of the original Great Wave pieces that they have there. The Great Wave is one of Tyler’s favorite pieces of art. We also checked out the contemporary and modern galleries.

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While walking from Buckingham Fountain to the Art Institute of Chicago we took in the Abraham Lincoln: The Head of State in Grant Park.

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“The Bean”

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Ferrofluid under magnetic pull. Super cool to zoom in. Chicago Museum of Science and Industry. Captured with 5x camera on iPhone 16 Pro.

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We’ve driven by Glensheen Mansion many times and finally we stopped and took a tour. It is a pretty incredible residence. Worth stopping!

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Serpent sculpture by Serpent Lake in Crosby.

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Family selfie at the Adam Turman mural outside of Victual in Crosby. We are visiting the Cuyuna Lakes area this weekend!

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The Samuel Beckett Bridge over the River Liffey from the Sean O’Casey Pedestrian Bridge.

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Today we visited the Titanic Museum in Belfast. It was an incredible experience, one of our favorites that we have ever visited. The museum itself sits at the end of Harland & Wolff Slip 3, exactly where the Titanic was built. Part of what made this experience so good was the multitude of stories it told. It starts with the booming story of ship building in Belfast. It tells the story of Harland & Wolff and the growth of the company that still is there today. It told the story of the Titanic being built starting on March 31, 1909 and launched May 31, 1911. It also of course told the story of the disastrous voyage, and of many of those that were aboard.

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The images of the building of these Olympic Class ships was incredible. The massive scale of everything involved. Just the riveting alone, nearly all done by hand, was miraculous. This incredible museum even has a ride that you can take that shows amongst other things the riveting process in action with workers banging away in confined corners with these white hot rivets. The museum features recreations of First, Second, and Third class accommodations. It really was a wonder, and then it hits the iceberg.

\n

The second half of the museum reminded me a bit of the 9/11 Monument. It tells the story, minute by minute, from radio signals sent and received from the Titanic. In less than two hours this giant ship is lost along with most on board. It was striking to see the giant wall with the names of the survivors above and those lost below. The museum then tells the tale of the search for the wreckage of the Titanic, and in an amazing display shows the top of the shipwreck underneath a glass floor as you stand above it.

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It was a truly moving museum, worth the trip to Belfast just to see it. We only had about 2 hours, and could have easily used much more time. We’ll all remember this place for a long time.

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Cranes & Concrete. Belfast.

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Tonight Tammy and I saw Gabe Mollica perform Solo: A Show About Friendship at the Parkway Theater.

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First Ben Katzner opened things up. Katzner recently moved to Minneapolis from New York. Katzner. He also had dinner at Creekside Supper Club right before the show because we ran into him at the front door as we were going in for dinner. I liked his comedy.

\n

Then Mollica took the stage for his show. It was one epic story connecting many smaller stories together all about his bros. I don’t know if it is fair to compare Mollica to Mike Birbiglia but the style is similar. We enjoyed the highs and lows and many good laughs along the way.

\n\"Man\n

Towards the last part of the show Mollica shares that part of this story is told on\nThis American Life 810: Say It To My Face. At that point Tammy realizes that she had heard that episode and a bunch of dots were connected for her.

\n

Very good evening. Shame the theater wasn’t sold out.

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My favorite local NFT project has been 612 Series by Erik Halaas of StayNftyMpls. I’ve collected 35 of them, and am the only person to have one of every landmark in the series.

\n

To celebrate collecting all of the unique landmarks Erik asked if I would like a block painting of one of my favorites. I leaped at the opportunity and suggested one of the most iconic Minneapolis landmarks in the collection — 612 Series #134 Cerry and Spoon

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Here is the NFT image.

\n\"Pixel-art\n

And here is the amazing block painting!

\n\"Pixel-style\n

I’m going to get this framed and likely have a print of the NFT alongside it. So very fun.

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Excited to see Aladdin at the Orpheum!

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We had a great time seeing my nephew Andrew Keating perform in Matilda Jr. at the Reif Center. He played the role of Mr. Harry Wormwood, Matilda’s mean father. He did a great job as did the entire cast. Andrew was even asked for his autograph on the playbill!

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We went to Cookin’ at the Children’s Theatre today and it was incredible. 90 minutes filled with action, story, and fun. This is a traveling performance and worth trying to go to! 🔪

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I love that the gang at Good Enough is playing with some things that remind me of the early days of the web. They have a thermal printer you can print to from a web page. So, I had to try it out. Barry posted my drawings and I grabbed copies for archival on my site too. 🤩

\n

Now, what to print next!?

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Weather: Warm and cloudy in the morning. Hotter and sunnier in the afternoon.

\n\n

Jump to day\n0,\n1,\n2,\n3,\n4,\n5,\n6,\n7,\n8,\n9,\n10,\n11,\n12,\n13,\n14,\n15,\n16,\n17\nor Switzerland & Italy 2023 collection.

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Weather: Started warm in the morning. Thunderstorms in Milan in afternoon. Warm in Venice.

\n\n

Jump to day\n0,\n1,\n2,\n3,\n4,\n5,\n6,\n7,\n8,\n9,\n10,\n11,\n12,\n13,\n14,\n15,\n16,\n17\nor Switzerland & Italy 2023 collection.

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I’ve been collecting ekekonfts.eth “🔌 Ŝԝ𝞘ፐc₶” collection on Nifty Ink. I dig these and think the collection is a lot of fun. I want to create a backstory for each one of these characters.

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We went to An American Tail: The Musical at the Children’s Theatre tonight. It was a great performance. Wonderful songs, and a great story to add to it. 🎭

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Love the street chalk at Edina Art Fair!

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We endured the very hot afternoon and visited the Edina Art Fair. This is one of our favorite art fairs every year. Some of the artists that caught our eye while we were there:

\n\n\"Outdoor\n\"Tall\n

Past years: 2004, 2014, 2019, and 2022.

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What do you do when you visit the Museum of Modern Art? Well for many it seems that you navigate your way to Van Gogh’s Starry Night and take a picture of it in a fairly unhelpful mass of people.

\n

I wonder, how many gigabytes of photos are taken of Starry Night each day?

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Very excited to see Hamilton again tonight!

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Tammy and I enjoyed seeing Life of Pi on Broadway at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre. The performance were powerful and it was amazing how they brought the animals to life. Hiran Abeysekera in the lead role of Pi was great. 🎭

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I liked the contrast of the trees and organic waiting to bloom now that the snow is gone with the concrete and graffiti.

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We took a quick trip to Grand Rapids to see Annie Jr. at the Reif Center. Our nephew was playing one of the main roles. The performance was great. They had 70 kids as orphans which made for awesome orphanage scenes. A fabulous time for all!

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We went to the Orpheum to see To Kill a Mockingbird with new screenplay by Aaron Sorkin and directed by Bartlett Sher. It was an incredible and powerful performance. Richard Thomas was so engaging as Atticus Finch. Some may remember him as “John-Boy” from The Waltons.

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We had a fun time at Cirque Dreams today at the Orpheum. There were very impressive acts with a fun Christmas theme. It was not as extravagant as a full Cirque du Soleil production, but still had plenty of WOW moments.

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We had a fun time experiencing the “Beyond” show at the International Church of Cannabis. I tagged the new graffiti wall, and Tammy crushed it in the Ms. PAC-MAN console that was set to hyperspeed.

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Family selfie from the Sun Voyager in Reykjavik. Cool sculpture!

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“Sunshine and Rainbows”, Mazie’s first drawing on Nifty.Ink! I’ve been cajoling her a bit that I think she would find it fun to try, and indeed she did. Within a couple of hours she even sold one!

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We visited the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. It was really cool to see so much history. The exhibits were fabulous as well. And some exceptionally wild outfits, cars, and stories.

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Snow sculptures in Whiteside Park in Ely, MN.

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Tammy and I went to Mike Birbiglia’s newest show at the Pantages and it was so great. We’ve seen him before and like previous times the entire show was strung together through one story diving off into various tangents. There were moments of incredible laughter intermixed with occasional touching and heartfelt points.

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We returned to Mess Hall Art Experiences to have some fun with paint! Tyler wanted to go as part of his birthday. We had a great time as always. Tyler got into the the messy part! I did an interpretation of the FC Bayern logo.

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Tammy got us tickets to see the Quantum Mirror exhibit at REM5VR. We’ve been to REM5VR many times for VR games, but this Quantum Mirror is a “transcendent immersive art experience”. It was created by Adrian Stein. We weren’t real sure what to expect at all, and I was very curious.

\n\"Four\n

The exhibit is limited to 6 visitors at a time, and is experienced in two settings. The first is a gallery space with digital art on the walls, and six chairs. After a moment you take a seat and take a VR experience to “upload yourself”. The VR experience was pretty cool. You didn’t walk around, more like you were on a train going through these experiences tied to the art.

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Upon completion of the VR experience you then enter the Quantum Mirror. This is a room covered on all sides by mirrors, and at a variety of angles. In the center of the room are three portrait displays playing about a 10 minute loop with audio. There is no interactivity, but the reflections are very engaging. I captured a 30-second segment of the video which shows it best.

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It is with a bit of surprise that I have to admit I haven’t explored digital art with any seriousness. Surprising because we have a good amount of art and appreciate it, and I’m obviously into technology, but the two haven’t intersected. This experience was cool and made me want to see more like it.

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At the end of the experience you could type a message to yourself in the metaverse. This was a neat touch but lacked clarity on where it went or what happened with it. It would have been cool for that to be somewhere on the web or folded back into the experience for others to see.

\n

Quantum Mirror had a couple of nods to crypto tech, most notably the premier digital art you could purchase also came with two NFTs. This would have been a brilliant use for a POAP token. I was really wishing I could have gotten a Quantum Mirror @ REM5VR POAP token.

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We had a fun time at the Washburn High School production of Grease tonight. 🎭🎶

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I loved this bit of public art in Indianapolis. The blue metal pushing the rusted metal to the side, juxtaposed with the grass and plants below, and the concrete above.

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It was cool to visit the Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library today. Tammy loved his books in college. An amazing author, artist, and activist.

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Indianapolis World War Monument on a rainy and cloudy day.

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We had a fun time looking at dozens of Indy race cars over the years today at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum. It is amazing how much the cars have changed.

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Poetry by Boots work discovered while walking around NuLu Louisville today.

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We visited the Van Gogh Experience and we all enjoyed it. It is an immersive experience built on Van Gogh’s artwork. I found it very captivating and engaging. My only complaint was the lack of seating. It was a long time to sit on a cement floor. I might consider going again and watching it a couple of times.

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I liked this art from Clarence Morgan that we saw at MacRostie Art Center today. It reminded me a bit of the Squiggle project from ArtBlocks.

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When we visited Roan & Black Gallery in Saugatuck yesterday the work of Kimmy Cantrell caught my attention in a big way. I was particularly taken by “Abandoned Nest”, which is coming home with us.

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Arrays of knobs and dials are mesmerizing. Even old ones. At Rochester Museum & Science Center.

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Ever since we did our Charlie Brown Tree with Adam Gale of Rust n’ Grain I’ve found myself appreciating tree carvings more. I love this Moose that was in the Flume Gorge visitor center. I especially liked the details.

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We visited the Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium today in St. Johnsbury, VT. The museum has been operating since 1889, and is a bit of a museum piece itself. It shows what this type of museum would have been like a hundred years ago, with only small modifications to the displays. We also took in two sessions at the planetarium.

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I don’t know if we would have ever found Bread and Puppet Theater without a recommendation from our friend Ellen but it was well worth the additional drive to Glover, VT. Bread and Puppet has been putting on political theater since 1974 in this location. The performances feature funny and serious skits, people on stilts and giant flags, and of course puppets of all sizes and shapes.

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Why do they serve bread with the theater?

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“We give you a piece of bread with the puppet show because our bread and theater belong together. For a long time the theater arts have been separated from the stomach. Theater was entertainment. Entertainment was meant for the skin. Bread was meant for the stomach. The old rites of baking, eating and offering bread were forgotten. The bread became mush. We would like you to take your shoes off when you come to our puppet show or we would like to bless you with the fiddle bow. The bread shall remind you of the sacrament of eating.” — Peter Schumann

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I also enjoyed the spirit of the Cheap Art Manifesto.

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While we were visiting the Woodstock site today we took the restored Bindy Bazaar Trail through the trees. I loved Carol Hummel’s crocheted shapes wrapping by trees.

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The Magic Bus in the Woodstock & the 60’s exhibit at Bethel Woods Center for the Arts.

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I love our new Escher inspired log “tables” for our fire area. These were logs left over from the Peanuts Tree that Adam Gale carved. Another great project with Rust n Grain!

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I’m so happy to have our Andrew Carson wind sculpture back up after being in storage a couple of years. It is one of my favorite pieces of art. It is the centerpiece of the raised garden beds.

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Tammy enjoys doing puzzles. The kids and I have started a tradition of making her a custom Christmas puzzle each year. This year we decided to do one for her “big birthday” and we decided to take a completely new approach.

\n

Here is the final version and I’ll share with you how we got here.

\n\"Colorful\n

To make this we started with a hand drawn image that Mazie framed out and then her and Tyler filled in. This allowed them to work with pencil and paper and the clear borders for the initial idea. Puzzles are pretty close to 8.5x11 ratio, but not exactly. After scanning I do a stretch on the size to get it just right.

\n\"Pencil\n

Now that we scanned the original pencil drawing, we needed to recreate the entire image in digital format. We loaded up Procreate and put the original scan on a layer and made it 50% transparent, and then used the iPad Pro with Apple Pencil to trace a copy of the image on a fresh layer above. This made a perfectly clean digital version, and allowed us to clean up the image a bit. There were detail areas that were too small to do with the pencil but by zooming into the canvas on the iPad Pro they were able to get it just right.

\n

After the image was traced we created two layers for coloring. One layer was “under the lines” and is where most of the coloring was done. We had another “over the lines” layer for select sections. We also segmented off the backgrounds and the “50” numbers into their own layer.

\n

One of the super cool features of Procreate is the ability to share a video fo the drawing being created. Here you can see the entire process unfolding, as well as the couple of versions we tried for the “50” colors before we landed on the rainbow. Our creative process took 3-4 weeks and here you get it in 9 minutes.

\n

\n

The project took a while but the finished product worked out great. Plus the kids got to learn how to create digital art and got really adept at working with multiple layers and understanding how to use them to create different effects. Mazie got into the various brushes as well.

\n

The only mistake we made was mine. I forgot that I needed to create a margin on the edge for the printer. We didn’t factor that in, so the finished puzzle lost about 1/4" of the image on all sides. On the top we had sky so that was fine, but on the bottom we had this cool seascape and a lot of that got trimmed off. Next time I’ll remember to mark a “safe zone” there so nothing critical is in that area.

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This Cuyuna Lakes mural by Adam Turman right by Victual (go there) is fabulous.

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We followed this DIY Modern Architecture Tour of Palm Springs today. One of the stops was Elvis Presley’s Honeymoon Hideaway. It was under construction but I got a picture over the fence. So many amazing houses in Palm Springs.

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The morning view from the Art Loft Airbnb in Joshua Tree, California. Inspiring.

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Day 13 of the February Photoblogging Challenge: Make.

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A great place for making.

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Last night we enjoyed Dennis Watkin’s Magic Parlour at Home show. We’ve seen his amazing magic in Chicago, and this live experience over Zoom was awesome! It is super engaging, and a great example of online entertainment! Highly recommended! 🎩

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Little snippet of an in-process project. Fun watching this take shape.

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My glass fusing is ready to be fired.

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Our first visit to the very impressive Gingerbread Wonderland at the Norway House. My vote for best went to Glensheen Mansion. 🇳🇴

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At the Old Log Theatre for The Emporor’s New Clothes. 🎭

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We went to Piff The Magic Dragon tonight at The Fitzgerald. It was an odd and funny mix of magic and witty comedy. 🤪🎩🐲

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Tammy and I thoroughly enjoyed Mike Birbiglia’s The New One tonight. Birbig’s is one of the funniest comedians around in our book. 🤣

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We weren’t able to get to the Edina Art Fair until shortly before it was closing today. We hustled around and got to see a large amount of the art. The fair seemed a bit fuller than previous years, with higher quality art than I had remembered. Artists that caught my eye:

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Looking good today Minneapolis!

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We saw a very cool magic show and got a magic lesson from Scott Pepper and the Magicians Agency! ♠️♥️♣️♦️

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We explored the Walker Art Center today. Modern art still makes me go “Huh?” a lot.

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We had a fun time at the 2018 British Arrows Awards today at the Walker. Liked the Nike, FIFA Soccer and Mini Cooper ads!

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This building is going to very cool when completed.

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After intense deliberation Mazie and Tyler each picked one of these to take home from the Corning Museum of Glass. Paradox of Choice was strongly displayed. 😬

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The Contemporary Galleries of the Corning Museum of Glass have stunning art and equally amazing architecture. The way natural light comes into the space and completely changes exhibits is amazing.

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\"Bright\"Sunlit\"Multiple\"Layered

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Exploring the brand new Bell Museum!

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The Tesla coil at Museum of Space and Industry in Chicago impresses me every time. ⚡️😲

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\"Tesla\"Tesla\"Tesla

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St Volodymyr’s Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine.

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tag in Kyiv, Ukraine.

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Chicago Bean.

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Visited the Michigan Avenue Apple Store when we were in Chicago. Amazing architecture. The building feels invisible.

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The view from the 360 Chicago deck on the John Hancock Tower was incredible.

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\"Chicago\"Aerial

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Family selfie from the top of the John Hancock Tower.

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The Thorne Miniature Rooms at the Art Institute of Chicago are incredible. You can find detail in each one over and over.

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\"Thorne\"Thorne\"Thorne\"Miniature

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Chicago Cloud Gate sculpture.

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Inside the Chicago Cloud Gate.

\n\"View\n

Chicago Cloud Gate.

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Chicago.

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Time for Hamilton! 🎭🎶

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Willis Tower.

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$1 million three different ways ($1, $20, and $100 bills) at Chicago Fed Money Museum.

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\"Tilted\"One\"Uncut

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Array of 3D printers at Museum of Science & Industry.

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I love watching the Tesla coil at the Chicago Museum of Science & Industry. ⚡️⚡️⚡️

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\"Tesla\"Tesla\"Tesla\"Tesla

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Ready for Sharks 4D movie at Shedd Aquarium!

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The Taj Mahal is so amazing in photos that it looks surreal.

\n\"Taj\n", "date_published": "2018-03-17T01:00:00-05:00", "url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2018/03/17/taj-mahal.html", "tags": ["Travel","Arts"] }, { "id": "http://jthingelstad.micro.blog/2017/12/02/family-theater-this.html", "content_html": "

Family theater 🎭 this afternoon with Snow White and the Seven Vikings. Good performance at the Old Log Theatre! 👏🏻

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Bicycle as installation art. In Grand Forks, ND.

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Panorama inside the mirror maze at Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. Very cool.

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We went Cinderella at the Old Log Theatre today and it was great!

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Cinderella comes to life at the @oldlogtheatre starting today through December 31st. https://t.co/olWKdo3In7 pic.twitter.com/KSlQXg9Z79

— Visit Roseville MN (@VisitRoseville) November 17, 2015
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At Stages Theatre Company with family for A Charlie Brown Christmas play!

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St. Paul planning its own version of NYC’s High Line along the river ← This sounds very cool!

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