String Theory, Demo Video, and Cosmic Atlas

Well, it’s been a busy and productive weekend for Martha and I and our various art projects.

On Thursday, I sat done to write a blog for Arts in the Valley and Beyond for the Wenatchee World.com.  I did something a little different with that blog than I have done before. Instead of simply writing about the various art events that were happening around the area, I digressed into some artful musings on certain questions of art. It was a new twist for the blog and of course I hoped that folks would like it (they did).

Friday I had a much anticipated business meeting the execs from the Pybus Market regarding my Pybus photo and video project. This was a good meeting with the execs getting a first view of the video I produced of the first week of demo work being done at the building. The proposal was reviewed and the idea of narration vs. captions was floated and really intriguing questions about a much bigger video project… more on that later. After the meeting I, of course, gathered more photos and video at the Pybus site before heading out for a 45 mile bike ride... whew! Was it hot.

Having returned from my long hot bike ride, it was time to  get ready to head out to Leavenworth where we had a meeting scheduled at the Peak View Haus Bed and Breakfast before going to the ‘String Theory’ art opening reception at Icicle Arts Gallery. The meeting at Peak View Haus included the owners Lori and Mike and  Sherrie, a good friend and fellow member of the Icicle Arts Gallery. This was a very productive meeting in which Martha the B&B owners and Sherrie made plans for a really exciting art class idea. Let me just say the adults only class should be a real fun and creative endeavor for all the participants. Look for more on this later as the whole things comes to pass sometime in October.

The B&B owners really loved Martha’s art and of course asked her to do a mural for them in their home. They had a good idea of what they were looking for and Martha is going to be able to really run with their idea and they will have a great new addition to their very creatively designed and decorated space.

After the meeting at the B&B it was time to visit the gallery and meet the artist Jim Huber. I was really interested to see the art and to talk with Jim as we have something in common. His show is aptly titled ‘String Theory’ as is one of my abstract photos. Some readers may recall that my ‘String Theory’ is currently on exhibit at the Confluence Technology Center in Wenatchee.

Jim was a fun and interesting guy and he, Bryan Miller and I had fun discussing String Theory and Chaos Theory and art. It was also good to get feedback from Anna  Miller and others on how much they liked the new tack I had taken with my blog on ‘String Theory and Questions of Art’ in the Wenatchee World Online.

 Saturday morning before getting more photos and video yet of Pybus, I went riding with my morning bike buddies. My bike buddies are all fascinated with the whole Pybus Market and my photo and video project of same and continue to ask questions about it and what it will turn out like when it’s done. It seems that wherever I go people are interested to learn more about what the whole thing is going to be at Pybus and are truly excited about everything I tell them about the project and the cool place it’s going to be.

The photos and video I took at Pybus on Saturday involved getting up on the roof of the adjacent building to get angles and views not possible from the ground.  While there I got literally a bird’s eye view of a pair of ospreys in their nest with their juvenile chick. From their too I could see my bike buddies who were doing another lap of the Apple Capital Loop trail and gathered some video of them while they were riding on the other side of the river. Unfortunately when they passed by right below me I was in the middle of videoing the ospreys and missed my two second opportunity to get video of them riding right below me. Oh well, maybe another time.

After my Saturday ride, I set to work reworking my recent Pybus video and replace ther captions with narration and made some really good adjustments to the audio of the video and music to make a really great new version of the video. At the same time I was addressing important web page development issues with my son Austin of ‘Cosmic Atlas’ who is working with me to develop two new web pages... one for Martha’s art and one for mine. That is really coming along. Meanwhile, the new Rod Daut Art Facebook Page is now up and running and people are ‘liking’ it and like the art and video posted there so far.

Well, enough for now as I need to get more photos and video at the Pybus and work on other art projects. Have a very artful day.

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