August 31st, 2020: Arriving Home / Happy Monkey Bait

monster · 08-31-2020, 10:20 AM

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I paid little attention to this sculpture when it was installed a few miles from me on the University of Michigan campus in downtown Ann Arbor to celebrate the university's bicentennial in 2017, but it is featured in the September 2020 edition of a local news/article publication called the Ann Arbor Observer, and some of the images were very striking. This is the image on the front cover of that issue and is an oil painting of the sculpture by Steve Gilzow.

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I now intend to go and see it in person before it gets covered in snow.

It is the work of Sculptor Dennis Oppenheim

This image is from an article in the Michigan Engineer

monster · 08-31-2020, 06:52 PM

took an evening bike ride to campus. It's not as big as I imagined (as the actress said to the bishop)

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I was hoping the sun would still be on it (assuming that was when the iridescence would show the best) but I think I was a few minutes too late. I tried

Diaphone Jim · 08-31-2020, 07:21 PM

Bring a trumpet mouthpiece and try it out.

Griff · 09-01-2020, 06:20 AM

That is pretty neat. The light would help though.

Happy Monkey · 09-01-2020, 11:22 AM

Nifty! I've been pondering a spiral for a while, but My medium is usually regular polygons, which don't lend themselves to spirals.

BigV · 09-02-2020, 08:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

Nifty! I've been pondering a spiral for a while, but My medium is usually regular polygons, which don't lend themselves to spirals.

They do if they're not all the same size...

monster · 09-02-2020, 09:14 PM

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Originally Posted by BigV

They do if they're not all the same size...

but the pieces joining them would not be....

monster · 09-02-2020, 09:16 PM

......HM.... or could you do a regular hexagon/triangle combination to fix that? :::lazybrain:::

Gravdigr · 09-23-2020, 02:01 PM

So, maybe I missed something, but...

Why are there no more IsOTD?

It's just that a really good friend killed herself on an Aug 31 and it seems the IsOTD stopped on Aug 31...

And I'm too busy to mourn two things.

Much too busy.

monster · 09-23-2020, 03:35 PM

I think it mostly ran out of steam. It's a big ask of one person, but it's hard to coordinate with more contributors. I try to fill in when I find something interesting. Anyone can post one -just try not to double up with someone else's and follow the titling protocol, and give credit where due for pictures -don't get us into trouble!

monster · 09-23-2020, 03:35 PM

sorry to hear about your friend

Griff · 09-23-2020, 05:32 PM

Yeah man, I'm sorry.

fargon · 09-24-2020, 08:50 AM

Sorry for your loss.

Gravdigr · 09-24-2020, 03:33 PM

Thanks.

08-31-2020, 10:20 AM	#1
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	August 31st, 2020: Arriving Home / Happy Monkey Bait I paid little attention to this sculpture when it was installed a few miles from me on the University of Michigan campus in downtown Ann Arbor to celebrate the university's bicentennial in 2017, but it is featured in the September 2020 edition of a local news/article publication called the Ann Arbor Observer, and some of the images were very striking. This is the image on the front cover of that issue and is an oil painting of the sculpture by Steve Gilzow. I now intend to go and see it in person before it gets covered in snow. It is the work of Sculptor Dennis Oppenheim This image is from an article in the Michigan Engineer __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

08-31-2020, 06:52 PM	#2
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	took an evening bike ride to campus. It's not as big as I imagined (as the actress said to the bishop) I was hoping the sun would still be on it (assuming that was when the iridescence would show the best) but I think I was a few minutes too late. I tried __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

09-01-2020, 06:20 AM	#4
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	That is pretty neat. The light would help though. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

09-01-2020, 11:22 AM	#5
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Nifty! I've been pondering a spiral for a while, but My medium is usually regular polygons, which don't lend themselves to spirals. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

09-02-2020, 09:16 PM	#8
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	......HM.... or could you do a regular hexagon/triangle combination to fix that? :::lazybrain::: __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

08-31-2020, 07:21 PM	#3
Diaphone Jim Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Northern California Posts: 2,122	Bring a trumpet mouthpiece and try it out.

09-23-2020, 02:01 PM	#9
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	So, maybe I missed something, but... Why are there no more IsOTD? It's just that a really good friend killed herself on an Aug 31 and it seems the IsOTD stopped on Aug 31... And I'm too busy to mourn two things. Much too busy. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

09-23-2020, 03:35 PM	#10
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I think it mostly ran out of steam. It's a big ask of one person, but it's hard to coordinate with more contributors. I try to fill in when I find something interesting. Anyone can post one -just try not to double up with someone else's and follow the titling protocol, and give credit where due for pictures -don't get us into trouble! __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

09-23-2020, 03:35 PM	#11
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	sorry to hear about your friend __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

09-23-2020, 05:32 PM	#12
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Yeah man, I'm sorry. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

09-24-2020, 08:50 AM	#13
fargon Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: La Crosse, WI Posts: 8,924	Sorry for your loss. __________________ Annoy the ones that ignore you!!! I live a blessed life I Love my Country, I Fear the Government!!! Heavily medicated for the good of mankind.

09-24-2020, 03:33 PM	#14
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Thanks. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

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