The Pour!

Life's problems wouldn't be called "hurdles" if there wasn't a way to get over them.

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I am so lucky to have started this incredible project years ago.   I have learned so much about myself through the process...

The sculpture did not turn out like I had hoped.  It's not a failure but a delayed success.  It needs a little more cement mix at a few spots.  But overall the whale is complete!

Double Visions...

Why does the eye see a thing more clearly in dreams than the imagination when awake?

Leonardo da Vinci

I welded the forms that will hold my blown glass eyeballs for the whale.  These one-of-a-kind forms were created by a pretty amazing blacksmither, Toby Hickman, who lives in Westport.  He is the coolest guy...

The cement trucks are hopefully going to be scheduled in 3 weeks.  It's amazing. It's scary.  It's everything words cannot express..

I have been known to tell Tall Tales.. and weld them too!

A tall tale is a story with unbelievable elements, related as if it were true and factual. Some such stories are exaggerations of actual events.

Welded and Meshed a diving whale in the backyard.

and a few days later it was covered in cement!

Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder!

You use a glass mirror to see your Face.

You use works of Art to see your Soul.

- George Bernard Shaw -

Glass is the most Magical of all Materials and therefore it needed somehow to be part of this sculpture.  Luckily, I got Buster Dwyer from Glass Fire gallery to join me and add his artwork to the Westport Whale.  He will be blowing the eyes for the Whale!

Spouting out the Good News!

When the water starts boiling it is foolish to turn off the heat.

Nelson Mandela

The water feature is in for the Roadside Attraction. Yes the Westport Whale has plumbing for the Blow Hole! I am getting so close to finishing it that I have to move pushing forward.. Full Stream Ahead!

This may Shock you...

What is a Soul?
It's like electricity.
We don't really know what it is... but it's a force that can light up a room.
-Ray Charles-

 The Westport Whale now has electricity!

Two light fixtures and 4 outlets.

Now I just need to figure out where the wet bar is gonna go???

Happy New Year from the W.W.

A Roadside Attraction is a feature along the side of the road.

I have new Inspirations in my life and the Whale will be completely cemented in this Summer. Look for me in the Book Roadside America very soon!

(this incredible photograph was taken by my amazing friend Holly Moskowitz)