The Obama/Lincoln Parallel
Illustration Friday‘s Word for the Week is Memories.
With all of the exciting political campaigning going on in our country, I thought I would be only right to address what should be going on in all of our homes. I am following the Conventions and listening to the speeches and trying to form my own opinion about what is going on in our country. The question is – Who will lead us the the right direction? Well, I am not here to answer that for anyone, but I did find it interesting that Al Gore drew parallels between Obama and Lincoln. The following is an excerpt from the speech Al Gore gave on August 28th at the National Democratic Convention:
The experience Lincoln’s supporters valued most in that race was his powerful ability to inspire hope in the future at a time of impasse. He was known chiefly as a clear thinker and a great orator, with a passion for justice and a determination to heal the deep divisions of our land. He insisted on reaching past partisan and regional divides to exalt our common humanity. In 2008, once again, we find ourselves at the end of an era with a mandate from history to launch another new beginning. And once again, we have a candidate whose experience perfectly matches an extraordinary moment of transition.
For my weekly illustration, I have attempted to create a characature of Obama in Lincoln’s top hat and dress with images of our country in Lincoln’s Era. This is an attempt to visually parallel these two leaders.
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For anyone that knows me, you know that shaving is the bane of my existence. My ode to shaving and the dull routine of the razor. Blah!!!!
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IF: Routine
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I have a very important project I am working on at the moment, and I am excited about it, so why do I feel the need to stop working and clean my house. First of all, I am not a cleaner. I can’t stand it to be honest. So why then, am I doing everything but this project I am so excited about? Why am I procrastinating??
I read Structured Procrastination by John Perry, a Stanford Philosophy Professor, to try and understand myself a bit better. Apparently I have committed myself “to tasks with inflated importance and unreal deadlines, while making [myself] feel that they are important and urgent”. I am not satisfied with this theory however. My tasks are important and the deadlines are real!! I have emails to prove it.
However, his article was thought provoking and did instill in me the idea that as long as I am procrastinating by doing other tasks that must eventually be done anyway, I am not a lazy slob of a human being.
Tell that to my still un-showered body as it is now 3:30 pm on a Thursday!
So, by putting structured procrastination method to use I found something very interesting:
While Cloroxing the kitchen counters, I found myself thinking about my very exciting logo project and actually developing visual ideas. I was not simply mindlessly cleaning, as I thought, but I was doing two necessary things at one time- cleaning AND brainstorming. One mindless task and one fully mindful task.
Imagine my husband’s surprise when I filled him in on my super human powers. I can actually do two necessary tasks as one time!
My only problem is now I have no excuse for floor that needs to be mopped nor my own dirty self. I suppose I should keep some things to myself…
As a treat for anyone interested, but more so as a way to inspire me to keep painting, I am posting regular visual updates of the paintings on which I am currently working.
The new series I am focusing on lately is scenes of the Savannah area. I love the architecture of Savannah, and the detail work is amazing. So in my ever wonky, colorful upbeat way, I am recreating places and details for this new series.
So, the first in the series is 440 Bull – at least I am pretty sure it is Bull Street.
Here are the photos from sketches to where I am now on the painting.
From Photo to Composition
Sketch on Canvas
Under Painting and Brick work
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