October 1st, 2008
Cure Cancer.
Please.
Excellent Caricatures.
Most of the Photographs were fuzzy.
But this event was too important
not to post.
I was hired (for the 2nd time? the 3rd time?)
to draw at the Party at the McDonald’s House in NYC.
They help kids who have Cancer there –
apparently they have a Party for them every year.
It’s interesting for me to realize that these aren’t
just ‘People With Cancer’. They are fully-rounded
people with all Life Experiences - not just the Cancer.
I see teens and I wonder if this affects their Schooling and Dating.
I see children and I wonder about their perception
of Life. What could they be thinking -
these young children -
who are handed over for
‘Treatment’ ?
I approach this job as I do all my jobs.
Trying to help people love themselves just the way they are.
Self-Acceptance.
So if someone is bald, I draw them bald.
Bald and Beautiful don’t have to be mutually exclusive of each other.
But understandably, some people don’t want to see their
Reality.
That’s what happened with beautiful Gia.
The little pre-schooler stopped for a Caricature with her Mother.
She was bald. I drew her that way. Just like I drew
another girl (Megan) that way. See how beautifully
I can draw what I see? No matter how heart-breaking
it is, I try to look at Reality:
But little Gia freaked out when she saw her beautiful
picture. Ran away with it, so I couldn’t get a photograph.
Her beautiful Mother actually took the moment to care about My feelings?
I’m bowled over by how exceptionally kind some people can be.
Who would expect this Mother to care about anyone else
besides her daughter at this moment!?!
Before running to catch up with her daughter,
Gia’s Mother quickly explained that the girl had had a rough day -
She came to this Party directly from her ‘Treatment’.
And she handed me this card:
I hope you Readers of Fun (what my website is about)
will be serious for a moment
and follow up the plea on Giavanna’s “business card”.
So here are the most visible photos that I took that
day. Some came out fuzzy, but they’re very important.
Pictures of people who had Cancer,
and pictures of people who care about them.
My heart goes out to all of them:
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September 24th, 2008
What a strange day I had yesterday.
What a world.
First I got caught in the worst traffic ever -
all the way from my place in Wantagh
to my Caricature gig in Short Hills, NJ.
The web said the trip would take 1 hour and 15 minutes.
But it took me 5 HOURS !
From the moment I got on the parkway in Wantagh
until I got over the George Washington Bridge,
the traffic was so heavy that I was glad when
we were able to creep along at 5-miles per hour.
(Things like this remind me that I don’t have to answer
for myself because I’d charge a travel-fee
or that I factor in ‘fluff-time’ between gigs.
And Bloomingdales - cross my eyes!
My section at Bloomingdales had ‘rap’ music!
At Bloomingdales!
Turned out that they were testing a new line of products.
Here’s a photo of my set-up.
I like how I incorporated the mannequins into my setup
(the blue backpack is usually hidden under a table or behind
a curtain, but this time I made it look like a prop for the
mannequin:
Then I was surprised. When I’d stray from doing straight faces,
I actually got good responses from the fun Bloomingdales customers.
Turned out that they were just nice wealthy people - WHO WERE OUT
TO HAVE A GOOD TIME ! Just pleasant people who were open to having fun:
Then, tired from the long day (after not sleeping much the night before -
last-minute Studio pieces with outrageous deadlines), do I go home? No.
I had been invited to see the Arkhams at a bar in Brooklyn.
Just a personal outing, but as usual, I occupied myself studying
some ideas for Caricatures. And that meant that I ended up
drawing some of the people there. In the dark bar.
Will the Fun never end?
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(516) 579-4706
optidust@gmail.com
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September 12th, 2008
Hi Lorenzo! Hi Paola!
Art - brings the world together - Fun.
This photo was sent to me from Lorenzo and Paola
in Milan, Italy. I didn’t have a camera with me
on the day that I drew them right here in NY.
But they remembered and sent me the photo when
they got back home to Milan. I think the picture
captures how much fun we were having at that time.
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(516) 579-4706
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August 13th, 2008
I don’t even remember if I showed you these photos
already. It’s just a whole conglomerate of
different parties all mishmoshed together:
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August 3rd, 2008
Exaggerrrrrr
Ashun.
I’m at it again.
Just blabbing on the phone
and these pictures came out.
The first picture of each person was just a quick, simple picture.
But then I drew it again, and……
At least this time I liked them all - even the first simple ones.
There’s something good about both ways.
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