a special kind of mausoleum museum is deticated to the american presidents. Reagan’s stands on a hill nearby los angeles and for us it was an interesting american perspective back to the -also german- history.
I was thrilled about the prevention of the airforce one plane together with the boing´s “state of the art technology” of the year1972.
Here are some quotes by los angeles based artist len aaron: (by the way, len is 99 years old)
The joy of life is living it.
Stay away from humans, they’re the worst kind.
Don’t spend time watching the pebbles under your feet, you’ll miss what’s in front of you.
Take the rest of the day off.
I can’t hear, I can’t see, I have to go by feel.
To be valuable at work, make sure that you prove yourself to be as valuable as your parking spot.
Every business…etc. needs at least, but only, one asshole/bastard. Or else it will all fall apart.
I smoke too much, I drink too much…what else do I do too much? I don’t remember…
Ahhh, another day in paradise!
Life is as beautiful as you make it.
How would you know a good day if you never had a bad one?
I have a fabulous memory, but a lazy mind.
I remember my name because I keep it on the tag in my shirt. The other side of the tag says ‘return to goodwill’.
We had visited the joshua tree national park and i wondered where this bilical name came from. Wikipedia has an answer:
„The name Joshua tree was given by a group of Mormon settlers who crossed the Mojave Desert in the mid-19th century. The tree’s unique shape reminded them of a Biblical story in which Joshua reaches his hands up to the sky in prayer.“
„Yucca brevifolia is a plant species belonging to the genus Yucca. It is tree-like in habit, which is reflected in its common names: Joshua tree, yucca palm, tree yucca, and palm tree yucca.[2][3][4][5]
This monocotyledonous tree is native to southwestern North America in the states of California, Arizona, Utah, and Nevada, where it is confined mostly to the Mojave Desert between 400 and 1,800 m (1,300 and 5,900 ft) elevation. It thrives in the open grasslands of Queen Valley and Lost Horse Valley in Joshua Tree National Park“
We just returned to phoenix and now we plan our 3rd. the 3rd stage of our trip tfrom nova scotia / canada to patagonia / argentina.
In september last year, I had announced that the restauration of andrew atwood´s “tailfin” is completed and that I had photographed this oldtimer for the “mercedes benz star aagazine of america”. The publication has now taken place and here you can see the images:
Soon we fly back to phoenix and I have to prepare the first co_works exhibition in america. Today emilio martinez sent his contribution via mail which digitally conbined it with my photo. Exciting. Soon, the original artwork will be shown at the Tieken Gallery in phoenix, arizona. I can´t wait and keep you posted.
The youthful fred tienken is just 80 years and he is the youngest access to my co_workers. He paints since a few years and already had many major solo exhibitions. his modern mansion in phoenix recently got an upgrade and now there is a great gallery also. I have the great pleasure to present my first german-american co_works exhibition at the Tieken Gallery in the beginning of february 2016. attached you can see “our” co_work and here you can watch fred´s video, which i had taken ealier this year.
