life on the ground on the radio

Murology

6 Comments on Murology

Took me a little trip to Lawrence yesterday. While gasoline was pumping into my car, I stepped over to the edge of the Phillips 66 property to snap photos of this colorful mural.

Couldn’t make this any larger – hope you can read it.

***

Anyway, my mission in Lawrence was to record a Mother’s Day commentary. It should broadcast on Kansas Public Radio on Friday morning. The news director said, I think, that there’s an 85% chance he’ll run it at 6:35 and 8:35 a.m. But, with other things going on, it may be later in those half-hours. Or it could be at 5:35 and 7:35. So. Listen all morning and you should hear it at least once. 🙂

6 Comments

  1. I *really* like that mural, wish I could paint like that, but no matter, I can look at it.

    What does it say on the bottle being poured into what looks like a tornado? Does it say “Lawrence Kansas est (year.)?

    And where does the tornado bottom touch? Looks like a building?

    I think this is a wonderful project, but to state on the sign that it is for at-risk and high needs youth, then give the names of the artists is a bit bothersome, to me anyway. It’s labelling them as “at risk.” Maybe that isn’t something they’ll want advertised in two or three years or 10 years.

    I’d rather they just gave the name of the organization, the names of the artists, what they do artistically, and if we wanted to know more we could look it up.

    Janet

  3. Back in the summer of 1971, I painted a five by 40 foot mural in the Lakewiew Cafeteria in the ESU Union. It was a Peter Max inspired mural and included painting the six supports out into the dining room. It was a Peter Max year at ESU that academic cycle. Peter Max lectured on campus that year and signed the mural. I met him and he did a quick drawing for me which I still have. Later in the year, I was asked to design the end sheets for the yearbook which used the Maxian motif. It was very colorful.

Leave a Reply