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| Joy to the World |
For twenty-five years the Laguna Beach Sawdust Art Festival artists and staff have staged a holiday arts and crafts festival in a three-acre eucalyptus grove. I've longed to go, but have always been elsewhere.
Yesterday I went, feeling particularly festive in my heavy fleece "Joy" tunic, especially when The Pawnshop Kings at the Tavern broke into a rousing version of "Joy to the World." I couldn't quit tapping my toe and smiling as if my joy would burst right through my shirt. It was that kind of sunny but chilly morning.
I intended to buy something, not just browse. I wanted to support local
artists, even though I've finished my Christmas shopping. Though my nagging conscience kept nattering that I'd already spent enough money this month on holiday gifts, I shushed it, and decided it was only fair to find something for
myself. There's not much room left on the walls of my tiny apartment, so
I sadly had to tell myself "no" to some of the framed paintings that
caught my eye. I wish I could find a place for this piece of art, fabric
letters spelling out "Love." What a great message this would be to wake up to each
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| Dr. Neon's radiant butterflies |
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| New addition to the menagerie |
Here's The Pawnshop Kings rocking "Joy."
And here's an interview with Dr. Neon, who bills himself as a "creator of light, feminist, miniaturist, bon vivant, epicurean, alchemist, innovator, anti-fascist, futurist, fabricator of dreams, actor, comedian, poet, mold maker, blacksmith, renowned car/bike builder...and teller of tall but true tales!" It's worth your while to visit him in his lab, as I did via You Tube this morning:
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