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About scr4pl80

I'm a 60-ish, married, mom to 3, creative soul looking to make the world a better place one smile at a time.

A to Z – 2023 – R is for Reading the Language of the Birds

Posted on April 21, 2023 by scr4pl80

Of all the creative license I have been using to cover my A to Z Challenge letters, this one is by far the biggest stretch. The letter “R” is not actually anywhere in the description of installation or its designer’s … Continue reading →

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A to Z – 2023 – Q is for Quotes on Anima

Posted on April 20, 2023 by scr4pl80

In the A to Z Challenge, the letter “Q” can be a difficult one but luckily I was able to find some quotes! Anima is a cylinder of curved metal that is lit from inside to cast shadowy bits of … Continue reading →

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A to Z – 2023 – P is for Point Cloud

Posted on April 19, 2023 by scr4pl80

Continuing to work our way through the alphabet for the A to Z Challenge this year, we are at the letter “P.” As you know I am wandering around the streets of San Francisco looking for the interesting light installations … Continue reading →

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A to Z – 2023 – O is for Olafur Eliasson’s Seeing Spheres

Posted on April 18, 2023 by scr4pl80

To anyone new here, I am blogging this year about a San Francisco experience called “Illuminate SF” which is a “celebration of the ability of light art to transform our most familiar spaces and an opportunity to turn the long … Continue reading →

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A to Z – 2023 – N is for Ivan Navarro who designed The Ladder (Sun or Moon)

Posted on April 17, 2023 by scr4pl80

And so we begin another week in our A to Z Challenge. My theme this year is a San Francisco experience called Illuminate SF. For the last 10 years there have been installations of lights around the city. Some have … Continue reading →

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A to Z – 2023 – M is for Monarch

Posted on April 15, 2023 by scr4pl80

I know I have been using some creativity to connect the dots on the A to Z but for this one I am able to match the name of the Illuminate SF installation to the correct letter of the alphabet! … Continue reading →

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A to Z – 2023 – L is for Love Over Rules

Posted on April 14, 2023 by scr4pl80

This was by far the hardest of my Illuminate SF installations to find. You would think that 6-feet, 6-inch letters on the side of the building would be easy to see but it took me THREE trips to locate it. … Continue reading →

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A to Z – 2023 – K is for Joseph Kosuth who designed WFT (Word Family Tree)

Posted on April 13, 2023 by scr4pl80

I used to see this interesting set of words on the side of the Bill Graham Auditorium in 2020 when I was driving my son to and from work, which gave me the idea for that year’s A to Z. … Continue reading →

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A to Z – 2023 – J is for John F. Kennedy Drive where you will find Psychedelic Photosynthesis

Posted on April 12, 2023 by scr4pl80

Continuing on our journey through San Francisco looking for the “Illuminate SF” art projects, once again I am using a little creative license to connect these dots. John F. Kennedy Drive goes through Golden Gate Park and that is where … Continue reading →

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A to Z – 2023 – I is for Illuminating Facts and Finds

Posted on April 11, 2023 by scr4pl80

The installation I was going to use for the letter “I,” “Illuminavia” is located in a bar across the street from Oracle Park and it was closed so instead I’ll share some of the other interesting (I hope) tidbits about … Continue reading →

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