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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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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)

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

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

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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