“How lucky is the United States that everytime they look for democracy in other countries they find oil instead”- Spain Deputy Gabriel Rufián

Fill Them With Fear: Hero Balloon Coming Soon! YouTube video by Clash Royale

@kellycheatle.bsky.social and I, with support from Michael Abrahamson and Fiona Eagle, just finished working on the balloons for this project. youtu.be/aamoxof1uyQ

1.5 years ago I took a class on wooden automata. I was excited about the mechanisms I made, but my carving was terrible. I knew I needed to learn to carve in order to make what I really wanted. Here's the first of the concepts I did in reimagined. More coming "soon" with more elaborate movements.

Shaping Air at the Corning Museum of Glass

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Turkey sculpture using dark and light bread doughs.

Family tradition. I’m thankfuI I learned to play with my food at a young age. #turkey #bread #playwithyourfood

A walking path along a stone wall that overlooks the Genesee River gorge at Letchworth State Park.

A view of the Genesee River gorge at Letchworth State Park. Fall colors fill the trees.

A vulture flies over fall-colored leaves in Letchworth State Park.

A vulture soars over the gorge in Letchworth State Park.

Fall photos from Letchworth State Park.

Balloon Manor A slightly haunted castle made of balloons

Another visit with the past. Balloon Manor, the slightly haunted mansion, was one of the very early public installations that launched a new realm of balloon art. medium.com/@larrycmoss/...

Have you seen this petition yet? Reclaim Our Theater

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The last night of Rochester Fringe - SPHERE by eVenti Verticali @rochesterfringe.bsky.social

Teaching Artists ROC banner for the annual fundraiser.

Join Teaching Artists ROC at a fundraiser full of music, art, and fund. More info and tickets at teachingartistsroc.com/party

Revisiting Balloons, Magic, and the Arts: A Conversation We Need to Have - Larry C Moss What happens when art made from misunderstood materials gets left out of public funding conversations? This week, I find myself in a frustratingly familiar position. A teaching artist had to cancel a ...

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Monarch butterfly and purple milkweed plant

Bumble bee

Bumble bee

A couple monarchs hanging out at the purple milkweed

More fun photos from the weekend.

Double-crested cormorants.

Great blue heron

Osprey

Barn swallow

Fun nature photos of the week near Seneca Falls.

Dense greenery around a pond in Durand Eastman Park.

Indian pipe (aka ghost plant).

More nature photos from Western NY. These are from Durand Eastman Park in Rochester.

Hand carved wood figure in a red tuxedo jacket, black pants, red sneakers, and black top hat.

No nature photos this week. Instead I spent my time carving. Figure is 4” tall.

I just noticed RG&E's parent, Avangrid, is on the "World's Most Ethical Companies™" list. I wonder what they paid to get on that list.

🎭 Mark your calendars!

✨ Aug 6 – FREE Sunset Series night at Hattie’s Rooftop 🌇 (live music, magic, boomerangs & mask-making!)

✨ Nov 9 – Renaissance-themed fundraiser at 75 Stutson Street 🏰

Support TAROC and see our teaching artists do what they do best.

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Basic Lego mini figure.

Airigami’s 7 meter tall biggie figure.

What is Art? It is never more obvious to me that I work in a peculiar medium than when I hear the words, “Wow! It’s just like art!” The implication, of…

What is art? I wrote this many years ago, but I've been updating a lot of my old writing and thought this would be good to share with a different audience on a new platform. medium.com/@larrycmoss/...

Why not try my hand at landscapes? A couple shots from Watkins Glen.

Three baby robins waiting for mom to share the food she just brought them.

Three baby robins hoping mom comes back soon with more food. Mouths open wide in the ready position.

Closeup of a firefly.

More cute animals and bugs. This time in and around Watkins Glen, NY.

Chipmonk on a tree

Squirrel eating

Cardinal

Squirrel

This weeks nature photo walk. Back to Mendon Ponds Park.

Precheck lines will still move faster since the people in them tend to be the more frequent/experienced travelers.

Red-winged blackbird.

Sparrow

Great blue heron

Gray catbird

Ebony jewelwing

Mute swan

Common yell other

Common yellowthroat

I spent the morning at Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge.

What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders?

Latex balloons are truly natural latex, which we get from tapping rubber trees. There are no fillers or plasticizers. (There are pigments.) Like other natural items, they break down.

Chipmunk

Little brown bird.

Little brown bird taking a bath.

Very calm deer looking straight at the camera.

Local wildlife

White and pink rose, fully open.

Red and yellow rose, not yet open.

Bee in flight over a red and pink rose.

Red rose bush.

Just some local nature photos. Flowers are all in the Maplewood Rose Garden here in Rochester.