I found this driftwood horse last year in front of Quimper Mercantile in Port Townsend.
It was chained up so I don’t suppose it’s galloped off anywhere since I last saw it. It’s a nice piece of art.
Driftwood art
Category: Art
New building
I visited the new Museum and Arts Center last December and showed you a couple of exhibits inside, here and here. But I didn’t take shots of the exterior on that trip. Here it is on a quiet Sunday afternoon recently. It’s still getting finishing touches but it has a nice hometown feel to it.
More waterfront art
Port Angeles upgraded its waterfront promenade near the Black Ball Ferry terminal several years ago. This is another piece of art near the waterfront, “Grey Wolf and Pups,” by Georgia Gerber of Clinton, WA.
Masks
There is a tall, dead tree trunk standing near the waterfront in Port Angeles called “Masks.” It’s adorned with masks by six different artists. This one is metal.
Others are clay.
The artistic styles are varied but all are interesting.
This is how the piece looks at a distance. The artists named on the plaque at the base are Gail McLain, Karl Stokee, Barbara Boerigter, Kathleen Meyer, Gene Davis, and Michael Kenney.
Rocktopus
This sculpture is located near the Port Angeles waterfront. It’s aptly titled “Rocktopus,” designed by Oliver Strong with mosaic by Maureen Wall. I didn’t take a closeup but noticed that the chain barrier is sporting love locks which I guess even the rural Olympic Peninsula can’t escape.
Searching for better angels
No visit to Washington D.C. is complete without a visit to the Lincoln Memorial. The Washington Memorial, not far away, pierces the sky with a tall, stark spire. The Lincoln Memorial allows a visit with the man himself. I shared my time with dozens of other visitors but it still felt personal. I asked him about the crazy times we live in. This is what he said:
“We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory will swell when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.”
Our country would be immeasurably different had Lincoln lived.
It’s a beautiful memorial.
Japanese American Internment Memorial
There is a quiet, low key memorial to the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II in Washington D.C. A curving, austere wall to one side is inscribed with the names of internment camps where people of Japanese ancestry were imprisoned from 1942 to 1945. This statue of cranes imprisoned in barbed wire is at its heart.
Along the wall is an inscription: “The lessons learned must remain as grave reminder of what we must not allow to happen to any group.” Daniel Inoye, U.S. Congressman, Senator, and Captain, 442nd Regimental Combat Team.