Canopy Glow’s album art April 29, 2009
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Canopy Glow - Anathallo album cover
I recently discovered Anathallo, a band of musicians who seem to love making a joyous cacophony. I was really impressed by what I thought was the photo on the cover of their latest album, Canopy Glow.
So memorable was the cover art, that when my little bro and I saw the opportunity to attempt a recreation, we seized the moment.
The album image was lingering in my mind and I wanted to find out who the photographer was, so I did my best search engining.
I got more than I bargained for. His name is Tim Lowly, except what I thought was a photo is a painting. No way!
This review of his art exhibition tells more about his painting. There are a few details that make the story very poignant: the model in the painting is the artist’s only child, Temma, who has been physically and mentally disabled since birth. She’s now 14.
I kind of feel guilty about making a parody of the image now that I realize how serious the subject-matter was. And yet, it really wasn’t out of mockery that we made this photo, but because the painting was so powerful and memorable that we wanted to recreate it.
Anyways, I can only say that I am truly inspired by this painting and the story behind it. Take a look at Tim Lowly’s site to find out more and see his other artwork. I think it’s worth the clicks. 
Adventures observed on the way to work April 17, 2009
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I saw 2 things on my way to work this morning.
1 – A cute little Asian girl walking to the metro with her mom. The little girl was marching and saying: “I’m a marching band! You too, Mama. You too! Tap your feet!” So bossy, haha. And the mom was like, “No…” But the little girl kept on marching and insisting and finally, as a walked past, I heard the “thud, thud” of Mama-feet marching with her kid behind me. Hehe!
2 – Then, in the metro, an little Asian mom with 3 small boys got on the train at Lionel-Groulx. I thought, “How does she do it? That must be intense…3 hyper little boys to watch.” There was 1 baby in a stroller who was calm, but the 2 others were constantly moving: Karate-chopping each other, making sound effects, opening their mouths like baby birds for the bits of fruit she would pop in. All the people sitting around were watching and kind of enjoying the circus.
So the train pulls in to the stop the woman has to get off at and she quickly gathers all her scattered bags together and reaches down to unlock the stroller, yelling at her other 2 boys all the while. They’re still in their own world, making crocodile mouths with their hands or something. So she pushes the stroller out the door and turns around to grab her little boys. And one of the little boys tripped and fell, so he’s lying there on the floor of the train and the stroller has just rolled out onto the metro platform! Just as the train doors began to close, a man who looked like a lumberjack jumped up from his seat and stuck his boot in the doorway. The mom grabbed her fallen boy by the arm and dragged him out of the train, the other one following. The man took his boot out and the doors snapped shut. Everyone looked at each other and laughed. What an adventure!
