A few more thoughts on "Jobs A to Z," from Monday's post, never too old.
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| This one caught my eye. It reminds me of Kehinde Wiley's Presidential Portrait of Barack Obama. |
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| Dayton, OH has a National Park ranger! The Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park that commemorates three important historical figures—Wilbur Wright, Orville Wright, and poet Paul Laurence Dunbar—and their work in the Miami Valley. Here's "our guy" superimposed on the iconic view of Horseshoe Bend in Glen Canyon. |
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| Look in the lower left and lower right corners and you will see the artist's signatures, Bill Franz and his 101-year old father-in-law, Wally Willaman. Wally has memory loss and frequently visits were difficult so Franz wanted to involve Wally in a creative project. As Franz said about his father-in-law, "Wally was hesitant at first but gradually became interested. We talked about whether the letter F should be for a Farmer or a Fire Eater or Florist. We discussed which colors were good together and which we didn't like. We bought donuts for the nursing home residents and staff and got their reactions to our rough drafts. We had fun." |
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