A TROY'S WORK TABLE DAY

Today was a Troy's Work Table day, if there ever was one. It involved wandering about in Tacoma's Museum District viewing art in public spaces, as well as visiting both the Tacoma Art Museum and the Museum of Glass; reading a novel and visiting a bookstore; purchasing beer for the beer cellar and drinking a can of watermelon wheat ale; playing in the sun; picnicking; and throwing plastic discs in the front yard.


(1) ART: Water Forest by Howard Ben Tré, 2002, in the Museum of Glass plaza.


(2) ART: The Museum of Glass Mobile Hot Shop.


(3) ART: One of the glass artists with a vase making a visit to the glory hole.


(4) WANDERING: picnicking along the Thea Foss waterfront.


(5) ART: Fluent Steps (detail) by Martin Blank, 2008, in the Museum of Glass reflecting pool.


(6) BOOKS: The literature stacks at Tacoma Book Center.


(7) BEER: A six-pack of 21st Amendment Brewery Hell or High Watermelon Wheat Beer in cans.

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Other highlights of the day included:
*the picnic lunch the child and I had at the Thea Foss waterfront
*the exhibit of work by the 2008 Neddy Artist Fellows at Tacoma Art Museum
*the exhibit of work by Preston Singletary at the Museum of Glass
*Fire Mask and Rain Mask by Preston Singletary
*Raven Steals the Sun (2008) by Preston Singletary
*picking up a bottle of Deschutes Black Butte XXI at 99 Bottles
*drinking a can of Hell or Highwatermelon along with homemade tacos
*practicing disc golf putting on the portable home basket
*reading The City and The City by China Miéville

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Let's just say that Preston Singletary and China Miéville are geniuses within their various artistic realms—glass sculpture and fiction, respectively.