Pretending

Let's pretend that I actually posted weeks ago about how the whale went up and that the show opening was great even though I barely had time to even shower and that the night was awesome and involved booze.  Let's also pretend that I've been posting oodles of photos on the progress of the whale decaying and explaining how the eye mysteriously held on allowing my whale to still appear alive and that people have been coming to see it.  Here is a link to the photo album that really does exists that shows the whale over the past few weeks.
 http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=619367&id=501635715&l=2b39f0df41

Now that you we've spent some time in the land of make believe where Lindsay can keep up with a blog, I can write about what is happening currently.  I was prompted to finally return to my blog because today was the last day for me to spend at the studio with the whale on the wall.  Tomorrow, it starts coming down.  There have been a few visitors in the past days who made a specific stop just to see the whale before disassembly, which is really flattering.  A professor from NKU who teaches a class on Melville and the Arts was on such visitor.  We had a long discussion on the subject of Moby Dick (even though I have never read it), and he is extremely involved in the New Bedford whaling museum in MA.  There is a possible exciting connection there, and this marked just one fantastic conversation that was sparked by this project.

So tomorrow, sadly, the deconstruction begins.  We won't get into the mixed emotion of it all.  Tuesday, the frame moves to the Dolphin Room at the studio for temporary storage.  Yes there is a room called the Dolphin Room...very fitting for my whale.