{"id":382,"date":"2006-11-17T16:29:00","date_gmt":"2006-11-17T22:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/royblumenthal.com\/wordpress\/?p=382"},"modified":"2006-11-17T16:29:00","modified_gmt":"2006-11-17T22:29:00","slug":"2006-11-17-illustration-friday-thanksgiving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/royblumenthal.com\/wordpress\/2006-11-17-illustration-friday-thanksgiving\/","title":{"rendered":"2006-11-17 Illustration Friday — Thanksgiving"},"content":{"rendered":"
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2006-11-17 Illustration Friday — Thanksgiving<\/a>
Originally uploaded by royblumenthal<\/a>. <\/span><\/div>\n

Ah, I love Illustration Friday<\/a>. It gives me the opportunity to be lateral about topics like ‘Thanksgiving’.<\/p>\n

In the American sense of the word, I have absolutely NO idea what it means, what it symbolises, or what it represents. I know turkeys have something to do with it.<\/p>\n

But I didn’t want to show an American interpretation of it. I wanted to show something that demonstrates thankfulness in some way.<\/p>\n

So I’ve interpreted a photo called ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s<\/a>‘ by Taxiguerrilla<\/a> on Flickr<\/a>. (He releases his stuff under the same licence I use… Attribution, Non-Commercial, Share-Alike<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The way I’ve read his pic (which looks like a brilliantly shot self-portrait times three — in other words, him, in three different poses) is that this is a family of three brothers sharing breakfast together.<\/p>\n

They’re in a peaceful space together, and they’re just WITH each other. They’re well-fed, prosperous, in touch with abundance. And they’re aware of their surroundings. They’ve also embraced simplicity.<\/p>\n

Their individualism shines through, and the peace they’ve created is their expression of thanks.<\/p>\n

That’s what my painting INTENDS to convey. Who knows what it REALLY conveys. Enjoy!<\/p>\n

I made this painting at Mugg & Bean in Killarney, listening to a selection of Paste Magazine<\/a> samplers on my Nokia N91 MP3 player phone, using ArtRage 2.2<\/a> on my Toshiba Tecra M4 tablet pc. I’m in the process of exploring the dating scene again, so I’m communicating with several babes on a South African dating site<\/a>. Yay!!!<\/p>\n

Roy Blumenthal is a writer, director, artist, and visual facilitator<\/a>. Hire him to make pictures of your meetings or workshops.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

2006-11-17 Illustration Friday — Thanksgiving Originally uploaded by royblumenthal. Ah, I love Illustration Friday. It gives me the opportunity to be lateral about topics like ‘Thanksgiving’. In the American sense of the word, I have absolutely NO idea what it …<\/p>\n

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