eccentric baltimore

as the semester is winding down, events in baltimore seem to be picking up. this weekend is the maryland film festival as well as the kinetic sculpture race; next weekend is the "rowhouse rembrandts" painted screens workshop... there is almost too much to do! i love the creative renaissance baltimore is going through right now. it is exciting to witness it!

the kinetic sculpture race, sponsored by the american visionary art museum, took place all over town today. some friends and i went to east baltimore's patterson park to watch the creative works of art in action...we stood by the sand pit (part of the obstacle course) and had just as much fun people-watching as we did watching the actual race. it seems as though every eccentric and/or artsy person in the city was present. our favorite character, however, was this random shirtless and tatooed man on top of a storage unit who kept shouting somewhat slurred words of encouragement to the sculpture "pilots" as they went through.

here are some photos of the day:







only four more days of classes and a few more papers to go!!