Figment

Yesterday Todd and I went out to Governors Island to check out an art event/festival taking place. Figment brings together artists and art appreciators for a participatory day of creativity. We saw everything from museum-quality (to this untrained eye, at least) sculptures to a collage of sharpie-drawn self portraits, to which we added our own. There was also a performance aspect, but we mostly missed that. As we were taking the ferry over we saw the first bolts of lightening. After only a few minutes on the island the skies really opened up. We, and all the other art patrons, hid inside for the worst of it. Lucikly many of the exhibits were in the old military residences on the island, so we were able to go from dry spot to dry spot and still enjoy the day.

The goal for next year is to actually contribute something to the event, which means I better learn how to do something artistic in the next twelve months.