Westport Sketchbook: Ice Skating!
Posted on 31 January 2010
It was 18 degrees and the minute I headed toward the Longshore PAL ice skating rink, my eyeballs froze up. I knew I wouldn’t be able to draw with no gloves on, even for a moment. So I quietly went into the sheltered area where everyone gathers to get their skates on and off.
The architecture of the building is really very substantial and complicated.
It’s the relationship between the people and the architecture that grabs me. This person leaning on the temporary wall (they only put this up during the winter and during summer this area is an outdoor eating area with the roof overhang) had me spellbound. The easy way she stood, allowing her fur-lined clog to slip on and off really was wonderful to capture.
I also felt compelled to draw the signs of people’s presence and activities in the way they leave their shoes and things under the benches. This touched me emotionally, I’m not sure if it’s because people’s shoes are so symbolic of themselves, or if I felt sentimental about the town and all the abundance here in the way of things to do on an 18 degree day. To see another image of how busy it was in there that day, go to www.westportnow.com
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GREAT sketches! I really felt the cold and even smelled it! Seeing the shoes or boots left under the bench was interesting — I find shoes an intimate picture of the “owner” and this added an interesting feature for me. Mom
What fun sketches. Really brings out the spirit of winter!
I read a couple of weeks ago in a book by Alan Cohen that a tai chi master said you can always tell the level of a persons consciousness by the way they leave their shoes at the door.