Peripheral Vision

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Michael Walker</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="822"><div> <IMG SRC="2cfbc020.png" border=0 width="444" height="2" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="3" WIDTH="841" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#C0C0C0" FRAME="BOX" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 597 WIDTH="9"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="597" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="9" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="317" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#FFFBF0 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 489 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="1d938e40.jpg" border=0 width="312" height="484" ALT="Peripheral Vision, drawing by Los Angeles artist J Michael Walker" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 23 WIDTH="311"><div> Peripheral Vision</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 39 ><NOBR><div> by J Michael Walker, 1994</div> <div> Color pencil on paper, 50"high x 32"wide</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="9"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="597" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="9" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="415" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 121 WIDTH="409"><div> This drawing was inspired by a line in a song made famous by the Argentinian singer Mercedes Sosa. "Como Pájaros en el Aire" was composed by fellow Argentinian songwriter Peteco Carbajal, and celebrates the world of working class women: Carbajal compares the hands of the mothers - as they bake bread, chop wood, and make pottery - to "pájaros en el aire," or birds in the air.  </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 81 WIDTH="409"><div> The lyric that particularly attracted me follows this comparison. Mercedes Sosa sings, </div> <div> "Lo cotidiano se vuelve mágico": </div> <div> "The day-to-day becomes magical."</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 85 WIDTH="409"><div> I was attracted to the idea of conveying this sense of magic, of spirituality, that dwells at the periphery of our consciousness.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="http://www.me.gov.ar/efeme/lafamilia/comopa.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.me.gov.ar/efeme/lafamilia/com"><U>Link to the lyrics of "Como Pájaros en el Aire"</U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 42 WIDTH="409"><bR> <div> <A HREF="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carabajal,_Peteco" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carabajal,_"><U>Bio of Peteco Carbajal</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="9"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="597" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="9" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 24 WIDTH="9"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="9" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="323"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="323" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="9"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="9" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="457"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="457" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="9"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="9" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="900"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="14" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="900" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>