With This Ring

Annular Eclipse on Canvas

... at 5:24 PM yesterday i was at the top level of the public parking structure on Orange St and California Ave. I had driven up there with a pair of binoculars, cardboard, plastic tape, utility knife and cutting matt, an 8x10 canvas, and mini easel (I was inspired by this set-up). The annular, or ring, eclipse was occurring. Alone. Together.

The lot security guard was making his rounds and wanted to know what i was up to. We spoke of the eclipse at length and he told of how he was in Mexico City on 11 July 1991 for a total eclipse of the sun. He and his son experienced the eclipse at Teotihuacan. His recollections of the spectacle of that day, and the pictures i took pointing my BlackBerry to the sky, were indeed messages i was supposed to receive.

Check out my peculiar pix of the eclipse here!

And, for your sonic pleasure, a little solar jazz.