Hey My Steemit Family
I have been living 8 hours closer to the beach than I ever have in my life for about a year and a half and still had not gone out for a proper beach adventure until last sunday. I am only about 30 minutes from the beach is what makes this so ridiculous.
Last Sunday was my first proper beach trip and I had a blast. I'm not even going to pretend to be very adult about this. My main goal was to play in the sand, and that I did. Wasn't sure what I wanted to make, so I just defaulted to a generic face to wipe the dust from my sculpting abilities.
This is what happened:
I used a skinning knife and some of my old clay sculpture tools to shape it up. I used a seaweed for the hair and bottle caps for the eyes.
While I was working on this a guy a little ways down the beach was reeling in a shark, so I decided to take a break and go get some photos.
When he was getting ready to turn this shark back there was some man there hollering, "Don't put him back in the water. I came out here to swim." Everyone laughed as he started carrying the shark out.......except that one guy. There was a look of terror on his face for what must have been the rest of the day.
Back To Sculpting.....
So I put my camera up and continued working on my sculpture when another guy right out in front of us caught a little hammerhead. It was about the size of a small catfish
Back to Sculpting for real this time. I finished the face up and decided that it was a shark kind of day. So, Leah and I sculpted a shark. Well, this shark's lineage might be questionable, but it is sharky to say the least.
Distorted Dopplegangers
While we were out there I met a guy that might be @darrenclaxton 's distorted doppleganger. There was a guy walking around with a metal detector with a big ole bright red beard. After talking to this guy for a while I realized his historic knowledge was far beyond mine. It turns out that he owns a museum in Wyoming where he presents old guns he digs up out of the ground. I think that is pretty awesome. So If you are ever in Wyoming it might be worth a look. It is simply called Dug Up Gun Museum.
Getting Ready To Jump Out of a Perfectly Good Airplane
While we were hanging on the beach we saw a few people just falling out of the sky. I was thinking how badass it would be to jump out of a plane and land on the beach, and then I got invited to do it. It turns out that the friends I came to the beach with have been planning on doing this for a while, and were looking for someone else to join.
So of course, I'm all about that shit. I have never been skydiving before, but it is something I have wanted to do since I was knee high. I have dreams all the time about flying and falling from the sky. Now it is finally about to happen. I made my deposit last night, and on the 13th of this month I will be jumping out of a plane. If I could only pinpoint exactly where on the beach I am going to land I can have someone standing there ready to hand me a beer as soon as my feet touch down.
Catching sharks from the beach might give a person second thoughts about going swimming there, but perhaps I'm just paranoid...
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Especially since the water isn't clear here
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Cool post man, I'm so far away from the beach I gotta live vicariously through you haha. The sculptures were cool and I look forward to the sky diving post.
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Thanks.. Well, if that is the case I need to make more beach trips.
Hopefully the video of the jump is epic. On that note, since I made my deposit for the jump I have been getting loads of calls from people trying to sell me life insurance. Lol
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That's hilarious lol, stay safe brotha :)
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Great post my arty friend!! Brilliant sculpture skills too!
I wish that was me detecting over there on the beach! It looks lovely and warm!
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Thank you. He looked like he was having a blast out there. Bottle caps are probably most of what he was picking up, but the thrill of what could be combined with the beauty of the beach makes for a good time either way.
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Looks like a fun day! I'm originally from Houston so I've spent many a beach day in Galveston :)
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It was a blast. That is awesome. Any tips on the best spots to go?
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Unfortunately not really, I'd just go wherever. My father has a timeshare there so these days when I go I mostly just hang out there.
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Man you got a very good sculpture ability going on
I have to say what you created out of the sand is beyond words or comparison what a nice piece of work so stunning
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Thank you. You are very kind. :)
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Enjoy your skydive and thank for sharing
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Thank You @scattemannieke.
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Hey man, found you from Lit. Some damn fine sculptures you made there. I laughed picturing the guy nervously yelling about putting the shark back in the water. Skydiving seems really cool, you gotta let us know how it turns out! Cheers
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Awesome. Thank you. Yes just a few more days until the skydiving adventure. I'm getting hyped.
How is lit working out for you. I don't get to use it much because it is so glitchy. I have been wondering if it is the app or my device?
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Sorry I missed ya - long story but in short my computer is temporarily stolen and I've been off the web. Hoping you still see this
I don't use it nearly as much as I used to. I try to whenever I have the chance though- definitely not your device. It's always glitching out and giving me shit
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Wao wao wao supper fantastic job
Amazing idea of the arts
I love your post
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Thank you
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Love the photos here art-mess! Great to see that your having fun in the sun. I like your shark better then the real ones. :) Count your finders when you get out of the water. :)
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Thanks for stopping by. Fingers counted. We are only supposed to have 7 right?
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