Cajun legend spins a convincing tale of a loup-garou (werewolf) that lingers in the swamps nearby waiting to gobble up naughty children. George Rodrigue (1944-2013), Louisiana artist, originally based his blue dog on this legend. The Blue Dog has morphed into a kinder, gentler creature that feels all, see all and basically appears to photo bomb Rodrigue's art. After visiting Rodrigue's gallery yesterday I have become fascinated with this every man's dog. As you all know, when I'm travelling I try to take pictures that don't include tourists (yes--I do realize that this is somewhat hypocritical as I too am one). My resolution is to find my inner Blue Dog. Through my camera I want to see the real New Orleans--people, places and emotions. I don't know where this will take me, but be forewarned you might want to beware of the new Blue Dog in me. Don't worry, I didn't sit around all day self reflecting. Your Dad and I spent an hour at the Besthoff Sculpture Garden seeing how many ways we could photograph the Blue Dog sculpture so it looked like he was photo bombing Rodin, Henry Moore and Renoir. Also had an amazing rainbow snowball. Oops, guess I haven't quite reached a zen state of Blue Dog yet You are always in my prayers. Love Mom.
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Liz Hickling
3/12/2014 10:33:47 pm
Success!!! Great read...now I can get caught up on the previous ones as well.
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