>>> HELLO EVERYBODY, WELCOME TO

 

KENTUCKY LIFE.

 

WE'RE COMING TO YOU THIS WEEK

 

FROM BEAUTIFUL DOWNTOWN

 

FLEMINGSBURG, I HAVE MY TWO SIDE

 

KICKS.

 

THE BACK DROP IS AN ART STUDIO

 

WE'LL HAVE MORE ABOUT LATER.

 

FIRST WE'RE GOING TO MEET MAKI

 

TAKAHASHI.

 

SHE CREATES ELABORATE,

 

COMPLETELY EDIBLE WORKS OF ART

 

OUT OF SUCH STAPLE MATERIALS AS

 

GINGERBREAD AND ICING.

 

IT'S AN AMAZING THING TO WATCH,

 

IT MAY INCREASE YOUR APPETITE.

 

ROYAL THAI FRUIT CARVING IS NOT

 

WELL-KNOWN.

 

PROBABLY IT WAS ABOUT 700 YEARS

 

AGO.

 

FIRST TIME WHEN I GOT INTERESTED

 

IN ROYAL THAI FRUIT CARVING WAS

 

WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT THIS THAI

 

TRAVEL BROCHURE AND THERE WERE

 

ALL THESE BEAUTIFUL PICTURES OF

 

THAI FOOD AND ON ONE OF THEM WAS

 

THIS MYSTERIOUSLY BEAUTIFUL

 

LOOKING PEACH WITH LOTS OF

 

FRILLS.

 

FIRST I COULDN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT

 

IT WAS.

 

THE MORE I LOOKED ATITY

 

GRADUALLY LOOKED ATITY REALIZED

 

IT WAS A CARVED WATERMELON.

 

I STARTED TO THINK OF WHAT THE

 

DEFINITION OF WHAT ART IS, AND

 

THE MORE I THOUGHT ABOUT IT, THE

 

MORE I WAS CONVINCED THAT ART,

 

IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE SOMETHING

 

TANGIBLE, SOMETHING THAT KEEPS

 

GOING ON FOREVER, SOMETHING THAT

 

YOU CAN PASS FROM YOU TO THE

 

NEXT GENERATION, WHATEVER.

 

I REALLY LIKED THE CHANGE OF

 

FOUR SEASON CHANGE, PEOPLE

 

CHANGE, I LIKE TO CREATE

 

SOMETHING THAT WOULD MOVE CHANGE

 

ALONGSIDE THE NATURAL CHANGES,

 

SO FOOD DEFINITELY HAS THAT

 

ASPECT.

 

AND ALSO FOOD PROBABLY IS ONE OF

 

THE THINGS THAT KIND OF

 

CHALLENGES YOUR PALLET, YOU CAN

 

SMELL AND TASTE IT SO THAT ADDS

 

DIMENSION TO FOOD ART.

 

♪ ♪

 

WHEN I TRY TO CHOOSE FRUITS AND

 

VEGETABLE FOR MY FRUIT CARVING

 

PROJECT, THERE ARE SOME THINGS I

 

LOOK FOR, FIRST THING IS THAT

 

LET'S SAY I AM CARVING A

 

WATERMELON, THIS WATERMELON

 

NEEDS TO BE UNRIPE, THE REASON

 

IS IF IT'S TOO RIPE IT IS TOO

 

MUSHY AND IT IS TOO DIFFICULT TO

 

CARVE, SO I GO FOR THE UNRIPE

 

ONE.

 

ANOTHER THING IS I REALLY THINK

 

IT IS IMPORTANT TO BUY THINGS IN

 

SEASON AND THINGS DOMESTICALLY

 

GROWN.

 

THIRD, THE AESTHETIC PURPOSE, I

 

LOOK FOR EVENLY GROWN PRODUCE,

 

AROUND IT LOOKS THE SAME WAY

 

FROM THE TOP AND WHEN I LOOK AT

 

IT FROM THE SIDE, IT IS EVENLY

 

CARVED ON BOTH SIDES.

 

LOOK AT THAT.

 

TO ME YOU NEED TO FEEL THIS

 

MOVEMENT OF THE WIND IS BLOWING

 

AND IT IS A LEAF SO THE LEAF IS

 

MOVING WITH IT, IT'S NOT

 

ARTIFICIAL, SO IT'S STURDY AND

 

RIGID, YOU HAVE TO HAVE THIS

 

SENSE OF INNER MOVEMENT IN

 

THERE, OF IT IS LIVING.

 

SO I TRY TO CREATE IT BY CARVING

 

IT SO THAT THE POINT WILL BE

 

LOOKING A LITTLE TOWARD THE

 

RIGHT AND IT IS LIKE LEAF

 

SHAPED.

 

USUALLY THAI CAFERS FLOWERS OUT

 

OF WATERMELONS, TODAY I DID TOO.

 

WATERMELONS ARE WONDERFUL

 

BECAUSE IT HAS SUCH A DIFFERENT

 

COLORS, IT IS NOT JUST RED AND

 

GREEN, IT HAS CHANGING COLORS,

 

YOU HAVE TO THINK OF THE DEPTH

 

OF YOUR KNIFE AND THE ANGLE YOUR

 

KNIFE WILL BE TAKING TO

 

REPRESENT THE DIFFERENT HUES SO

 

YOU CAN SEE GRADUAL SHIFT IN

 

YOUR PIECE.

 

IN ADDITION TO CARVING FRUITS

 

AND VEGETABLES IN ROYAL THAI

 

STYLE, I ALSO CREATE VERY

 

INTRICATE PATTERNS OUT OF

 

ROYALAL ICING, I CREATE KELTIC

 

PATTERNS OUT OF ROYAL CAKE

 

ICING.

 

I ALSO MAKE THINGS OUT OF ROYAL

 

CAKE ICING.

 

IT JUST GIVES ME A GREAT AMOUNT

 

OF PLEASURE TO BE ABLE TO WORK

 

WITH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES,

 

SOMETHING THAT COMES FROM

 

NATURE.

 

AS YOU MAY KNOW, JAPANESE PEOPLE

 

WE ARE NOT HUNTERS, WE HAVE THIS

 

AFFINITY TOWARD NATURE.

 

AND WHEN I FIRST SAW THESE

 

THINGS, I WAS JUST STUNNED AND

 

AMAZED BY THEIR INTRICACY AND

 

THEY ARE NOT EXPENSIVE

 

MATERIALS, THEY ARE NOT LIKE

 

METALS OR JEWELS, BUT THEY LOOK

 

LIKE A MILLION BUCKS, SO, THIS

 

AMOUNT OF ARTISTRY THAI PEOPLE

 

COULD PUT IN THEIR ART AND

 

CREATE THESE THINGS OUT OF

 

LIVING MATERIALS, THESE THINGS

 

ARE REALLY SPECIAL THINGS FOR

 

ME.

 

>> WELL, AS I MENTIONED WE ARE

 

IN FLEMINGSBURG, KENTUCKY WITH

 

NUMEROUS ANTIQUE SHOPS.

 

ALSO FLEMING COUNTY IS THE

 

COVERED BRIDGE CAPITAL OF

 

KENTUCKY.

 

I'M IN DOODLE STORE.

 

20 ARTISTS ARE REPRESENTED, SOME

 

WELL-KNOWN AND SOME NEW

 

DISCOVERIES LIKE THE WORK OF

 

DAYLE.

 

ONCE YOU SEE THE WORK OF A

 

CHICKEN FARMER YOU WILL

 

UNDERSTAND TALENT IS SOMETIMES

 

BORN IN US.

 

YOU WILL SEE A LITTLE OF

 

EVERYTHING IN DODDLES.

 

ONCE YOU GET IN HERE YOU WANT TO

 

SPEND HALF A DAY.

 

WELL, NEXT, THOUGH, WE'RE HEADED

 

TO NEWPORT, KENTUCKY.

 

IT BEGAN AS THE L AND N RAILROAD

 

BRIDGE BACK FURTHER 1872 AND

 

LATER OPENED FOR CARS, BUT BACK

 

IN 2003 IT WAS CLOSED FOR THOSE

 

KIND OF USES AND MADE FOR

 

PEDESTRIAN USE ONLY.

 

IN FACT, NOW YOU CAN CROSS THE

 

PURPLE PEOPLE BRIDGE OVER THE

 

OHIO RIVER AND LITERALLY CROSS

 

ON TOP OF IT.

 

YOU CAN CLIMB TO THE TOP OF IT

 

AND GET A SPECTACULAR VIEW OF

 

THE WHOLE AREA.

 

>> THE BRIDGE ORIGINALLY OPENED

 

APRIL 1ST, 1872, AND OPENED AS A

 

RAILROAD BRIDGE, CINCINNATI'S

 

FIRST RAILROAD BRIDGE AND THEN

 

OPENED AS A PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE.

 

SO, AFTER THE RENOVATIONS IN

 

2003, FOCUS GROUPS WERE DONE TO

 

CHOOSE THE COLOR OF THE BRIDGE

 

AND THE COLOR PURPLE WAS

 

ACTUALLY CHOSEN ACROSS ALL THE

 

GROUPS.

 

I THINK PEOPLE CLIMB FOR ALL

 

DIFFERENT REASONS.

 

I MENTIONED EARLIER PEOPLE WERE

 

CANCER SURVIVORS, THEY CLIMBED

 

BECAUSE THEY WERE HEALTHY AND

 

WANTED TO DO SOMETHING BIG.

 

WE HAD PEOPLE WHO CLIMBED

 

BECAUSE THEY MET IN THIS AREA

 

AND WANTED TO DO SOMETHING

 

SPECIAL.

 

A LOT OF PEOPLE CLIMB BECAUSE

 

THEY WANT TO GO WHERE LOTS OF

 

PEOPLE HAVEN'T GONE OR WANT THE

 

THRILL OF BEING UP HIGH AND THE

 

WIND BLOWING.

 

>> I CAME HERE WITH MY BEST

 

FRIEND KATIE, WE WERE THINKING,

 

WE WERE BOTH GOING TO COLLEGE

 

THIS FALL SO WE WERE THINKING OF

 

SOMETHING FUN TO DO FOR THE LAST

 

PART OF THE SUMMER AND THOUGHT

 

THIS WON FUN AND ADVENTUROUS.

 

>> I'M NOT SCARED OF HEIGHTS AT

 

ALL AND IT WAS BETTER THAN I

 

THOUGHT IT WOULD BE, I THOUGHT

 

IT WOULD BE WORSE TO LOOK DOWN

 

AND SEE ANYTHING BUT IT WAS NOT

 

THAT BAD.

 

>> WHEN YOU COME INTO BASE CAMP,

 

YOUR ORIENTATION STARTS WITH A

 

TAPE, YOU GET YOUR CLIMBING

 

SUIT, YOUR FULL BODY HARNESS,

 

THEN YOU GO ON THE SIMULATE, YOU

 

FIND OUT ABOUT THE SAFETY CABLE

 

AND HOW IT WORKS.

 

>> EVERYBODY GETS OUT FITTED

 

WITH THE SPECIAL STATE OF THE

 

ART HEAD SETS THAT ARE USING

 

PHONE CONDUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY, THE

 

PADS FIT ON YOUR JAW BONE, SEND

 

SIGNALS THROUGH YOUR INNER EAR

 

SO YOU CAN HEAR THE AMBIENT

 

SOUNDS.

 

>> IT'S VERY SAFE, THERE IS 36

 

INCH HIGH RAILING ON BOTH SIDES

 

OF THE BRIDGE SO YOU ARE

 

COMPLETELY SAFE, BUT IF THERE

 

WAS A HUGE WIND, WE ALSO HAVE A

 

FAST NEAR THAT HOOKS YOU TO A

 

STEAL SAFETY CABLE FOR THE

 

ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE CLIMB, YOU

 

CAN'T LEAVE THE BRIDGE BEFORE

 

YOU WANT TO.

 

IT'S VERY SAFE.

 

THE STAFF GOES THROUGH RIGOROUS

 

TRAINING, SPECIALLY THE CLIMB

 

GUIDES.

 

THEY LEARN, I THINK IT'S A 25

 

PAGE COMMENTARY, LOTS OF

 

HISTORY, BUT NOT ONLY ONE TIME.

 

INITIALLY THEY LEARN THAT, THEN

 

THEY MAKE IT THEIR OWN, BUT

 

ANYTIME WE HAVE EVENTS IN THE

 

AREA, THEY HAVE TO STUDY EACH

 

AND EVERY BOAT WHEN TALL STACKS

 

CAME IN.

 

THEY HAD TO HAVE A LOT OF

 

KNOWLEDGE TO TALK TO THE

 

CLIMBERS ABOUT.

 

>> AS FAR AS SIGHTS EVERYBODY

 

SEES, IT IS NUMBER FIVE, THE

 

SUMMIT EXPERIENCE.

 

THE SUMMIT EXPERIENCE HAS A

 

CLASS 4, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE TO

 

GO ACROSS THE GLASS, THEY CAN'T

 

GET AROUND IT, THEY HAVE TO

 

CROSS THE GLASS AND UP THERE WE

 

HAVE OUR PERM PEOPLE BRIDGE

 

CLIMB ACHIEVEMENT.

 

EVERYBODY WHO COMES UP HAS TO

 

RING THIS BELL.

 

ALONG WITH THAT IT IS AN AWESOME

 

SIGHT, CITY OF NEWPORT,

 

CINCINNATI, THE OTHERS, THE

 

SITES ARE JUST AWESOME.

 

>> THE BEST PART ABOUT CLIMBING

 

THE BRIDGE WAS THE VIEW OF THE

 

CITY, IT WAS A DIFFERENT VIEW

 

THAN YOU COULD GET WHEN YOU COME

 

DOWNTOWN 360 DEGREES, IT WAS

 

AWESOME VIEW OF THE CITY,

 

SPECIALLY ALL THE ACTIVITY ON

 

THE RIVER.

 

>> THE PURPLE PEOPLE BRIDGE IS

 

THE LONGEST PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE IN

 

THE COUNTRY THAT CONNECTS TWO

 

STATES, LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T

 

REALIZE THAT, IT WAS SPECIAL AND

 

WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GREAT

 

ADDITION TO CINCINNATI IS WHY IT

 

WAS CHOSEN.

 

IT WAS CONVERTED TO A PED-WAY

 

WITH THE IDEA BRINGING FOOT

 

TRAFFIC AND MORE BUSINESS TO

 

BOTH SIDES OF THE RIVER, A WAY

 

FOR PEOPLE TO ENJOY A GAME ON

 

THE CINCINNATI SIDE AND

 

RESTAURANTS AND SHOPPING ON THE

 

KENTUCKY SIDE.

 

>> THE SCARIEST PART IS GOING

 

DOWN BACKWARDS BUT IT'S OKAY,

 

IT'S OKAY.

 

>> THE GLASS FLOOR IS REALLY

 

NICE, IT WAS A NICE DAY TODAY,

 

NO WIND BLOWING, JUST SEEING THE

 

RIVER, LOOKING DOWN AND SEEING

 

THE WATER AND BOATS AND BARGES.

 

>> I WAS A LITTLE NERVOUS AT

 

FIRST ABOUT CLIMBING THE BRIDGE

 

TODAY BUT ONCE I GOT ON TOP OF

 

IT IT WASN'T AS BAD AS I THOUGHT

 

IT WOULD BE, AS FAR DOWN AS I

 

THOUGHT IT WOULD BE.

 

>> FROM THE DECK OF THE BRIDGE

 

UP, THE FOUR SMALLER STAND ARE

 

40 FEET UP AND THE LARGEST IS 70

 

FEET AND THEN THERE IS ANOTHER

 

70 FEET TO THE RIVER, DEPENDING

 

ON THE RIVER LEVEL YOU ARE AS

 

MUCH AS 150 FEET FROM THE LEVEL

 

OF THE RIDGE, ABOUT A HALF MILE

 

LONG.

 

THERE IS 250 STAIRS BUT IT'S

 

BROKEN UP INTO FIVE SPANS SO

 

IT'S NOT 250 AT ONCE.

 

THE LARGEST SPAN IS PROBABLY 36

 

TO 40 STAIRS AT ONE TIME.

 

AT A PRETTY STEEP INCLINE.

 

>> THE TRIP WAS WHAT I EXPECTED

 

IT TO BE, IT WAS A LOT OF FUN,

 

ADVENTUROUS, SOMETHING DIFFERENT

 

I'VE NEVER DONE BEFORE BUT IT

 

WASN'T AS STEEP AS I THOUGHT IT

 

WAS GOING TO BE.

 

I WOULD RECOMMEND IT TO SOMEBODY

 

ELSE, IT'S SOMETHING DIFFERENT

 

YOU CAN'T EXPERIENCE ANYWHERE

 

ELSE AROUND HERE.

 

>> I THINK IT GIVES PEOPLE AN

 

INSIGHT TO THEIR CITY THAT THEY

 

DIDN'T KNOW.

 

WE GET A LOT OF CINCINNATIANS,

 

THEY SAY YOU DON'T NEED TO TELL

 

US, WE KNOW A LOT, BUT THEY

 

LEARN SOMETHING ANYWAY.

 

AND BEING THAT HIGH ABOVE THE

 

RIVER, THAT'S THE BEST PART OF

 

IT.

 

>> THE PURPLE PEOPLE BRIDGE IS

 

THE ONLY ATTRACTION OF ITS KIND

 

IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE,

 

ANYONE WHO WANTS TO EXPERIENCE

 

AN UNIQUE ATTRACTION AND OVER

 

THE TOP EXPERIENCE, COME TO THE

 

PURPLE PEOPLE BRIDGE AND CLIMB.

 

>> NEXT, KENTUCKY NATIVE RUSS

 

FAXON HAS AN UNIQUE WAY OF

 

SEEING THE WORLD HE TRANSLATES

 

INTO ART.

 

HIS WORK IS IN PARKS,

 

UNIVERSITIES, MUSEUMS, AND ONE

 

OF HIS LATEST PIECES TAKES HIM

 

CLOSER TO HIS CHILDHOOD HOME.

 

>> WELL, I GOT INTO SCULPTING

 

REALLY BECAUSE OF MY ART TEACHER

 

IN THE 7TH GRADE AND I WAS DOING

 

SOME ARTWORK AND HE ASKED ME

 

WHAT I WANTED TO DO AS A CAREER.

 

AND IN THE 7TH GRADE WHAT DO YOU

 

WANT TO DO?

 

DO YOU WANT TO PLACE BASKETBALL,

 

GO WITH THE GIRLS OR GO WITH THE

 

GIRLS AND PLAY BASKETBALL, ONE

 

OR THE OTHER BUT NOT A CAREER.

 

HE SAID, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT

 

TALENT, YOU OUGHT TO CONSIDER

 

SOME KIND OF ART CAREER, SO, IN

 

HIGH SCHOOL I WENT THROUGH ALL

 

THE COURSES AND WHEN I WOUND UP

 

GETTING TO SCULPT YOUR, MODELING

 

IN CLAY, WORKING WITH PLASTER, I

 

THOUGHT THIS IS WHAT I REALLY

 

LOVE.

 

IT WAS MY SOPHOMORE YEAR IN HIGH

 

SCHOOL I REALIZED SCULPT YOUR IS

 

WHAT IT WANTED TO DO.

 

>> AFTER HIS FIRST COMMISSION

 

PIECE DEBUTED IN TENNESSEE, HE

 

WAS ON HIS WAY AS AN ARTIST.

 

THE ONLY THING HE NEEDED WAS

 

IDEAS.

 

>> INSPIRATION COMES FROM LIVING

 

AND JUST SEEING PEOPLE, THINGS

 

AROUND YOU, IS INSPIRATION.

 

AND THEN THE THINGS THAT ARE

 

GOING ON INSIDE OF MY HEAD ARE

 

INFLUENCED BY THE THINGS THAT I

 

DO, THE THINGS I'VE SEEN, THE

 

PEOPLE THAT HAVE SPOKEN WITH,

 

THE THINGS THAT I'VE READ, IT'S

 

JUST -- WE ARE ALL CONSTANTLY

 

BOMBARDEDDED WITH ALL KIND OF

 

INFORMATION, AND IT'S HOW WE

 

WIND UP INTERPRETING THAT

 

INFORMATION IS WHAT WIND

 

UPCOMING OUT.

 

WHEN YOU SET OUT WITH A PURPOSE

 

OF CAPTURING THE PERSONALITY, I

 

THINK A LOT OF SCULPTURE IS NOT

 

NECESSARILY CREATED IN THE

 

PERSONALITY BUT CREATING THE

 

IMAGE, SO, THAT IS WHAT -- AND I

 

DON'T KNOW HOW I DO THAT, BUT

 

I'VE BEEN REAL FORTUNATE IN THE

 

TYPE OF SCULPTURE I HAVE DONE.

 

I THINK I AM ABLE TO CREATE A

 

PERSONALITY BEHIND THE SCULPTURE

 

AND IN THAT MOVEMENT, I WANT THE

 

SCULPTURE TO HAVE A SENSE OF

 

GETTING READY TO SAY DO

 

SOMETHING, IT'S THAT

 

ANTICIPATION OF MOVEMENT OR

 

EXPRESSION THAT IT'S GETTING

 

READY TO DO IS WHAT I STRIFE

 

FOR.

 

AND, SO, FORTUNATELY I'VE BEEN

 

ABLE TO WORK WITH A LOT OF NICE

 

FOLKS THAT HAVE ALLOWED ME TO BE

 

ABLE TO DO THAT.

 

>> A BOWLING GREEN NATIVE, FAXON

 

WAS A NATURAL CHOICE TO RENDER

 

THE COACH E. A. DIDDLE, PART OF

 

THE UNIVERSITY'S CENTENNIAL.

 

>> I WAS CONTACTED ABOUT DOING A

 

SCULPTURE OF COACH DIZDLE,

 

TALKING TO PEOPLE UP AT WESTERN,

 

TALKING WITH HIS DAUGHTER MARY

 

JO PHILLIPS, SOMETHING UP AND

 

SEEING DIFFERENT PICTURES OF HIM

 

WHILE HE WAS IN ACTION, STILL

 

PICTURES, SOMETHING THAT WOULD

 

WIND UP CATCHING THE ESSENCE OF

 

THE SPIRIT HE REPRESENTED, NOT

 

ONLY TO WESTERN, BUT HIS

 

ENTHUSIASM FOR LIVING AND HOW HE

 

WOUND UP MAKING WAIVING THE RED

 

TOWEL SUCH AN ICONIC

 

REPRESENTATION FOR WESTERN.

 

THAT'S HOW IT WOUND UPCOMING

 

OUT, FINDING THE SPIRIT OF THE

 

MAN, THE JOY, THE FUNNY HAD

 

COACHING WESTERN.

 

WITH FIGURES LIKE COACH DIDDLE,

 

CHET AT CINS, NOTABLE WELL, WHAT

 

I TRY TO DO IS CATCH THE ESSENCE

 

OF THEIR PERSONALITIES AND SO BY

 

STUDYING PICTURES AND REING

 

ABOUT THEM, THEN I CAN WIND UP

 

IN MY OWN INTERPRETATION OF WHAT

 

I THINK THAT THEY SHOULD WIND UP

 

LOOKING LIKE AND THEN I TRY TO

 

ADD THAT IN THERE WITH THEIR

 

EXPRESSIONS, GESTURES, MOVEMENT,

 

THINGS OF THAT NATURE AND WITH

 

MY OWN WORK I TRY TO CAPTURE

 

MOVEMENT AND IN THAT MOVEMENT OF

 

THE FIGURE, THAT CAPTURES AN

 

EXPRESSION THAT TELLS A STORY.

 

AND SAYS THERE IS SOMETHING

 

THERE BEYOND JUST THE FIGURE AND

 

IT'S JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW,

 

PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU SEE

 

IS NOT NECESSARILY WHAT IS ON

 

THE INSIDE OF THAT PERSON.

 

SO, WHAT I TRY TO SHOW WITH MY

 

FIGURES IS WHAT IS ON THE INSIDE

 

THAT COMES THROUGH THE OUTSIDE.

 

SO, THAT'S WHAT I TRY TO DO.

 

WHAT WAS REALLY NICE IS THAT I

 

WAS WORKING WITH HUNT MEMORIAL

 

WHO DID ALL THE GRANITE WORK,

 

THEY KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING,

 

YOU JUST LET THEM DO WHAT THEY

 

ARE GOING TO DO AND YOU JUST

 

STAND BACK AND WAIT UNTIL IT'S

 

TIME FOR ME TO DO THE

 

INSTALLATION OF THE BRONZE.

 

I'M WORKING WITH PROFESSIONALS

 

THAT KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING,

 

SO IT TAKES ALL THE STRAIN OFF

 

OF WHAT I'VE GOT TO DO.

 

SO, IT WAS, YOU KNOW, IT WAS

 

GREAT.

 

I WAS HAVING A GREAT TIME,

 

SEEING EVERYTHING COME TOGETHER

 

THE WAY IT WAS SUPPOSED TO, SO,

 

THAT WAS GOOD.

 

I ENJOYED IT.

 

WOW, IT REALLY LOOKS LIKE THE

 

WAY I CONCEIVED IT.

 

WOW.

 

THIS IS GOOD.

 

IT'S SEEING THAT FINAL REALITY

 

OF YOUR INITIAL CONCEPT, AND I

 

KIND OF SEE IT BEFORE IT'S ALL

 

DONE, AND, SO, ACTUALLY IT'S

 

JUST THE REALZATION OF YOUR

 

THOUGHTS AND THAT'S REALLY

 

SATISFYING TO LET EVERYBODY ELSE

 

SEE WHAT HAS BEEN GOING ON IN

 

YOUR HEAD.

 

SOMETIMES YOU WANT TO, YOU KNOW,

 

CUT, BUT IT'S NICE TO SEE THE

 

REALITY OF YOUR CONCEPT.

 

YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T REALLY MEAN

 

THAT MUCH THAT IT'S GOING TO

 

LAST A WHOLE LOT LONGER THAN I

 

DO.

 

BRONZE IS A BEAUTIFUL MEDIUM TO

 

WORK IN, AND IT HAS THAT

 

LONGEVITY FOR LASTING FOR

 

THOUSANDS OF YEARS.

 

BUT IT'S NOT SO MUCH IN ITS

 

ABILITY TO LAST, BUT IT'S MORE

 

IN -- IT'S A NECESSARY MATERIAL

 

IN ORDER TO LAST.

 

AND IN ORDER TO SUPPORT THE

 

DESIGNS THAT I WIND UP DOING.

 

BUT IT'S REALLY NOT -- IT'S IN

 

THE ACT OF CREATING.

 

THAT'S WHERE IT COMES FROM.

 

IT'S NOT LONGEVITY THAT IS SO

 

MUCH SATISFACTION, IT'S THE ACT

 

OF CREATING IT.

 

THAT'S WHERE THE JOY COMES FROM.

 

AND GOING BACK FURTHER, IT'S THE

 

ORIGINAL CONCEPT OF WHAT YOU

 

WANT TO DO.

 

AND THAT IS EVEN MORE JOY.

 

BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT THAT

 

REALITY CAN WIND UP BEING,

 

BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AFTER YOU'VE

 

DONE SO MANY, YOU KNOW WHAT IT

 

IS GOING TO BE, IT'S JUST THE

 

PHYSICAL ACT OF CREATING IT.

 

AND IT'S TOO BAD OUR BRAINS

 

AREN'T COMPUTERS WHERE ALL WE

 

HAVE TO DO IS JUST SAY: CLICK,

 

PRINT, AND IT WILL COME OUT,

 

BECAUSE IT IS REALLY IN THE

 

CONCEPT WHERE ALL THE JOY COMES

 

AND THEN ONCE THE INSTALLATION

 

IS COMPLETE, THEN YOU SEE THAT

 

REALITY OF YOUR CONCEPT

 

HAPPENING.

 

>>> AND, NOW, FELLOW'S, IT'S

 

TIME FOR PAW PALS, IT'S THE

 

REGULAR FEATURE WHERE WE ASK YOU

 

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PHOTO.

 

I HAVE ONE FROM DENNIS AND JUDY

 

JONES FROM REDDING, OHIO, WE

 

LIKE OUT OF STATE VIEWERS.

 

THANKS, DENNIS, AND JUDY, FOR

 

THAT GREAT AND VERY CUTE PICTURE

 

I'LL HAVE TO SAY.

 

REMEMBER, YOU CAN SEND US YOUR

 

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THIS IS A POPULAR FEATURE.

 

I CAN'T GET THEM TO SIT UP AT

 

ALL.

 

THEY ARE OUT OF THE CAMERA SHOT

 

PROBABLY.

 

THANKS FOR WATCHING THIS WEEK

 

AND A SPECIAL THANKS TO DODDLES

 

STUDIO, DODDLES GALLERY HERE FOR

 

HOSTING US.

 

THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL TOWN FULL OF

 

ANTIQUE SHOPS.

 

YOU NEED TO COME VISIT.

 

THANKS FOR WATCHING.