> There was once a time > I'd jump into a design contest like that. > But no more. > > Personally, I like the whale tail > and think there's a good chance > they'll end up with something worse.
The current whale tail design will be replaced, not because it isn't popular, but because the artist for the current design no longer wants it used without receiving royalty payments. Funds derived from the current whale tail license plates go into the coffers of the Coastal Commission. Assmeblyman Jared Huffman, D-6th district, wisely observed that another design from another artist could be used instead. His legislation enabled the current design contest. I see this as a great opportunity for an artist to support the California Coastal Commssion. I don't know that many artists, good or bad. Hopefully, if you don't participate, you can spread the word among your colleagues. Who knows, it might be a fun thing for your grand children to try, too! > > Witness the awful vanity plate design > for the arts. > Designed by Wayne Thiebaud -- > A wonderful California painter > with an international reputation > (as a side note -- > I used to exhibit > at the same place > as he in NYCity -- > Allan Stone Gallery) > > But that art license design > is weak -- terrible > and I do not support bad art. > > Judging by your previous recommendation > for Coastal Commission activism, > I thought > you were suggesting here > that I support > environmental causes > in California > by purchasing > the Whale Tail vanity plate. > > I was already preparing > my reply: > I've tried all sorts of ideas > but all taken. > > The Support Education > vanity plate allows use of several symbols. > The hand, the heart, etc. > > I was reminded of that one day > when I bumped into a lady > from the local frame shop. > I wanted to tell her > about an Open Studio event > I would participate in > the following week. > So I said, > "I don't know if you remember me, but . . . " > And she jumped in > and said "I remember you, you're the artist." > > Which pleased me no end. > > I told her > about the upcoming festivities > and we parted ways. > > Afew minutes later > a friend walking with me > said, "See, John? You're the artist!" > We both chuckled. > But I must admit, > it did make me happy > to be thought of that way. > > I tried doodling out something > on the vanity plate page > for DMV > and came up with this, > which is available. > (My wife says it's available > because it's also undecipherable.) > > I M T (heart-symbol) I S T > > It looks like > it's supposed to mean > "so and so loves so and so". > > But if the heart symbol > is spelled out > instead of understood > as a substitute > for the word love > it reads like this: > > IMTHEARTIST > > And I like that -- > but I haven't done it > 'cause we're about to go into > a COUNTRY FIRST FINANCIAL COLLAPSE > and I don't want to be shot > as an elitist > with a vanity plate > on my foreign made truck. > > FD wrote: > Something John may find interesting: new plate contest > > Francis Drouillard, PE Novato, CA 94945 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "StrataList-OT" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/StrataList-OT?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
