While Phillip took the boys to Daniel's choir practice tonight, I took the girls to the mall. Female bonding over merchandise?
Nope--student art exhibition. We received a notice that Joy was one of a small number of students from her school whose art would be on display tonight. The notice didn't say which of her projects would be showcased, so we eagerly examined her school's exhibit to find out which of her creations had been deemed so exemplary.
Joy was decidedly underwhelmed to discover that her noteworthy project was a tassel. Anna thought it was pretty nifty, though.
Joy was even more underwhelmed (if that's possible) by her mom's tiresome request for an expositive photo op while we waited in line at the reception for student artists.
She reserved her enthusiasm for the free cookies some volunteers were handing out.
One of my favorite pieces we saw tonight was this self-portrait by a friend from church. He's holding a compass (the kind you use to figure out which way is north). I asked him if the object had some deep, symbolic meaning about charting his course through life. He replied that his teacher had asked him to bring a compass to class, so he brought the one he uses with his scout troop, not realizing that the teacher was referring to a compass for drawing circles. He thought the mix-up was funny, so he included the "wrong" compass in his portrait.
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