{"id":29996,"date":"2011-10-28T16:08:10","date_gmt":"2011-10-28T23:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mehallo.com\/blog\/?p=29996"},"modified":"2011-10-30T04:51:06","modified_gmt":"2011-10-30T11:51:06","slug":"theyve-invaded-our-terrible-lizards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mehallo.com\/blog\/archives\/29996","title":{"rendered":"‘They’re so small they’re evading our terrible lizards’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In 1977,<\/a> this poster hung on my bedroom closet door – and was eventually eaten up by use of that same door.<\/p>\n

It came as an extra large ‘freebie’ in the Star Wars soundtrack, which I bought thinking it was this album.<\/a> It wasn’t. It was the symphonic score; for me, an introduction to classical music. What I learned from the free poster \u2013 as a young impressionable creative \u2013 is abstraction, when done right, looks great.<\/p>\n

It was painted by artist John Berkey<\/a>\u00a0– who used quick brush strokes that up close were a gloopy mess, but at a distance create energy and implied motion.<\/p>\n

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Berkey’s work influences me to this day. <\/p>\n

And for my iTunes-loaded tracks of the Star Wars radio program,<\/a> I’m using some of his art as my ‘album covers,’ below.<\/p>\n

As for Star Wars’ ‘terrible lizards,’ these are them.<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nPoster found via KlaatuCarpenter<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\r\n\t

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