Casket Arts

Last night Offspring #2 and I finally made it one of the first Thursday of the month open houses at the Casket Arts Building.  We've been planning to go for more than six months.  And last night we went.  I was curious what the inside of the building looked like.  As I imagined it had wide spaces, wooden floors, sliding doors on wheeled runners with counter weights, and open brick walls.  I tried to imagine what the place looked like when caskets were manufactured here but I couldn't.  The art was too distracting.  It looks like the building is full of artist studios.  We looked at some of the art and it was really good.  Paintings of people, animals and landscapes were impressive.  One fellow worked with wood.  The theme last night was hallway art.  The art including lighting, movement, projected images, and music.  There were some snacks on the first floor.  On third floor, in an artist's studio, we saw a big bowl or Doritos in the center of a table.  Was that art or were we supposed to eat them?  I'm not taking a chance so I abstained. We walked around on all four floors and got a glimpse of Offspring #2's house out of one window. In another room a group was doing improv.  We decided to stay. We were early so we watched the warm ups.  One warm up was called "Convergence."  We agreed this would be a fun game to lay with a group around a campfire or at a party.  You need at least 4 people to play this game.  Two people start out with two words.  I think in this example the words were bush and tree.  Two others volunteer to come up with a word that is between the two words.  They count and shout out their "inbetween" word at the same time.  The goal is that the two people will say the same word at the same time.  In this case it took 4 or 5 minutes when two people shouted out "Adam Sandler!" at the same time.  How they got from tree and shrub to Adam Sandler shows the complexities of the human mind.  They got close before when one said "General Mills" and another said "Captain Crunch," but their ideas separated again.  I enjoyed watching the improv warm up.  Improv takes a quick mind and much energy.  I can see how some people would think it was fun.  I'm glad we finally made it to an open house at the Casket Arts Building.