My other Christo idea

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I’ve had several incredibly large visions along the lines of environmental concept artist Christo. One was to create a beach house in a cow pasture. Another was set up a thousand blue rubber pools on the land around Pineapple Hill and have the worlds largest blue rubber pool party. Probably won’t happen but I keep thinking of these things. For instance, if I had a zillion dollars I’d buy up all the “mill hill” houses and sharecropper shacks in the South then convert them to beachy looking places like in this photo. Are you in?

beach house in a cow pasture Blue Rubber Pool environmental concept artist Christo mill hill houses Pineapple Hill sharecropper shacks in the South World's largest blue rubber pool party

Bad things happened, an entire run of them that shut me down, caused me to withdraw from everything except my inner self.

One afternoon, in a hammock, I took a photo of myself. Just my legs. But there was no one to send it to. No one to understand.

I needed a sidekick so I sketched an armadillo because they’re crusty on the outside but not within. I made him my butler. Crusoe’s manservant Friday.

We began interacting—my hammock photo speaking to that critter, that critter speaking back.There’s a folder of cartoons somewhere. For now there’s just this one. (LINK)

Eventually after that I began writing novels.

I’m still a hermit, marooned you might say, but leaving my shell more and more—my inner self seeking its freedom through writing.