Court C Murals
There’s a little more color downtown this week than there was last week. And along with the color is a little more confusion. Court C has been infested with little squares of blue, yellow, black and maroon, all working together to form … what?
What, you think I’d just TELL you? After three weeks of meticulous, paint-in-my-hair labor?
They are 32 feet of 3 by 3 inch squares, each painted in a subtly different hue. (Did you catch that equation? That’s 1,024 squares. Shudder.) They are the product of more than 40 hours of work by 17 sixth- and seventh- graders from Seabury School, Seattle muralist Jose Orantes, two teachers and myself. They are NOT a throw-back to the mid-90s Magic Eye craze. They are much more attractive than the previous view from my desk. And they are most definitely a picture of something.
Go, check them out in person, and report back. Try squinting. Look at them through the reflection in a car window. Take a picture and squint at the image on the view screen. Stand a few feet back from your computer and squint at the pictures here. Take a wild guess and let us know what you come up with.
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8 comments
J Jenyum June 9, 2010
Hmmm. I zoomed way out and I see people walking down a street. A parent and child holding hands?
E Erik Hanberg June 9, 2010
I’m with Jenyum. People walking down a well-lit street at night.
F frizzlebee June 9, 2010
The columns and arches look like a Roman aqueducts. Not very Tacoma-centric, though. Maybe Union Station?
A Altered Chords June 9, 2010
Court C and what cross street?
R RR Anderson June 9, 2010
Seabury is the best thing that happened to KoP
H Halley June 10, 2010
Court C between 9th and 11th streets.
S sara montour June 10, 2010
Love these! I was actually walking downtown yesterday with another photographer friend that’s in town from Calgary and we went out of our way to go check them out (and shoot them with our Holgas!)
S Sometimes known as Chancellor Commander, Commencement Lodge #7, Knights of Pythias June 14, 2010
Wow! The members, officers, and trustees of Commenecemt #7, Knights of Pythias, have been so pleased and honored to have the Seabury School as a tenant in our historic Lodge building. We congratulate and thank everyone involved for creating such a vibrant and beautiful addiiton to our Court C neighborhood. I can’t wait to see the mural before our weekly meeting tomorrow.