On Thursday night, I went down for Art Walk. I haven’t been for a few months. The weather was a bit cool, but surprisingly nice for early February.

     The most interesting thing I saw was an exhibition at the Garde Rail Gallery by an artist named John Taylor. He apparently builds these ships (mostly ships) from scratch using found materials. They are immensely detailed. And unlike a pristine model, these mostly look like what you’d see in a shipwreck, or a ship long neglected and past its hay day, which gives them real character and elicit an emotional response. Plus it appealed to the kid in me that used to build lots of models when I was a boy.