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The Great Good Place

Cool Freaking Shoes, Publishing, & Third Places

July 27, 2019 By Michele Reeves Leave a Comment

art of Luis GutierrezAt a large common table at a fave coffee shop early last year, I spied a man alternating between working intensely on his computer, and furiously sketching on a pair of canvas Vans. (Okay, spied is a bit dramatic, he was sitting right across from me!) Honestly, I was mesmerized by his drawings… their color, abstraction and dimension. His focus. His switching between computer work and sketching. I was desperately trying to figure out how to surreptitiously take a photo of the whole thing… but I’m not so good at that. (I always forget the sound is on when I try to take a secret picture… busted!) [Read more…] about Cool Freaking Shoes, Publishing, & Third Places

Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature Posts, Portland Tagged With: cafe culture, placemaking, Ray Oldenburg, shoe art, The Great Good Place, third places, urban environments, Xolo, XoloArt1

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