I sent the fax to myself, something called a loopback fax. I do not actually own a fax machine (analog faxing). I pay for a fax service and can easily send the fax to myself. Also, my fax number is posted above. So send me your art if you’re equipped to do so.
Just in case anyone’s interested, here’s what the original looks like.
Ruben Flores in his shop, U.S. Office Machines
Roy Thurston Painting: Acrylic Polyurethane on Aluminum
For my birthday, Sandy accompanied me to the Benton Museum of Art on the campus of Pomona College, where we took in three interesting new exhibitions.
The caption reads:
“(NY58) NEW YORK, MARCH 12-FIGHT CITY HALL ON SCHOOL BUS PLAN-Taking a page from civil rights demonstrators’ tactics, white parents march in New York’s City Hall Plaza today in protest against plans to bus children from neighborhood to other schools for the purpose of balancing racial enrollment. Some 15,000 braved the swirling March snowstorm. First they gathered at the Brooklyn Board of Education, then marched across the bridge to this show at City Hall, extreme right background. (APWirephoto) gv521019stoft1964 (SEE AP WIRE STORY)”
The caption reads:
“(CWP1) SAN FRANCISCO, July 13–THEY HELP TELL CONVENTION STORY TO NATION. This is a battery of Wirephoto transmitters in the Associated Press photo workroom at San Francisco’s Cow Palace—part of a vast complex of electronic equipment being used to carry the story of the Republican convention to the nation and the world. (AP Wirephoto) (rhs21605stf)1964. (See AP wire story by Wilbur Martin.)”
I topped off my little birthday celebration with a complementary latte at Starbucks.
Snapshot taken on a beautiful autumn day a few years ago
Side-note: I had carpal tunnel release surgery not long ago, and while the pain’s still hanging around, I’m starting hand therapy today. That ought to ease things up a bit. Funny enough, typing’s not much of an issue—it’s writing longhand that’s the real challenge right now. It seems like pens are giving me more trouble than keyboards.
