Labor Day is winding down, which means that Chalk It Up 2022 is drawing to a close. It's currently 105° F outside and supposed to get up to 111° today. Yikes.
I'm happy I was able to get in and out quickly on the first day of the event, and get my art done before the heat rolled in. It makes a huge difference to the quality of my Labor Day weekend to be done early and have some time to recover. It's always surprising to me how much of a physical exertion it is to lay out on the sidewalk for a few hours putting down chalk dust.
It was nice to get out and do something, too. Doing art isn't always a public/performative thing for me, so it's fun to do it in the middle of where people are and get all the instant feedback that comes with that.
The people-watching is always great. Once I finished, I sat and waited for my family to get there to see, and I got a kick out of the things that unfolded in front of me as the small crowd walked by.
Lots of people really liked to see the bacon and eggs. At one point I heard a kid shout "juevos!" as they approached. Multiple people mentioned that it either made them hungry for breakfast, or that they had the same meal for breakfast, and I got to hear plenty of peoples' preferred egg preparations.
Then I came home, rested, and hung up some new blinds in our dining room the next day.
It was a good weekend!