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| Cuttin' Up with my electric eraser... |
Good Monday Morning, all bodies.
Last Wednesday, I finally took a friend's offer to checkout my Husqvarna chainsaw. I've been complaining... no, bitching, about the fact that my old Husqvarna that I purchased used immediately after Hurricane Katrina, never needed such "babying."
Herb has heard my complaints for over two years now.
Anyway, I finally brought the barely used saw to him and after some minor adjustments and a little TLC, the saw worked like a charm. Herb took the chainsaw out to the wood pile and tested the blade with a few quick cuts. He also showed me the best process for keeping the carburetor clean and in running shape.
I kinda knew all that already, but...
The McCulloch artwork was one of eight storyboard frames I created a long time ago. The model had a brand new look so the ad agency gave me the saw to draw from. It was also one of the first times that I actually used an electric eraser to render with.
The storyboard was rather personal for me. As the story goes, this rain drenched man climbs the trunk of a huge tree and cuts it away from the house. As a sixteen year old, my mother asked me if I could climb our front yard magnolia tree and free the house's electrical line from a branch that had broken and hung precariously on the line.
I don't know what my mother was thinking, but my grandmother went "apeshit" because it was at the height of Hurricane Betsy. For me, it was the adventure of a lifetime.
So, with a kitchen broom in my hand, through wind and rain, I climbed the tree and dislodged the branch. I remember after doing so, a feeling of such satisfaction as I just sat in the tree to take in a birdseye view of the neighborhood being blown around in the storm.
I also remember that, like a cat stuck up in a tree, having the realization that it is easier to climb up a tree than it is to climb down... especially in a hurricane.
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