Loose Leaf Notes

My son Josh’s Miata is so famous that it has its own Facebook Page, and that began when it was a red sports car and before its latest space shuttle rainbow incarnation.  Josh has a lot of creative friends who share his love of art performance and when he went to Australia for three months for a ceramics residency and to present at an international woodfire conference, he left his Miata with his friend, who then got together with other friends and used the sports car as canvas for their imagination.

They had it parked in the back of the Wedge building where Josh’s Clayspace studio is and when Josh returned and saw it, he made a remark, like “look at that Miata. That’s **** crazy!” In the same split second the realization came over him and a small voice inside his head said, “That’s mine, isn’t it?”

I might have scared the boys last weekend when they were sleeping over.  We were in the yard playing when I heard Josh pulling into the driveway.  “The rocket ship is here! The rocket ship is here!” I yelled excitedly.  Josh said about 1,000 people took pictures of him on his way from Asheville to Floyd.  The boys helped spray paint the space shuttle helmet.

The car has already been part of a professional photo shoot, and it was a big hit at the Floyd wedding that Josh came home for, for which he dressed the part.  It did get a few dings and things from all that partying, but Josh made some touch up repairs before heading back to Asheville on the highway and getting all those heads turning again.

Here’s a shot of the Miata leading a 4^th of July parade at Penland School of Crafts.  That car sure gets around, and it fits right in with all the fireworks.

Post notes: At one time both my sons had red Miatas.  Check out this blog entry, Red is Good Feng Shui, for a shot of that and some other pictures of the Miatas’ previous incarnation HERE.  And a post about Josh’s recent escapades in Australia is HERE.