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$20
Item#: 2005SYR11
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11x17-inches, printed on heavy weight (100-pound) Hammermill cover paper. We package each print with a piece of chipboard in a clear plastic sleeve.
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Poem Inspiration Location
Flash of her Trombone
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Description
Flash of her trombone
Chill of ice cream on my tongue—
jazz at Clinton Square
My daughter is a musician, a trombonist, and played with scholastic bands at Jazzfest and other festivals downtown. This poem is a distillation of those experiences: music in the open air, vendors selling food and drink—just a coming together of people in our city spaces.
And I think Syracuse is among a select group of cities, like Detroit and Montreal, that have successful jazz festivals. It's something special that Syracuse has and that we ought to celebrate.
I rather like Clinton Square. Of all the places I've seen in Syracuse, it's got the most of what I like — fountains, statues, and the fact that it's a large open space in the middle of the city. I've never seen the jazz festival there, but when I read, “Jazz in Clinton Square,” I thought of the Soldiers and Sailors Monument. I was very nearly a history major, so things like Civil War statues have always been of interest to me. I figured if I made the statue into a jazz group, it would fit the theme.
This was one of the first times I've worked completely digitally—the image was done almost entirely in Photoshop, and I think it's successful in that regard. I think it's a very dynamic image.