Category: Mural Towns

AR:T Route Blue ROAD REPORT

On By ARTIST Michelle LougheryIn FRIENDS OF ROUTE BLUE, Lorrie Flemming, Mural Towns, ROUTE BLUE JOURNALS, UncategorizedLeave a comment

…Here we are at the start point of the legendary Cariboo Wagon Road that carved a permanent place on Canada’s Western Frontier.  A major transportation hub from fur trails-to-steel rails echoing tales of BC’s historic significance to carry our nation through the ages.  Our history speaks in many languages…Listen quietly, you will be amazed at what you may hear between the timelines of travel!
Lorrie,
Tracing our Trails

Michelle:
Your articulate words speak succinctly to the integrity of your leadership.  An educator, motivator, coach and servant leader (the list is endless)!
Our Society is blessed by your contribution to inspire humankind.  
My heart is touched by you!
Lorrie
Road Mother

#garbagegobbler

On By ARTIST Michelle LougheryIn AR:T Route Blue, Art Route 66/99, Art Route Canada, Blue Wayfinder, Destination Mural TownLeave a comment

Lorrie
Rural Rider

Highway Art:
Here’s the New Garbage Gobblers @ The Coldstream Lookout – Note:  The original version (pic below) housed in Revelstoke!

Lorrie the Highway Mentor

On By ARTIST Michelle LougheryIn AR:T Route Blue, Blue Wayfinder, Lorrie Flemming, muraltourism, ROUTE BLUE ARTISTS, tourism, WAYFINDER STORIESLeave a comment

G’Day, My Sister Travelers:

As I sit here now in the wrath of a midland storm awaiting the power to kick in; I contemplate the journey that lies ahead.

Shifting our direction along this course as the wind changes direction, does not mean we’ve lost the will to move forward…

Seemingly, we fall victim of our success, as progress forces us to embrace challenges and shift gears.

Notwithstanding change,  I truly believe that going back to our roots is the force that grounds us to rise above, to reach even higher sources of power.

The thought of the ‘Old Gold Rush Road’ connecting ‘The Mother Road’ hits directly home 🏡 for me.  And the fear of missing an opportunity to ‘thread the needle’ on this ribbon of road may [at times] seem out of reach.

However, As I recapture my thoughts, I see myself (not lost, but found) along a discovery detour in the spotlight of spectacular scenery that becomes anew with every mile forging through this new road.

May our  journey continue and carry us to new heights, keeping our legacy relevant & vibrant by building unbreakable bonds in this galvanized chain of heritage highways.  

As true ”Wayfinders”, Our goal is to rise and lift others whom we meet along this pathway!

Love Lorrie
Staying on Course

The faces of the people

On By ARTIST Michelle LougheryIn AR:TROUTEBLUE APP, FRIENDS OF ROUTE BLUE, In search of blue horses, Mural Towns, ROUTE BLUE JOURNALS, WAYFINDER STORIESLeave a comment

No matter what road life takes you, it truly is the people along the way that are the paint strokes in the canvas of your life. As an artist that traveled the world I have met many many faces. This picture is of a wonderful young man that worked so hard for the Merritt crew. His story was his to tell and he honoured us with parts of it. He shared his dreams and we shared wisdoms to support those dreams. But this young man taught me resilience and silent strength. He was turned away from the care that is his right to receive when he hurt himself during a young rowdy weekend. He bandaged his hand and he came to work on the murals. Not a word was said by him.

When we realized he did not get a response to his visit to the clinic, a colourful paint spattered group went marching into that clinic demanding not to quietly his right to care. You see this young man wanted to be a carpenter and his hand is is tool, his talent and his livelihood. Yes we were muralists, but more we were family.

Blue Line

On By ARTIST Michelle LougheryIn AR:T Route Blue, Blue WayfinderLeave a comment

The Blue Line that connects us all is the roots and routes that bind us together. The indigenous people that are the soul of the land, and the immigrants who flocked here to make a better life for their children. Together these lines circle the globe. Not on race, but all. The indigenous blue is looking at the globe as one nation. The thin blue line that hovers just above the highway, just out of reach. The hope for a connected tribe that sees the earth as our economy, and the people as the tools in a rift of harmony. Is this a vision far reaching? Yes!  But through connections to each other through our creative stories and resilience, we can rise above and have a true global reconciliation.  

Route Blue on the GOLD

On By ARTIST Michelle LougheryIn ART ROUTE Gold Country, Lorrie Flemming, Mural, Mural Towns, ROUTE BLUE JOURNALSLeave a comment
The Road speaks in many languages, it has heart ❤️ soul & a succinct voice.  Complimented with depth perception in a kaleidoscope of colors that unify people & place in a directional spiral.  Like the wheel, Route Blue is a human moral compass that drives us on an endless path in the circle of life!
This is why we’re so connected to The Mother Road, to carry us home on destiny’s journey.
Let’s rediscover this bloodline before we find that it is lost🌈…

There are rural champions all around us…Lorrie our Queen of the highway is the best ambassador of the blue line… collecting the people…the stories and the spirit of the blue..

the road awaits

Bob & I met Marcie of Explore Gold and Steve Rice at the Packinghouse in Spences Bridge in late summer.  Here’s to a smooth ride ahead!

 

Route blue shout out by former CEO of #Vancouver #Tourism

On By ARTIST Michelle LougheryIn Blue Wayfinder, FRIENDS OF ROUTE BLUE, Mural, Mural TownsLeave a comment

Rick Antonson:   Former President and CEO of Tourism Vancouver, world traveler and author of five books (including Route 66 Still Kicks – Driving America’s Main Street), kindly contributes this statement to honor Route Blue ~ Blue Renew…  “The time-honoured phrase “One for the road” gets nicely paraphrased when Route 66 enters the discussion as it becomes “All for the road” since everyone has a common sense that the road mattered, matters and will always matter — as it continues to lead us to interesting mindsets and places, and to inspire fascinating art such as route-blue-buoy”.  Rick

http://rickantonson.com/