Burning Question:

We use to live in Silverado Canyon. My kids went to Silverado Elementary School. My wife works at the Silverado Library. I still have a P. O. Box at the Silverado Post Office.

Last night I was standing in the parking lot of the Alberson`s on the north end of Santiago Canyon Road just outside the barricades talking to people I have know for over 20 years. People who had to flee their homes with their animals and few portable possessions.

One friend had grabbed a snare drum from his first drum set, the family photos, bank records and a painting my wife had done of their dog.

What would I take? What would we take? The Loc Family with 3 artists in the mix. Drawers full of original art both our and others some of it quite valuable. Computer disks with 15 years of work. Videos and DVDs of rare animations that I sometimes make my living with. One of a kind taped interviews with animation greats. Reference books. Paper. Paper. And More paper.

Artist create from materials and tend to amass creations of a material nature.