As some of you may know, I work for a multi-million dollar company in Augusta, Maine. I have for 6 or so months now. Since I have been there not once has the air conditioner in the whole store worked. It works in half the store and then on the side that does not work we have a fan and the air that comes in from the rest of the mall.I have heard many stories since I started, someone stole the copper from the system on the roof, it only works in the winter time, the store is hurting so they are saving money by turning it off…. At what point does a multi-million dollar company worry about us little employees? They have allowed us to carry our water bottles around with us now and have made a few extra brakes available when needed, but, will it take someone being taken out in an ambulance like JCPenny in Augusta Maine for them to fix it, isn’t the employees health a concern to them or are we that replaceable? It makes me question big businesses. It makes me wonder, do they not care customers are complaining?,Do they not care how miserable it makes it for us to work efficiently, ? I remember a time when the employer cared for the employee and cared for the concerns of them. When did it change? When did we become so replaceable that we were allowed to work with sweat running down our faces and it was ok? What happened to BIG BUSINESS???
Month: July 2012
What you see is the culmination of one man’s work over the course of 15 years now named the Philadelphia Magic Gardens.
From their website:
“[Isaiah] Zagar started working on the Magic Gardens in 1994 in the vacant lot nearby his studio. He began by constructing a massive fence to protect the area from harm and then spent the next fourteen years excavating tunnels and grottos, sculpting multi-layered walls, and tiling and grouting the 3,000 square foot space. The installation pays tribute to Zagar’s many artistic influences, as well as the events and experiences of his life. Enveloped in visual anecdotes, the mosaicked walls refer to his wife Julia and sons Ezekiel and Jeremiah through playful images and words, but also reference important elements of the wider world. Las Pozas and Day of the Dead, the dance community of Philadelphia, and even the airplanes of the nationwide 9/11 tragedy.
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A mountainous landscape in some far away place. Stars shine in the dark waters flowing past rocky shores. At least that’s what I see on screen.
But in reality?
In fact, the landscape is two pieces of paper juxtaposed. I had been working with paper on the kitchen table when afternoon sunlight hit these two — a textured brown and a sheet of black — in such a way that I could not help but snap a photo. Later, on the computer, I desaturated the color and then my imagination took over. 😉
A leaf found in a field on the way home. I let it sit in the window a few days to dry. I still have it, tucked safely away, so we’ll see how it continues to evolve.
A mountainous landscape in some far away place. Stars shine in the dark waters flowing past rocky shores. At least that’s what I see on screen.
But in reality?
In fact, the landscape is two pieces of paper juxtaposed. I had been working with paper on the kitchen table when afternoon sunlight hit these two — a textured brown and a sheet of black — in such a way that I could not help but snap a photo. Later, on the computer, I desaturated the color and then my imagination took over. 😉
I must admit that I felt almost like a voyeur snapping this photo in the woods.
Tracey in Maine 