Overcome, I went to the weight bench and started doing sit-ups as I pictured the site. The next morning I walked over there and took pictures of all four sides of the building with my phone, downloaded them onto a school library computer, and printed them out, one side each on letter-sized paper. Then I photocopied the pictures a couple of times. I repeated the process around noon, in the afternoon, and in the evening. Now I knew what my canvas looked like at this time of year. I’d have preferred to see what the changing seasons would do to it, but knew if I didn’t come up with a design and get it down quickly, my chance at legitimate public art would be gone. Diego Rivera and Robert Wyland, here I come, I thought as I taped the photocopies to the smallest loft wall. The longest, bigge

