April 29 - Ostrich

Urus! Urus ni buzra! Arrâs talbabi fillumâ! Ugrûd tashniki kurdumâ! Lu! Lu! Lu! Urkhas tanakhi!

Fire!! Fire in the deep! Flames lick our skin! Fear rips our heart! No! No! No! The demon comes!

~ The Fellowship of the Ring The Balrog

One of my other great passions in life is singing choral music, and the North Carolina Master Chorale is one of the best that I've been lucky enough to participate in. We typically sing Requiems and other great works, but last year we sang the score the the Fellowship of the Ring while the movie played, chanting "Ur-HAS Ta-na-KI!" as the heroes ran through Moria, trumpeting the ringwraiths as they chase wounded Frodo being carried by Arwen, providing the haunting backdrop to the elves as they lament the loss of Gandalf. So ... epic ...

Anyways, one of my fellowship and someone I frequently perform standing next to is photographer and conceptual artist Michael J Bambuch (website).  He has numerous projects and art series, one of which involves photographing people lit with car headlights while pursuing their passions - and upon seeing my enthusiasm for some recent Purple Pig posts, he invited me to participate.

All of the photographs are credited to Michael J. Bambuch, originals can be found on his website (direct link to car portrait project).

The ostrich is part of the Sweet Cheeks line by Eric Weinstein.

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Other Sweet Cheeks designs:

• April 30 - Mordecai
• April 29 - Ostrich
• April 28 - Peacock
• April 27 - Sneetches
• April 26 - Sweet Cheeks Pig
• April 25 - Sweet Big Cats
• April 22 - Skunk
• April 21 - Ursula (Sweet Chicks #2)
• April 20 - Sweet Cheeks Fish
• April 19 - Sweet Cheeks Fox
• April 18 - Sweet Cheeks Hermit Crab
• April 17 - Sweet Cheek Husky
• September 27 - Sweet Beaver
• September 24 - Sweet Lion
• September 22 - Sweet Bunny
• September 15 - Sweet Angry Bird
• September 12 - Sweet Penguin
• September 10 - Sweet Lemur
• September 9 - Sweet Panda
• September 8 - Sweet Bull
• September 7 - Sweet Monkeys
• September 2 - Sweet Hippo
• September 1 - Sweet Mouse
• August 22 - Sweet Cheeks Ladybug
• August 19 - Sweet Chicks

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