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Remember that toy you desperately wanted for Christmas but never got? The one Santa didn’t remember or couldn’t seem to get right; bringing you Malibu Barbie in lieu of the far superior Ballerina Barbie?  For me, that item was The Visible Horse.  The Visible Horse is an anatomical model of a horse that one paints and puts together while learning about the physiology of horses.  I was a little girl, obsessed with horses and destined (so I thought at the time) to become a veterinarian. One of the more memorable Christmases I had growing up was the year my mom finally bought The Visible Horse. For my sister.

I was crushed.  But as we grew older, my sister and I joked about Jory’s invisible model horse.  Thirteen years later, my sister bought me my very own Visible Horse for Christmas. I spent four days over Christmas break artistically painting vital organs and gluing tiny pieces of plastic to finish it.

In retrospect, there’s no way I could’ve done this at 12 years old. I guess I needed to wait awhile until I could fully appreciate The Visible Horse – and it was definitely worth the wait.

He’d be this one. I’m calling this piece ‘Abide Guy’ for now though.  This piece is a key-art representation of an iconic fan-art image from The Big Lebowski, known simply as ‘Abide.’  Tanner is a big fan of the movie and references the movie a lot; we’ve even discussed attending Lebowski Fest one of these days.  So, when I told Tanner that I was thinking of doing a large piece, he immediately thought of the Abide image. Tanner has wanted his own key-art for some time, so I decided to make it for him.

Abide Guy is 24″x24″ and contains 783 black keys. I think it took about 15 hours to make. Now we just have to decide where to put him!

Do you play Lookit! ? You should.  Because the two guys that created Lookit! are pretty awesome. And of course, the wife and girlfriend behind those two guys are pretty awesome as well.  So awesome, in fact, that we now have a logo and a motto.

And in case you were wondering if there was anything better I could’ve spent my time on for two hours Thursday afternoon… the answer is no.