I had to look this up because it didn't seem real: the article is delightful.
THIS is the sort of thing people should be doing with our one life. Whimsical, metaphorical, community art.
Not *gestures at entire GOP*
www.minnpost.com/arts-culture...
The 20-feet-tall pencil was sculpted out of a mammoth oak at the home of John and Amy Higgins in Minneapolis.
5th annual LOTI pencil sharpening on lake of the isles in minneapolis: with the sculpture’s tip dull, the pencil crew carries the sharpener, which is carved from wood and weighs 100 lbs, to the pencil and dance, and kids clamor to catch the shavings as a sharp tip is revealed
