All photographs © 2007 Jason Kaczorowski
creation doodled by Pollock being taken backstage to have
Keller Williams autograph it. It was later raffled for charity.
Friday was crunch day and Pollock knew he had to finish printing the last of the final color so they could be signed, numbered and tubed by Saturday afternoon. The booth was brimming with smiling faces of new friends. Folks had traveled from all over the world to attend 10,000 Lakes and Pollock seemed magnetized to the Japanese attendees who were as fascinated by his technique as he was of their culture.
The highlight of the afternoon for me was escaping the booth for a bit to take a dip in an isolated nook I had heard about through whispers from revelers returning in bathing suits from the secluded woods of Lake Sallie’s campgrounds. Rumor had it that if you walked far enough into the forest, hung a left at the fork in the road, crossed the clandestine bridge and remembered the password to inform the gnome (just kidding) that you’d be rewarded with a stealth swimming hole perfect for perching among the rocks amid the flowing waters that acted as nature's own whirlpool. The payoff was worth the long hike - Sunset off a beautiful lake, a refreshing plunge to awake the senses and a moment of tranquility after a constant week of working around the clock.
Pollock remained at the booth printing until nearly 2am opting to miss the evening's headlining performers Moe and the String Cheese Incident in pursuit of finishing in time to have his Saturday free to make the rounds and talk to other artists at their respective booths.
As the moon poked out from behind the evening clouds occasionally, the only other life on Sallie’s Shakedown Street was exhausted vendors. As I broke down the booth I caught a glimpse of this fire juggler off in the distance performing for the sake of illuminating the early morning sky.
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