Our occasional tour of public art around Portland is back on the OHSU campus again. This time we're looking at Great Salmon by Oregon artist Frank Boyden. Which is clearly another example of the Heroic Salmon genre I've mentioned here once or twice before, but I do actually like this one. Boyden founded the Sitka Center for Art and Ecology out on the coast way back in 1970. It's always nice to see that at least one other thing founded in 1970 is still alive and kicking.
I say that because this is located on an exterior wall just outside the ER. See, back in March of this year I had a routine medical appointment for something unimportant, but they took one look at my blood pressure numbers -- retried it a couple of times in case they'd done it wrong the first time -- and told me to go directly to the ER to have it looked at, stat. Which I did, where they decided it was not an immediate crisis but I probably ought to start some blood pressure meds. So I'm doing that now, and things seem to be going pretty well since then. But it was another of those annoying little reminders about not being a spring chicken anymore.
And yes, I did notice this on my way home from an alarming medical thing. I saw art, stopped and took some photos, the same as I would if I was just visiting, and here they are. So say what you will about the quality or frequency of posts around here in recent years, but at least nobody can fault me for a lack of dedication. I've got that going for me, at least.
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