Wanderlust...

reading and hearing about lives of aspiring (to NHL) hockey players - I cannot but compare them to the wandering apprentices of OLD.. young workers toting their satchels and wandering from country to country within Europe to gain experience before settling down and work as Master Masons, Millers, Plumbers.
Hockey Players, too, seem to be on the road a lot...year in and year out.
Never much longer then on a one-year contract,. never knowing if or when they'll be traded off or sent down to the minors (AHL or ECHL, CHL..etc.) from month to month...modern day NOMADS. So many of those youngsters start right out of highschool. Some are smart and get at the least a 2-4 year college degree, to build on IF or When they fail to achieve the NHL status they so crave, they'll play through pains and injuries..just so they'll move up to the major league teams!
Here is THE song for them:Das Wandern by Franz Schubert song by Jonas Kaufmann


And now to more art..
Erwin Rummel sent these photos of his newest creation...
lovers of the female form will enjoy this beauty (an 'ur' female) called
"Downtown Girl washing hair"-final sanding and smoothing.

The finished piece