On celestial unrest: New Tabletop Mobile from Mark Leary

“But I’m not ready to get up,” complained sun. 
“I’m in the middle of a really good dream.” 
“It looks like you’ll be getting overtime again,” said moon to her stars, as she asked them to hang out a little bit longer.

Tabletop mobile: Moondream 

Size: Approx. 18” wide x 15” tall 

Colors: Belton Moltow Premium paints in Shock Blue, Pastel Kiwi, Cashmere Yellow, and Tar Black 

Thoughts: Glow-in-the-dark stars. That’s what surfaced for me when I was painting this tabletop mobile yesterday. A seven-year-old me. A #universe scattered before me on my bedroom’s rust-orange-red shag carpet. Trying to figure out the perfect pattern. Where to place those 3-4 oversized stars and that one crescent moon. Why only one #moon?! Scraping off patches of popcorn ceiling (sorry mom + dad) to make them stick better. Turning off the lights and counting down the minutes until I couldn’t see them anymore. Drifting off under a plastic canopy of illuminated #magic that I still don’t understand how it works.