Day Tripper: "Well, turn it up, Man"
Aug. 22nd, 2013 06:45 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bedsitter23No trip to southwest Iowa is complete without seeing the Freedom Rock.
The Freedom Rock is a60-ton boulder that Ray "Bubba" Sorenson paints every year to honor veterans. His eventual goal is to paint a rock in all 99 Iowa counties.
You are probably thinking the same thing I was. Every day on Facebook, I see 'tributes' that are cheap, overly sappy, mawkish, even jingoistic. A rock painted by a guy named Bubba doesn't sound like much.
That said, it is actually an impressive tribute to those who served. Sorenson's detail is impressive (especially given the canvas) and quite even-handed, which means it is an inspiring patriotic tribute to all branches, all wars, and all that served.
We travelled to the next town over and saw a mural he painted on the side of a building. The local resident there said that the rock had been the re for years and was always the target of rival high school trash talk graffiti, until one year, Bubba, a high schooler, decided to paint it for Memorial Day. It has turned into an annual tradition that is really inspiring.
The Freedom Rock is a60-ton boulder that Ray "Bubba" Sorenson paints every year to honor veterans. His eventual goal is to paint a rock in all 99 Iowa counties.
You are probably thinking the same thing I was. Every day on Facebook, I see 'tributes' that are cheap, overly sappy, mawkish, even jingoistic. A rock painted by a guy named Bubba doesn't sound like much.
That said, it is actually an impressive tribute to those who served. Sorenson's detail is impressive (especially given the canvas) and quite even-handed, which means it is an inspiring patriotic tribute to all branches, all wars, and all that served.
We travelled to the next town over and saw a mural he painted on the side of a building. The local resident there said that the rock had been the re for years and was always the target of rival high school trash talk graffiti, until one year, Bubba, a high schooler, decided to paint it for Memorial Day. It has turned into an annual tradition that is really inspiring.
