Evening Show Sherpa Blanket

"Evening Show" has been reproduced on a super-soft fleece blanket that's 100% polyester, easy to care for, and even warmer than it looks. Printed in the USA.

• 50x60 inches
• Premium silky-soft 100% polyester fleece
• Printed on one side, white on the other
• Limited edition; this item will NOT be available on our online store

The Story

This painting was inspired by a passage I read in the book The Sense of Wonder, by conservationist Rachel Carson, who wrote about a summer her grandnephew visited her cottage in Maine. She recounted a particular evening when they gazed in awe at a breathtaking night sky: “The lights burned in the cottages and the inhabitants probably gave not a thought to the beauty overhead; and because they could see it almost any night perhaps they will never see it.”

This painting takes its inspiration from those lights burning in the cottages, with the inhabitants giving not a thought of the beauty overhead.

We are quick to grow numb to wonder. But what if a party of giant glowing jellyfish appeared above your town and put on a light show? Surely that would get your attention.

But what if it happened every year? Every week? Every night? How long would it take before everyone stopped caring?

Look around you. What are you taking for granted? What are you missing? When was the last time you gazed at the stars?

Let’s follow Rachel’s advice: “One way to open your eyes to unnoticed beauty is to ask yourself, ‘What if I had never seen this before? What if I knew I would never see it again?’”