This Flight Tonight

I was going to attach a YouTube link for This Flight Tonight but I leave you to choose which version you might like to listen to to accompany the post.

-- Martyn -- Boxologist, Pattern Juggler and Candyman of the visually challenging. http://www.theartofboxes.com

Quite a moving tribute Martyn. I remember the day when another space shuttle, Challenger, mission 51L, ended badly as well. One of my former teachers, Mrs. Weeks, was a semi-finalist for the “Teacher in Space” mission. I was a sophomore in high school at the time. We watched as the shuttle launched and then went up in flames. It felt rather personal to us all, since one of our city’s civilians could have been up there at the time. Teacher, Christa McAuliffe, was the first (and thank God only) civilian to have given their life for the NASA space program. I know that the piece represents an entirely different mission, but it does speak to me in regards to that one as well.

Impeccable design Martyn and captures the essence of the tragedy very well.

David

-- There is little that is simple when it comes to making a simple box.

Very nice Martyn.

Very nice.

-bob

-- Man is a tool-using Animal. Nowhere do you find him without tools; without tools he is nothing, with tools he is all. - Thomas Carlyle http://www.ffrf.org

Great irrational design. Love that stuff…...............

-- mtnwild (Jack), It's not what you see, it's how you see it.

nice thats all I can say

-- Nimkee** Joe

Well done Martyn.

-- Mike, American in Norway

Its amazing where we get our ideas. You have created a wonderful tribute to the people who give of their lives for us .
-Don

-- Flaws are only in the eye of the artisan!

The precesion here is outstanding and the design is spot on! A good song for the video would be “In the air tonight” by GENISIS.

-- If you don't work, you don't eat!.....Garland, TX

Good song Cozmos. My own vote for a song would be “Ghost Riders in the Sky.” That song’s guitar licks sends shivers down my spine every time I hear it. Very chilling, but in a good way.

-- There is little that is simple when it comes to making a simple box.

That is a knockout box. I have always wanted to do some kind of shuttle box for a grandson but my mind ran too realistic and I couldn’t get my brain around it. The abstractness of this box is the nudge I needed. Thanks for posting.

-- If the world was a logical place, men would be the ones who ride horses sidesaddle.

Interesting. We all seem to be associating different tunes here. The power of music is indeed great in stirring our emotions. It was for me in the design of this project. When I awoke from the dream, at 2am, the design came to me very quickly. I thought I might forget it all but hearing the track again the following day brought it all, including the design, back clearly and immediately.

-- Martyn -- Boxologist, Pattern Juggler and Candyman of the visually challenging. http://www.theartofboxes.com

May I join you in paying respect and tribute to our lost heroes, Martyn. It was a sad event, but through their loss we are now in a better world in many ways. Thank you for expressing it for us, Martyn.

-- Paul - The sweetest sound in my shop, next to Mozart, is what a hand plane makes slicing a ribbon.

Smells and sounds trigger more memories and sensations than anything. In my area of the country, we have the great lakes. Our largest lake, Superior, swallowed the freighter ship SS Edmund Fitzgerald. Kind of the freshwater version of the sinking of the Titanic. Gordon Lightfoot created a ballad in memory of the tragedy. I can’t listen to that song without feeling the waves pulling me under. One of the many aspects of your work that I love, Martyn, is how you associate your musical tastes with your creations. Definitely adds more dimension to your creations.

-- There is little that is simple when it comes to making a simple box.

Very nice Martyn, very nice!

-- Erwin, Jacksonville, FL

Fabulous…just fabulous.

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