The Vision: Someday the Frogs Will Inherit the Earth

Party Car was created by Conrad Bladey, Visionary Artist and Peasant

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The Party Car now has two Visions:

The Latest Vision: Someday the frogs will Inherit the Earth
FROGS! THE MESSENGERS OF GOD!- Frogs were given special meaning in the Bible. So to start with a few quotations.

Exodus 8:2 - And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with frogs:

Exodus 8:3 - And the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up and come into thine house, and into thy bedchamber, and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy kneading troughs:

Exodus 8:4 - And the frogs shall come up both on thee, and upon thy people, and upon all thy servants.

Exodus 8:5 - And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth thine hand with thy rod over the streams, over the rivers, and over the ponds, and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt.

Exodus 8:6 - And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt.

Exodus 8:7 - And the magicians did so with their enchantments, and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt.

Exodus 8:8 - Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, Intreat the LORD, that he may take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may do sacrifice unto the LORD.

Exodus 8:9 - And Moses said unto Pharaoh, Glory over me: when shall I intreat for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, to destroy the frogs from thee and thy houses, that they may remain in the river only?

Exodus 8:11 - And the frogs shall depart from thee, and from thy houses, and from thy servants, and from thy people; they shall remain in the river only.

Exodus 8:12 - And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh: and Moses cried unto the LORD because of the frogs which he had brought against Pharaoh.

Exodus 8:13 - And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and the frogs died out of the houses, out of the villages, and out of the fields.

Psalms 78:45 - He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.

Psalms 105:30 - Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers of their kings.

Revelation 16:13 - And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.



Years ago I was summoned to the workshop of Bobby Hooe, a master auto mechanic-the best--in Lansdown Maryland. It was a stormy night and in his upper room office I met a preacher recently returned from Russia where he had spread the good news. The preacher was talking of the book of Revelations. I listened with great interest and then reflected upon the following lines from that book and received the vision of the dominion of the frogs which you will read below.

Revelation 8:6
And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound. 7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up. 8 And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood;
Revelation 14:18
And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe. 19 And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God. 20 And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs
Revelation 16:3
And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the sea. 4 And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood.
And it came to me the realization that when these events came to pass the insects of the world would come to dwell upon the clotted blood of the oceans and of the rivers. Upon it they would lay their eggs in great numbers. The eggs would hatch into a multitude of maggots which would consume the blood. Great clouds of flies would then come to swarm throughout the skies of the earth and darken the light of the sun with their numbers. Sensing the quiet and the darkness the frogs who had gone down under the rivers and oceans for safety would come to the surface of the blood and there find the swarms and multitudes of insects and feed upon them. Not minding the bitterness of wormwood the frogs would multiply as never before and deposit their eggs into the waters. Tadpoles would also feed on the clotted blood and transform into frogs. And it came to pass that frogs in great numbers would come to have dominion over the earth and all that was in it.

After hearing the revelation which had come to me the minister and Bobby Hooe were indeed amazed and startled. They asked "Where did you read that good news and the word because we had not seen it in the Bible." I told them that " It was not in the Bible but had come to me as new that evening for the first time". We all agreed that of all of God's creatures the poor frogs were the ones most suited to dominion over the earth.

The vision for the car is fitting as I received the car as a donation from a wonderful friend George Strong last heard of as residing in the very northernmost part of Idaho (If you know of him or where he is now let me know... cbladey@verizon.net

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The Experience-Initial inspiration and vision
The paint..... was allowed to dry and then clear coated. Immediately upon initial completion -before the paint had begun to dry, as is the case with all art cars, it started to change the world. Local residents walking past -people usually speechless and quiet without a word to say started to talk. Cars driving past paused almost, it seems, over ruling their drivers to experience the cloud of color. With appreciation came that other torment of art car owners-disbelief- wonder turned inward -becoming... shock. The neighborhood erupted in a stereo chorus:
From one ear...... came shouts of:
"great car"
from the other:
" why the hell did you do that".
Hey!This!is America!And one must be prepared to take certain social risks to be able to reside in Anne Arundel County Maryland!
The new colorful parking space illuminated the drab and confining darkness of suburban streets. Children were moved to add their contributions in chalk. Adults questioned sanity- realizing the space and car as cultural markers establishing the adjacent lot as a separate reality; the car and space noted:
A CulturalLine of Demarcation!
The 1966 Pontiac Catalina known as the "adult's muscle car" when it came out under went a
spectacular Apotheosis-from hulk to wonder and from passive functional artifact unnoticed, blending into the canvas of reality to an artifact perceived actively which orchestrates reaction and causes behavior wherever it goes!
HeadsTurn!!!!!-
Facial Expressions change.......
and the Worldis no longer the same.
We invite you to bring your party to party car. We shall ALL celebrate our existence! You are encouraged to join in to let this cloud of color work upon your reality. We encourage those experiencing special days to stop by-we shall help you celebrate! Birthdays, Anniversaries, Weddings christenings. Bring your celebration to party car! We shall have a stock of party items to assist. Join in!

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Important Announcement

For those wanting to find my web world it is no longer at verizon- it moved to

http://www.cbladey.com

if you have the page name just put it after

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http://www.cbladey.com

see you over on the other side!

CB

Sunday, July 29, 2012

Tomorrow the Catalina will be sold. This afternoon there will be a small celebration of the man who gave me the car Mr. George Strong now of Idaho and the car in general- more photos to come. I am the third owner. Here is the original receipt.

Tuesday, July 04, 2006

another view of the frogs will inherit the earth car....mr smith Posted by Picasa
frogs with the artist...mr smith Posted by Picasa

Saturday, April 01, 2006

Folks kept telling me that one big frog was not enough....so I found delightful flowerpot rim hanging frogs that seem to work well....not too many one here one there....now they are indeed inheriting the earth.... Posted by Picasa
flowerpot frogs hang on well to the rain gutters of the car.....a little goop helps keep them there... Posted by Picasa
one hanging off of the rain gutter by windshield Posted by Picasa
froggie! crawling along.... Posted by Picasa
another cute one on the hood... Posted by Picasa

Sunday, July 17, 2005

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The Original Party Car Web pages!

For all of you who need to know the history of the Partycar here is the link to its web pages:

http://www.bcpl.net/~cbladey/partycar.html

Enjoy!

Sunday, June 12, 2005

Trunk detail Posted by Hello
hood detail Posted by Hello
hood detail Posted by Hello
The sides were done as separate movements. Pollack used body movements and energy to structure his work. The sides are subdued as they link hood and rear and top. Posted by Hello
Front view Posted by Hello
Rear View Posted by Hello
The style of Jackson Pollack is that of areas of dense paint covered with swirling thin lines of other colors. The dense areas or movements in the piece are connected with white dribble line. Found objects are often included. We have fitted the style of pollack to the streamlining of the catalina. This is a 1966 catalina. The front grille and fins are given a treatment according to pollack of thin dribble line in bright streamlining colors of yellow orange and red. Car parts such as spark plugs, nuts, condenser, points, and thermostat are included in the surface. Posted by Hello
As is the custom partycar is always painted in its parking space frame. The paint is rustoleum. Also the custom the feet and shoes are never protected from paint....paint lasts for a week or so! On the street the paint is still bright after 10 years or more. Posted by Hello
This is the beginning.....something had to be done....large rust spots had developed and the paint layer, now thick had to be stabilized. Additionally.....outspoken critics had attacked the aesthetics of the redness of the colors I did not agree with them but if I could shut them up with a color shift that I liked I would. So the transformation began.... Posted by Hello