The relatively brief life of "My Recycled Prayer" A giant Praying Mantis COLLABORATORS David Randolph Jesha Chen Logan Randolph Shawn Wigle, Recycling Supervisor, City of Pittsburgh DONORS CMU School of Drama Construction Junction - Mike Gable East End Brewing Company - "Scott" Pittsburgh Recycling Services, Inc. - Russel Holby What's more frightful than a giant bug? My hope was that children might dare each other to run beneath him, and that he would resemble some of the old "roadside actraction" figures on American highways, welcoming visitors into the Children's Area. He's gone now, but not forgotten. photo: Louis Stein Dave Randolph and I assembled the "skeleton" in the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama's sceneshop. The steel had been destined for the scrapyard, after its use for scenery construction in CMU's production of Commedia. At the installation site in Gateway Plaza, Dave and I attach the body, containing the animation mechanics, to the steel "skeleton." My friend Jesha Chen, a Graduate Student in the CMU School of Art, has just completed her beautiful paint treatment. She also helped with the construction in the shop. A profile, showing his sparkling blue-green skin, made with plastic edging from my backyard garden, and his "windmill wings," of old paint cans cut in half. Venise caught his windmill working during a gusty moment just before a storm. 10 seconds is all we have, because that's all that was left on her memory card.