Liahona LDS Books: A Deseret Book Location, (8905 Conroy Windermere Rd, Orlando, FL 32835), is a Mormon bookstore supplying religious reading material, music, movies, art, jewelry and gifts. I didn’t know the meaning of Deseret, so I asked Linda Sarascino what it meant and online. “The State of Deseret was a provisional state of the United States,
proposed in 1849 by settlers from The Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City. The provisional state existed for slightly over two years and was never
recognized by the United States government. The name derives from the word for “honeybee” in the Book of Mormon.”
I decided to bring my Elite Animation Academy, Urban Sketching Students to the bookstore to sketch. A statue of a prophet held out his to let costumers see the items on the counter. American Flag triangular flags were draped along the counter. My students sat in the stores reading room chairs. I need to encourage them to get closer the action.
A very well dressed family entered the store and wandered the racks. There were children’s books and toys in the bad of the store. I never knew there were so many religious children’s books on the market. American flag and cloud paintings hung on the wall next to the entry door. Prints were arranged in the wicker basket. The sales lady was from New York City as was the family. They were in town for the Morman Convention. I was fascinated by this clean fashionable sub culture. My mom used to dress me up in a new suit every Easter with an embroidered label on the breast pocket. For whatever reason their clean cut out fits brought me back.
Outside the sun set behind the duck pond. My students got some decent sketches, and this was the first class, where I encouraged them to add watercolor to their sketches. Perhaps there was some divine intervention.
