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"...useful guidance for present-day application."
When I started working with tea and ink on paper, to the exclusion of oils, it wasn't a full shift. There was always the idea of a return to oil, taking whatever I found in the meantime back with me. The question was never really when, but how. I knew I wouldn't just pick up and start where I left off, because I know more now than I did then. What ( Read more... ) -
It's bright when it doesn't kill.
I get in trouble at museums. Not like dragged-away-screaming-in-chains trouble, but a milder sort of angry librarian trouble. "Please step away from the art." I'm not trying to steal or vandalize but I always want to see as much as possible. Now, SAT prep tells us that statements containing "always" or "never" tend to be false, but there I go ( Read more... ) -
The needle, and the damage just begun
When I was little, I remember registering certain chunks of color as candy. There were green houses with pink trim and I would gnash my teeth as we drove by: "Ka-chunk. Peppermint!" The rippling color gradients on the cover of my mom's bargello books? Slurp, dude. Slurp. Mom's needlepoint projects happened while I acquired language and ate as much ( Read more... ) -
No pity, all awesome
Man, so instead of going to a party and getting on my hidden identity Friday night, I came home and crawled into my jammies all a-shiver. Thanks, microbiology! Even feverish, I'm still a Virgo and of course there was a checklist. Or rather, a fresh pile of art mags and a panting moleskine on the bedside table, all clamoring for the waking moments ( Read more... ) -
Old Skool vs. New Business
Is there anyone else out there who fervently believes in the untapped genius potential of Vince McMahon: Bond Villain ( Read more... ) -
Not listed on the calendar of holy days
Schedule wide open next week, and nothing to do but yawn? According to the ADI sales office on-hold recording (beats Norah Jones), we celebrate Outdoor Perimeter Protection Week July 28 through August 1. So hook up those biometrics, lock up your copper, and charge your tazers. Summer's headline event is only five days away. -
I still open mail from strangers.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Seems you're pushing to learn all you can from places and ideas you barely even know existed a few months ago. Your experiments continue to provide such valuable lessons that you'd rather not wrap them up yet...
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Test-Driving for Drinkworthiness
I got to keep some of my recent pottery batch around for household use. And through use, I get to learn whether they count as "functional." It's one thing to be a cup-with-handle, but another thing entirely to be a cup-with-handle that feels comfortable when grasped or held. Also, I enjoy my coffee/tea far more when it doesn't involve burning the ( Read more... )
