I have had the chance to read two of my friend Lizzie's book.
Fisherman and the Sperm Thief, and Sapho's Agency.
Both are good stories with a unique slant about sexual liaisons in a world lacking enough men.
I highly recommend them and you can buy them at Amazon.
Sunday, May 29, 2016
Lost it
I swear last month when I was looking for something else I kept running into these about making various origami ornament/balls with aluminum cans. So I started saving cans including some unusual ones I ran across. And finally at long last I have the cans the tools the time and... Uh wait. What the heck happened to all those posts about how to make these things. I searched everything I could think of "aluminum origami", "can origami", "can folding", "aluminum ornaments"... Zip zilch nada.
I hate when that happens!
I hate when that happens!
Sunday, May 15, 2016
Following my dreams
Sometimes ideas and inspiration come at odd times; in the shower, while in the bathroom, or in my dreams.
Last night I had a dream about painting on canvas. This is of course something lots of artists do, but I have never actually done so. In my dream the canvass I was painting on was about 4 feet by 8 feet. so extremely large. and I was simultaneously painting two of these.
On one of them were some drawings that I had planned to paint very opaquely on top of my vibrant translucent mystical background. The frustration was trying to see the drawing behind the first painting.
But that neither here nor there. What I did find interesting is that I had family members who had died making comments about my work and talking about how proud they were of my creativity. Both my mother and my grandfather who I struggled with in life were saying how they always knew I was talented and following this path was the right one for me.
Anyway in general the dream felt very positive and I feel inspired to go pick up a couple of small canvasses to play around with. I have several types of paint and several media to mix it with as well as other ideas to try out. So yeah. I am gonna play with these.
I am completely ready for failure in terms of achieving anything like my dreams but the chance to play and experiment has me excited.
Following my dreams literally, almost never happens and when I do I seldom achieve the vision of my dream, but I often achieve something interesting.
Those quiet moments when your mind can speak to you and help you to create are important and to be cherished and listened to.
Seek them out.
Last night I had a dream about painting on canvas. This is of course something lots of artists do, but I have never actually done so. In my dream the canvass I was painting on was about 4 feet by 8 feet. so extremely large. and I was simultaneously painting two of these.
On one of them were some drawings that I had planned to paint very opaquely on top of my vibrant translucent mystical background. The frustration was trying to see the drawing behind the first painting.
But that neither here nor there. What I did find interesting is that I had family members who had died making comments about my work and talking about how proud they were of my creativity. Both my mother and my grandfather who I struggled with in life were saying how they always knew I was talented and following this path was the right one for me.
Anyway in general the dream felt very positive and I feel inspired to go pick up a couple of small canvasses to play around with. I have several types of paint and several media to mix it with as well as other ideas to try out. So yeah. I am gonna play with these.
I am completely ready for failure in terms of achieving anything like my dreams but the chance to play and experiment has me excited.
Following my dreams literally, almost never happens and when I do I seldom achieve the vision of my dream, but I often achieve something interesting.
Those quiet moments when your mind can speak to you and help you to create are important and to be cherished and listened to.
Seek them out.
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