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Happy Halloween!

blurring the lines

::dancers::

I enjoy watching a project unfold/develop. Seeing a mismatched bunch of steps become a collaboration of movement. Trying to think of my own projects and find the ultimate unblocker: motivation.

the weekend cannot come fast enough

in other news, here's George Dvorsky's blog about Dumbledore's 'outing.'

pillow

it's a little lumpy, but here's a pillow I made for marie this summer. It includes two of her favorite things -- purple and circles. Oh and believe me, the symbolic reasons behind both are deep and long winded. Actually, I loved the colors together, and had fun with fabric paint. This was during the summer when I had more downtime than I needed... now, of course, I wish I had more!

Here's a detail:

mismatch

before moving back north, I had big bouts of downtime at my last job... hence hand sewing this pillow together at my desk during breaks. I have to say, initially I wanted things to line up (maybe to justify some sort of quilting law...) but then I decided I didn't want to have straight lines and angles. I don't generally enjoy my sewing to be too 'perfect,' which may be why I've balked from the quilt marie's grandmother assigned. sewing homework=ridiculous.

this is one of a few things I've sewn and not immediately given away. which reminds me, christmas is coming...

bed

::Athens:: From Bed Series, 2003 by Jessica Levey

"... When we journey alone together through the wild country
of the soul, and I envy your greater courage, which looks solid
as mahogany, or your agile heart, softly flaming like pearl,
remind me of the child too small to peer over snowbanks,
who sailed mythic seas, and hand-crafted worlds..."

From "How the Poet Got Her Stripes," by Diane Ackerman

lines

::woodworkers:: by alyson fox

skulking through the shiny squirrel, an easy place to get lost by-the-by, I found this great piece by alyson fox. Fox does my favorite kind of art — simple lines, great color, novel concept AND it's fun. Check out her materials list: ink, colored pencil, water color and found materials/objects. Which comes to my next point, these are all things I can find in my house as well. so alyson fox = inspiration and not a blow to my artistic drive (read: can't start this project because i don't have a gocco machine).


::dinosaur:: by alyson fox.

Here's an excerpt from her interview on the aforementioned shiny squirrel:
"The drawings are an on going series of a fictional family with half true stories. I like the work to feel like something is about to go wrong. I get inspiration from lot of things: thrift stores, old photographs, textiles, my mood, and conversations."

"Trust thyself only, and another shall not betray thee"

—Thomas Fuller (1608-1661)

details

fashion fashion fashion... in hindsight, i think i read more about people who take their fashion seriously (sometimes pushing it to comical heights). You know the type who grab found objects and create random, but 'cool,' combos.

This site makes me feel guilty every morning... not jewish grandma guilt from ages past, but the nagging little voice before i get dressed that says, would that be featured on bitsandbobbins? noooo, missy. and usually i move on.

elyse sewell, in her random blogging states, is part of the aggressive fashion machine... but adds her evergreen comments to a world that is hilarious and strange. (plus cultural commentary on hong kong. makes me want to visit even more).

this site is just begging to be rifled through for hours... people who work here are way way way too cool.

a hankering

i'm sure you know how it is... the afternoon has rolled around, and it's not even close to dinner, and it's still too close to lunch to even really be worrying about dinner... and yet. i think a peanut butter and apple sandwich is in order. the snack of champions. too bad i don't have any of these ingredients handy today, but the picture looks good.

last night, marie's grandmother flew diligently across several states to visit and she brought me a nice little pile of fabric! new-to-me fabric presents are such a treat... it's like getting a brand spanking new journal with blank pages waiting for some creative bug to bite (regardless of if it ever does! i have hundreds of just-started journals to prove it, beginning in preschool).

hopefully, i'll get around to using it soon (and showing my projects... dang camera/scanner debacle).

sailing, sailing

photo by marie
the oceans won't be the same... now that marie and I are sailing certified! it's a strange feeling, thinking that a month ago, I had no idea what 'tacking' or 'jibeing,' was other than possible dance moves... or that there was such a thing as 'luffing' or a 'boom vang' (frankly, sailing terms are weird, and i think many rational people would agree...).