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In wine there is wisdom,

In beer there is freedom,

   In water there is bacteria.  Ben Franklin

Henry Miller is back with this latest 'suggestion':  

#9.  Discard the Program when you feel like it - but go back to it next day.  Good plan.  You don't get anything done when you have to fight it. If things just aren't flowing, an the studio is picked up and all the stupid tasks done, then give yourself a day off!  Go to a gallery, go look at something beautiful, take a hike, call a friend. Then tomorrow when you get back in the studio you'll be all renewed and ready to roll.  

The Culprit:

MY MACHINE HAS RETURNED, and WOW, it simply hummmmmmms!  I had forgotten what it was supposed to sound like.  And it's bobbin winder is replaced so I don't have to do them by hand any more.  Oh, happy day!  Just for fun I did an internet check on this and found one for more than I paid for this one years ago  Somebody must like them, maybe I will too, now that it's making sweet noises.

Lack of imagination?  You decide

It started out as a mistake. Back in 1973, PE teacher Dale Irby wore an era-appropriate polyester shirt and brown sweater-vest to picture day. The next year, entirely by accident, he wore the exact same thing. At first he was horrified, but the next year, his wife Cathy dared him to do it again.  He should never have taken that dare.  I think he only changed his glasses twice too.  Odd.

 It’s a Circus (light green)

 It's a Circus (light brown)

It's a Circus (anise green),    

All-  2011, Jonathan Monk, acrylic on canvas ( 59.06 x 47.24 in) and a C-print (29.53 x 23.62 in) 

Painting a broken egg:  fascinating!

detail of car door below

rusty skillet with embroidered eggs

Lithuanian artist Severija Incirauskaite embroiders everyday metal objects like pans, spoons, watering cans, shovels, and even cars. Incirauskaite drills holes into the metal objects, then uses cotton thread that generally corresponds to the color of the chosen object, emphasizing the importance of the object. She generally uses mass patterns from different hobby magazines, combining popular craft techniques with nontraditional methods of execution. Of her work, she says, “Personally, I don’t like extraordinary situations – I like everyday life. People often think that a situation like a wedding or exotic travels etc are the most important in their lives. I think the opposite, I think that everyday life is more important because it unites all our lives.”

gross misuse of a squirrel, a chipmunk, and a ...

maybe a wolverine?  Whatever, it's bad, and supposed to be public art.  

me too, Rover, me too.