Your vision becomes clear only when you can look into your own heart. Carl Jung
And here we go- First off, today is the anniversary of the Roswell Landing! I have it on my calendar to remind me every year but whattaya know- Google has a little spaceship on their page today. They seem to have something special every day lately- I should remember to look, though I am still mad at them for getting rid of Reader. And I can hold a grudge! Speaking of grudges, I lost all the stuff I had migrated to Feedly plus the things I added over the last few months. I was quite upset and as fiddling around with it looking in corners and punching buttons when WHAMMO, it all came back to me. Apparently there was a 'glitch' (hmmmm.) Good thing because I was about to start reconstruction with somebody else. I guess you get what you pay for.
Yesterday TY was at a gun show, (don't ask..., but, no, we do not have a gun) and I headed for the mall to take advantage of the last day with 50% off the sale prices. When I was there a few weeks ago there were som quite spectacular shoes I had to pass up, just couldn't do it when I added it all up. But at 50% off YESSS! I COULD DO IT! Unfortunately I got three pairs, two of them leopard print. I don't know why, probably because I loved them and they fit and I've been feeling sorry for myself. "Poor me, poor me, I don't have any leopard print shoes...". Well, knock that sorry lament off the list 'cause I now have my lifetime quota! No more pity party here.
Second piece of news is that I finished all but two little triangles of the knitting last night (and broke into Season Three of Downton Abbey!) Something about it is conducive to knitting because I can get so much done while watching. Today I had an early doctor appointment, am spending time with the livestock here and then I go to the studio to see what can be done without the machine- don't have it back yet. I still have much hand appliqué to finish here if I don't get word on the machine soon.
Third piece of news is TY took off in a jet plane early early this morning, in face so early that he even hired a guy to whisk him off knowing I am not good when expected to drive before it's light out! He left here at 5:30 and I laid around listening to NPR until it started the loop again about the SF plane and the Canadian train. Could not listen knowing he was at the gate waiting to board. But now I can get down to business and get some stuff done around here, in fact on the road to the doc this morning I met my friend I have plans with tomorrow and we cancelled because I need the time in the studio this week. So, that's about it.
Lets see what Henry Miller has in store: 8. Don't be a draught-horse! Work with pleasure only.
Well, ain't that well placed? Perfect for me with the must-do list calling me and the WANT-to-do list languishing in the corner. How right he is, if you're not enjoying what you do, then how can anybody else ever appreciate your work? But the real kicker is that the applique piece I keep whining about is a horse... Yup, right between the eyes with #8! And I do like the pice a lot, I need to respect it more and put love into doing it.
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Kathy Halper’s work mirrors adults’ ongoing fascination with youth culture, imbuing it with today’s hyper-social-networked edge. Media theorist Marshall McLuhan predicted the advent of the Internet, suggesting the future of living in a global village that acts and reacts to the pulse of culture. He notes that it is not adults, but rather youth that instinctively and intuitively understand this type of “electronic drama.” This is where Halper’s work begins. Creating embroidered drawings from photographs of adolescents that she finds on social networking sites, Halper’s work questions the disappearing space between public and private online, the subversive use of fabric, needle and thread, and the role that technology plays in shaping adolescence. Her work questions the ways we look and observe, and how adults connect with the youth of today. These questions stem from both her personal experience as a parent, a love of the homemade craft, and an awkward relationship with the Internet.
Artist In Residence- Kathy Halper
Along the same lines-
Kate Kretz, The Last Taboo. A talk given to The National Textile Society Symposium in Washington, D.C. on September 20, 2012.
Philippe Handford, “Reconnected 1” on the Pendle Sculpture Trail (photograph by Philippe Handford) Art can have a unique place in interpretive history experiences by embodying the history of a place with an impactful visual, and making that visual part of the narrative. But it’s hard to do well without being overly intrusive or just clashing with the surrounding setting.
Workout Banana, wha???
And another kind of artist-
This all calls for some SuperSquirrel Intervention, thanx Teddy!
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