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"For me, the best work is passionate, fresh, well designed and well executed - the perfect balance 

  of art and craft."   Judy Villett

 AAAArughhh.  I set up my new/old machine and got to work yesterday, fortified by a pumpkin donut that a friend brought me- it was smallish, don't judge me...Wasn't long. like the second pass at a straight line, that I discovered I had no knee lift.  Well, OK, I can live without it but not happily.  While I was fiddling around to see if the little plug in the kneelift area came out I must have messed up aome other settings because after I had sewn for about 45 minutes I turned it over to find a rats nest of loopy and loose thread -  because the tension lever had been moved over by accident.  So I looked at it a bit,. got too frustrated to deal with ripping out half a quilt's worth of quilting stitches, turned out the light and left the building.  Today I am headed back fortified by my flourless blueberry pancake to do battle fresh and rested.  That damn tension lever is so loose it slides itself, so I will tape 'er down today so my glance won't move it again.  

Getting to know youuuu,

Getting to know all abooooutttt youuu.  

Getting to LIKEEEE you, 

hoping that you like me tooooo.

Reduced to singing to a sewing machine.

Sad.

Ernesto Neto has perhaps received the widest global acclaim, showing his installations made of stretchy, stocking-like material, and loose, translucent scrims often filled with aromatic spices or malleable Styrofoam pellets.  It is in the interaction with people that it shows other levels of itself. Interaction provides a more intimate relationship between the artwork and the viewer. "When people climb into new pieces for the first time, I watch new aspects of the works being born. Also, when someone decides to get inside of a piece, they have another level of experience through the atmosphere created by these unexpectedly organic bodies. I believe that as living human beings we have a particular body in time, a kind of island in a cultural-physical world with skin as the border or limit. I like to work at that limit."  These are massive scale with room to walk through and in.

Oh, my!  Banksy is feeling his oats in NYC!   New provocative work now touring the streets of New York’s meatpacking district. He’s kitted out a slaughterhouse delivery truck complete with frightened animatronic stuffed animas from cows to pandas that would have the the late Jim Henson rolling in his grave. To top it off, they’re all letting out stuffed animal squeaker screams which has frightened some butchers and plenty of kids.   Go to the link above for the other projects he's done so far-  one a day since the first of the month.  I am smitten.  

And while I am admiring graffiti art, let's visit France!  You may have seen the incredible street art of Charles Leval, also known as Levalet, making the rounds on the internet earlier this year. The talented artist decorates his city with imaginative wheatpaste images that seem to come alive. He often displays the pasteup characters interacting with 3d materials, like windowsills, electrical cords, and support beams that are already there, as well as throwing his own props into the mix. 

California alligators-  and a bit of child abuse.

And with that I need to go make some serious chili for the games tonight-  a marathon sports night with the Patriots AND the Redsox.  I'll get a lot of knitting done.  And ripping on the quilt!