Happy Valentines Day
My father considered a walk among the mountains as the equivalent of churchgoing.
Aldous Huxley
Some things are finally falling into place around here. The therapist yesterday said I have full extension on all three tests for my shoulder. Because I dropped one day I was there on a Thursday and met a whole new batch of patients. One woman was working on her ankle and because I was doing stretches on the machine next to her she started talking to me- said she has had SIX shoulder operations and just got over the last one with SIX sessions of therapy (OMG!) before she hurt her ankle and had that operated on. Turns out she was an RN and hurt her shoulder flipping people around and over all day long, then a bad surgery led to a series of other surgeries to 'fix' what went wrong. Poor woman, she sure has my sympathies! Anyway, it made me feel so happy I only had to go through it once (so far...). I see the doc next week and will find out if I am still on for more or they will let me go. I would SO love to have those three mornings a week back!
- INCOMPLETE MANIFESTO FOR CHANGE Bruce Mau
- Intentionally left blank.
- Allow space for the ideas you haven’t had yet, and for the ideas of others.
On the Molly front, she is scheduled for her eye surgery next Tuesday and I am running around getting her a harness instead of a collar, buying grain free treats, and basically worrying to hell and back over this. Poor thing seems to be OK at night on our walks- I take a high powered flashlight, aim it right over her head, and she follows the beam down the street. During the day she is completely blind but probably the sun is so bright she doesn't have a beam to follow. Then I bring her home and she crashes into the gate, she crashes into the glass door, she trips up the one step into the house, she hits the back o the couch, finds the front and jumps up only to fall asleep from the stress and effort. Wish I could, but I am awake waiting for whatever I can do to help.
For today's What-I-Want section, I got this in the inbox last night, and I WANT it! Trouble is I don't have the newer iPhone because unlike other people, mine just never wears out! One of these days I'll get the 5, and that afternoon I will order this 'chocolate'!
I got some good time in the studio the other day, probably not today since I am waiting for a delivery but as soon as he comes I am out of here. TY got a new cookbook written by a friend of our daughter so he is reading it word by word and very impressed. He wants me to make EVERYTHING. Ain't gonna happen, but I'll work on it bit by bit. Paleo, sigh. My ancestors ate gelato and foie gras (as if) in my dreams. My parents ate porkchops, potatoes, and peas and nothing touched anything else.
Actually they were all farmers so ate whatever was growing out in the back 40 at any given time. When that stopped they ate whatever was in the Mason jars in the storm cellar. Habits die hard- my mother canned blueberries she would pick every year for my dad who loved them but couldn't have sugar, and when she died I found jars back 2 decades. She would take a whole cupboard full of her efforts in their RV back and forth to AZ every winter- I sweat they could have lived in that thing for months if it ever got hung up on a back road somewhere. Me? I have four (count 'em!) Publix markets within a mile of our house. if there's an apocalypse I am heading for one of those! I can walk.
Oh yeah, you came for the art and I kept you for the stories! Sorry:
Jane Perkins reproduces classic paintings using found plastic objects like buttons, beads, jewelry, shells, toy figures, LEGOs, and other plastic items. With her careful and meticulous arrangements, she faithfully recalls well-known works, enhancing the texture of them and creating interesting depth. She implements each item’s original color and shape skillfully into the compositions, illustrating shades and lines with the outlines of the objects. From afar, her pieces could pass for prints of these famous works, but up close, the viewer is granted another layer of appreciation for them. Perkins applies her background in textile design to her plastic found object arrangements, artfully utilizing the textures of each object.
Part collage, part photography, part tapestry, these fragmented interpretations of iconic buildings and landmarks by Seung Hoon Park are truly something to ponder over. Each image begins with 8mm or 16mm camera film strips which he lays down in rows to create a larger surface that effectively acts as a single piece of film. Park then exposes two images in a large format 8×10″ camera using sets of vertical and horizontal strips which are woven together to create a final print.
Hav-a-Heart Squirrel. He found his Valentine present.
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