I've been feeling a kind of restlessness— one that's mostly stayed away for awhile, so I'm not sure I recognize it exactly, but it feels familiar. The best thing for it is a renewed dedication to process and making. I've been active, productive, but it's been all maintenance, freelance work, and bits n bobs. I… Continue reading a bit of a lull
She was always sending us loaves of her bread and every time she sent them off, she'd call at seven in the morning and talk for an hour. Graham bread. When it got moldy we used to call it Graham Green.
Today was a fine day for the first long wander in months. Walked five and a half miles through four neighborhoods. Silvered sun, soft air, and a gentle bewilderment— muscle memory or sense memory awakening in the new light. On the way home, stopped at the grocery store for a few things and bought a fancy little… Continue reading a wander, a tree, sketches
Only yesterday I took bags and boxes of things to donate to Housing Works, and already a new pile has begun to accumulate in the hall. I can’t stop deleting*. Next, soon: a harsh, realistic editing of the wardrobe. (I wear only a fraction of what I own— what's the point?) Time to delete some of… Continue reading Rituals. Looking back and springing forward—
I've just read Ali Smith's introduction to the (surprisingly recent) English translation of Tove Jansson's Fair Play, which I suspect will be a new favorite. Among other things, it's about editing, in art and in life— an ongoing making and remaking of things, of days. An excerpt from the introduction: The book opens, then, on a simple… Continue reading ‘Fair Play’
Some pencil and watercolor drawings from the sketchbook; mainly focused on rendering hair, which is great fun to paint with watercolors.
This is what editing looked like yesterday. I’ve been in a frenzy of eliminating items from my apartment; going through boxes, drawers, shelves— anything that no longer makes the cut is out. Trash, recycle or donate. Two of the friends I met up with last night said they'd been doing the same thing this weekend; how… Continue reading On Editing
Some of the sketches from Sunday's wander day revisited with watercolor and paper collage. More pages after the jump>> On the two above (though it's really hard to see), I played with using a bit of paper lace as a mask– painted in the negative spaces with acrylic glaze, let dry, then painted over it with the watercolor.… Continue reading Sketchbook and watercolor : reacquaint
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