(Received the “Best of Holidailies” nod. Thanks, guys!) This entry will be about the best Christmas ever in my adult life. Part 2 will be about the best one as a child. As for many folks, this time of year is very difficult for me, either for reasons of missing loved ones, craving the family [...]
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It dawned on me that I need to work on an “artist’s statement.” Which isn’t the typical kind of me-me-me statement about my aesthetic. It’s more of a discussion (treatise?) on why creativity is so important to me and why it can be, should be vital to others. I have a new book from Amazon [...]
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When I leave the blogging for late in the evening, my tank is low and I don’t have much coherent to say. I also had a right busy day out in the world — lots of errands and driving around in cold fog. It was rather Dickensian, except for the freeways, cars, cell phones and [...]
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Today was the day to unpack the red and green boxes from the garage and bring Christmas inside. It was a bitterly cold day too, which helped some. I still feel cooped up and in need to a good long elliptical session, but one little corner of our world is red, green, gold and nutcrackery. [...]
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Here’s another video which is a marvel of technique and creativity… Imagine knitting 720 panels for your animation! Sure, she had a knitting machine, but it’s still a major achievement. It’s a bit far away from the kinds of images that I’m wanting to create with fiber, fabric and paint, but when you’re working on [...]
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Here are two brief videos of Christmas cheer in lieu of a long entry. (I think the past three days’ worth of lectures is enough of that, you know?) I heard this song on the radio. The first video is just the song with some attempt at visual humor, but it’s the “original” audio track. [...]
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To show my pedigree a little bit, I have edited the Holidailies writing prompt for today a la Bourdieu. (Bill if you’re reading this, I’m giving a little Gallic shrug as I type.) (Keep reading below the cut. There’s free beer!) Pierre Bourdieu wrote about meconnaisance, which translates as mis-remembering. This literary and philosophical construct [...]
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I listened to an interesting sermon in church last Sunday (it’s not online yet), entitled “The Irrational Season.” The minister’s message was that this is indeed a season filled with “irrational” thoughts, or at least ones that defy logic — it is a celebratation of the birth of a child from a woman who is [...]
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(This entry was chosen as a “Best of Holidailies.” Thanks!) Wrapping gifts is a lost art. I learned it during one weekend of working the gift wrap desk at a major department store when I was in high school. I didn’t get paid, but my mother worked there, and one day I was hanging out [...]
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Deke asked me, indirectly, if I read fiction while I am writing it. I have to say that my reading habits have been very slovenly since I had my son. I used to read a lot and then he learned to grasp thing like books I’m reading, and I discovered that Law & Order came [...]
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