« | Main | some scarf photos »
September 15, 2004
brite becomes blue
When I was a little kid I had a parakeet named Dixie. I had never traveled to the south, and had no real associations with it to speak of, but the name popped into my head and it stuck. He is long gone and Im pretty sure he wasnt a Baptist, although he did enjoy the occasional dip in a small bowl of water (hm, maybe in a past life ~ BTW, my apostrophe doesnt work, hence the typos) I can see him now, tooling around bird heaven with Confederate flags under each wing. When I was little I imagined he could roller skate. There are crayon drawings of his little bird feet with wheels strapped on (I had the kind of skates that clamped to your shoes, and wore my skate key around my neck on some yarn) with SSSssss trailing out behind for dramatic effect.
In any event, I have been researching housing in Savannah, GA, this morning online, and of course got distracted and came across this small article about this couple in Tennessee who do
some really nice letterpress work. I particularly enjoyed the quote from the young man about what he learned “painting was the best vehicle for … creative expression;” printing was an ideal means for mass-production; and the computer was “the Devil’s work.” And just when I was contemplating sitting down with the Flash MX manual. Oh well, Id been thinking recently that it feels better to me to spend less time in front of the screen and more making things with my hands.
Anyway, YeeHaw! Sorry I missed them at SCAD!
In knitting news, the safety orange scarf to match the safety orange handwarmers has been dismantled, as I realized it was too wide and also too boring. So now I am working on a narrower, striped version, using scrap yarn whenever possible. I cant decide if I love the colors or hate them. But the safety orange is in there, so it matches. Not that I ever place much stock in matching.
I got some really lovely brite blue (thats the name of the color, Brite Blue) Brown Sheep worsted, it is the color of bluebirds and makes me so happy.
Posted by at September 15, 2004 10:20 AM
Comments
The apostrophe contracts the language of God, and brings forth possession. A purge of the diabolic from the keyboard better allows the flower of free will to unfold.
Posted by: Juan Jorges Jesus at September 15, 2004 02:25 PM