Friday, August 24, 2007
"Strange Visitor"
8:01pm
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Friday, August 24, 2007
"Strange Visitor"
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Saturday, August 25, 2007 A
"Charlene Meets Charlene"
7:32am
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Saturday, August 25, 2007 B
"Signs of the Times"
They know not what they say...
"In-active" Reality:
"How about never, is that good for you?"
12:11pm
"In some people religion exists as a dull habit, in others as an acute fever."
HOURS
MON-FRI
:00am- :00pm
CLOSED
FOR LUNCH :00- :00
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We got a good deal on him, as brass statues now command rather high prices, often past a hundred dollars. However when we got him home, I noticed he's a little fragile where he's standing on the creature he is riding. Thus we placed him carefully so that he can be partially supported by the bookcase wall behind him. After a bit of a read, I learned the creature is a rat, which has to do with desires out of control such as gluttony. That is something that can be a difficult endeavor, not easily balanced, so perhaps it is fitting that the statue have that fragility. I like that in my photo, Isis is there, also acting as symbol to strengthen one's cleverness and Will.
Sunday, August 26, 2007 A
"When Will I Be Published?"
 A sort of 'pendulum divination' to seek when I will speak in books...
All I can do is to seek inspiration from those artists and writers I admire, and then go to my Higher Self for direction in how to push my pieces as far as I can push them. In the end, I can only please myself. However, that urge to push myself further and further will not let me satisfied too long with stasis. I'll keep trying new things. (I've had small pieces published within larger books and such for which I'm grateful, [and I've begun showing art at the county fair], but I'm talking here of a book that's "all me", of whatever subject I choose.)
Sunday, August 26, 2007 B
"Gazing into His Eyes"
After seeing _Stardust_ yesterday, I went on a search about it and the actors who played in it. As one reviewer said, it "ain’t no Princess Bride." But it still is a pretty good romp at that, full of surprises and imagination. Dunstan, father of the main protagonist Tristan, is a rather handsome dude. As is Tristan, but as I looked at photos of Nathaniel Parker who plays him, I came across a photo of him in another role. He appears to be a brooding romantic vampire in that photo, so I drew him: |
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Gazing into his eyes, they seem to say, "You do not know my world, you cannot. Judge me if you must, but you do not know my world. And I will not try to explain it. And I won't apologize for that!" I might not be entirely reading into that. While the imdb.com page on the movie in which he played this character describes it as a "family comedy", it also describes the character as "brooding" and "eccentric". Eccentric vampire or eccentric mortal human, he does appear to be one not to apologize for his eccentricity.
Monday, August 27, 2007
"Thoughts in Time and Space"
But this time, the information found a more open mind. Learning of their history, how they beat the Persians, who would have enslaved them, how they formed a strong Athens, how then hubris led them to to try and take on the Spartans, but how with the prodding of Socrates, Athens would then become a center of learning has broadened my knowledge of how the world came to be. Julia, who is a fount of knowledge, explained to me how later some Roman 'Theo something' tried to shut down the Academy of Athens, and so that is how Alexandria became a center of learning. I truly have respect for all centers of learning, and in webspace, these need not be confined to a geographical area. And now, time for a drawing! |
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What does this morning's drawing say to me? Here before me is a rather Sphinx like character, but she's representive of what it means to be human. Her body seems firmly fixed in space and time. She has the carnal side, represented by the tale. She has her heart, blooming like a flower. (Or something like that, perhaps less silly sounding.) But her mind, it is a vessel that can hold many things. Her mind is also like a sea going vessel that can travel anywhere. The thing to our right is like a metronome, marking time.
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
"Taking Assessment"
Maybe a year or so ago, I'd bought his book, but like too many books I buy, it ended up on the bookshelves, not much studied. It's an encouraging book, written with humor as well as the hard fats. I decided to take assessment of the fleshy data:
Not to have this just be a harsh measuring in, I thought I'd revisit my face in the mirror, as well:
Wednesday, August 29, 2007 A
"Laura Visits Me in a Dream"
"And I will not say, 'because most of my attempts in the past have resulted in failure, this predicts failure for this time.'
What a helpless, defeatist attitude.
Yes, I know the immensity of the thing I am attempting. I humbly admit this might be yet one more failure, goals gradually
forgotten, until the cookies are coming into the house in huge number and into my body in huge number.
Man, how long have I battled this off and on?
But I try again, and maybe this time, something will click."
I went back to bed, and just before waking for the day, Laura visited me in a dream. The main scene of it is somehow I'm in college again, in the middle room on the dorm floor in which we used to gather for
dorm floor meetings. Laura is there, along with a few other women. But the conversation is really just between she and I. She asks me, "So you're really ready to battle this?" I am there, sobbing, "Yes, I really want to do it!"
The scene shifts...
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Wednesday, August 29, 2007 B
© Joan Lansberry
