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This morning began as the usual Sunday morning, watching the pleasantly chewy bits of the CBS Sunday Morning show. As soon as I saw this dude's hair, I ran for some paper and a pen. I grabbed the first pen I saw, a standard 'Bic' ink pen. At first I didn't know who he is. But as the interview progressed, I remembered the song they gave a snippet of, "Stray Cat Strut", "I got cat class and I got cat style..." Oh yeah! I also was impressed with his general character. He explained how he has "to go and do what is unpopular". He quotes Mozart, whose songs he rendered in his own style in the album, "Wolfgang's Big Night Out", "I pay no attention to anyone's praise or blame, I simply pay attention to my own feelings." It's worked well for him. In addition to having a helluva good time, he's garnered three grammies.
Monday, December 17, 2007
"Playlist"
7:39pm
Julia, from a photo taken at the pizza parlour last Saturday
It took me four tries before I garnered something even worth showing you all. Perhaps it was my choice of using the good bristol board that inspired slightly better techniques.
I didn't do much drawing yesterday. I had thought we might see another movie, but Julia had a relapse, and spent most of the day shivering under thick layers of clothing and blankets. She's some better today, even though the darn bug has gone into her lungs.
Yesterday, I spent a great deal of time rummaging around in Amazon's mp3 files. It is like a candy store for me, so easy to purchase. I discovered the limit of what can be writ to disc, about 19-20 average length music pieces, a little more than standard CD music files, but not a whole lot. So I have a few pieces bought that didn't fit the first disk. (I took my original 'free' choices, and added to them, creating a nice blend of folksy, ethereal, and international tunes.)
playlist... (Number 1 was a partial sampler, so I scraped it to fit in another Feist piece...)
I'll put the quirkier pieces on the second CD (yes "Stray Cat Strut" is among them), and go seek some more quirk to fit with them.
But not tonight... Tonight I'm enjoying the musical results of my collecting, and sipping a Moscato Allegro, a California wine by Martin Weyrich, 2005, delicious stuff. Maybe I'll try some more sketching...
10:26pm
Maybe I'll get some good inspiration soon...
Tuesday, December 18, 2007 A
"Shoppers"
4:58am
'Shoppers', holiday deco at the mall...
"Buy, buy, buy", 'tis the season, and maybe I will be just a little bit glad to say "Bye, bye, bye" to the season. It's just kinda sad, so many materialistic expectations put on people, so many people go into mega debt this time of year who can't really afford to.
Tuesday, December 18, 2007 B
"Two Drawings"
8:14pm
Odd little doodle...
The Call...
Wednesday, December 19, 2007 A
"Angry"
6:32am
(Yes, sketching from a Flicker face), I hope this young man won't be angry!
As I get older, I find myself less anxious than I used to be. This is a welcome change. But on the flip side, I find myself more easily angered than I used to be. It comes as an overwhelming tide at times, wiser Self struggles to not be swallowed up within it. I don't always succeed. Sometimes anger convinces me an action is wiser than it is. That action seems irresistable. How long would I need to wait before true reason and calm return? An hour? A day? Next time, will I remember to wait before acting?
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