Monthly Archives: April 2010

Just now at 42nd and 6th…

Here’s what the sign says: “Crowd/Atmosphere Notice This area is being used for filming the motion picture tentatively entitled “The Smurfs Movie”. If you enter this area it is possible you will appear recognizably in the film. Therefore it is understood and agreed that all persons entering the area thereby grant permission to Columbia Pictures… Continue Reading

Flashing without flash…

More fussing with the Nikon – weaning myself off of the auto and the limited “program” mode. Working with manual more means that everything slows down. You’ll never guess what I’m doing today, unless you guess “cleaning”, in which case you guessed. Tags: chores, daily photo, fyff, learning

Returning thought…

Something that came up in class today that has stayed with me: It’s very tempting for artists to try to explain themselves. Especially after the experience of art school, where one is always asked for clarifications and reasons for things. But the temptation can be to explain through the work itself, to include pieces or… Continue Reading

Yank…

Tags: self daily, tension

The Reveal…

Part of the results of this weekend’s work: a usable work surface. You don’t want to know what the “before” was like, except that One would have had to hazard a guess that there was a desk in the vicinity of a festering pile. Yep, that’s a Crate and Barrel knockoff of an Eames chair,… Continue Reading

And then I threw it away…

Nothing new to report. except that I can see the surface of my drawing table again. Tonight’s appointment had to cancel, so cleaning will continue until further notice. Tags: boring, chores, daily photo

Partly Cloudy

Cleaning continues. Throwing stuff out. Working area by area. There’s more that I’m happy to be letting go of. Tags: chores, daily photo

Peck peck peck

Puttering with online stuff. And my intern came by to keep me honest, which means more papers sorted, and that leads me to get rid of a bunch of techno clutter. The desk is reasonably clear. Took a little time off from it all to get Lehigh outside for a while and during the walk… Continue Reading

Backlog…

I’m lucky that I have many seconds, because all day today people have poked their heads in my office and asked if I had a couple. I myself am an office drop-by-er, being happier to walk over and ask someone something than to call or email. There’s a lot more photos taken and posted to… Continue Reading

Double plus…

Lehigh was full of beans this morning: rolling, tugging, snorting. I had an excellent cup of the coffee that D-L brought me from the Mission and had sufficient hot water for the shower. Allergies were under control on the morning walk, and I made it to work in time for my meeting. So life, as… Continue Reading