The First Woman

 

I think I may have mentioned that I was looking for this story from one of my childhood books, and my brother located it in a collection of stories called Around the World Storybook by Danny Kaye. It stuck with me because I didn't think it could be a mistake that I was from the north and I was pretty good with my hands. And, it's a pretty terrifying story. Here's to women who manage to stay whole in the face of a brutal world. 

Banksy and Bob Ross

 

Banksy and Bob Ross

Banksy made a video of himself painting a new piece, which is remarkable in itself, but then, he over-layed it with Bob Ross's dialogue from his TV show, The Joy of Painting. 

The piece is located on the wall of the prison where Oscar Wilde spent two years for charges of "indecency". The narration is both poignant and sort of creepy. 

Enjoy it.

Cabin Fever

 Can you tell perspective lessons are coming up?

  Besides that, I might be having a little bit of an art crisis. It might be cabin fever. Or that online teaching is a lot of work and is maybe a creativity sucker. Or, I have no excuse, and I should just get to busy. At any rate, all of a sudden, I don't feel like working on figures. This is probably the first time in my life that that is true.  

  I'm trying to kickstart myself by trying out a new knitting machine my sister sent me, trying new recipes, new music, opening my sketchbook, reviewing old, unused ideas (almost all of which all have figures) and also trying to put something new down. I guess there's a lot of trying going on around here. 

I've messed with this over the last couple of days. It might make a nice, easy litho.  

That center bit and the lack of context makes me wish for that contentless abstraction. Right now, that would feel like a vacation. Maybe the title could be Everywhere but the Center.