I will have to seize the moment. OfficeMax has a notebook for 400.00. even if I have to buy the software in 2 months and buy a case it is going to be more affordable than trying to buy onefrom the local guys. Iwish it weren't so. I really like the local computer guys. They promise me good tutorial help. ButI just can't afford all 800.00 up front. I have to be able to be online more easily than I am. I could be hooked up by Friday. I wouldn't need my brother's help. I would have... as the titiel suggests, autonomy.
I faster I get copy writing the happier I'll be. Oh the hotel is great for what it is. But it will never get me where I want to be. And I love to write. It is the gate to a world I have seen in visions. Besides... I can't be scared of these stupid things forever. i an go anywhere to do what Ineed to do with a laptop in my... um... lap. Why does that not sound as I intended?
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Artful Blogging
It's out. The second edition of artful blogging is in my hand. I skipped right through to get to the meat and potatoes first. My desert was on the front page. Homework designed specifically for me. Somerset reader.
I can't wait. I know my blog isn't what I want it to be. but I have had my eye on this kind of homework for a while. When Somerset Studio first came out there was an illustrated story in front. It was my favorite part of the magazine for a long time. I don't know why they took it out. Rather i can't remember. But now there is a whole new venue dedicated to it. A good reason for me to get my but in gear no doubt. More than that... I can't wait to see what everyone else has been doing in this vein.
I'm all goosebumply.
I can't wait. I know my blog isn't what I want it to be. but I have had my eye on this kind of homework for a while. When Somerset Studio first came out there was an illustrated story in front. It was my favorite part of the magazine for a long time. I don't know why they took it out. Rather i can't remember. But now there is a whole new venue dedicated to it. A good reason for me to get my but in gear no doubt. More than that... I can't wait to see what everyone else has been doing in this vein.
I'm all goosebumply.
Monday, August 11, 2008
One step closer
On Friday, I went boating with some friends from a healing arts group. We had a blast. During the ride the subject of my jewelry came up again. A friend is willing to trade me shiny rocks on a string for computer assistance so that I can finally post some photos of my artwork. I know I had hoped to put something together with the tech guy from the Library. I keep missing him or he is too busy to help.
Liz to the rescue!
I'll let you see what she got for helping me get out of the dark ages.
Liz to the rescue!
I'll let you see what she got for helping me get out of the dark ages.
Monday, July 28, 2008
Mancuso Wear
Nick Mancuso is one of my all time favorite actors. He was Ray in an 80's show called "Stingray" that Stephen J. Cannell produced. Ray is right there with MacGyver in the "try-to-save-the-world-one-person/situation-at-a-time" hero category. Truth, justice and the personal way brings home the lesson that we are all our brothers' keepers. And the car is just plain smokin'!!!
Besides acting, Nick Mancuso plies many trades. Back in May or April he had a gallery opening in NYC to show case his paintings. Yes... the fastest way into my heart is to be a fellow creative type. The paintings are very organic, emerging from somewhere deep inside. I have to admit, it one were to attempt to critique them with traditional art as an institution jargon, I couldn't do it.
I react first to his use of color, then the main image and then the movement in the paintings. I am certain that the symbols I can't immediately classify mean something to Nick on a personal level. I don't know that they mean to me the same as they would mean to anyone else. His style is a little like Chagall but the view is more focused and not the panoramic scope of Chagall. That is about as coherent as I can be with the jargon. I just want to stare at them all day long, drink in the monochromatic paintings in pinks or green and swim in the blues.
I feel shifts in my energy patterns when I look at the monochromatic series. Some of the others are energetically jarring, like he was at war within himself as he was working on some of them. I can't look long at those. Some of the paintings make me feel angry, but mostly they remind me of the things I used to be interested in... the places I could get lost in for long Summer days as long as I had access to my encyclopedias.
Some might call it primitive abstraction. Some might be derisive and call them junk. And the most jaded would maybe say "Well what else is a retired (God I hope he isn't) actor gonna do?" I admit there are a few I don't get... I can't get a beat on what he might have been experiencing at the time of the painting. But I still think that this work is exceptional. My heart has hurt so much in the last six years or so that I wondered if anything other than the dark operatic styling of Carl Orff could touch me, make me feel. But Nicks work makes me feel. I feel it in my heart. I feel it when the corners of my mouth lift a little. And I feel Lake Michigan lapping at my toes with a light southern breeze skipping across the water even when I am miles from the lake. Anyone who can make me feel that is indeed my greatest hero.
And, now some of his paintings are silk screened on wearables. They are available at his website Nick-Mancuso.com. It isn't his site, it's a fan site that he frequently encourages like RDAnderson does his. So now you guys know what to get me for Christmas/Birthday/Thanks for Being a Friend/Get Well gifts.
A link? I could, if I knew exactly what I was doing. How about I just put him on a blog list?
Okay. He's on a blog list.
Besides acting, Nick Mancuso plies many trades. Back in May or April he had a gallery opening in NYC to show case his paintings. Yes... the fastest way into my heart is to be a fellow creative type. The paintings are very organic, emerging from somewhere deep inside. I have to admit, it one were to attempt to critique them with traditional art as an institution jargon, I couldn't do it.
I react first to his use of color, then the main image and then the movement in the paintings. I am certain that the symbols I can't immediately classify mean something to Nick on a personal level. I don't know that they mean to me the same as they would mean to anyone else. His style is a little like Chagall but the view is more focused and not the panoramic scope of Chagall. That is about as coherent as I can be with the jargon. I just want to stare at them all day long, drink in the monochromatic paintings in pinks or green and swim in the blues.
I feel shifts in my energy patterns when I look at the monochromatic series. Some of the others are energetically jarring, like he was at war within himself as he was working on some of them. I can't look long at those. Some of the paintings make me feel angry, but mostly they remind me of the things I used to be interested in... the places I could get lost in for long Summer days as long as I had access to my encyclopedias.
Some might call it primitive abstraction. Some might be derisive and call them junk. And the most jaded would maybe say "Well what else is a retired (God I hope he isn't) actor gonna do?" I admit there are a few I don't get... I can't get a beat on what he might have been experiencing at the time of the painting. But I still think that this work is exceptional. My heart has hurt so much in the last six years or so that I wondered if anything other than the dark operatic styling of Carl Orff could touch me, make me feel. But Nicks work makes me feel. I feel it in my heart. I feel it when the corners of my mouth lift a little. And I feel Lake Michigan lapping at my toes with a light southern breeze skipping across the water even when I am miles from the lake. Anyone who can make me feel that is indeed my greatest hero.
And, now some of his paintings are silk screened on wearables. They are available at his website Nick-Mancuso.com. It isn't his site, it's a fan site that he frequently encourages like RDAnderson does his. So now you guys know what to get me for Christmas/Birthday/Thanks for Being a Friend/Get Well gifts.
A link? I could, if I knew exactly what I was doing. How about I just put him on a blog list?
Okay. He's on a blog list.
Beading away...
I made my trip to Honor and Beulah for stones and findings. (See 6 degrees blog for details) In the stones that got my attention, I see that I am heading for the paler shades of blue. For the last few years its been the deep blue green and purple colors that have pulled at me. Last year I headed toward pinks with some beautiful agates. But this year, I'm heading toward pale blue. I don't know exactly what stone I found but it is milky blue and rather "haunted" looking.
I don't know how a color can be haunted but it is.
The colors on the blog reflect what has been my palette for some time now. I haven't really gotten away from it. In this area where I need to be aware of other people's likes and dislikes I have to have an expanded spectrum.
When these things happen I tend to look to the mystical interpretation of colors to see what is happening. Pink means the heart is softening its edges and opening up to others. Pale blue is a new one. I don't know what it means... yet.
New chokers and anklets will be on the way.
I don't know how a color can be haunted but it is.
The colors on the blog reflect what has been my palette for some time now. I haven't really gotten away from it. In this area where I need to be aware of other people's likes and dislikes I have to have an expanded spectrum.
When these things happen I tend to look to the mystical interpretation of colors to see what is happening. Pink means the heart is softening its edges and opening up to others. Pale blue is a new one. I don't know what it means... yet.
New chokers and anklets will be on the way.
Photoless
Yes, I am still without photos of artwork to go here. But the good news is that I have a better shot at it now. I bought a digi cam for ten, regularly 20.00. It requires software and a USB hook up to get the photos onto a computer so that I can get them up an the blog. But... I am close.
The only function that I don't like is not being able to see the picture quality beofre getting to the computer. But what can I expect from a 20.00 camera?
Tech support comes in the form a a co-worker who has his fingers on the pulse of the digital age. Yea! Now i just have to quit being such a baby about it.
The only function that I don't like is not being able to see the picture quality beofre getting to the computer. But what can I expect from a 20.00 camera?
Tech support comes in the form a a co-worker who has his fingers on the pulse of the digital age. Yea! Now i just have to quit being such a baby about it.
Monday, July 14, 2008
Silent Running
Life hasn't settled into the routine that I had hoped would allow me to accomplish all that I set out for the Summer.
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