the description of the changing months at the beginning of The Juniper Tree (Brothers Grimm) is beautiful. “a month went by, and the snow was gone…and two months, and everything was green.” Juniper is there, at the conception, and then during the second and third trimesters. the mother-to-be eats the berries “greedily”, then grows “sick… Continue reading them bones
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transparent materials are tricky
“tricky” is one of my favorite words. i like the way it sounds, the hard edges of tr and ck and even y. when i say the word, you can almost hear the shadow of my lisp, i’m exposed. it means something difficult, but there’s a lightheartedness or cleverness, too–the trickster. there’s innuendo, turn a… Continue reading transparent materials are tricky
Questions
Want to have fun? No images? Are you a sex positive family? Can’t see images? Can’t see images? Does anyone use every dollar? Heard about this wild kind of cheese party? anyone remotely familiar? Dan, what’s face value? looking for a new job? food sales? have a minute? no images? we’re a country addicted to… Continue reading Questions
sketching to making
string theory
i’m frustrated that my brand-new 3D printer is leaving stringy 3D prints. could be the ambient humidity, could be the PLA is old or accumulated moisture from the basement studio we’re in. i have tried lowering the temperature in the settings by 5° C, but it still looks stringy: i admit a small part of… Continue reading string theory
readiness-to-hand
spent all morning deciding on audio software. last significant audio piece i made (13? years ago) i used Reaper, a great, free digital audio workspace. but that was back in my PC days, and i wasn’t keen on the lack of native plugins for Mac, which i now use exclusively. so back to good ol’… Continue reading readiness-to-hand
wilding
in the opening of the Grimm Brothers’ The Faithful Animals, a man rescues three animals that had been held captive and forced to dance: a mouse, a monkey, and a bear. the wild does not like to perform. dance itself may be a wildness (my weekly flailing and carrying on at 5 Rhythms tells me… Continue reading wilding
diamonds and pearls
i am pleased that the man’s journey is of little consequence. it is only what happens before, and after. the journey is nothing, save for its dearth of singing, springing larks. If I gave you diamonds and pearls Would you be a happy boy or a girl – Prince and The New Power Generation, 1991… Continue reading diamonds and pearls
the red shoes i wore, I
what on earth can equal a pair of red, red shoes! a flash of color with each step, a festival. like a heartbeat on the sidewalk, a steady pulse of look at me, look at me, look at me. cóż na świecie równać się może z czerwonymi bucikami! błysk koloru z każdym krokiem, święto. jakby… Continue reading the red shoes i wore, I
transformation and work
The male principle is the one that transforms – the beast – but the woman does all the work. so Meredith writes in her excellent post on The Summer and Winter Garden, Grimm’s Fairy Tale, a tale i didn’t like at all. My edition of the collection didn’t even have it, so i read it… Continue reading transformation and work