Blogging must be one of the fastest-spreading computer viruses out there. My husband has started a blog. I’m not really sure what his theme is (if any), but he seems to delight in putting into words the meanderings of his fascinating mind. He’s a lawyer by day, father, husband and ninja swash-buckler by night. At…
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Perspective
I was bumping around from page to page and from blog to blog, obsessively checking my email for no good reason the other day when I happened upon an interesting entry by Dups (Duleepa VerylongSriLankanNameThatICan’tRememberandRarelyCouldButAlwaysThoughtSoundedCool) about his photography and perspective. Defintely worth a read and think-through. It got me thinking (hold the snarky comments, please)…
Sleep surfing
John and I have a saying, “Friends don’t let friends drog blunk.” I’m currently neither drunk nor blunk, although either sounds better than insomniac right about now. So I’ve tried the usual remedies (friendly, familiar book, hot bath, etc.) and am no sleepier than I was two hours ago, although I am decidedly more tired….
Originality
As far as I can make out, there are two basic ways in which an artist’s work can become unoriginal; by repeating others and repeating oneself. It’s a tricky thing, originality, because ideas aren’t borne in vacuums and artists rarely execute one lone piece depicting an idea. Most of us grab a hodge-podge of ideas…
Pick-me-up, of sorts
Much thanks to the Guardian for publishing that today is the most depressing day of the year. Thanks also to Nancy Burden for dredging up the link – it was exactly what I needed today, and I say that completely without sarcasm. In a rather warped way it feels better on this cold, blustery, wintery day…
Raising the Bar Strength & Conditioning 