tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7942608706365350102024-02-20T09:46:41.549-06:00Whatever She WantsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger166125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-794260870636535010.post-17773314637096536722021-01-18T17:21:00.002-06:002021-01-18T17:21:51.481-06:00reader's block<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH1JG3pP4H1Kijm0-uh5gMbapZG0xG6M9dFU5Aiu5nMD_URxAl7_0Tfsp-6TgwfwJ0PITw0LZ667oUW5NpW50X6VxKCPtI_RarWLOq1t8OjupHQFZIbTrYydhwjiqfniCAeGVurpxgLEM/s6000/DSC02101.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH1JG3pP4H1Kijm0-uh5gMbapZG0xG6M9dFU5Aiu5nMD_URxAl7_0Tfsp-6TgwfwJ0PITw0LZ667oUW5NpW50X6VxKCPtI_RarWLOq1t8OjupHQFZIbTrYydhwjiqfniCAeGVurpxgLEM/w640-h426/DSC02101.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>i took this photo in august. it's a swallowtail instar that just shed its skin, </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>beginning the next phase of its caterpillar life.</i></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p>i have bought so many many books over the last 365 days—way more than usual. there are stacks of novels on the coffee table, more stacks on my bedside table, and yet more in my little improvised office/yoga corner/art table. but... lately, i just haven't been able to focus. not on cooking, not on art projects, and saddest of all, not on reading. i want to blame the news, and maybe that's part of it (january 6 made everyone so much more jittery!), but maybe it's also just a little bit of malaise. you know, that feeling of, "how can i make today different from yesterday?" that imbues the days from the moment you awake.</p><p>but back to the books. i have a wealth of them, and i feel so lucky. but why am i not reading them?? on my very long walks on weekends, i plan routes that take me past little free libraries so i can peek inside and see what surprises await. and i take home yet more books. is this a sort of quarantine nesting situation (i thought i already went through that)? i so wish i could lose myself in a book right now. so often, when i am outside and i wonder about the lives of others, i think, i want more of that. and i turn to books, which are great for getting involved in others' lives from a distance. this may sound odd, but i think i'm not that much of an outlier here. lately, all i want is to be near other people, to hear their conversations, to be a fly on the wall in their kitchens and dining rooms. i want to feel surrounded by what other people are thinking and discussing <i>in real life</i>, not on the internet. i want to feel less alone in my house. </p><div style="text-align: left;">so there you have it. it all comes down to wanting to commune with neighbors and friends and even strangers, i guess. in person.</div><p>but i'm treating this as a phase. i know i'll get my bookish feet back under me. for now, i look lovingly (and longingly) at the books i am laying by to read when the moment comes. here are a few:</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><i><span> <span> </span></span>+ <a href="https://www.booktable.net/book/9780316628242" target="_blank">the best of me</a></i> // david sedaris</p><p style="text-align: left;"><i><span> <span> </span></span>+ <a href="https://www.roomofonesown.com/book/9780345804327" target="_blank">the underground railroad</a></i> // colson whitehead</p><p style="text-align: left;"><i><span> <span> </span></span>+ <a href="https://www.roomofonesown.com/book/9781644450000" target="_blank">milkman</a></i> // anna burns</p><p style="text-align: left;"><i><span> <span> </span></span>+ <a href="https://store.theparisreview.org/products/women-at-work-vol-ii-interviews-from-the-paris-review" target="_blank">women at work, vol. ii</a></i> // the paris review </p><p><br /></p><p>besides the above, there are plenty of rereads i want to indulge in as well, like <i><a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780375714832" target="_blank">persepolis</a></i> (marjane satrapi's famous graphic novel) and <i><a href="https://www.parnassusbooks.net/book/9780060838720" target="_blank">bel canto</a></i> (from that master of fiction, ann patchett). honestly, writing about these is making me want to slam this laptop shut and tuck into one of these this minute.</p><p>after all, winter is such a good time to hibernate with your books around you. covid winter? even more so. we can't escape, so let's escape... into a story. so corny. and yet so necessary.</p><p>good luck in getting over whatever blocks are giving you guff at the moment. i'm right there with you.</p><p><br /></p><p>PS // i only link to independent bookstores or indiebound, because they are the best resource any neighborhood or city can have when it comes to buying books! please support your local bookstore if you have one. they need you. ❤︎</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-794260870636535010.post-84264441485261363822020-10-25T13:36:00.000-05:002020-10-25T13:36:56.911-05:00don't cut back your garden in the fall<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglvxz3ceO051fhaYsRCL_vi_Ajg1_sYeCKLHC6OG-bbnl8yzzQ8LXhTISr8c0xKrfdBSw54CP2-1bdXkedW3AzozcRSKsW4UMMZ8fLz8whGmnm-wOV5LsEkYS3L_oqI5aZ6TIEkwuDFzE/s2048/DSC02284.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1813" data-original-width="2048" height="566" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglvxz3ceO051fhaYsRCL_vi_Ajg1_sYeCKLHC6OG-bbnl8yzzQ8LXhTISr8c0xKrfdBSw54CP2-1bdXkedW3AzozcRSKsW4UMMZ8fLz8whGmnm-wOV5LsEkYS3L_oqI5aZ6TIEkwuDFzE/w640-h566/DSC02284.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">there is a bird in this photo... a round little common yellowthroat. keep looking.</span></p><p><br /></p><p>the title of this post is an indicator of where i'd like to take you next: into the garden, into allowing wildness, into letting go and letting nature... where beneficial plants are concerned, that is. </p><p>i've taken my leave of instagram and facebook and have spent many a minute missing my favorite feeds, the ones showcasing art (like @carsonellis) and the ones showcasing beautiful native landscapes (like @monarchgardensbenjaminvogt). but i particularly miss the native garden community. i have become something of a plant enthusiast in the last few years, and can now identify a number of plants out in the wild that i never could have even five years ago, which feels pretty good (one of those things you notice and think, oh, i HAVE been productive in these seemingly unproductive years!). </p><p>but back to the title of this post.</p><p>yesterday, on my walk through the neighborhoods of my town, i saw what used to be a beautiful yardful of asters, purple and periwinkle clouds of them, gone. in their place, a man with shears. the asters had been cut back to brown stubs and the yard was now a vacant, empty-eyed face with nothing to offer anyone... not birds nor humans nor any living thing. and for what?</p><p>seriously, for WHAT? what is this tradition of chopping your beautiful plants off at their ankles? truly benighted behavior. let's stop this tradition right here. i too used to cut back plants like this. because that's what i saw in my neighbors' yards. (if you've paged through <i>nature's best hope</i> by doug tallamy, you know that's how many a garden tradition is begun, and why so many of us insist on including exotic, sometimes invasive plants in our gardens). but now i let my garden age in the fall. the tall grasses and flower stalks turn glowing shades of coral and gold when fall cools the evening temperatures. seedheads emerge as bird buffet tables. foliage offers shelter through the early months of autumn. this year we had a common yellowthroat living in our rain garden, a first, and the juncos and white-throated sparrows descend regularly. goldfinches have learned that our yard is full of snacks. the birdbath is dry but full of hyssop and coneflower seeds.</p><p>we are missing control in our lives right now. it's the year of the pandemic, and there's a very nerve-wracking election fast approaching, and cutting back our plants signifies the usual. it signifies steadfastness. that despite every anxiety and tragedy and change, this one thing will be the same. and, i think, it shores up the sense that we are in control of this moment.</p><p>i would like everyone to trade that momentary sense of control for the boundless opportunity of observation. watchfulness. just watch who comes to visit when you leave your black-eyed susans to go to seed. does that worry you? are you worried about the billions of black-eyed susans that might take over your garden next year? well, why worry? after all, just like you, gardens change a bit every year (if you let them). and letting them is a gift—to the little creatures who live there, and to yourself.</p><p>because another thing missing from our lives right now is ease, and peace. for me, when i look out the window and see ten goldfinches bending hyssop stalks as they graze and flit and alight and rest, i do feel easier. i know i am continuing a tradition, too. a very old one.</p><p>so i hope you'll consider letting your garden rest easy this year. there are so many, many reasons why, but let this one, peaceful ease, be the first. and then in the spring, join me in cutting the overwintered stalks, and clearing away the remnants of last year's bounty, and we'll all watch as new growth emerges.</p><p>for now? we will rest.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-794260870636535010.post-68792724439005466622018-01-12T14:00:00.000-06:002018-01-12T14:00:10.269-06:00Thoughts and ideas<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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OK, so a week has gone by. I keep turning over ideas of what to post, what to write about, and all of it seems to take the form of an essay I haven't had the time to compose yet. So I'll just give you a little glimpse of my week, since that's what Fridays are about: celebrating what's happened in the past 5 days. (Or 7, depending on how you view weeks.)<br />
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<li>I made this <a href="https://cookieandkate.com/2016/enchilada-sauce-recipe/" target="_blank">red enchilada sauce</a> this week. It was really simple and really good. (Plus the added benefit of not having to buy a can of the stuff was quite gratifying.)<br /><br /></li>
<li>I read <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/10/movies/tonya-harding-i-tonya-nancy-kerrigan-scandal.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=second-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=1" target="_blank">this</a> about Tonya Harding. I was young when that debacle occurred and all I remember is a vague haze of controversy, so it was interesting to read her side. What must it be like to have your name be household-familiar for something that happened so long ago?<br /><br /></li>
<li>Last night we went <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sldistillery/" target="_blank">here</a> for vodka gimlets. (Wisconsin continues to exceed all cocktail-related expectations.)<br /><br /></li>
<li>Also around the neighborhood, I heard that we might be in for a small influx of <a href="http://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/red-crossbill" target="_blank">these birds</a>. I've never seen one (that I know of)! I'd love to see one out the window. (How do they get around with those funny beaks?!)<br /><br /></li>
<li>Last but not least: I bought one of <a href="http://public-supply.com/about/" target="_blank">these notebooks</a> to use as a journal and I really like it. It's foldable and has the dot-grid pages I love so much. (Subtle markings, but enough to keep my handwriting in line.) Plus, they channel 25% of profits from every sale to a teacher in a high-need classroom who will use the money for a project that drives creativity. (In case you need to be talked into buying a good notebook. Which I don't, but if I did, this would do it.)</li>
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Happy weekend!<br />
AaUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-794260870636535010.post-37194814865235465072018-01-04T21:05:00.001-06:002018-01-08T11:23:14.260-06:00THE REVIVAL OF WHATEVER SHE WANTS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Well well well, it's been some time. I've not posted here since 2012, and that's okay, but now I'm in the mood to start this up again. (Is it because 2018 feels brand-new? Maybe.) I work at a desk job where my mind tends to wander, and today it wandered into daydreams of recipe-testing and gardening stories. You know, typical blog fare! It's funny to me how many of these types of blogs there are. And yet—for me, anyway—I love all the different voices that make up the chorus. Everyone comes from somewhere different. Personally, I am coming from a place of creative drought, though that may possibly be coming to an end. I find myself wanting to track my experiments. For example: I planted an entire raised bed full of garlic in November, and I will want and need to track the garlic scape harvest this spring. (And the resulting pesto.)<br />
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So it's a good time to start over. Or continue on. Either/or.<br />
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I'm not sure what shape this will take. Will it be like a journal, or more of a column? Maybe both. For now, it's just good to know this space is coming back to life.<br />
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I'll be back soon with more meandering thoughts and a recipe, since that's where my mind went today, and also because it's -5 here and there will be no gardening for some months yet. So... until then!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-794260870636535010.post-15548605768633084152012-09-23T11:20:00.001-05:002012-09-23T11:21:00.930-05:00glass housesafter a long hiatus, i saw the work of an artist that drew me back to this space. it isn't that i don't love writing about art or things i see that are striking, but there are so many of us out there that i hate to add my 2 cents to a sea of pennies, where it just gets lost. sometimes it's better to keep things to yourself.<br />
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los angeles native <a href="http://tomfruin.com/">tom fruin</a> is a brooklyn-based artist who caught my eye with his stained [plexi]glass sculpture.<br />
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(i think some people think stained glass is too kitsch to be artistic, but they are benighted and frankly incorrect about this, which fruin easily proves with his work.)<br />
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fruin crafts his pieces from found materials including plexi-glas, signs, playing cards, and soda cans.<br />
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the piece i saw first was his salvaged plexi-glas <a href="http://www.tomfruin.com/watertower.html">water tower in DUMBO, brooklyn.</a><br />
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knowing that his work is made from salvaged materials makes all the difference. maybe you'll find what you need, maybe you won't. here's a hotel sign TF made from found signs:<br />
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and a few others that are very worth seeing... all made of salvaged items as well.<br />
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--aaUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-794260870636535010.post-58795109539745775012012-03-25T11:16:00.002-05:002012-03-25T11:23:18.695-05:00middle marchjust some notes—on life + springtime + ivan brunetti, among other things.<br />
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i like books, but i recently bought a bird book, which i've never felt moved to do before. i realized there were so many sounds outside these days that i didn't recognize. it's spring, and everything seems new. my plants are growing and the sun comes out and there's enough time and light in the evening, after work, to sit outside and look at the sky. these days the birds wake me up in the mornings.<br />
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in other book news, i'm reading <a href="http://www.booktable.net/book/9781594488382"><i>hope: a tragedy</i></a> and really liking it. shalom auslander is one gutsy jewish author. i'm already thinking and daydreaming about what i'll read next—but at the moment, one book is enough. i find myself trying to avoid my computer screen and soak up the spring instead. yesterday i took a walk to the lake and sat there awhile, rather than stay inside, wanting to get out.<br />
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i have started to subscribe to the new yorker... what a marvelous publication. and the covers! <a href="http://whatever-she-wants.blogspot.com/2010/11/and-pursuit-of.html">maira kalman</a>'s illustration is on the latest cover, and a bit before that an <a href="http://www.fantagraphics.com/artist-bios/artist-bio-ivan-brunetti.html">ivan brunetti</a> drawing. i've never written about brunetti before, but he's one of those wonderfully meticulous graphic artists, on the same aesthetic level as chris ware, who makes pictures that are full of perfect tiny details. have a look.<br />
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it's been awhile since i read a graphic novel. brunetti wrote the above tiny volume, <i>cartooning</i>, that i would often find hidden between the larger hardcover graphic novels at the bookshop. it was one of those things where i'd look for it just so i'd know it was still there. i should find it someday and put it on my own bookshelves. here's a sweet <a href="http://www.bookslut.com/features/2009_02_014141.php">interview</a> with brunetti at bookslut.<br />
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this was my march note. i can't believe it's been nearly three months since i last left a note here, but that is the way of things, sometimes. feliz primavera! more soon, or at least, once i have more to say.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-794260870636535010.post-76209434966957264812012-01-22T13:03:00.000-06:002012-01-22T13:03:06.436-06:00snow<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJcpBdZgYREv19WNVarb4m3X8giMeKjH6hhda-O3Yy6yV6Y6kGQIZ5jCjWpn21LrtyCCQwVepIkNED9-3gMBg1QsrpbX-u9P55RKEya-VIgySDzLf7BwygyMzTF5DZDZry9ANUr_dleBI/s1600/6048692652_580d798c4e_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJcpBdZgYREv19WNVarb4m3X8giMeKjH6hhda-O3Yy6yV6Y6kGQIZ5jCjWpn21LrtyCCQwVepIkNED9-3gMBg1QsrpbX-u9P55RKEya-VIgySDzLf7BwygyMzTF5DZDZry9ANUr_dleBI/s400/6048692652_580d798c4e_o.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
i love snow. i really do. i love blizzards and cold weather and nobody else seems to. it goes beyond the idea that this is the type of weather we should be having right now—it's that this weather IS the midwest. why begrudge it when you could just be at peace with it? there is no need to ruffle your feathers over snow and cold... after all, it is winter time. in wisconsin. so just be still and embrace the things your home-place gives you.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">but i'm still going to carry on about books. to wit: the steven millhauser book of short stories i'm reading right now is pure goodness. nothing like a cuppa and a collection of the most absorbing stories i've read lately to make the hours feel like seconds. seriously, you guys. i think the whole world could benefit from a good short story. and steven millhauser writes such brilliant ones. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"> until next time. and don't worry, because i don't have plans to turn this into one of those confessional, things-i-love blogs. even though some of those are quite nice, on the right day, anyway.—</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">*<a href="http://www.missmoss.co.za/2011/08/16/alison-scarpulla/"> <i>image</i></a><i> <a href="http://www.missmoss.co.za/">via</a> / <a href="http://shuttermade.com/alisonscarpulla">artist</a></i></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-794260870636535010.post-58023010930929486972011-12-31T11:36:00.000-06:002011-12-31T11:36:29.648-06:00ring out the old, ring in the newhello hello, dear readers.<br />
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well, another year come and gone. thanks to 2011, i have:<br />
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<ul style="color: #e06666; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><li><span style="font-size: x-small;">learned how to take measurements for men's dress shirts (thanks, macy's!) </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: x-small;">gone to 2 <a href="http://whatever-she-wants.blogspot.com/2011/04/oh-dear.html">music festivals</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: x-small;">seen + participated in the year of the protester</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: x-small;">finally <a href="http://whatever-she-wants.blogspot.com/2011/05/subscriptions.html">subscribed to a magazine</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: x-small;">grown my hair out</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://whatever-she-wants.blogspot.com/2011/03/seams-of-clouds.html">took</a> <a href="http://whatever-she-wants.blogspot.com/2011/06/wishy-washy-summer.html">poetry</a> <a href="http://whatever-she-wants.blogspot.com/2011/05/another-poem.html">more</a> <a href="http://whatever-she-wants.blogspot.com/2011/07/matthea.html">seriously </a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: x-small;">taken a chance (or 2... or 3...)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: x-small;">learned to handle rejection</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: x-small;">said YES to <a href="http://whatever-she-wants.blogspot.com/2011/12/im-here.html">change</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: x-small;">moved away from a <a href="http://whatever-she-wants.blogspot.com/2011/11/moving-along.html">beloved place</a></span></li>
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it's been quite a year.<br />
i've been thinking about resolutions and i have a few, but mostly i just want to continue on as i did in 2011. i had such fun and learned much and felt everything—that's all a girl could ask for every year of her life, in my opinion.<br />
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here's to an equally if not more <i style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-size: large;">b r i l l i a n t</span></span></i> 2012.<br />
a toast to us all, and to the earth, and to a whole new year.<br />
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see you on the other side, m'dears.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-794260870636535010.post-27188601928236350162011-12-06T09:00:00.025-06:002011-12-06T09:00:06.893-06:00mccavourfirst off, let me say that i love <a href="http://www.thejealouscurator.com/blog/">the jealous curator</a> for picking up on some of the coolest artwork around. never a dull moment over there. in faaact (cue segue!), i was just looking over some of her finds from the past week or so and was introduced to the beautifully threadful work of <a href="http://www.amandamccavour.com/">amanda mccavour</a>.<br />
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worlds of gauze and color, where even a whisper of air will set everything dancing. here is what she says about her work:<br />
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<div style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">in my work, i use a sewing machine to create thread drawings and installations by sewing into a fabric that dissolves in water. this fabric makes it possible for me to build up the thread by sewing repeatedly into my drawn images so that when the fabric is dissolved, the image can hold together without a base. these thread images appear as though they would be easily unraveled and seemingly on the verge of falling apart, despite the works' actual raveled strength.</span></b></span></div><br />
that's a part of her artist's statement, which you can continue reading <a href="http://www.amandamccavour.com/">here</a>. if you would like to know a bit more about mccavour's work, there's a nice interview <a href="http://bletheringcrafts.blogspot.com/2010/12/amanda-mc-cavour.html">here</a>. i liked what she said about being attracted to thread via her love of drawing + lines. i think a lot of being an artist is surprising yourself with crazy ideas that you then somehow bring to life. and often, those projects are the most successful and rewarding.<br />
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happy tuesday!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-794260870636535010.post-28723633099478278662011-12-05T09:07:00.001-06:002011-12-05T09:07:00.397-06:00i'm here!i've moved out, moved in, and now i am slowly settling into my new life in a new state. still in the midwest though. why do i love the midwest so much? have i ever talked about my love of extremes when it comes to weather? i love blizzards and hot summers. that is why the midwest is my home.<br />
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...that's not to say that someday i wouldn't like to live in a place where the climate is less dramatic. but for now, i love it here. i'm still adjusting to the newness of everything—new job, new city, new maze of public transportation—but once i've gotten into a groove of sorts, i'll be able to rededicate myself to this little blog.<br />
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i wanted to add that although i no longer work at a bookstore, the bibliophile in me will never tire. never! things here are not going to change. ne'er you fear. <br />
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that is all for today.<br />
until next time—Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-794260870636535010.post-56824208754292916682011-11-22T17:25:00.001-06:002011-11-22T18:05:01.498-06:00moving alongoh chicago. i'm trading you in for a new place. it's not you... it's me.<br />
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it's true—i'm traveling away from the windy city for a spell. i have until the end of november to say my goodbyes—and daydream about my new beginning. this is the fun part, where my future reality is still more or less unknown, and i can just pretend everything is going to be the way my rose-colored imagination dreams it will. whenever i move somewhere new, i do the same thing—daydream about my new apartment, and spy on other people's apartments, and picture the lives of those people.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="http://designismine.blogspot.com/2011/11/interior-inspiration-light-my-fire.html">1</a> // <a href="http://www.anthropologie.com/anthro/catalog/category.jsp?pageName=Furniture&popId=HOME&navAction=top&navCount=0&pushId=HOME-FURNITURE&id=HOME-FURNITURE">2</a> // <a href="http://fromscandinaviawithlove.tumblr.com/">3</a> // <a href="http://www.roomandboard.com/rnb/product/detail.do?productGroup=3175&catalog=filter&menuCatalog=room&menuCategory=201&menuSubcategory=206">4</a> // <a href="http://designismine.blogspot.com/2011/11/interior-inspiration-light-my-fire.html">5</a> // <a href="http://www.roomandboard.com/rnb/product/detail.do?productGroup=20138&catalog=filter&menuCatalog=room&menuCategory=201&menuSubcategory=144">6</a> // <a href="http://fromscandinaviawithlove.tumblr.com/">7</a></div><br />
i guess i don't indulge my interior design junkie here very often, and honestly, i'm not sure you could really call me a "junkie" for furniture and things. still, i have a certain idea of what i want. and when one is preparing to uproot oneself, it can be a comfort to curl up into your daydreams. for me, that means spying on other people's apartments. you understand, of course!... maybe...<br />
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so i think my thanksgiving will be spent daydreaming and being very thankful, with a dash of stress in there. luckily there will be lots of delicious things to focus on... and drown my sorrows in. yay thanksgiving!<br />
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hope you all enjoy yours.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>(more updates forthcoming!)</i></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-794260870636535010.post-41302874153245976012011-11-11T09:58:00.000-06:002011-11-11T09:58:55.793-06:00averyi draw a lot. lately, when i draw, i find myself wanting to study the curves the human body makes when stretching or moving, because i think that those forms are so graceful and organic and really, quite perfect. so when i saw <a href="http://www.doggerfisher.com/artists/artistdetail.php?id=39">charles avery</a>'s work in <a href="http://artforum.com/"><i>artforum</i></a>, an arrow flew into my heart and i fell madly in love:<br />
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the first image is the one i saw in <i>artforum</i>. the second-to-last image is one of my favorites. just a study of a woman standing, but it's exactly what i have been interested in studying on paper lately myself.<br />
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happy weekend, and a proper veteran's day greeting to all. i had grandfathers who were veterans and now that i am old enough to understand the day a little more, they are gone... but they are still on my mind today.<br />
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until next time—Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-794260870636535010.post-36898067789709195202011-11-02T18:52:00.001-05:002011-11-03T10:13:35.812-05:00fox + foodthese two lovely books were just released. we got them in at the shop this week, and i got my lucky hands on them both! first, let's talk about <a href="http://www.booktable.net/book/9780143116387"><i>food rules</i></a>, the book by <a href="http://www.booktable.net/search/apachesolr_search/michael%20pollan">michael pollan</a>. i haven't yet read ANY michael pollan (i can hardly believe it, seeing as how food books are usually my #1 priority), but on tuesday i was happy that i hadn't yet invested in a copy of <i>food rules</i>, <span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white;">b e c a u s e. . . . </span></span><br />
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... of <a href="http://www.booktable.net/book/9781594203084">this beautiful edition</a>, illustrated by one of my art heroes, <a href="http://whatever-she-wants.blogspot.com/2011/06/strunkwhitekalman.html">maira</a> <a href="http://whatever-she-wants.blogspot.com/2010/11/and-pursuit-of.html">kalman</a>. it is illustrated lushly, in kalman's wonderful, no-white-space aesthetic, and it is a hardcover, which makes it a pure gem. (while i have started to appreciate the paperback, my heart remains loyal to the hardcover.) i can't wait to read it!<br />
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next is a book that was a sweet surprise for me today:<br />
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<a href="http://www.booktable.net/book/9781594488078"><i>mr. fox</i></a>, by helen oyeyemi. this was recommended to me by a trusted fellow bookperson, both on account of its literary merit and its gor-geous cover art! aha. i love that cover illustration. it is by <i>the</i> illustrator, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randolph_Caldecott">randolph caldecott </a>(after whom the <a href="http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/caldecottmedal/caldecottmedal">caldecott medal</a> is named), and trust me, i will be doing a post on his work soon. for now, let me focus on the jacket co-designer, <a href="http://helenyentus.com/">helen yentus</a>:<br />
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she also deserves her own post. for now, i love her designs. i always linger over the camus when i'm shelving. you know, i suppose a lot of folks might think it silly to like a book simply because of how it looks, but in my opinion, good books deserve striking covers. otherwise, you might pass right over them.<br />
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two excellent volumes. today has been a good day. i am excited to read these.<br />
of course, i still have to finish the books i'm reading at the moment. all in good time, my pretties. all in good time.<br />
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and now: good wednesday evening to all. <br />
cheers!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-794260870636535010.post-46477421370896431392011-10-14T10:27:00.000-05:002011-10-14T10:27:38.334-05:00jenny morganthe oil paintings that <a href="http://www.jennymorganart.com/">jenny morgan</a> creates from brooklyn, ny, are some of the coolest works of art i've seen in the past while. she paints realistic portraits, and then adds a little something that makes her work more mysterious and unconventional: blurring a face, saturating a certain part of her subject with color. morgan injects her realism with just a touch of something more imaginary, combining modern with antiquated and tying the two together with her signature color additions.<br />
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see more of her work <a href="http://www.jennymorganart.com/">here</a>! she's also done some amazing <a href="http://www.jennymorganart.com/collaborations.html">collaborations</a>, so don't forget to look at those, too. <br />
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now, dear readers: i know it's been a long time since i've posted. i will eventually get back to more regular posting... it's just that first i have to finish feeling like i have stacks of things to get through. there has been a lot happening around here, and work has been completely energy-sapping, and the blog has taken a backseat. my sincere apologies. at some point in the near future, i will hopefully be able to do more here. in the meantime, i hope you will keep coming back to see what's next. thanks for being here!<br />
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hope you all enjoy your weekend—it's looking like museums and groceries and perhaps a visit to see the succulents in the desert room at the conservatory for me... teehee. (i love that desert room.)<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">happy</span> <span style="font-size: large;">f r i d a y</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"> <b><span style="font-size: x-large;">!</span></b></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-794260870636535010.post-23121020770077465562011-09-27T08:07:00.000-05:002011-09-27T08:07:14.807-05:00nicole caputothe other day in the shop i saw the book <a href="http://www.booktable.net/book/9780465020133"><i>feathers: evolution of a natural miracle</i></a>.<br />
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and so i knew that <a href="http://designrelated.com/portfolio/NicoleCap">nicole caputo</a> was another designer i needed to look into...<br />
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effortless designs.<br />
i love the fluttering feather + horse mane, and the careful use of color. <br />
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it's a rainy tuesday here, and i am quite enjoying the sound of raindrops outside this morning... hopefully a sign that it's going to be a lovely day.<br />
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cheers!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-794260870636535010.post-12033150404201694212011-09-21T08:30:00.000-05:002011-09-21T08:30:00.795-05:00bachelot et caronthese painted artworks by <a href="http://www.bachelotcaron.fr/pa1/Welcome.html">bachelot / caron</a> are realistic, color-streaked representations of both the momentary and the mundane, and also the vaguely creepy. some of the best art occurs when strange or scary or ugly things are rendered beautifully, and i think bachelot and caron know just what i mean.<br />
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<a href="http://www.jamescohan.com/artists/ingrid-calame/">ingrid calame</a>. her paintings are like maps of color, topographies of textures. also, joshua mack is a masterful user of both vocabulary and punctuation: that entire review is one sentence.<br />
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entonces— feliz lunes a todos.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-794260870636535010.post-70617329966269253512011-09-14T09:43:00.000-05:002011-09-14T09:43:21.657-05:00graphic pasta<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>i was recently looking at my small shelf of cookbooks and i saw <a href="http://www.geometryofpasta.co.uk/shapes-grid.php"><i>the geometry of pasta</i></a> shining out from the bunch. i bought it last year after spying on a copy we had behind the counter, and i fell in love with its black-and-white design aesthetic. <br />
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of course, there are also some very delicious recipes to be found inside. one of my favorites is <a href="http://www.geometryofpasta.co.uk/shape-detail.php?shape=43&from=4&recipe=16"><i>gramigne</i></a> pasta with cabbage and sausage. YUM. it is especially delicious in the wintertime.<br />
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so you see, it is not only a beautiful book, but very useful!<br />
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if you want to see some of the lovely recipes from this book, go <a href="http://www.geometryofpasta.co.uk/recipes-row.php">here</a>.<br />
if you would like your own lovely copy of this book, go <a href="http://www.booktable.net/book/9781594744952">here</a>. <br />
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in other news, i apologize for my infrequent posting of late. evidently, some months are just better than others, creativity-wise. but i'm still here!<br />
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have a sweet wednesday.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-794260870636535010.post-33723452388608766782011-09-08T11:37:00.000-05:002011-09-08T11:37:15.696-05:00optimism biasi am in the middle of reading <a href="http://www.booktable.net/book/9780307378484">this book</a>, but i wanted to lay everything out on the table and tell you that... i bought this book because of the cover.<br />
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BECAUSE of the cover.<br />
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of course, i also wanted to learn more about the reasons humans are the way we are, and take a tour of the irrationally positive brain. i mean, what a great phrase. on the days that my job boils down to menial retail and customer service, it is nice to know that there <i>is</i> irrationality in positivity sometimes. i will tell you all about my newly acquired knowledge on the subject once i've finished the book, but for now, i will just share the cover with you and you'll (hopefully) understand why it caught my eye and why i bought it, in a burst of irrational positivity:<br />
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see?<br />
peter mendelsund, dudes. he's fast becoming one of my creative idols.<br />
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i know this is a post that is purely about my aesthetic taste + indulging my need to share such things with whoever stumbles upon them. but i thought it meet + right. and so.<br />
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one last thing—since we are on the topic of design, and a large part of the design for this cover is the font that is used...: i recently found this <a href="http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/im-comic-sans-asshole">letter to comic sans dissenters</a>, written by comic sans. you know how everyone is always picking on that poor font?<br />
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comic sans totally gets back at us for doing that. not that i'm going to start using comic sans now... but it has been rather unfairly maligned by us serif-lovers. via mcsweeneys, of course.<br />
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happy thursday!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-794260870636535010.post-44836391972449896052011-09-02T11:04:00.000-05:002011-09-02T11:04:00.197-05:00grundy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRB7AsfFiFpVbKgwDEJzmwZKGqSbp8Dilsx6fpDU0B7fijmWHl1_L2gCh1ErAApkbKnvuZADrRS5ZcSMEMmYPq9P_le2wBcpfYC7CGEcSNueoBJ_m75-7EecBF1V6T81KielHBFCTtKI4/s1600/debutart_peter-grundy_14182.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRB7AsfFiFpVbKgwDEJzmwZKGqSbp8Dilsx6fpDU0B7fijmWHl1_L2gCh1ErAApkbKnvuZADrRS5ZcSMEMmYPq9P_le2wBcpfYC7CGEcSNueoBJ_m75-7EecBF1V6T81KielHBFCTtKI4/s320/debutart_peter-grundy_14182.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
on the cover of this year's <a href="http://www.creativereview.co.uk/home"><i>creative review</i></a> illustration annual is an illustration of the tools an illustrator uses. how very apt. it is a wonderful image, created by <a href="http://www.grundini.com/">peter grundy</a>. so naturally i wanted to see more of his colorful, sharp artistic stylings. and i've put them here for you to see as well, as is my custom. tra la!<br />
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it is hot and sticky here today, after a few weeks of really perfect weather. these are juicy and saturated enough with color + wit to make me forget the weather, if only for a few moments. they also are inspiring my grocery list. if that sounds odd, so be it. color speaks to me in many ways. teehee.<br />
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have a lovely day, all.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-794260870636535010.post-9757628437052337552011-08-30T10:34:00.001-05:002011-08-30T10:36:15.223-05:00anders<a href="http://www.andersbrekhusnilsen.com/index.html">anders nilsen</a> just published a book called <a href="http://www.andersbrekhusnilsen.com/comics_drawings.html"><i>big questions</i></a> with <a href="http://www.drawnandquarterly.com/">drawn & quarterly</a> and it reminded me that i quite enjoy his work. his drawings and comics were featured in my all-time favorite MCA exhibit, in which the artwork of chicago-based graphic novelists/artists was displayed together. <a href="http://whatever-she-wants.blogspot.com/2011/02/lilli.html">lilli carré</a> was also featured.<br />
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anyway: i love chicago and i love local art. i can't believe i haven't yet posted about anders nilsen. allow me to rectify the situation today.<br />
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he's done some wonderful book covers also, for d&q + penguin + norton + all the other cool people in publishing...<br />
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AND, he has a <a href="http://themonologuist.blogspot.com/">blog</a>. if you're in the chicago area, you can meet him tonight at lula café in logan square, where he's doing some book signing...! that place has excellent food.<br />
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well, that's all for today. everyone raise a glass to the end of august... fall is coming!<br />
have a nice little tuesday.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-794260870636535010.post-2776585130858335432011-08-25T09:47:00.000-05:002011-08-25T09:47:12.799-05:00antonyi saw <a href="http://www.antonygormley.com/">antony gormley's</a> work in <i>frieze</i> magazine. he had a show in paris this summer that was called "for the time being." it consisted of these sculptures:<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>i love the spare aesthetic, and the way the bodies' shapes are organic. some have similar posture, but they're made of different materials, some starry and some angled, so you see something different in each one.<br />
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i love coming upon new things like this! don't you? on his <a href="http://www.antonygormley.com/">website</a>, gormley has a series of interviews that you can read. artist interviews always grant a very unique look at the way the mind works. (or maybe <a href="http://www.booktable.net/book/9780061579035"><i>the family fang</i></a> is getting to me.)<br />
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at any rate, it is thursday and nearly the weekend. rejoice!<br />
hasta pronto.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-794260870636535010.post-15641193049400902372011-08-23T11:07:00.000-05:002011-08-23T11:07:30.783-05:00on reading: let's catch upo dear readers, i apologize. this silence has gone on too long! and so i am back, and i am going to be posting far more often than i have been in the last month or so. i went on a nice long minnesotan hiatus and it made me have summer vacation brain. now that it is nearly labor day and schools are starting up again, i suppose i should join everyone else and snap out of it.<br />
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so let's talk about reading. while i've been a mere shadow in the blogosphere lately, i've been catching up on reading lots of wonderful things, and i wanted to share my small reviews with you. some are books that are brand-new, others are old as the hills. bookgirl has to keep up with the changing times and changing reading preferences of the people, so a mix is necessary. here's what's in my reading past—i'll just talk about a few of them; some are still lying around, unfinished:<br />
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i've already talked briefly about <a href="http://www.booktable.net/book/9781935554417"><i>after midnight</i></a>, by irmgard keun (i love that name). it is a story about german society during the beginnings of world war II, as seen through the eyes of a young german girl named sanna. it is somewhat of a satire; sanna is vaguely supportive of hitler's regime, yet she criticizes it under her breath, almost without knowing she's doing so. an example:<br />
<blockquote>herr kulmbach had been saying the führer had united the whole german nation. which is true enough, it's just that the people making up the whole german nation don't get on with each other. but that doesn't make any difference to political unity, i suppose. (33)</blockquote>keun's story also provides a writer's critique of the political times, which, at the time, was absolutely unacceptable. it's a brilliant book, written in that kind of ladylike, proper language that i love so much. and what i love about melville house's neversink library edition is that they include irmgard's life story (as well as a section of literary analysis, ooh), which is so interesting and sad and strange. after her books were burned in the 1933 "burning of the books" and her writing made her a target for the gestapo, she escaped germany and lived in exile throughout europe. her husband divorced her on grounds that she made anti-nazi remarks. after staging her suicide, she slipped back into germany and lived in hiding. later on, her work was rediscovered and her reputation brought back to life. for me, this is one of those cases where the author's own story completely influences the way you read their work.<br />
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i loved <a href="http://www.booktable.net/book/9780618084746"><i>the heart is a lonely hunter</i></a>. it's a classic, so i won't talk too much about it, but carson mccullers' writing is both evocative and uncomplicated, effective at summoning up the dry, stagnant air of the depression years. her characters were each so different, but mccullers handles their individual voices deftly. highly recommended.<br />
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and the dark tale of <a href="http://www.booktable.net/book/9780062024688"><i>wildwood</i></a>! coming soon to bookstores near you. i was glued to this book by the last hundred pages. i couldn't stop reading! my advance reading copy was missing some of the illustrations, but the scenes described by colin meloy were such that i could imagine it all on my own... an owl prince, evil coyotes, rugged bandits, trees that respond to wishes, animals that get drunk on blackberry cordial. it is comparable to brian jacques' <a href="http://www.booktable.net/search/apachesolr_search/brian%20jacques"><i>redwall</i></a> series, except meloy includes human characters in his story. he also makes use of his amazing vocabulary. i love seeing young adult novels that employ words even i need to look up.<br />
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right now, i'm getting through <a href="http://www.booktable.net/book/9780865473911"><i>an alphabet for gourmets</i></a> (i'm on "<i>e</i> is for <i>exquisite</i>"), by m.f.k. fisher. it is probably going to land on my top-5 list of best food books ever.<br />
<a href="http://www.booktable.net/book/9781897299753"><i>shortcomings</i></a> by adrian tomine is totally engrossing so far, exploring a dying long-term relationship and its effect on the (extremely unsympathetic) male half of the couple.<br />
and finally, <a href="http://www.booktable.net/book/9780061579035"><i>the family fang</i></a>, on which i am still forming an opinion, but which is keeping me interested thus far, at the very least.<br />
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oh dear, well, this was long. but it was about time. perhaps you've gotten some good idears on what to read in your spare time... or perhaps what not to read. at any rate, thanks for reading this post!<br />
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i'll be back.<br />
hasta la vista...<br />
bebé.<br />
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images <a href="http://www.virginiamountaineer.com/backissues/2-22-07/goodoleday.htm">1</a> <a href="http://moonlightrainbow.tumblr.com/post/4255459753/ribbonsundone-pearls-and-seaweed">2</a> & <a href="http://www.carsonellis.com/">3</a><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-794260870636535010.post-34548474851711117362011-08-16T08:49:00.000-05:002011-08-16T08:49:00.330-05:00peter beard<span class="arialred"></span>in his own words:<br />
<blockquote><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">when i first went to kenya in august 1955, i could never have guessed what was going to happen. kenya's population was roughly five million, with about 100 tribes scattered throughout the endless "wild—deer—ness" - it was authentic, unspoiled, teeming with big game—so enormous it appeared inexhaustible. <br />
everyone agreed it was too big to be destroyed. now kenya's population of over 30 million drains the country's limited and diminishing resources at an amazing rate: surrounding, isolating, and relentlessly pressuring the last pockets of wildlife in denatured africa.<br />
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the beautiful play period has come to an end. millions of years of evolutionary processes have been destroyed in the blink of an eye.<br />
</span></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">the pleistocene is paved over, cannibalism is swallowed up by commercialism, arrows become ak- 47s, colonialism is replaced by the power, the prestige and the corruption of the international aid industry. this is the end of the game over and over.</span><br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">what could possibly be next? density and stress—aid and AIDS, deep blue computers and nintendo robots, heart disease and cancer, liposuction and rhinoplasty, digital pets and tamaguchi toys deliver us into the brave new world.</span></span> </blockquote><blockquote> —<a href="http://www.peterbeard.com/menu.php">peter beard</a></blockquote><br />
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peter beard uses photography, ink, and blood to create his images. his <i>end of the game</i> <a href="http://www.peterbeard.com/publications.php">books</a> of photography are volumes that i would very much like to get my hands on.<br />
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often people are too casually optimistic about the future of the world we are lucky enough to have happened on. i see beard's work as harsh realism, a fatalistic slap in the face—one that i think everyone should pay attention to, because he shows only a fraction of the damage humans have caused and continue to wreak. why aren't we more concerned about the well-being of the planet our lives depend on?<br />
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my optimism is wearing quite thin these days.<br />
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-794260870636535010.post-37221587183365302642011-08-04T07:59:00.001-05:002011-08-04T07:59:00.556-05:00ex libris<a href="http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/columns/olivia-bergin/TMG8174641/Bags-get-bookish-intellectual-clutch-bags-by-Olympia-Le-Tan.html">these</a> are <i>interesting</i> accessories by olivia le tan.<br />
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perhaps they even include a snippet of the actual book inside, so that while you are sitting at certain award ceremonies, stifling a yawn and trying to stave off boredom, you can open your little clutch and read just a little....<br />
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book clutches! it looks just like you've brought a book along with you. <br />
no matter what, books will always be <i>en vogue</i>.<br />
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have a swell wednesday.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2