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Somerville Open Studios is only one month away! I spent the weekend doing more prepatory work. One of the items I’ll have available are notecards. They are A7 cards with 4×6 images affixed. Each card is signed. Last year I had cards in a basket. This year I’m hoping to have them in a card holder, either a table top or floor model.
I’m also sorting through my inventory to put together a Clearance Box of “as is” items from last year, mostly small matted prints. My next big decision is what prints to frame and at what size. Hmmm.
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Not quite as heady as Godel, Escher and Bach, but still thought-provoking. The cover art (of course) drew me in, and the name of the author. I have always loved the poetry of Nikki Giovanni and wondered what she would do with a children’s tale.
The Grasshopper's Song
The story twists and turns from the original Aesop fable, and Giovanni certainly adds a jazzy blues feel through the language and behavior of the parties involved in the conflict. The short of it: the grasshopper wants some R-E-S-P-E-C-T and he’s taking the ants to court to get it. Not for the littlest of kids, but teens and adults will get a kick out of this one.
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This Sunday, I find myself consumed with thoughts of math, music, science, and art — and oh, what a tangled web they weave. As I sit at the computer right now, I have open beside me a copy of Douglas Hofstadter’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book, Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid. On the left page is Figure 104. Castrovalva, by M.C. Escher. On the right page, a crab, tortoise and Achilles are having a conversation about mathematics. It’s a book that I know is great, but my goodness, it does tax my brain. In a good way. 😉
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I just realized that I am wearing several layers of blue from the blue checked sneakers on my feet to the blue pearl necklace around my neck. In between, I’m wearing dark blue jeans and a blue t-shirt under a blue sweater. When I turned on my computer, I was met by a new desktop of blue mountains. Since blue is my favorite color, I hope this bodes well for my day. 😉
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So when I first saw the book, Altar in the World, in hardback I didn’t even crack the spine. Then it came out in paperback, with the cover image of a blue bird on a blue branch set against a soft beige-cream background. And, in red scrolling text, the title of the book just off center. Kudos to the designers because quite frankly I am a sucker for packaging and I am so happy I opened the book.
There’s a quote on the cover from The Dallas Morning News that says, “Not a page turner, it is a page lingerer.” So true. It is a book about one woman’s journey dealing with faith. Whatever one’s beliefs, I think it is a beautiful read. Here is a passage that had me lingering this morning:
“The practice of paying attention is as simple as looking twice at people … To see takes time, like having a friend takes time. It is as simple as turning off the television to learn the song of a single bird.
I have yet to learn the song of a bird, but I did pay attention to the birds as I walked from the parking lot to my office building. I saw 5 pigeons, 3 robins, 2 blue jays, a rock dove and at least 1 starling. As I entered the building, behind me I did hear a beautiful song. Though I scanned the nearby tree branches and rooftops, I could not spy the bird. Next time.
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