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My Malaysian friend Tiffany Choong sometimes posts images of her delightful drawings with a carefully-right-angled array of the colored pens she used to draw that particular bird (or handbag, or symbol, or flower–she fearlessly draws anything and everything). The pens make an eloquent frame, an inviting, easily-crossed border between her drawing and the rest of the Universe.

Tiffany Liked the last thing I did, so anyone who wonders what her work looks like can click on her avatar on my previous post. Meanwhile, here below, I was thinking about Frames…

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Stars are contained fusion explosions. Falling stars are cbunks of rock burning from friction caused by the atmosphere. Either way, “Catch a falling star” is a bad idea.

“We KNOW that ALREADY.” Good. Now imagine you used one of your wishes to actually catch a falling star. I’ll get you started. A) Make it non-lethal.

Now what?

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This one was done as if it were a grade-school assignment. It has a bit of arithmetic, a bit of P.E. (that’s Physical Education, which is what we called dressing in sportwear and exercising. Other places it was called Gym, short for Gymnasium, from the Greek word for a place where people walk and run and otherwise exert, while naked.), a bit of Art class, a bit of Show and Tell, and a bit of a Book Report.

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It is April Fool’s Day in the United States of America, but most of us are under voluntary house arrest due to COVID-19. The timing is terrible for playing practical jokes. But we can always use positive catharsis, so here is some whimsical silliness.

Stay safe, Friends!

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