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Poodle Noodle Doodle Strudel

December 17, 2012
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Here are the lyrics to this quadruple acrostic: Participation ends the stress/Omits the odious unrest/Obliges one too sweet to sour/Destiny's dust to hold the shroud/Let's elevate & love a whale/Endemic to those furling sail I did this just shy of a year ago, and the words didn't make sense today till I realized lines three and four were one subthought, and "too sweet to sour Destiny's dust" was the crucial phrase. Also the acrostic is a distant cousin to "My Favorite Things" by Rodgers & Hammerstein.

Finger trauma and/or Dylan Thomas

December 15, 2012
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Now we type our morning blog. We pray the Lord our mind unfog. And if our readers care to glom us, they’ll see our sketch of Dylan Thomas.

Yesterday I sliced the middle finger of my left hand deeply, just south of the fingertip, as I reached into the toiletries pocket of my travel bag for the Gillette Good News razor with which I intended to shave. (The bad-news headline from my razor was Hey, Buddy, You’re Bleeding,) It took a good many minutes for direct pressure to stop the bleeding; and, though I can’t say why, that finger-slicing incident led to my choosing this image of the author of “Under Milk Wood” and “Fern Hill.” I hope a reader can explain.

Unto each hand a little Trauma shall fall.

Warped…Woofer

December 13, 2012
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The very last line, "Downloadables will quickly make it clear," is a prediction of the future--a bright future--that has already been made by many, from William Gibson to the Wachowski sibs. And the very last line of "By His Bootstraps" by Robert A. Heinlein, "A bright future!" was made by a man who had just completed providing for his past. Finally, Warp and Woof refer to Fabric and Reality, though you often see Weft; and Woofer refers to Sound. May YOU have a Sound, Bright Future!

Darkened Room

December 12, 2012
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The philosopher figures everything out by going into a darkened room and thinking it over. The scientist figures everything out by thinking it over, guessing what is happening, testing the guess through experiment and observation, and altering or discarding the guess based on what was observed. Think this works with human relationships? Guess again!

Vessel Mania

December 11, 2012
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Here is a real "One with Clay, Image and Text" chimera, which I'm posting celebratorily. Just a few hours ago I was accepted into The Village Gallery, a cooperative art gallery in the Village of Oak Creek, and walking distance from where I am living now! I'm really happy and excited about that! One thing that acceptance means is that I'll be making a lot more vessels...like these...

Some Assembly Required…

December 10, 2012
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Easy and fun: 1) Make a vase on the potter's wheel. 2) Let it dry to a leather hard state. 3) Take a sharp X-acto-esque blade to it, evenly but not overly so. 4) Bisque fire the pieces. 5) Glaze the pieces, and arrange them playfully. The glaze will fuse the pieces together, and you will have something like what you see here. (The glaze in this case is Majolica white.) Try it--it's a blast!

Delusionalities

December 9, 2012
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To wrap up the week with a real weirdy, here is one from 2009. Drawing, photo-editing, and an odd pun-laden triple acrostic that reads: DOGMA? ‘TIS M here from Delhi/Eff air-or rare Fahrenheit/LONG-GONE Arnold Fonzarelli/Ucked his last from Kryptonite/Set your sails w/Tucks & Taels

What does it all mean? I don’t rightly know, though I must have when I made it. Perhaps the ghost of Jean-Michel Basquiat could help us. I get some enjoyment from no longer knowing, though; and yet more enjoyment from seeing the unexpected visual zing of an early color inversion experiment.