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My resolutions (not especially for 2011)
- To be more kindly with my mirror image
- Learn to draw from real life
- Sleep more
- Be more impatient
Recently I learned that my alarm clock is programmable for two wake-up times. Nothing against learning, but accidently I must have set the alarm clock for both times, so it rung the first time at midnight. After starting the coffee brewer I felt that something's wrong. I got between the blankets and woke up again at 5'o clock (my usual wake-up time). Didn't really remember that I got up at midnight. I only remembered that the coffe must be ready. But when I took the first coffee I remembered. The coffee was lukewarm. Ugh!
This shopping list let me suppose that the writer planned a barbecue. One point in this list is "Deo for Holger". But obviously he or she forgot this, because it's not crossed out. So unfortunately Holger had to stink this evening.
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I was inspired by a 10 year old spread from Peony and Parakeet.
www.peonyandparakeet.com/pretty-art-journaling/
That and washi tape.
Recently when I visited a bookstore I stumbled across some book titles: Wheatbelly. Fruitbelly. 10 different Zentangle books. Green smoothies.… I asked myself what an Alien or Goethe would think about the germans when they would visit a bookstore… all people are happy with drawing Zentangles, but with a very big belly from fruits, wheat or… you can choose.
by Mario Benedetti on Pupito's Diary ( dedicated to my best friend)
Defend joy as a trench
defend it from scandal and routine
from misery and miserable
from temporary absences
and from definitive ones.
Defend joy as a principle
defend it from wonder and nightmares
from neutrals and neutrons
from sweet infamies
and serious diagnoses
Defend joy as a flag
defend it from ray and melancholy
from neives and rogues
from rhetoric and cardiac attacs
from endemics and academics
Defend joy as a destination
defend it from fire and firefighters
from suicidal and homicidal
from vacations and burden
from the obligation of being happy.
Defend joy as a certainty
defend it from oxide and dirt
from the famous brushwork of time
from dew and opportunism
from pimps of laughter
Defend joy as a Right
defend it from God and winter
from capital letters and death
from surnames and sorrows
from chance
and from joy itself.
We've been out for a meal. While eating we talked about this and that; immediately Robert asked me, if he would be allowed to ask a personal question. I wondered what would happen now... we know each other for approx. 10 years, and I didn't know if I should laugh loud or if I expected a horror question. I said "Yes, of course", and he asked: "Do you think that I trimmed my beard too short?" After that question I decided to laugh. Very loud.
The finished page...lots and lots of layers:
acrylic
gesso
tissue papers
scrapbook paper
magenta ink
dictionary scrap
stamp
lace
ribbon
Sharpie pen
glitter
As usual, the colors on this are much nicer in person. Her eyes are a beautiful iridescent purple (Lumiere), not nearly as light as they appear in this photo.