My two paintings: the cowboy on the left, and the small one of a sitting man, on a dark blue background, on the right. Sadly, all I had on me was my cel phone, not the good camera.
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once upon a time, i used to be a writer. when i started at Wossamatta U., i majored in creative writing, which was deceptively harder than it would seem. once upon a time before that, i used to be an artist.
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she's going in a new direction artistically, and it's been really cool to see her explore new things and try out her voice. when we were hanging out on friday night, i got to see my new favorite painting of hers, and hear the music that went with it, which made it even more awesome. what i like most about the new direction she's going in, is that she's getting really good at expressing the numinous through paint.
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the egg is for my second attempt at the painting i should really have finished earlier in the week, but didn't -- my homework assignment of painting a white egg on a white background, after my pitiful attempt in color theory last saturday. it wasn't that it was a white bust on a white background under white light that defeated me; it was that i couldn't seem to get the white paint out of the bristles of my brush, so all my colors got chalky and zombieish. you wouldn't think that'd be a problem when painting a white object, but let me assure you: it's a problem somewhere on the scale of looking at a G4 server whose power cord your boss has just tripped over and yanked out of the socket.
Read Moreweekend of art and cleaning
you know, the one you're supposed to get when you're single: the one that features cabaña boys, frosty beverages, and luxury.... which is the entire point behind my rather lamely-named Chore Club (it's like Fight Club, but without the misogyny and with trash bags). hopefully, though, it will all come back around and one of these months, i will have a half-dozen minions friends over to help me with my chores.
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