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Onto the Floor

5/15/2018

 
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Standing desks are apparently quite the rage these days, 
so I,
as a contrary sort of gal
have  moved my operation (and my butt) to the ground.
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It wasn't a carefully thought up plan,
but rather a happy accident 
that resulted from ​a sudden urge
to clear out the seemingly endless binders 
of expensive and carefully collected slides 

from back in those pre-digital image days
when the last step of tapestry completion 
was a trip to the photographer 
and subsequent filing and storage of 
the resulting 4x5 transparencies
and sheets and sheets of images in their little plastic cases
that exhibitions and publications demanded.
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Since I didn't exactly intend to tackle this project,
I just plunked down on the floor and began.
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But of course the sorting took hours
and was somewhat distracting
as somehow
between 1990 (when I wove my first tapestry),
and 2007 (when digital images took over completely),
I managed to do a lot of weft faced plain weave.
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And what an unexpected  pleasure
to come upon projects long forgotten
(Scarface was such a great dog,
​that carpet bag-on-a-box project was pure fun).
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But even more delightful
was standing up afterwards
and noticing the absolute absence
of a nagging hamstring pain
to which I've grown so used 
that its absence was more noticeable than its presence.
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So not only did I manage to get rid of pounds and pounds of slides 
(still have one fat binder for  posterity and/or my son to toss after my demise,
but NO discards for future Pinterest-worthy window covering projects),
​but was also was moved to remove
​the work table in the middle of my studio.
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I can now wiggle and stretch
​and shift my position as I work,

get to my feet with nary a twinge,
and trot off in the morning,
loose of limb and light of heart.
Who knew?
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In other news --
​spring is definitely here,
and the new insta-desk (board on books) 
has coincided with comic diary #18
to which I added a few sheets of  Reeves lightweight
that I had in the basement.
So far this paper is more satisfying to draw and paint on
than the lovely-to-look-at-but-hard-to-use
handmade Mexican paper in the last book
(visible in the running drawing above,
and on the right in the slide sorting comic at the top).
But as with so many things (image storage etc),
only time will reveal the efficacy
​of one's  seemingly sensible decisions.
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Speaking of which...
version four of the knitting project
proceeds apace,
in all its fat stockinette glory. 

​Never a dull moment around here.
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Velma Bolyard
5/15/2018 07:14:09 pm

I was wondering about that weird (for drawing) paper. I wonder if Arches Text Wove (a printmaking paper) might be the thing for you...anyway, I love your solution for those binders.

Patti Kirch
5/15/2018 09:45:12 pm

I sat down and looked at your first slide, then "zoomed in".... purple is the answer, thank you! Of course I had to take off for work right after I read your blog post.
I can learn from all of your creative workings, just heh, one at a time. Yeah for bicycling and non achy parts.

Jodi link
5/16/2018 07:01:27 am

I tossed a million slides last week too - and I discoverd (as you did) that I no longer need a slide scanner - I was able to put them on the light box and get a great image using my phone! Wow.


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