I truly enjoy the days that are filled with bits and bobbles
of this and that. They create a balance
in my mind that works. Yin and
Yang. Write and read indeed. They leave me feeling positive about my days.
Yes, water aerobics first.
The weather is changing, and I shuffled out to the pool like a five
hundred year old sloth. The hot tub and
those range of motion stretches improved my morning…as did laughter with
friends, and I came back to edit that piece about my mother for the last
time.
I heard from http://www.timegoesby.net/elderstorytelling/2013/06/in-total-silence.html>Ronni
Bennett that my negative piece about the house chaos
was to be
published on her blog today also. Feeling
rather writerly I printed off a copy of “Mother” and headed to FedEx Office,
ExKinkos, to print up twenty copies for class.
Right around the corner, in the same building is the American Cancer
Society’s Discovery Shop where I Volunteer two days a week. This week three.
Sunday I had stopped in and discovered five huge boxes of
cookbooks plus three giant boxes of kiddy lit filling the sorting area. I shelved them filling the new book storage area
half way to the ceiling. Yesterday I
discovered another eleven boxes of books stacked just waiting for me. Yes, I peeked in the boxes. The first few had encyclopedia yearly
updates. Those aren’t very useful any
more.
Did you know there is a whole art form using old books? Google Images of Book Art. Check out these carefully folded works by http://www.booooooom.com/2011/01/19/book-art-by-isaac-salazar/>Isaac
Salazar
.
Yes, I didn’t get those five boxes of books out of the
way. I was so proud of myself. I posted the days I would be gone in July and
August, came home to make a poster for an art book table, dozed over the computer,
cooked a not memorable meal. I’ll talk
about learning to use the Cuisinart later.
Yes, there are some really good days around here even if I
end up dozing off over my computer.
The book art with the tentacled monster swallowing the ship is mind boggling.
ReplyDeleteI taught my girls how to do this 'art' in Scouts, but our art was very simple.
Dianne
Dozing is always good.
ReplyDeleteThose updates for encyclopedias would make great books to use for that "art" ....which I love. Perhaps if the store has an "art" section, you could post a picture suggesting purchase of those books for that purpose....
ReplyDeleteThose updates for encyclopedias would make great books to use for that "art" ....which I love. Perhaps if the store has an "art" section, you could post a picture suggesting purchase of those books for that purpose....
ReplyDeleteI was going to write the same thing as Terri said. Recycle is the best. I have to post an artwork made from a metal filing cabinet!!
ReplyDeleteThat is quite a lot of bits and bobbles! The book art is fascinating; don't think I've ever seen such.
ReplyDeleteKudos to you for volunteering.
And thanks for sharing your thoughts on being calm; Especially the part about not multitasking while talking to friends. :)
These book art are really amazing! It must take so much patience, inspiration and creativity to come up with these designs. I'm tempted to go bend some pages now.
ReplyDeleteThat book art is amazing. I have been seeing women and teen girls in our favorite coffee shop pasting book pages together, painting and then writing and drawing.
ReplyDeleteI finally asked what they were doing and evidently it is a combination of a craft and a form of journaling.
My fav of this post: Didn’t draw. Didn’t feel guilty either.
Bravo for banishing unwarranted guilt. Healthy, healthy, healthy!
My daughter in NY introduced me to those books a year or two ago. They are stupendous! (Is that a real word?! It just slipped out of my fingers.)
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