pencam Category Archives

101907

19 October 2007

it seems very long since i have written here. having a rather lumpish week, although i have been snapping merrily with the pencam every day and also working at the artTable, even minimally, every evening. i will finish those 31 collages and that pencam book, i WILL. i feel more determined than inspired. i am [...]

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101407

14 October 2007

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the daily pencam book. in progress. it is one of my artsomofo projects and it has been coming along very well. especially after yesterday. it is a little simple and naive, gluebookish, i guess, but i like it. i am not so pleased with the quality of the images [...]

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072607

26 July 2007

yesterday my poet emailed this poem to me at work. it seems particularly relevant for this week.
Even if you can’t shape your life the way you want,
at least try as much as you can
not to degrade it
by too much contact with the world,
by too much activity and talk.
Do not degrade it by dragging it along,
taking [...]

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051307

13 May 2007

deep in my heart
how the presence of you shines
in a light to last a whole life through
i recall the wonder of it all
each dream of life I’ll share with you
:: patti smith “dream of life”
para mis hijas y mi madre

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050907

9 May 2007

nope. not blown to Oz. or gone down the muddy Kaw river. still here. still raining. small reprieve yesterday however. and actually saturday was QUITE lovely. we went wandering. found new small towns and made pictures. have tried to upload them for playing-with for a couple of days, but no luck. maybe tonight? looked at [...]

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050307

3 May 2007

midweek. feels like it should have been friday yesterday. made about 6 dozen handmade bizness cards this week. (what will i do with them?) all week has been gray damp and springGreen. english weather (or irish?). except for monday, which was beautiful (and hot), and made escaping the office and walking to the dentist’s with [...]

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033007

30 March 2007

at the parking garage : pencam : march 2007
i have been feeling somewhat artLess so far this year and, lately, a little depressed to find myself *not* under the spell of new spring. it is always such a sweet time, visually and in other ways. perhaps it was the slow arrival of the redbuds? i [...]

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