Art Sunday, Sock Porn!

Wyvern Socks, by Aija Goto, handdyed with Orange Koolaid, knit on US #3 Dps.

 

I've been tooling around this week, looking for patterns for socks.  Sometimes I find myself on these incredible blogs that are colorful, wonderful explorations of color and texture. 

 

One of my favorite online magazines is Knitty.com, and there, I found a pattern for some fairly simple socks by Aija Goto, called "RPM".  There was a short blurb about the designer at the end of the pattern, and of course, I clicked the link.  (I'm a not so random clicker.) 

 

Goto's web blog is titled  "sock pron, Sock Porn for Knitting Voyeurs."   (the "o" in "pron" has a slash through it, which I don't think I can duplicate here.)  I think you'll find it one of those colorful, wonderful explorations of color and texture.  Goto has elevates a lowly wearable to fine craft.  Enjoy!

Who's owns this Old Fart?

I found this lovely picture from a Yahoo Image Search using the term, "old bastard."

 

 

I got this IM,  this afternoon, just out of the blue.  I don't know this guy, he wrote to me.  He quit talking after the 1:27:02 IM, and didn't say anything else, and I had other things to do.  So, I logged off and left, I actually forgot all about him.  He sent an initial invitation to join his IM list, which I declined, when he didn't say anything else. 

 

suze9999 (10/28/2006 1:20:29 PM): if you want to add me that's fine. Would you like to introduce yourself?

bill_lawson88 (10/28/2006 1:22:14 PM): Hello I'm BILL I'm 41 divorced with 3 kids

suze9999 (10/28/2006 1:22:42 PM): 3 kids, now that's scary.

bill_lawson88 (10/28/2006 1:23:21 PM): LOL

suze9999 (10/28/2006 1:26:00 PM): can I ask how you found me?

bill_lawson88 (10/28/2006 1:27:02 PM): from a friends list

 

 I went on and did my laundry, and took a nap, and I get back on a little while ago, and here's how he finished up the conversation (without me, of course!):

bill_lawson88 (10/28/2006 2:35:37 PM): FINE BYE!!!!!!!!!!!!

bill_lawson88 (10/28/2006 2:37:00 PM): I will turn you in as SPAM

 

Honey, you go right ahead.  You don't want to know what I think about guys who start out introductions telling me they have human kids.  Uck!  You block me, and I'll block you, and we'll all live in peace.  Have you met my friend Brutal Babe? 

Prove You're Real Week

Me, this morning with my V551 Motorola, again.  And really, I am a Deal. 

 

 

 

Angelina, a person I do believe is the first actual witch doctor I've met, on line or in person, posted this challenge, after she'd been challenged.  I copied and pasted directly from her blog...which she may have done directly from her challenger's blog...but anyway, here's what she posted:

 

"PROVE YOUR REAL WEEK"

Take a picture of yourself holding up a sign, to show it's you...say anything you like.  Those of you who are not comfortable posting pics of your actual face, that's fine.  However...we'd still like for you to join in the fun. You can make a handwritten sign in front of your face that says "YOU SUCK FOR MAKING ME DO THIS!!" or something like that.   And also....there are some of you who generally only post pics of your body....that's fine too. You can hold a sign up over your tummy or hell...even write a message on your underwear or your body mentioning the name of someone on your friends list.  So there it is....PROVE YOUR REAL WEEK!  Anyone out there that is trying to pull a fast one may not like the idea very much.....but those of us who aren't can have a good time posting vids or pics with special messages to our friends."

 

So, here I am in all my morning glory.  Not like I'm the type to get glamourous, but this is totally unadorned with anything other than sleep.  Enjoy!

Andy and Jesse

Andy and Jesse  10/27/2006,  taken with my Motorola V551 cell phone.

 

 

 

I was sitting in bed this morning reading, and there are two of my babies...Andy the Cat and Jesse the Dog, cuddling. 

 

 

This, they know: happiness is a warm puppy, or a warm pussy, or something like that...

Villafane Studios Artist Ray Villafane

Villafane Studios Artist Ray Villafane

 

 

Wow, check out these pumpkins!  I thoroughly believe in scaring the hell out of little children, and these oughta do the trick. 

 

I'm seriously regretting that I didn't find these in time for the last Art Sunday!

Truly Tasha's (and Carolyn's) Shawl

Truly Tasha's Shawl, a design by Nancy Bush, from the January 1999 online issue of KnitNet 

 

 

I can't believe it, I think my meds are finally right!  I've actually finished a project!  One of my favorite coworkers, Carolyn, gets the shivers like Moondawg, when we open the back door for library deliveries this time of the year. 

 

She's also an avid admirer of Tasha Tudor's children's books, and when I saw this pattern on KnitNet, I knew it was perfect for her.  It's the "Truly Tasha's Shawl" design by Nancy Bush, first published in KnitNet's second edition in January 1999.  (Knitting instructions can be found here...)

 

Right now, I'm getting ready to take it down from the bedroom wall, where I blocked it this morning.  We're supposed to get another little cold front through this weekend, so, it ought to be right on time, for a change.

 

 I'll post a couple of pics of Carolyn snuggling behind her new computer and under her new shawl in the next couple of days...

Art Sunday, Chris Rush

Borrowed Suit (Conte crayon and pastel, 36x24) by Chris Rush.    From Jack the Pelican Presents:  â€œPermission to Stare”

 

 

I could not look away. 

 

November 2006’s The Artist’s Magazine , has a cover and feature article on Chris Rush called, “In the Eye of the Beholder”.

 

According to the article written by Christine Proskow, “Rush’s present series evolved, unexpectedly, from his small oil painting of a boy with brittle bone disease, derived from a photo in an old medical textbook.  At the time, he was painting Dutch-influenced still lifes.  A friend suggested creating this series.  He pursued the idea, and in 1998 received a grant from the Arizona Commission on the Arts that enabled him to volunteer daily at a local summer arts camp for special needs children- a “defining moment” in his life." 

 

Rush’s work struck a cord that still vibrated from a face of a young girl, that I met a couple of weeks ago.  These face forward paintings are presented with grace and dignity, and are wonderful portraits of people that we might not be have the opportunity to get to know otherwise.  

 

Rush also has a series of drawings on "found" paper, antique documents and maps on handmade papers, and PBS 6 in Tucson, Arizona has an interview in their archives: 

 

 Sooyeon Lee profiles Chris Rush's new work: a series of haunting portraits formed from old letters, diaries, 18th century documents and children's art works.

 

 

Look for more of Rush's work at "Jack the Pelican Presents."

 

http://www.chrisrushartist.com/  is in progress, and I look forward to more of his work.