White Noses

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"White Noses #1" Oil and Watercolor on Canvas, 2013.

"White Noses #2 (unfinished)" Oil on Canvas, 2013

love knots.

there was a lot of dirt beneath those books that i began to lay, across my floor, when we first began. i pulled them up this evening, and the staples were just as hard to remove as they were to put in. the first few were laid out so gently, and thoughtlessly. one was from the childhood; most of the others, found. the more i started to think about pages and placement, the construction of the path, the more the voluminous the books became. their pages beginning to rise up, as if to escape. i held off for a few months, in hopes of finding the right books, that would fall open to right pages to guide me on this miniature path of knowledge. the first coincidental pages that i'd opened up to, spoke to me. telling two page, mid-story tales about love, journeys and friendship. the final books came to me in bulk, as a gift, and when i finally found the motivation, i laid them out.

but the last few fell silent. i'd anchored them down without direction, without true passion, but with desire for completion. i pulled them up today to see how easy, or difficult it would be to pull them up- to see if the staples had left their mark in my floor- to see the damage done. maybe i pulled them up because i needed to see my floor again. i had to complete the path for the satisfaction of doing so. i had to erase the path for the pleasure of starting a new one.

my stomach has been writhing about all day. it's finally settled, so i can sleep.

xx

i think the fruit flies are returning

and i believe every creak

to be the pitter-patter of mice.

i can't tell if i'm going crazy, 

or if i'm crazy 

because i'm not going. 

i had to fall over to find balance

i had to clean up to clear my mind. 

sufficient      

suffice 

satisfied. 

teach me the difference. 

i must know everything.

i do know everything!

this, you see has always been
 a problem of mine.

a gift! a problem!

my synonymous moniker. 

      i'm going to build the greatest 

                                                                                                               bank of knowledge 

                                                                                                  of all time. 

but I won't listen to a thing. 

even when you tell me the truth. 

i'm sorry. 

i'm happy you came. 

may i take off your shoes?

would you stay awhile?

if you build it, they will come.

but if i print the postcards i make, will you buy them?

someone is always losing

I dropped my bags on the floor of my bedroom when I waltzed in the door last night. I opened all (four) of my windows and pulled out my comforter. I haven't been able to sleep in days- either because I wasn't at home or because my blankets were too light. I forgot how much I love being completely wrapped up in weighted warmth. My mother has always teased me for my desire to be in hot heavy wool blankets, but there's a reason "security" prefaces blanket. I feel really good.

 Here are some things I want your eyes to enjoy:

(laundry day)

(my tool shed and clothing rack)

(my mom the hottie as me before me)

Remember kids, life is good. 

This was the second one:

[click to enlarge] When I made it I thought of Sable, whose affection towards rabbits is beyond me. I don't really care for their misconstrued personalities (most of them are evil!) but I enjoyed making this nonetheless. xx.