CONFESSIONS F A FRACTAL ADDICT

One is too many and a hundred are not enough.

I'm not sure why I love making fractals--they fascinate me with their
endless variety.

BUT I have other stuff I NEED to do. ENOUGH for now!!!

Friday Fractal Monday

Oh-oh--Andree introduced me to a new fractal program which is a free download. It's called XaoS . It's very dangerous, like all fractal programs, and fun. I don't have much time to play with my Kresge Fellowship application coming due soon, but I must admit, I did take a little time out of my busy schedule. Mine are small becasue I don't have time to post big ones (they do get a little bigger if you click the images), but I may later, and they aren't nearly as nice as Andree's. But someday, if I have more time ever, I may do fancier ones!!

Happy Valentine's Day!

HOPE LOVE IS WITH YOU TODAY AND ALWAYS!

Fishing in the falls, a value study

with markers, by me.

Happy Valentine's Day! A Bit of silliness

I made the silly pigment-marker sketch (second here) last night and then distally altered it on photoshop to make a valentine. It's all pigment markers except the skin, as I have no skin-colored pigment markers.

HOPE YOU HAVE LOVE IN YOUR LIFE!

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The Bell Jar, by Sylvia Plath

Today, I finished The Bell Jar, by Sylvia Plath. I read it before, many years ago, and really liked it, but this read through, I found it fairly depressing, though I liked it better and better as I went through it. I didn't really remember much of it at first, but the more I read, the more I remembered. I was listening to the audio book version, and the CDs were out of order. I didn't realize it, so they came up all disjointed and I had to start over--it was pretty disturbing.

The Bell Jar is fairly autobiographical of Sylvia Path--she calls herself Esther Greenwood in the book--and she tried to commit suicide (which, of course, later she succeeds, Sylvia, I mean). I used to believe I was like Esther (and Sylvia), but now I don't think as much. She ends up in an asylum and has electroshock therapy. The details in her book are very well-written.

I had been doing quite well reading lots of books, early, but we've had health issues and the computer's been on the blitz taking lots of time trying to get it working again. :-(

I haven't been writing many reviews because I've been too darn busy, and this isn't really one, either.


Booklist 2010

1. The Blue Roan Child, Jamieson Findlay, Jan 2, 2010
   
2. The Indian in the Cupboard, Lynn Reid Banks, Jan 2, 2010
3. Summer on Blossom Street, Debbie Macomber, January 3, 2010
4. Angel Rock, Darren Williams, January 4, 2010
5. Angel City, by Tony Johnston and Carol Byard, Jan 7, 10 (read twice)
   
6. I Can Make You Thin, by Paul McKenna
7. A Passage to India, E. M. Forster, Jan 12, 2010
8. The Lacuna, Barbara Kingsolver, Jan 15, 2010
9. Back on Blossom Street, Debbie Maccomber, Jan 19, 2010
10. Home, Marilynn Robinson, January 20, 2010
11. Housekeeping, Marilynn Robinson, January 25, 2010
12. Where Angels Go, Debbie Macomber, 1-31-10
13. Muggie Maggie, Beverly Cleary, Children's, 2-1-10
14. Animals in the Snow, Margaret Wise Brown, Children's, 2-2-10
15. The Sunday Philosophy Club, Alexander McCall Smith, 2-3-10
16. The Bell Jar, by Sylvia Plath, rr, 2-10-10

rr = reread

Two self-portrait sketches

I drew one over the weekend and the other is a little older. I forgot
to date it. They were both done while riding in the car and looking
into the little mirror on the back of the visor.

I've been having computer issues.

Pigment Marker Sketch of BB

Pigment markers are different from dye markers and I have to learn how to use them more effectively!

Mixing grains

Instead of bread, I have, with every meal, a "porridge" of whole
grains and seeds. It's tasty (though no one else shares my
enthusiasm) and healthy. Here, I have poured a variety of grains into
a bowl to mix.

New art

The first is called "At the Black Canyon of the Gunnison" and is made with Christmas markers. It is 8 x 10, on watercolor paper.

The second is gouache--I was just fooling around testing the transparency/opacity of the gouache.