| Finally finished |
[nov. 13e, 2009|07:09 am] |
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| | Spoonbill - Feather Leather | ] |
The challenge to myself was to complete a whole journal with automatic writings and drawings in one month, sadly I failed, possibly because my journal contained more than 30 pages. I do hope you enjoy browsing these :"D
( A Torrential Downpour +17 ) |
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| Honeybees. |
[nov. 5e, 2009|06:19 pm] |
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| | Shivers - Beauty | ] |
Oh, hello. I'm not-exactly-new but I've never gotten around to posting an introduction. Anyway, I'm sure I'll correct that later.
I'm reading 'The Hive: The Story of the Honeybee and Us' by Bee Wilson which describes the history of honey, honeybees and the human relationship to them. Honey has been described as the food of the gods and that honeybees could gather it (they didn't understand it was bee spit back then) because they were human souls reincarnated which seems like an impossibly lovely thing to believe. Less tasty are the stories about how honey was used to perserve dormice by the Romans and beeswax was used to reviginise ladies of ill-repute.
She also talks about all the wonderful different types of honey and how they are also affected by the flowers and place they are made. I'm going on a search for some tupelo honey tomorrow! I've only had acacia which apparently is a very mild honey...but I love the idea of how you can taste the place honey came from when you eat it.
This got me thinking about how many other foodstuffs that people claim to be conessiours of so my question is: what are your food passions? What combinations make you curl up your toes in bliss? Do you make your own jam or brew your own beer (or mead!)? What makes you go 'hmmm'? Are these things seasonal or not? |
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| (pas de sujets) |
[nov. 5e, 2009|09:50 pm] |
Another halloween post!
I spent halloween in Manayunk,PA where my friends had an art show.She does sculptures and special effects makeup,he tattoos and paints.Good times were had.
Just wanted to share some pictures!
( hur it go ) |
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| moleskine |
[nov. 12e, 2009|12:00 am] |
here are a few pages from my moleskine journal. a lot of it is either a tribute to or drawn inspiration from radiohead. i'm sorry it's kind of redundant. i hope you like it!
( more pages ) |
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| PICKING MY BRAIN |
[nov. 11e, 2009|09:06 pm] |
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If you could compare your Journaling style to an AUTHOR.. who would it be? |
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| nanojoumo union |
[nov. 11e, 2009|10:53 pm] |
 There's been a lot of discord in the online art journal community lately. I've been censored recently by another member. It sucks. I'm tired of it and so I'm not sure what I'm going to do, but life is too short to spend it angry at the stupidity of others and their misdeeds.
I first drew the image on the right, masked it out and used spray inks on the page.
The bombs were a stencil I cut of thick cardstock. I used liquatex black lava medium to make the image- scraped through the stencil to create the shape. I let them dry and then pained the body with silver metallic ink.
The face is done in the same technique as the sheep was- graphite with acrylic paint. The padlock was painting the same manner then given a thin coat of the metallic ink. The "blood" around the wounds is watered liquid acrylic.
The spatter was done in the same watered acrylic paint the liner brush was loaded up and tapped on another brush to spatter. To create a similar but less linear spatter use a wider brush
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| (pas de sujets) |
[nov. 11e, 2009|12:52 pm] |
I just wanted to share this with y'all because as journalers, most of you are also writers.
"Recording the details of our lives is a stance against bombs with their mass ability to kill, against too much speed and efficiency. A writer must say yes to life, to all of life: the water glasses, the Kemp's half-and half, the ketchup on the counter. It is not a writer's task to say, 'It is dumb to live in a small town or to eat in a cafe when you can eat macrobiotic at home.' Our task is to say a holy yes to the real things of our life as they exist-the real truth of who we are: several pounds overweight, the gray, cold street outside, the Christmas tinsel in the showcase, the Jewish writer in the orange booth cross from her blond friend who has black children. We must become writers who accept things as they are, come to love the details, and step forward with a yes on our lips so there can be no more noes in the world, noes that invalidate life and stop these details from coming."
-Natalie Goldberg |
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| no rest for the wicked |
[nov. 11e, 2009|11:48 am] |
long time no scan! this book is for my drawing class. i may be majoring in fibre arts but drawing + knowledge is my favourite class. in homage to it being cancelled this week [prof's got the flu], i've decided to share what i've got thus far. i scanned so hard the lid popped off [no joke!]
i really like working in a larger format [9x12 i think?] - i've modified the pages more or less by adding in, taping in tabs and flaps and foldout pages. a pop-up book would be OWESOME and i think i'll work on that next.
( + cut for your pleasure + )
as always, new friends are more than welcome!
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| this is my new favorite song |
[nov. 11e, 2009|05:45 am] |
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| | gary puckett & the union gap | ] |
young girl, get out of my mind
my love for you is way out of line
better run, girl,
you're much too young, girl
with all the charms of a woman
you've kept the secret of your youth
you led me to believe
you're old enough
to give me love
and now it hurts to know the truth, oh,
beneath your perfume and make-up
you're just a baby in disguise
and though you know
that it is wrong to be
alone with me
that come on look is in your eyes, Oh,
so hurry home to your mama
i'm sure she wonders where you are
get out of here
before i have the time
to change my mind
'cause i'm afraid we'll go too far, oh,
young girl
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| Adios |
[nov. 10e, 2009|10:41 pm] |
Updates will now be done at
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| nanojoummo- union |
[nov. 10e, 2009|06:05 am] |
NaNoJouMo- Union
Originally uploaded by lessherger.
I did this image for union. I used it as a technique video as well, you can find it on youtube. I started by putting a THICK layer of white acrylic paint on the background. I scratched into it to write. I used a mask to keep the center area white while I built up layers of color and grunge around it. I then pulled the mask off and added a layer of clear gesso, I could have used white but the clear left the little bits of color that made their way under the mask. I drew the face of the sheep in with soft pencil and white acrylic paint. I then added the original queen of merde image with a dragon from a bacardi ad wrapped around her head. I'm very happy with how this turned out. |
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| Hm. My parents are taking me to see this. |
[nov. 9e, 2009|09:49 pm] |
BLOOR CINEMA
Wait For Me and I Will Not Return
90 minutes| Miroslav Momcilovic | Serbia
9TH NEW SERBIAN FILM FESTIVAL The subject of this film is human obsession with a need for love. This is a story about the states that people get in when that love is not returned. Happiness in love has a foundation in physiology. People in love increasingly secrete endorphin, or "the hormone of happiness". Over time, the secreting eventually stops and life seems completely futile and meaningless. This is emotional addiction. It is why "getting off love" is as painful as "getting off" nicotine or some other drug. |
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