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time and money are blades of the same double-edged sword. it's rare to have both, and i find myself wavering in my need to balance the two. after six months of pretty much unemployment and focusing on art, i was beyond broke. so i went back, but i didn't want to get stuck spending my time stressing over a job and not having time for art. luckily, i only work two days a week.
my free time has been spent doing the necessary house things and errands, with some time for relaxation and a headlong plunge into craft.
i took a workship on max/msp. it was good to get hands on initially, and i feel more comforable going through the extensive tutorials. i have a project in mind involving facial expressions that i need more knowledge on connecting the electronics with the imagery. as i was learning more about max/msp, i thought that rather than flat photographs, it would be more interesting to have video of me making different faces.
last sun, i also started a woodturning class. so far it's been a lot of fun, and reminded me a lot of ceramics. the class is more structured than my first ceramics class, and maybe it's because i already took ceramics, i don't feel as frustrated ( yet )..as i was with the ceramics. ( i also think about trying ceramics again with a different outlook, but i want to have some general ideas before i get myself back into it ). i'm excited at the prospect of all the cool things i can make -- knitting needles, spindles, nostepinnes and of course bowls.
i've been knitting. started earlier in the year, but would not allow myself the time for the pleasure. started up again and went to my first local stitch n' bitch, which was quite nice, last night at this cute little coffee shop - viento y agua. i started on a cap in a bright lime green lamb's pride. i love the stretchiness of the wool after knitting with cotton. the stitches actually look pretty even. i've come up with a knitting art project that i will enlist my mother's help for. when i was visiting my mom in texas in jan, my aunt commented that my knitting was tight like my mother's. i want to explore the connection of genetics through knitting. are my mother & i both tight knitters because we are type a personalities?
my free time has been spent doing the necessary house things and errands, with some time for relaxation and a headlong plunge into craft.
i took a workship on max/msp. it was good to get hands on initially, and i feel more comforable going through the extensive tutorials. i have a project in mind involving facial expressions that i need more knowledge on connecting the electronics with the imagery. as i was learning more about max/msp, i thought that rather than flat photographs, it would be more interesting to have video of me making different faces.
last sun, i also started a woodturning class. so far it's been a lot of fun, and reminded me a lot of ceramics. the class is more structured than my first ceramics class, and maybe it's because i already took ceramics, i don't feel as frustrated ( yet )..as i was with the ceramics. ( i also think about trying ceramics again with a different outlook, but i want to have some general ideas before i get myself back into it ). i'm excited at the prospect of all the cool things i can make -- knitting needles, spindles, nostepinnes and of course bowls.
i've been knitting. started earlier in the year, but would not allow myself the time for the pleasure. started up again and went to my first local stitch n' bitch, which was quite nice, last night at this cute little coffee shop - viento y agua. i started on a cap in a bright lime green lamb's pride. i love the stretchiness of the wool after knitting with cotton. the stitches actually look pretty even. i've come up with a knitting art project that i will enlist my mother's help for. when i was visiting my mom in texas in jan, my aunt commented that my knitting was tight like my mother's. i want to explore the connection of genetics through knitting. are my mother & i both tight knitters because we are type a personalities?
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