Dormancy
Main Entry: dor·man·cy
Pronunciation: \ˈdȯr-mən(t)-sē\
Function: noun
Date: 1789
: the quality or state of being dormant
Source: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dormancy
Once again, I’ve gone silent on this blog. The reason for the silence is my new project over at graphite and ink.
Moleskine Sketchbooks Kind of, Well, Suck
For the record, I like Moleskines a great deal. They are great little notebooks for writing. They are relatively durable. They have a great marketing story (yes, folks its all marketing – Davinci did not use the same “moleskine” that you buy in Barnes & Nobels). And they look cool.
But their sketchbooks, suck. The paper is too smooth for any kind of wash and doesn’t take ink very well in my opinion. I’ve had limited success, but not much, with watercolor washes. High Resolution scans reveal that the ink doesn’t ad hear well to the paper. Finally, the paper is almost yellow. This leaves sketches looking a bit dingy in my opinion.
Now, the moleskine watercolor books are in a different class and I like them a lot. But when it comes down to sketching, I think I prefer the journals from Hand Book Journal Company – except that their paper is just a tad bit thin and I can see my lines from the reverse side.
Maybe I’ll never be happy with a sketchbook…
Logon
Unless you have a username and a password or some other set of credentials you cannot LOGON to a website. I know, I’m being nit-picky but there is absolutely nothing about connecting to a webiste with a browser that constitutes the act of logging in or on to the server. It really gets my goat when I hear ads on the radio asking me to logon to a website.
Spontaneous Mini Vacation
Taking flight is something that I rarely advocate, however sometimes it makes good sense. We have been burried by snow and beaten down by cold weather this winter in Maryland. Mr. Grey has been stuck inside for weeks. Two year old boys with lots of energy don’t deal well with being trapped inside. At first he liked the snow, but then it got too big for him. Hell, it was too big for me too!
I have a business trip to Cary, NC this coming Monday and Tuesday. Mrs. TKD’s family lives in Charlotte. Friday morning around 7:30 AM, before I’d even gotten my first cup of coffee down the hatch, Mrs. TKD says, “Hey, I’ve been thinking, why don’t we go to Charlotte this weekend and I’ll take you to Cary on Monday. Then you can catch a lift home with the rest of the boys from work on Tuesday.” My gut reaction was not just no, but hell no. It’s an eight hour drive to Charlotte and I hadn’t had any coffee yet. But then I asked what the weather and found out that it was going to be in the sixties this weekend in Charlotte. That pretty much sealed the deal. Read the rest of this entry »
Embracing Imperfection
I am a consummate perfectionist and highly self reflective. There is absolutely no doubt that both of these terms are accurate descriptions of parts of my makeup. The combination of these two traits can be very rewarding when things are going favorably because I can take pride in doing things well, but this combination can be very destructive when things are not going well.
For the record – Things are going well.
However, I am working on embracing imperfections in life. I once believed that perfection was a very noble pursuit. Pursuing perfection, in my mind, meant that excellence was a logical outcome. I have learned that perfection is an illusive and unachievable goal.
This is part of why I started my 365 project over at Graphite and Ink. But I am finding it very difficult to embrace the imperfections of my art. Perhaps it’s because my memory is that I was a better artist when I was younger. I was – it was easier for me when I was young, but I was also practicing a lot more.
I’m ten days into the project. I’ve been faithful to post a single picture from the day on the site. I’m really enjoying it, and yet, my most recent post is highly disappointing to me.
Perhaps I just need to practice more.
