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this weekend I was having iced coffee at a local cafe/bakery who needed some art to fill the window as the artist who was scheduled flaked out or something, thought it was a different month or something? So I have four paintings in their window now, paintings that recently returned from San Diego. I like the way they hang together.

(these past few days have been extremely hot around here) I’m hiding inside with all the blinds drawn and the AC blasting (small window unit is better than nothing) – I think I’ll go get a haircut as soon as it’s a little cooler outside. Yesterday stayed warm until about 3am.

The holiday weekend I had a lot of fun and also came into work on digitizing and optimizing Japanese prints. I worked all day friday, which is generally my day off, as well as a few hours saturday. I’m finishing up the project right now & will transfer the files tomorrow morning. Today has been a long day & I need to get out of here. I’m glad there’s music, otherwise I might have gone insane. The prints are amazing. If you ever get to study them in person I would highly recommend it, they have a very unique aura…the colors and intricate details. I’m only slightly sad because this was a rush job and I didn’t have as much time as I would’ve liked to gaze at them.

funny – because these colors are all wrong, and theres no way to set a white balance on my camera phone.

Last night I completed my recent sketchbook. Today I got a job digitizing Japanese prints for a traveling exhibition. I love Japanese prints and have worked with them in the past. They’re so very different in person, the paper, the ink -everything is so delicate & beautiful – I’m happy to be working with them again.

I wrote something to post, but didn’t post it. Here’s what I wrote instead…
Typing into a computer is somewhere between writing and thinking. Hitting a submit or send button is like accepting the thought and moving along, changing subject or whatnot. The idea still exists, easily revisited by re-reading the post or e-mail. Thoughts however don’t stop at the thinking (at least in my view) – rather they ripple outward, much like a post or e-mail which seem to be even more impacting. You can easily forget the thought you thought until one day it rears its ugly (or beautiful) head. Does a compass work on the equator?