"Toby, did you know I am a tool-using primate?"
"No. Why are you telling me this?
"Because...
"It's a good thing
I'm a tool-using primate
so I can use box cutters
to slice into a plastic bubble
containing 13 screws
which I had to buy
in order to get to
the one screw I need
after which I
then lose the bubble
and the rest of the 12 screws
in household miasma
eventually to live forever
in the tectonic strata
of Earth's plastic age."
"Ouch! Darn, box-cutter. I cut my finger."
Toby: "I'm glad I'm a felis catus."
***
“Toby, now that our staycation is over, we can go back to being retired.”
“When you are retired, is it okay to look at someone else working?”
“Sure, it’s not catching.”
“Then, show me a couple of Aidan’s window-washing videos, please.”
“…and he does power-washing, too…
“…
“…and Aidan made a website and some placards to hang on doorknobs…”
“Go, Aidan!!!”
“Now that we’ve checked on Aidan’s growing business, can we go to the art part?”
“Sure!”
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The Art Part--
I’m mixed up on what is where and how until we have the new laptop in a week and a half or two. So, we’ll play catch up when that happens.
Nevertheless! Art marches on!
There is a wonderful new post on Paula’s Visual Storyteller that you won’t want to miss, plus another new post will appear tomorrow.
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Keoni made a new music video putting together a video he made July 4th with music composed 400 years ago… William Byrd 400 Years Later.
The amazing outdoor James Turrell sculpture is on Rice University campus close to where Keoni lives. While he and a friend were walking the dog they took shelter there during a sudden rainstorm.
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Spread kindness--
you'll never run out.
--JM 6/13/23
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So much to love here. The creativity of Aidan and Keoni never ceases to amaze me. The William Byrd piece is so fascinating...the image of the skylight and rain coupled with the aged music. Quite moving. And Aidan setting up his own business, complete with his advert and vid ...dang, fastest worker EVER! LOL! What industry! Wow! And Valerie's art...so vibrant and beautiful. Well, what an artsy bunch we have in this family! Makes me proud and amazed all at once.
ReplyDeleteJudy, your sketches and the creativity of Toby's conversations... genius stuff right there. Just love it. You and Paula could make a boatload of bucks with your images and the narratives that carry along with them. But then, we'd have to worry about deadlines and "musts" and "shoulds" and... well, never mind. I vote for the sheer joy of it all. :-)
ReplyDeleteMany, many thanks, dear Anonymous. Your comments are greatly appreciated by yours truly, Toby, and all others mentioned here.
DeleteThe "plastic people" wit is superb! Dang, you're awesome!
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