fruition.

A couple of summers ago, I shyly showed the lovely Cyr some writing I had been doing that went along with the collages I had been working on since 2008.  I wasn't quite sure what to do with them, but I had an idea, and it kept rolling around the back of my brain (perhaps it was a marble I lost).  I slowly began piecing these things together into a form that was more than just scribbles and notes.  They aren't really short stories, they aren't really poems, they aren't explanations. Last summer, in one of the poetHouse crit groups, I brought them to the table, and got some valuable feedback (thanks to Tom Monson and company for being so encouraging).  Almost a year later, I felt like it was time to just complete this already, so I recruited my lovely sister to be my editrix.  I found an easy-does-it website with a downloadable, no brain program.  I arranged and re-arranged, and changed fonts twelve times.  And then...

I wasn't expecting this to be at my door until late next week...

A Story (so far)

Granted, it is what I am considering a proof, and it is self published, and it is kinda melodramatic on the inside, and it is tiny, and who knows what I will do with it now, and it is all those things: but also it is kinda cool to see a project come to fruition.  And the fact that I am typing this while sipping on a Jubelale, which is another thing that has come to fruition, is kinda rad.

Thoughts and Screenshots

Fine! Fine.  This is what has been taking up my time.  This and another thirty-day challenge at Bikram Yoga Bend. 

I am compiling a book, of words/phrases/thoughts/short stories  and collage, as a way to transition from the work I have done to the work I will do.  If that makes sense.  I've had conversations with my Good Friend Jonathan about the fact that most days I feel more like an illustrator than an artist, which is a somewhat silly distinction to make, I suppose.  In doing this project, this picture book, I will explore a bit more the relationship between words and images, and maybe make a little more sense of what I do.  We shall see.  I like to give myself puzzles, and I like to keep myself distracted, and I like play with thoughts, and I like give my sister Editing Tasks (she's quite the Tim Gunn).  And, furthermore,why can't all these paths cross?