After more than a year, I'm back to this blog, attempting to break out of the procrastinator's spiral down to absolute zero. The last year has given me so much to write about that I am daunted by the task of getting the blog caught up, so I give myself permission to pass over the missed time and simply pick up with what's happening now. I will feel free to fly back in time and fill in the the huge blank as I can.
I am keeping a list of words that please me -- favorite words, for lack of a better designation. I am planning/starting a thematically-linked cluster of projects that have grown out of these words (more about that another day). The first one completed is a variation of a structure I learned from Shereen LaPlantz's book, The Art and Craft of Handmade Books (pp 40-43). The word is YONDER. It's fun to say, and I like the homey feel. Even more, I am attracted to the aspirational pull of phrases like "the wild blue yonder". It's easy to let oneself be seduced by the promise of great rewards just (be)yond(h)er(e). I made the paste paper; the plane and sun images are from public domain collections (NYPL and NASA respectively).
I am keeping a list of words that please me -- favorite words, for lack of a better designation. I am planning/starting a thematically-linked cluster of projects that have grown out of these words (more about that another day). The first one completed is a variation of a structure I learned from Shereen LaPlantz's book, The Art and Craft of Handmade Books (pp 40-43). The word is YONDER. It's fun to say, and I like the homey feel. Even more, I am attracted to the aspirational pull of phrases like "the wild blue yonder". It's easy to let oneself be seduced by the promise of great rewards just (be)yond(h)er(e). I made the paste paper; the plane and sun images are from public domain collections (NYPL and NASA respectively).
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An encouraging word in the comment section would be very, well, encouraging.
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