Somerset Mag. July/Aug 07. Recycling Coffee Filters:
Ancient 'browns' eminently suitable for themes x a variety of cultures plus "history & religions..."
"thin, delicate, natural, leaf-like..." (but dry -- mold -- three only to a stack).
(Two butted = "...paper rings as substrate...dye (using tea!)/ draw/ sew/ showcase embroid." (fuse if embroid is complicatd.")
Five inches diam, perhaps 12" from a coffee house? laurelgibson@hotmail.com

Dickens Oct. 04 this site: Old Curiosity Shop -- to take cues; fashion one's own plot; re-order incidentally for subplots
gambling/ persecutn/ oppressn of the weak/ oppressn of the poor, etc.

From his eighth novel: David Copperfield receipt of letter/ oranges/ cake from Peggoty -- fragment -- Thomas Webster, illustrator (1800-86). Dickens, author, dscribes David's actn re the treats: "...laid (them) at the feet of Steerforth and begged him to dispense." Okay, there's the boy with the booty, charactr to his R, the one kneeling to his L, and the bully. Given subplot actns (later), in the ptg. just who is Steerforth?
Straightforward main story..."personal history/ adventures/ experience/ observatns" of David/ Agnes. Choose, to re-order, from Subplots:
A. cruelty in school;
B. Betsy Trotwood's money loss;
C. Micawber ups/ downs a) factory - child labour b) Steerforth - seductn of Emily;
D. Dora - flirtation/ marriage/ marriage failure;
E. a new world (Australia).

A sky extends from my telephone pole, R to the top fifth of Mt. Baker.
A scattered suggestive wedge (dress rehearsal) of geese announces itself heading
. . high . . . North East in the sky-portion extending
from my tel.pole L to Golden Ears.
The geese announce themselves, that's what's different
and I take their numbers as epic.

Minutes later, a second wedge, or part of the first ? [_____________] ?
LINE NEEDS WORK
One resumes sitting. Hears the honking straggler
And I kid you not a squirrelShadow on my inner North wall
. . . scurries . . .
h i g h . above the parking lot
along the cable which leads from the tel.pole
to my roof.

Postscript to Artist Comments giftGiving1 Before quitting, for storage, flip horizontal to vary orientatns; remove inverted text. Keep as BMP.

...seem to recall bfore relocating x Bby to Chwck 1997, tracing a dozen pp of various-sized animals.
Nov.03 at craft fair table for three hours selected figs. to resketch within 2.5x4.5cm frames to scan/ digitally refine w 2-pixel outlines.
'Listened' for storylines but kept them at bay.

GIFT: Alphab. sets, critter stamps, two vehicles, one barn. Maybe a story.
OPTIONS from a growing list:
A.One Printer File: Yr. 2008 binder #20 'Seasonal How To'
B.GIFTS (three) of above to a) parents of great grandchildren b) younger artistically minded grandchildren.
C.Mnemonics -- animals as silhouettes; selected items (bear/ cat/ child) logos for estab. suites
D.page example for 2008 Binder #02 'Art Journalling'
E.Incipits - stories: zoo move; DomesticZooCat; lab cat etc. etc.
F.Pockets, and more

... late due to getting Alterd Books ready for craft fair. Because late, can cntinue for 12 mos. = binder w pockets to house thumbnail illus., various masks. A world ceremony calendar to signal rturn to artefact and/or estab 6 mos away, Day of the Mask to reinforce "being expressive behind it".
Somerset Mag. Jenny Doh's editorial (paraphrased)
(Cinderella mask Oct.31 '74 "...plastic w holes at eyes/ nose/ mouth. In it I felt beautiful/ regal/ surprisingly lliberated...
"the mask allowed me to bhave like a princess while preserving...anonymity.
"For the first time since Aug 14, 1974 (a Korean's 1st day at an Am. sch) my Cinderella mask allowed me the freedom to prance around/ be silly/ expressive -- things not so easy to do when you feel you don't quite fit in....
"that night the more expressive we bcame bhind our masks, the more we (plus brothers) started to fit in w the neighborhood kids and authentic friendships started to bloom."

To encourage a greater variety of interpretations in last century's '50s' John Cage notated his (music) scores with nontraditional symbols (abstract art; not yet having their own stream?). But hold on: In Oct., twenty experimental composers presented a show of contemp graphic notatn. Mebbe there's goodies left in THE KITCHEN.ORG (New York)

E x a m i n i n g . s i m i l a r . g r o u n d, several novelists and others exhibited results of a collaborative book project . . .(Bonniers Konsthall)

...with feelings of being vindicated...
Sweden. Fifteen international artists explored historical narratives and past/ present storytelling tradn in a recent Stockholm show -- the gallery's been open approx. one year - - (Bonniers Konsthall)

"Well here I am
2 PM
what day is it?"
. . . . Jack Kerouac

"All day long
wearing a hat
that wasn't on my head."
. . . . Jack Kerouac