I feel embarrassed about that giant post, am almost ready to take it down.
In the last week or two I made frantic notes toward a story I have been mulling for maybe a year now. I thought of a way to combine it with elements of a creative nonfiction essay I wrote two years ago for a workshop class. People liked the essay but lamented its plotlessness. This story has a plot but felt fakey to me. So if I combine the two... !
I have been working like a mofo on my painting. Cutting out letters for it. It is a big canvas of words - first I was going to use these rubber stamps with paint - but the quality control was verrry iffy. So then I fretted about it, went to sleep not knowing what I'd do, and woke up the next morning knowing, somehow - I printed all my sentences in 100pt font, mirror image, and then painted the backs of the pages different colors. I am in the process of cutting out each letter, and then I will glue them all to the giant canvas I bought and painted midnight blueblack! Perfect. It is somehow not irritating to cut out all the little holes in letters. I have put my headphones on and done it very blissfully.
OH the show that this painting is going to be in was generically titled "Women in Art" before, but is as of today titled... BROAD STROKE: WOMEN IN ART. Yesssss.
Also today at work I brainstormed etsy shop ideas.
I'm happy with what I've accomplished. I made myself a painting of a Yoko Ono quote. I promise I will post a picture of it soon.
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yay! pictures! =)
ReplyDeleteplease don't take down the humungo post. i copied & pasted it into a work doc cuz i liked it so much. but i feel like it TOTALLY belongs on this blog. i'ts like a list of portals out of the land of despair and procrasti. what else could be more of use to us refugees?
Yay for etsy shop ideas! So fun!
ReplyDeleteAre you good at selling stuff on Etsy? I have a Kenyan friend who worked for Amani Ya Juu and said they need a volunteer to help sell a box of items made by the women there.
ReplyDeleteI haven't heard from them directly yet, but if I do... is that something you might be interested in? If not, I was figuring I could sell it in DC somewhere! Or maybe you can give me tips on Etsy.
Ok, now for my real response: I really want to see your painting when you're done. Will you post a picture, please? Or send us a link to where it's posted??
ReplyDeletei have not sold on etsy yet, but i have a friend who earns her living that way, and she sent me an e-book on successful etsy selling that she wrote.
ReplyDeleteif you would rather sell the stuff, since i am not technically experienced, then i totes understand, but i am also definitely up for it - because the items have a distinct origin, branding a seller profile for them would be pretty easy (as opposed to deciding how to brand a profile for random things you yourself made). so let me know if it sounds good to you - if so, i am in, all the way.
i will totally post a picture of it. and i'm sure several detail shots since it's going to be a big canvas.
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