Books, books, books...

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The Introduction to "ReadyMade: How to Make (Almost) Everything: A Do-It-Yourself Primer"

"This is not a book.
It is a picture frame, a straight edge, a demonstration of how gravity works (look how swiftly it falls from your hands!), and a good anchor when your balloon is in danger of floating away."






Berger, Shoshana, and Grace Hawthorne. ReadyMade: How to Make (Almost) Everything: A Do-It-Yourself Primer. Crown Publishing Group, 2005. Print.

It's a good thing.

I have a very strange fascination with the one and only...Martha Stewart. From extensively complicated pie recipes to scandalous jail time to themed holiday crafts, she's definitely a landmark icon. I thought of her when I was thinking back on TV shows I used to watch when I was younger. I turned on some home channel a few weeks ago and she was on, and it all came screaming back to me. I think what I really liked when I watched her show (other than that kind of fascination with watching a train wreck, of course--but a train wreck trimmed in lace) was the crafts. I've always enjoyed projects that I can touch and create more than abstract, theoretical readings and essays. (Which brings me back yet again to why I shouldn't have been a math major, but...I digress.)

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Sparkology & Books

As inspired by both my mom and by Bill Nye, I'm looking into the term sparkology.

"Sparks are the things in your life that get you the most excited, the things that make your brain so hyper it starts bouncing around inside your head." - Bill Nye


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Speaking of things that get me excited, and children's TV shows that I grew up on and loved, anybody remember Reading Rainbow?

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A little ironic that there was a TV show about reading but hey, whatever works.

Couch + Lounge + Love Seat + Sofa Bed

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Smoke Painting

Unknown Artist

This actually reminds me of a drawing/painting idea I had while taking a shower. Similar concept, but with shower steam.

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Calgary Farmer’s Market

 

Calgary Farmer’s Market

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