Computron

It's getting toward the end of winter, the end of the school year, and the end of my student loan. A few large purchases need to be made (silicone, a website, business cards...), repayment plans need to be formulated, and I need to make sure I've got enough to help me out when I move! 


And my computer's dying. 


It's tragic. I've had the HP dv2000 for four years. It hasn't been the smoothest of relationships (the great Motherboard disaster of 2009 put a two month hiatus on the lovefest), but we've grown quite close over the years. I feel the end drawing near, though: it's getting old. The battery won't stay charged for more than 30 minutes. It's heavy. It's sluggish. The fan's loud. And they keys are so full of cat fur it amazes me they still work. 


I've been looking at iPads. They're beautiful and small and within my price range. The bubble was burst about half an hour ago when I realized any significant word processing would be hampered by the 'Pad. I am sad. 


Next best thing is a macbook. A thousand dollars is a lot of money though, and I'm going to have to do some serious number crunching to find the cash. 

Define Your Terms

Over the weekend (and again on Thursday) I had a fabulous meeting with my mentor, WhiteFeather Hunter. I had been stuck on a couple of pieces, Alain and Helene, and the books were lacking. Long story short, she was able to look at the pieces with fresh eyes, and those big mental blocks are dissolving. 

Photo by Carol Collicutt 

Waxing Prose

The third book in the series (shown here) has waxed pages. I've felt internal resistance to making these books at various points during the process, and this one was no exception. 

These books are an integral part of my healing process, as well as being a symbol of the synthesis of ideas occurring when two artists collaborate. Frog, in various aboriginal mythologies, teaches us to speak out. Pine (oh, where did I read this?) is a picture of robust health, far sight, and deep roots. Keeping these things in mind, I made the three books: confrontation and forgiveness, cleansing and renewal, and the healing of scars.