Homage to Hockney
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pjthompson"You need a hobby," my friend said. "Get you outside your own head more."
"Besides my hobby of writing?"
"That's too important to you to be a hobby. You need to do something just for the hell of it. You used to do stuff."
"I didn't have room in my apartment to do artwork."
"You have access to a garage now."
"It's full of boxes."
"You're creative. You'll think of something."
I unpacked my wood carving tools the other day, but I haven't found the bone pieces I was working on before the move.
I've always wanted to do one of those David Hockney photo assemblages, ever since I saw an exhibit at the gallery, L.A. Louver. But I never wanted to "waste" a roll of film like that. Now, thanks to the digital camera, I can waste shots and...nuthin's really wasted.
Here's my homage to Hockney, plus some plant pix.
I call it, "Assemblage 6c."
Here's the tea tree I bought Sunday. It's not very tree-like at this stage, but the ones that were fully tree-ish would way beyond the budget.
Tea tree in situ.
Out of focus shot of the lavender and other herbs I bought. The yellow plant is Scotch broom, a sentimental purchase because the hills in England and Cornwall were all blooming with in spring '04.
And here's the stephanotis on the other side of the yard. I thought the tea tree and stephanotis would accent each other nicely.
"Besides my hobby of writing?"
"That's too important to you to be a hobby. You need to do something just for the hell of it. You used to do stuff."
"I didn't have room in my apartment to do artwork."
"You have access to a garage now."
"It's full of boxes."
"You're creative. You'll think of something."
I unpacked my wood carving tools the other day, but I haven't found the bone pieces I was working on before the move.
I've always wanted to do one of those David Hockney photo assemblages, ever since I saw an exhibit at the gallery, L.A. Louver. But I never wanted to "waste" a roll of film like that. Now, thanks to the digital camera, I can waste shots and...nuthin's really wasted.
Here's my homage to Hockney, plus some plant pix.
I call it, "Assemblage 6c."
Here's the tea tree I bought Sunday. It's not very tree-like at this stage, but the ones that were fully tree-ish would way beyond the budget.
Tea tree in situ.
Out of focus shot of the lavender and other herbs I bought. The yellow plant is Scotch broom, a sentimental purchase because the hills in England and Cornwall were all blooming with in spring '04.
And here's the stephanotis on the other side of the yard. I thought the tea tree and stephanotis would accent each other nicely.
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Date: 2006-03-23 01:10 am (UTC)How did it feel "getting outside your head"?
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