14 June 2012
Moon Glyph's Regolith Vol. 1
Tonight I'm drinking Manhattans with my mom and listening to B.o.B.'s album as I pack for a road trip out west. Leaving tomorrow! Regolith Vol. 1 is a tape I just came across, having claimed it a few years ago from a "nobody wants" pile. It is a great compilation that will be a perfect mix for the road. Above, you can hear a few of my favorite tracks from it.
12 June 2012
Lately
Moved home for the summer! Cozy to be back in my bedroom with my cat and all my little knickknacks (and their shadows) again. Today I spent the morning roaming a fun roof to clean gutters and paint a home, ate cheeseburgers and a Klondike bar with the homeowners as we talked about Ebay, and watched the Bachelorette with my dad as dusk glowed pink. Now I'm listening to Fresh Air's "Habits: How They Form and How to Break Them".
Walnut Jewelry Stand
Walnut wood jewelry stand designed and cut on a laser engraver by my dad. Can be disassembled into two flat pieces by way of a lap joint. Stands at 7.75" X 17.5".
05 June 2012
Wabi-sabi
Wabi-sabi
A comprehensive Japanese world view or aesthetic that centers on the acceptance of transience (state of passing with time or being fleeting). Wabi-sabi's description of beauty: “imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete.”
“…If an object or expression can bring about, within us, a sense of
serene melancholy and a spiritual longing, then that object could be
said to be Wabi-sabi. [It] nurtures all that is authentic by
acknowledging three simple realities: nothing lasts, nothing is
finished, and nothing is perfect.
The words wabi and sabi do not translate easily. Wabi originally
referred to the loneliness of living in nature, remote from society;
sabi meant “chill”, “lean” or “withered”. Around the 14th century these
meanings began to change, taking on more positive connotations. Wabi now
connotes rustic simplicity, freshness or quietness, and can be applied
to both natural and human-made objects, or understated elegance. It can
also refer to quirks and anomalies arising from the process of
construction, which add uniqueness and elegance to the object. Sabi is
beauty or serenity that comes with age, when the life of the object and
its impermanence are evidenced in its patina and wear, or in any visible
repairs.”
"It is the cracks in the bark of trees that lets us know it is a mature
and healthy tree, harboring an ecosystem while protecting itself from
many of the denizens of the ecosystem. It is the lines in a person's face that lets us know how much they have
laughed, considered carefully, grimaced in their lifetime."
03 June 2012
Necklace
A boomerang necklace I made in my metals/jewelry class, made from brass and looped with copper jump rings.
02 June 2012
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