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29.9.09
130 Elgin Avenue in the Snow: Edward Ardizzone
A comment was left today (see below)
and I'd like to respond, here: I am most
happy to dig, Anon, and do completely
and with all my heart agree with what
you have written. Delighted to comply.
"Keep digging for Ardizzone material.
Edward Ardizzone championed a certain style
of illustration which is simple, effective and
portrays a realistic and moderate attitude to life."
Edward Ardizzone championed a certain style
of illustration which is simple, effective and
portrays a realistic and moderate attitude to life."
And more to come.
birch glows as if it has just arrived from Paris
Last Thursday
was just in Hayes Valley for a quick stop
and barely had a moment to take these
but, afterward, knew I had been in the
presence of greatness. Came home,
someone profoundly wise and capable
of bringing true beauty to our world
had set up a little shop in town;
must go back soon.
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be of good cheer
perfectly delicious visit
to San Francisco yesterday
(Hayes Street, in particular):
stay tuned for more goodies
(and where to find them)
23.9.09
the courage to change: IDEA
From John Maeda: The RISD IDEA
"Right now, our nation sees left-brain thinking, focused on logic and reasoning, as critical to future economic development. You can see it in the emphasis on the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) subjects. What's missing from STEM is right brain thinking -- embodied by what I call the key "IDEA" (Intuition, Design, Emotion, Art). We need both both halves of the brain to work together and channel that brilliance through our hands and propagate ideas throughout our world. We all wonder why Apple's products have that je ne sais quoi that draw us in. I'm beginning to think that it's not just that they understand the power of simplicity, or the power of software. It's that you can see they were born from a person, from two dirty hands, from just a little bit of technology, and from a massively powerful IDEA."
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bliss
In Connecticut, when we lived down the street from Megan and Warren and their girls, and our first three children were very small indeed, my favorite song was The Itsy Bitsy Spider.
Listening to Carly Simon's rendition while trundling down the highway in a red Volvo wagon with three babies in car seats I knew that someday I would look upon those moments as sheer bliss.
I do now.
The thing about moments of sheer bliss is that when you are going through them they often don't seem like it. They can seem awkward and rough, occasionally heartbreaking.
Tomorrow, I'll have had 18,250 days of sheer bliss.
And it is terribly, terribly exciting to be entering the next half century.
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