art musings project 365 (2009)

Day 148: Autopilot

Inspiration comes in fits and starts and lately it’s been all fits — sputtering, screaming, whining, sobbing, wailing, grumbling, sighing, blinking, scowling, pounding fits — and I can’t help but try to imagine that this ongoing ennui is going to give birth to a bouncing baby something. I’m just not sure what. And that’s okay. If I’m sure of nothing else in my life, I can at least take comfort in knowing that this is…

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Memphis musings project 365 (2009)

Day 144: Rising

I met a stranger in the park and made a friend. I didn’t think that happened in real life, but, well, there you go. Sometimes songs find me when I need them, and sometimes perfect strangers do too. Apparently. He told me that no matter what life throws your way, you’ve got to be “disgustingly optimistic.” He said it with a smile. We talked there on the bench by the river for probably an hour,…

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project 365 (2009) work

Day 140: Standing

“I like trees because they seem more resigned to the way they have to live than other things do.” — Willa Cather My existential fever broke today, I think, in no small part thanks to a couple of really decent pep talks from my oldest friend and a case of the giggles that spread through the design/art desk like the herp during Spring Break. My theory is that we were so overworked and understaffed tonight…

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