Maira Kalman. I love her work so much it makes it difficult to write about. The riot of color, the casual, serious nature of it. It's friendliness. Her obsession with cake & pie, bobby pins & hats, packages & politics. It's all so endearing. She wrote two amazing blogs for the NYTimes. I love The Principles of Uncertainty. Be warned that if you have not read/ seen her work hours will pass without your knowing. It is just that wonderful! Enjoy! I am very familiar with waiting for the tide. Our boathouse is fairly far up the creek so low tide is often a negative low tide meaning that it is measured at -1.35 ft. The water is not just missing from the normal current, but also all of the gullies and tributaries. This is when we walk across the flats & find all different sorts of treasures. Or we find nothing, and the kids complain & just count the minutes until the water is high enough for the skegs to not run aground. What do you do with your wait time? When I first started painting this pattern it was to practice straight lines, loosen my hand/mind. As I did more & more of them I began thinking of them as stars & possibly as a card front with text, " I just want to look at the stars with you." Then the photoshop manipulation stage came into play & they began to remind me of dandelions with the text, "I wish for you." Both iterations have a definite wish component. So I wish you a day filled with beauty.
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