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November 17, 2005
Freezeland, Yarn Woes, and Loopy Artists
Yes, it is officially winter. Chez Villain is a bloody ice dungeon from hell. OK, maybe it is not quite that cold, but it is pretty damned cold. I have been trying to do homework all day. This is a fine pastime for such a day, since I will not be out biking or sunbathing. However, I can only concentrate on it once I have found the perfect way to wrap myself up in the blanket my mom crocheted for me. It is large and I am short, so it does a rather good job of keeping all of my extremities warm at the same time. Too bad I am so fidgety. Lots of getting up for various unnecessary accoutrements. Most of the heaters are on, but since we don't pay for heat, we don't get to decided how much they are on. Usually, it is scalding in here during the winter, but until they crank up the radiators, glacial.
In other sad news, my handpainted yarn is not going to ship until at least the 22nd, even though I ordered it on the 9th. I suppose that I just expect too much: that when your credit card is charged for something, it has shipped. Isn't that, like, a law or something? Anyhow, I suppose I have enough to keep me busy, but a yummy yarn treat on such a cold bleak day would have been nice. Oh well. This is after getting a mysteriously 10gram short skein of sock yarn from my other order!! I am having no luck. The fiber is somewhere in Neverneverland, but at least I haven't been charged for it yet.
J and I are going to go to the Walker tonight. I haven't been since they reopened. This is somewhat shameful, since I am supposed to do this sort of thing for a living, but what can I say? I have a lot on my mind. I really can't wait until this semester is over. I was originally scheduled to do prelims next semester, but it looks like that is being pushed back to the fall. I guess that's ok... though I do feel like a slacker. Hopefully I will be inspired by tonight's sojourn with a stellar topic for my latest Adorno paper. I am writing about the importance of the processual in making/deciphering art and don't want to just talk about some 70s Process Art. Wouldn't that be a cop out? Maybe not. There is an interesting interview in this months Artforum with a sculptor of whom I had never heard: Isa Genzken. She and Wolfgang Tillmans talk about the process of making and what that entails. It is certainly on topic, though I am always skeptical about what artists have to say about their own work... We all know what a loopy bunch they are!
Current sweaters are going well. I think I will start a little neckwarmer tonight. No pix yet. I feel like I shouldn't even post if I don't have pictures!
Soon, my pretties.
Posted by loyd0008 at November 17, 2005 3:43 PM