Dear Penciled,
I really enjoy an accumulation of line segments. It's what makes a drawing a drawing, and these lovely drawings are made of thread segments! It has me running to my needles, threads, and my closet. I think there isn't anything in there that wouldn't look better with a bit of embroidery inspired by Lisa Smirnova on it. Let the connecting power of stitches be our project for today!
Dear Whom it May Concern,
Did someone take your joy? Do you want it back? A friend of mine, a woman I have great admiration for, suggested that it might be subversive to be cheerful, to be joyful, at this time. Another artist I know, made this film about her search and subsequent reclamation of joy in times of trouble. I think it qualifies beautifully as cheerful subversion and subverting cheerfully.
If watching the film doesn't help you find a little joy or cheer, send 50 cents to an address in Boulder, Colo., and see if they can't mail you a replacement.
Dear John,
This is, though, and it is also your song of the day. I adore these short, simple, and declarative Tom Petty songs.
Dear Readers,
Do you know why I am here? Did I ever tell you why I write to you? It might be a good time to remind you, even if I did tell you before. I write here because of time. I saw so many things evaporating; things like bowling alleys, telephones with cords, film cameras, all kinds of stuff that maybe isn't very meaningful actually, but it seemed like a lot of good stuff was going the way of the dodo, so I thought I'd make a little list, a little collection, and give it to you, here. But, I didn't really do that. I started on it, and sometimes it seeps in, but I thought it was kind of sorrowful to just send you lament after lament. So that was what I planned to do here, but that isn't what I do, and this leaves my purpose here intentionally ambiguous. How about you? Why do you come by?