“I don’t know what game we’re playing, but I’m pretty sure it’s your move.”
It might be a chess board, but then again, the squares march both horizontally and vertically. And the pieces seem a little … off.
Perhaps the biggest clue: When you shake the globe, the pieces stay still, but black and white squares dance wildly in the liquid.
Department of Bad Puns, can you hold the line?
I Love Shoe.
If you love shoes,
maybe you’ll forgive the pun.
Here is a shoe tree made of
… shoes.
In fact, so many shoes
we lost count at somewhere
past a baker’s dozen.
Still, some would say: not enough.
“I want to write a book about shoes that’s full of footnotes.” ― Jarod Kintz
“Sometimes comfort doesn’t matter. When a shoe is freakin’ fabulous, it may be worth a subsequent day of misery. Soak in Epsom salts and take comfort in the fact that you’re better than everyone else.” ― Clinton Kelly
“Above all, believe in true love and know that men are like shoes.
A couple is like a left and a right foot, and out there is your perfect fit. Sometimes you need to change styles and shop around to find it. Sometimes you have to break styles in, sometimes you feel like something that is unstylish but comfortable, and sometimes a style – as much as you like – just doesn’t suit you and will never fit.”
― Camilla Morton, How to Walk in High Heels: The Girl’s Guide to Everything
The best thing about this snow globe? One size fits all.
Circular Logic
has made a round trip.
From Denver to Boston and now back to Denver again,
Circular logic was featured in the
“Celebrating Snow Globes”
winter exhibition
at the Sandwich Glass Museum.
Given its name, it’s a fitting journey.
One definition of Circular Logic is that the answer contains no evidence that is distinct from the conclusion. Circular logic cannot prove a conclusion because, if the conclusion is doubted, the premise which leads to it will also be doubted.
After a lot of trial and error, this is certainly true of this piece. The curious invention appears to go round and round, but always begins and ends in the same place it started. The conclusion is the same as the premise.
What does change is the murky liquid, which glistens with coppery metallic dust
when shaken.
The tiny machine measures just under two inches tall and wide,
and continues in its endless, and meaningless, journey.
Always a round trip. Of course.
I think of the times in my life I was truly ready, and in contrast, those times I thought I was NOT ready, but I went for it anyway. Have you ever climbed to the top of a high diving board, looked down and thought: I’m not ready, I’ll never be ready! But somehow you manage to jump anyway? And the best part is, it turned out better than you thought possible.
In sports, there’s a saying for those guys who are waiting on the bench, “always be ready when your number is called.”
Because, of course, we never know precisely when it’s
our turn to shine.
For friends I know who are teetering on their personal high board, debating if they
are ready
to jump into something new
… and for those who are as ready as they can be,
just waiting for an opportunity to prove it …
… those with a fresh diploma, embarking into a new world full of dreams …
and especially those not sure they would love again.
This globe’s for you. READY when you are.
When people write a blog, sometimes they pour out their hearts to strangers, and tell you everything about how they think and feel.
For this snow globe, I can’t do that. You don’t get to know who inspired this, or why it moved me so. I can only say that I walked into a room once and saw an empty chair and thought, “You are missed.”
There is an emptiness and an ache when someone you love is no longer there, whether separated by miles, misunderstanding, or another type of finality. My heart grieves for those who are not here with me, but whom I can still see when I close my eyes.
“You are missed.”
Where would you go, and how would you travel?
Dances with Clouds … a battered airship carried by a hot air balloon, drifting high among the tatters and wisps of clouds. Sometimes you write a story and create artwork which illustrates the tale, enhancing the details.
And sometimes, as with “Dances with Clouds,” the artwork writes its own story without a word needed.
Sailing from one adventure and toward another, what story does it tell you?
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