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January 30, 2005
Surprises from the deep
Thought for the day (18 Jan):
29 degrees Capricorn: "A woman reading tea leaves.
Keynote: The ability to see the Signature of hidden meaning in every occurrence drawing one's attention."
--Dane Rudhyar, " An Astrological Mandala: The Cycle of Transformations and Its 360 Symbolic Phases," Random House (Vintage Books), New York, 1974
(NOTE: Sun crosses 29 Capricorn tomorrow. I'm a day ahead of myself.)
Brought to eye/mind today:
Deep sea creatures brought to shore by the tsunami (Pics in an email sent by a co-worker)
Thank you, Lord, for...your small guidances always there for me to hear.
Today's Log:
>>Finished creating a pop-up calculator in Excel.
>>Trying to make Poser, the application, work for me. There's definitely a learning curve to it.
>>Exercising was hard today, don't know why.
Posted by Marge at 02:08 AM | Comments (0)
Drop-everything-and-do-this-for-me-now
Thought for the day (17 Jan):
"But time advances; facts accumulate; doubts arise..." --Thomas Macaulay (of Rothley) (1835)quoting Sir James Mackintosh's "History of the Revolution in England, in 1688" as quoted in "Chambers Dictionary of Quotations", 1997
Brought to eye/mind today:
Overflow
Thank you, Lord, for...my bag of wheat that serves as a heat pack (and thanks to Betty for giving it to me).
Today's Log:
>>Wrist hurting more and more lately.
>>This was a drop-everything-and-do-this-for-me-now day. You know who you are Charles, Roger and MLF.
Posted by Marge at 02:06 AM | Comments (0)
What is intimacy, anyway
Thought for the day (16 Jan):
"The pendulum of the mind oscillates between sense and nonsense, not between right and wrong." --C. G. Jung, "Memories, Dreams and Reflections," 1962
Brought to eye/mind today:
Sweet vs. bitter views in my artwork
Thank you, Lord, for...Christmas decorations put away.
Today's Log:
>>Working on a new painting, working title is "Intimacy." Doing a digitial mock-up of the painting before I start applying, or misapplying paint to canvas (as the case may be), I find that I'm struggling with how I will present the topic. I know the main image will be a gardenia. But the background image can be anything. I'm thinking it will be woman's figure. So far I've considered a woman on her knees with her butt in the air; a woman arced backward in a circle and floating in the air; a woman with her legs spread. It's beginning to look like my view is that intimacy disarms a woman.
Some factors:
Women need/want intimacy more than men. Men generally avoid intimacy.
Sexual intimacy can exact a greater price from women (possibility of pregnancy)
Intimacy means letting down your guard and allowing someone in.
There's more, maybe later
Posted by Marge at 02:02 AM | Comments (0)
Dilettante is my middle name
Thought for the day (15 Jan):
Karma (what goes around, comes around)
vs. the human condition (what goes around, goes around again and again)
Brought to eye/mind today:
A beautiful, proud woman with shifty eyes.
Also, a portion of an image--an arc containing white dots with the dots more concentrated at the apex.
Thank you, Lord, for...unproductive patterns revealed.
Today's Log:
>>Intend every Saturday to catch up my blog entries, but get side-tracked. Today window-shopped online for earrings--seems I'll grab at any distraction.
>>Saw a color laser printer at CompUSA for $400. Tempted to buy it.
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Still trying to understand intimacy
Thought for the day (14 Jan):
"The flower is the poetry of reproduction. It is an example of the eternal seductiveness of life." --Jean Giraudoux
Brought to eye/mind today:
Cars like beads on a string--when they speed up they're further apart, when they slow down they crowd together.
Thank you, Lord, for...a new copy of "Family of Man."
Today's Log:
>>Worked, then came home.
>>Received a profile from an online dating service--2 of a kind. These services don't work for me, little does is the dating area. But I am intrigued by a Scot that is a Buddhist.
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Trying to define intimacy
Thought for the day (13 Jan):
"I have sat by night beside a cold lake
And touched things smoother that moonlight on still water,
But the moon on this cloud sea is not human,
And here is no shore, no intimacy,
Only the start of space, the road to suns."
--Francis R. Scott, "Trans Canada," 1945
Brought to eye/mind today:
"a flaky bits clock" --a phrase seen in an email today.
Thank you, Lord, for...my having the info needed, when required.
Today's Log:
>>Still troubleshooting the textarea problem. Looked at the Movable Type entry setup; it seems the styles file can't be found by the application.
>>Ordered an update Corel WordPerfect Office suite on 12/30; it's still not here.
Posted by Marge at 01:55 AM | Comments (0)
January 24, 2005
How do you console a stranger?
Thought for the day (12 Jan):
A message to parents whose child has died: Grieve, shudder with the hurt of the loss, but know this--that small body housed a full-grown soul and the soul knows its own path. Accept it's wisdom and grow in understanding.
Brought to eye/mind today:
Dressing to keep warm.
Thank you, Lord, for...Charles' help with coding a webpage
Today's Log:
>>A co-worker's five-month-old needs a liver transplant.
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Living in my own virtual private world
Thought for the day (11 Jan):
If I can visualize it and feel it's life, I can make it so.
Brought to eye/mind today:
Escher's skill in his print "Three Worlds" (1955, lithograph)
Thank you, Lord, for...my headbolt heater, that works so well.
Today's Log:
>>Office heaters came on full-force today because of the cold (about -10 degrees Fahrenheit outside), and temperature is over 80 degrees. It's too hot to work here, so doubling my efforts to make my VPN (Virtual Private Network) connection work. That way I can work from home on days like this.
>>Trying to fix textarea size in blog--so far nogo.
Posted by Marge at 11:03 PM | Comments (0)
The eye of the beholder
Thought for the day (10 Jan):
Some mystics say the Cosmos is in constant motion, and it's the motion of the Cosmos that creates form.
Brought to eye/mind today:
Color profiles (monitor)
Thank you, Lord, for:...Monitor color fixed
Today's Log:
>>At work, doing other people's jobs
>>Scanned pic of gardenia; looks beautiful
>>Web design not looking right. Browser color values different from jpg's produced by Corel Photopaint. Reset monitor's color profile to 9300K, assigned a color profile from manufacturer and reset Corel to 9300K. Worked beautifully.
Posted by Marge at 10:59 PM | Comments (0)
Intimations of intimacy
Thought for the day (9 Jan):
Breathe deep, be engaged.
Brought to eye/mind today:
Lacy, frost-covered trees
Thank you, Lord, for...time off.
Today's Log:
>>Shrugged most of my duties off and played Paper Mario 2 most of the day.
>>Worked on composition of a new flower painting--a gardenia. The working title is "Intimacy"--from my 2005 calendar by Joyce Tenneson. Thinking of background images of flesh-on-flesh, but need photos for reference. Keep remembering a photo of mother and child in "Family of Man." A copy of the book is on order.
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Only so many hours in a day
Thought for the day (8 Jan):
Is the ideal a prototype to be field-tested or a standard against which all in that class are to be judged?
Brought to eye/mind today:
Shades of blue. Also persistent pain--a new experience.
Today's Log:
>>Meditation: Postulating techniques--one for texture in paintings using acrylic modelling paste; another for changing the way the color is laid on a top layer by underpainting it with an absorptive layer, probably modelling paste.
>>Finding there is little time available for working on the dolphinmoon.net website redesign.
Posted by Marge at 10:53 PM | Comments (0)
January 15, 2005
The birds, no, squirrels, no, fish
Thought for the day (7 Jan):
Einstein's 3 work rules:
First, out of clutter find simplicity.
Second, from discord make harmony.
Third, in the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.
Brought to eye/mind today:
>>Early AM: cover of my astrological software CD caught my eye. (Does this mean I should look at my chart?)
>>During day: Two people compared their experience to Hitchcock's movie "The Birds." One person was talking about a threatening surplus of squirrels, the other about fish flying above a boat in an art print.
Thank you, Lord, for...new places to explore.
Today's Log:
>>Caught up webmaster tasks; by end of day worn-out. Returning to work after a week off is tough business.
>>Today's First Friday, which means visiting the art galleries downtown. We started at the Captain Cook and again were given free food; I think the manager particulary likes someone in our group. Our round of galleries came to a screaming halt when DR decided to buy a picture. Did make it to a couple of other places, both interesting. One was a somewhat off-beat furniture store, where I sat is a red suede chair and vegitated for a while; the other was a definitely off-beat hair salon/gifts/espresso shop. It was fun.
>>Felt overheated all day. While walking downtown, everyone cold, except me.
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January 06, 2005
If all else fails, read the instructions
Thought for the Day:
"The more precisely the POSITION is determined, the less precisely the MOMENTUM is known."
--Werner Heisenberg's Uncertainty Theorem, which applies to quantum mechanical behavior
Brought to eye/mind today:
Unusual plants--one that looks like a parsley bush (can't find anything that looks that much like parsley and is a bush; must be a very large parsley plant) and another like a gourd with spiky fronds (called a Ponytail Palm, see pic below). Image found at www.seedrack.com.
Thank you, Lord, for...errors found and fixed.
Today's Log:
>>Dreamt of relationships: One, romantic, felt oppressive. The other, a foursome, felt uneasy; the group dynamics were odd with one person always trying to sway the others and one always passive.
>>At work broke the server. Easily fixed, but off-line for an hour or so.
>>At home fixed broken HTML editor. Railing about having to beta-test something I paid for, then learned that I was misusing it. At least I didn't contact the developer and gripe. While it was broken tried to download a couple of other editors, but the downloads didn't work. Interesting.
Posted by Marge at 11:02 PM | Comments (0)
Sometimes you need to slow down and regroup
Thought for the Day (5 Jan):
My Soul knows his path; I do my best to be in accord.
Brought to eye/mind today: Persistent error message
Thanks, Lord, for...shining health.
Log
>>The electrician installed the outlet for plugging in the microwave; it took him about 15 minutes.
>>Still problems with setting up the form for the battery PM.
>>My new HTML editor is broken. Then I remembered I have Homesite; can't remember why I felt I needed a new editor.
Posted by Marge at 09:59 PM | Comments (0)
January 04, 2005
Legal tender?
"Our times have become vulgar." --Moliere, 1663
Brought to eye/mind today:
Shaggy multifunction scarves in a multitude of colors.
Thanks, Lord, for...
relatively reasonable charges on jobs that needed to be done.
Log
>>Recently, while attempting to replace a broken under-cabinet microwave, I found that it was hardwired into the circuit. When scheduling for an electrician to look at it, I was warned that the new microwave would have to be on its own circuit. I did some research, and it looked like I would have to have a new circuit installed ($400 to $500). Today the electrician looked at the job and said no new circuit was needed and the cost to install an outlet would be $100.
>>At work saw a co-worker wearing a shaggy scarf like a cowl, made from eyelash yarn. Another co-worker had brought in bunches of them in a variety of colors for sale. Bought three.
>>Finally had the oil changed in my car.
Posted by Marge at 11:26 PM | Comments (0)
Sometimes you need to see the whole picture, all at once
Thought for the Day (Jan 3):
Nature's pharmacopoeia is extensive, effective, and varied.
Brought to eye/mind today:
An image of a small infant in someone's hands, being offered
up.
Thanks, Lord, for...
workday done and light traffic on the way home.
Log
>First day back to work.
>Offered a painting ("Vectors in Pink & Light") to help Mike and family with medical expenses.
>Worked at home on DolphinMoon.net webpages. Revamping the site to show current artwork. Changing to a whole-page design approach.
Posted by Marge at 11:11 PM | Comments (0)
January 02, 2005
Back to the "real" world
Thought for the Day:
Pause and assess a situation before stepping in.
Brought to eye/mind today:
Many people in the grocery stores, all apparently glad to see one another.
Thanks, Lord, for...
my being able to complete the chores planned.
Log
>Did mostly household chores today; played some Paper Mario 2.
>Today is the last day of Christmas vacation--haven't reported to the office for over a week. Could use more time off.
>Did a lesson that asked whether my concept of God is my own or one handed to me by family or culture.
Posted by Marge at 10:48 PM | Comments (0)
January 01, 2005
The beginning of a new year
"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed." --Albert Einstein
Quotation found at the following sites:
Collected Quotes from Albert Einstein
The Quotations Page
Heart Quotes Center
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