rain and wind
drama queen alert: tired and cranky and take me out of my misery.
seriously, though, any weekend when the rain and wind keep me away from my camera is not fun. not that I don't have other work to do. far from it. in fact, I am likely to be described as actively avoiding some of the critical things I need to do (like my taxes), just because I hate paperwork. did I mention the drama queen thing? yeah.
anyway, I spent way too much time working on CSS for the site updates, and if you're reading this you can see what I've done. there are two sections of the site that have been completely redone. this blog, and my etherea portfolio.
there's also a new main page in the process of being designed. what do you think? until I figure out how to set up forms sometime this week, feel free to write and tell me how you feel about the new look.
in addition to CSS fun (and thanks to Dylan and Ben for offering to help), I've been collecting a lot of samples of Arabic text written in the square Kufic style:
I've used this writing style as the basis for some of my art in the past, including the qur'anic mandala series, and, most recently, my piece entitled shahada, the text of which translates to only Allah is to be worshipped; the messenger of Allah is Muhammed. in preparation for some new work, I did the base forms for one new text:
this spiral of text is from the Qur'an, from Sura 112 (the Pure Faith sura).
were there any other inspirations this week? Hiro and I saw the Japanese film, Nobody Knows, yesterday. grim ending. and sad to have been based on actual events in Tokyo. of course, after living in Japan for ten years, the emotions were intense. one moment I was revelling in memories, the next revulsed at the situation presented on screen.
the coming week? more work on taxes, on CSS, on web forms, and hopefully a shoot or two.
seriously, though, any weekend when the rain and wind keep me away from my camera is not fun. not that I don't have other work to do. far from it. in fact, I am likely to be described as actively avoiding some of the critical things I need to do (like my taxes), just because I hate paperwork. did I mention the drama queen thing? yeah.
anyway, I spent way too much time working on CSS for the site updates, and if you're reading this you can see what I've done. there are two sections of the site that have been completely redone. this blog, and my etherea portfolio.
there's also a new main page in the process of being designed. what do you think? until I figure out how to set up forms sometime this week, feel free to write and tell me how you feel about the new look.
in addition to CSS fun (and thanks to Dylan and Ben for offering to help), I've been collecting a lot of samples of Arabic text written in the square Kufic style:
I've used this writing style as the basis for some of my art in the past, including the qur'anic mandala series, and, most recently, my piece entitled shahada, the text of which translates to only Allah is to be worshipped; the messenger of Allah is Muhammed. in preparation for some new work, I did the base forms for one new text:
this spiral of text is from the Qur'an, from Sura 112 (the Pure Faith sura).
were there any other inspirations this week? Hiro and I saw the Japanese film, Nobody Knows, yesterday. grim ending. and sad to have been based on actual events in Tokyo. of course, after living in Japan for ten years, the emotions were intense. one moment I was revelling in memories, the next revulsed at the situation presented on screen.
the coming week? more work on taxes, on CSS, on web forms, and hopefully a shoot or two.
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