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2011-01-09 - 7:46 a.m.
several aspirations for new year
i would like to make all of my clothes this year, rather than buying anything new. - improve my ability to draft patterns from measurements - learn to make lingerie - plant-dye wool to design and complete a sweater - learn a better way to darn holes in jeans i would like to train for a marathon, and learn to handle setbacks gracefully. i would like to prototype a walking chair based on the theo jansen mechanism. i would like to take more pleasure in our food and home. - balance learning new skills in the kitchen with making efficient meals - make our bread at home - preserve seasonal produce in ways we actually use - overcome my longstanding aversion to certain foods - streamline housekeeping, so i can spend less time, thought and effort on things i don't enjoy i would like to find and use shared creative space. - purchase studio time at the university craft center - take a ceramics course to see if it is something i would like to pursue, or something i can stop thinking i might like to do - take a metalworking course, for the same reason - complete a coherent body of work - compile a portfolio i would like to do more hiking, camping and traveling. i have three secret goals, and ten professional ones.
* * * reading: the mountain lion, jean stafford. can't quite wrap my mind around this one. listening to: wqxr. internet radio, i love you. working on: making waffles and scotch for breakfast. like rich old guys and texas strippers, some things just go together. in the garden: already, these little green sprouts.
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