Wednesday, November 16, 2016

two reports...one progress, the other not...guess which is which


I'm still spending too much time on politics and I imagine most people have hidden me from their newsfeed on FB by now but this train wreck just keeps on crashing. By all accounts team Trump is in chaos, they seem totally unprepared to make the transition much less govern. Stories of back-biting and jockeying for position and infighting and fawning and sending people packing. Apparently the main (and only) requirement for a position in his government is complete and total agreement with all things Trump. They were shocked to find out they have to replace the West Wing staff and they are having a terrible time finding people willing to work for them and on top of that Trump doesn't seem to understand why he has to live at the White House instead of his gold plated NY apartment. In the meantime, he's giving his children who have never engaged in public service or served in the military important positions and wants top secret security clearance for them and the people he has announced so far are all virulent racists, bigots, and misogynists and the hate and verbal and physical violence against blacks, latinos, muslims (and while I have not seen any reports about vandalism and violence against jews, it won't be long), other gendered, and women have exploded across the country while the media attempts to normalize this man and his racism and his admitted sexual predation. On top of all that, his daughter seems to think that presidential interviews and press conferences are the proper venue for hawking her products.

And it's only been a week.

However I have also been spending a lot of time in the shop working on small castings for the upcoming two weekends in December while actively avoiding all my neighbors and town folk. I did venture out yesterday though, went to the library and visited with the neighbors at the other end of the street while walking the dog. To my great relief no one mentioned the election because if they had I would have to tell them what I think and it wouldn't be pretty.

So here's what I've been doing...

I got all the finish work done on the heart-weights and face-weights and the small ring dish (for lack of a better descriptor),




I filled the molds for the small bee sculpture, the platform, and another heart-weight which came out of the kiln yesterday,



I've ground most of the excess glass off the bird skull and feather,


and today I'm going to start on the finish work for the last three castings...the bee/flower sculpture, the heart-weight, and the platform for the bird skull et al.


4”l x 3”w x 2.5”h







13 comments:

  1. I really like the castings. You might notice I do a lot of heart shapes being Golden Heart Productions.

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  2. What can you do? Make beautiful art. Thank you.

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  3. I don't even consider it politics anymore. It's life. This crazy shit that's happening has become our lives and it is happening every second of every day. I don't think you are putting too much emphasis on it, you're just vocalizing what we are all thinking every day. I'm not sure that people realize, but there aren't going to be any "normal" days for a very long time. A very long time.

    We go on with all the other parts of our day too, making art is an especially nice one, and doing laundry is a pretty good one too. I thank the gods that we are able to go on doing all the necessary and enjoyable parts of life, because if we couldn't, we would certainly go mad. You keep a good balance, Ellen. I'm glad to see it. And I appreciate the information and perspective that you bring to FB.

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  4. Beautiful little pieces of art. Hope it helps to keep your mind quiet. I thought I'd be getting past it a little by now, but instead, each day brings more incredulity that this has happened. Wake me up. This nightmare is horrible and I still can't believe it.

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  5. I do so hope your open weekends are good. As for the rest, I am resigned to what happens and ready to add my bit to the dissent. A friend and I are watching the progress of the organization of a march on Washington, and will sponsor an LGBT person of color, if we cannot find wheel chair pushers for ourselves.

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  6. I try not to read or watch anything about what is going on with the trumper and his minions. However, my sister told me about him calling all of our adversaries around the world and that they love him. WTF. I also heard that he wants to make his children princes and princess or the like. The Giuliani rumor of him being Secretary of State (Replacing Kerry, a man of class, integrity, and intelligence) has me very fearful. That man is definitely losing his mind. What can be done, though? Nothing at this point and all we can do is hope - but I'm not sure for what. I also am planning to go to Washington in January if I am up to it and my husband is doing better. It won't do anything, but our collective voices will be heard.

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  7. I love that purple heart face weight :) I'm kind of fantasizing about an electoral college revolt. I know, not gonna happen, and even if it did I think there might be open rebellion in the streets, but I can dream, can't I?

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    1. with HC winning the popular vote with over a million votes and the whole purpose of the electoral college to prevent the people from electing a wacko dangerous man, it is their duty to elect HC. they won't have the courage though.

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  8. A Jewish girl in my friend Rommy's town was attacked. She's terrified because her children are Jewish.

    I just finished reading about the possibility of Muslim registry and about the changes coming to the VA... It's scary, troubling, dangerous...

    I'm glad to see your hearts. I need to see hearts today. ❤️

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  9. Your work is so beautiful and delicate, a joy to behold.

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  10. So sad for America. A tragedy for a great tolerant and multi cultural experiment. Our experiment here in Australia has not gone that far off the rails as yet, but Trump's victory has given the bigots and the far right heaps of oxygen. Understandably people are trying to come to terms with it, trying to believe that surely it can't be as bad as it looks. The best we can all hope for is that the Republican Party tears itself apart in a spectacular display of internal conflict and confusion. Meanwhile we all continue to do what we do. You make beautiful things. I write. What else can we do?

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  11. Lovely little treasures, all of them. Working at them and creating such glories must make you heart sing in spite of the catastrophe that’s unfolding? Say yes, please. I suppose you live in a neighbourhood where Trump is the great white hope? That cannot be easy. I wish you luck. Keep your spirits up. Not lightly done, I know; I am handing out ‘good advice’ but am hardly able to contain my own fear and loathing.

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    1. yes, working on them keeps me focused on something so I don't screw it up and screw me up. I love the making part. and yes, I live in a small neighborhood outside a small town (less than 9,000 people) in a rural county. conservative out the wazoo.

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