I kept my frock on, don’t you worry. But the day managed to slip out the back door somehow. The morning got started after Paul and I had breakfast with our NYC houseguest Julie who’s in town for a meeting with Nike. We dined at Zell’s where I had their famous Apple German Upside Down Pancake. It looked like a Cinnabon on steroids, but actually was filled with an entire apple me thinks. A bit more eggy than I like em, but nice way to start the day, that and their complementary buttery scones and bottomless coffee. After we paid the ticket they were off to the airport, and I headed for the studio for a few hours, where I contemplated a diptych today. The word diptych, dating back some few thousand years or so is new vernacular to Paul, which makes me smile. But there I was working away, in ink, lines upon lines, re-using my tiny lost city motif for the first time in this batch. I must have used four or more coatings of different inks. And today I made the mistake of experimenting with one of my scented oils, and as I tested it the odiferous artificial scent of cherry cola filled the air. Sickly sweet I capped it off and put it away, but the smell lingered for my studio time.

For a light lunch I broke away to see fellow photog Diedrich Dasenbrock who met me at my favorite afternoon spot, the Side Door. He had self-published a book of new images, the ones we’ve been critiquing for a while now. And, wow, he did an amazing editing job, selecting suitable to superb pairings, some images, so abstract, they are unrecognizable. Being one to dabble in similar territory, I am honestly envious of this step he’s taken, but all in an up-n-up peer level. Some of his new images are sparse, and others quite graphic and bold, the gestures are aplenty, and basically he’s got a strong eye. Also in tow he had some new images where he’s projecting slids of his colorful light images on the female form, and again, off to a dramatic start. I look forward to our regular get togethers, watching his development. A lot of this new work was jump-started when he took a trip to Oklahoma with his wife. He seemed to dread taking the trip - but I could only encourage him to consider it a time to focus on new surroundings. He seemed to go there and beyond. One of his new images made me flash to Sun Ra. He liked that!

Then it was back over the bridge and home to meet UPS with a delivery of postcards for my and SWI’s upcoming M_US__EUM presentation in The Lab at the Museum of Contemporary Craft (August 28-September 2). I think the card is just right.

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