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August 21, 2007
something new
In a meeting this afternoon with my major professor, we discussed my documentation of my current projects (the clothes and the sketchbooks) and she suggested I maybe start a blog. I said, I already have a blog, and it was supposed to be a place to write about my work and store ideas and make notes and document process and then I started sticking my nose into this weird little community and people started reading and I started writing for an audience and it became this other thing. This really good thing, but no longer a place to just jot down thoughts as I think of them, to organize my ideas so that I can maybe use those little scribbles to help me figure out what the hell I'm doing or rework it later into some kind of thesis. Maybe it never really was that place.
At any rate, I feel that right now, as I head into the home stretch of this MFA thing, is a good time to separate these different parts of my creative life out a little, carve out a new space not too far from here that can be dedicated to my thesis work, a place where I don't talk about the weather or what I did on the weekend or how much I hate being away from my partner or what colour socks I'm knitting or what stupid shit the Windsor CBC morning goobs said on the radio today (didn't tell you about the time Pete heard Bill Baker, the news guy, pronounce the president of Iran's name "Ammajammabad", did I? Gah). A place where I won't say "fucksake". You know.
I'm not abandoning my blog. Lard knows I need a place to bitch and to show off and to exercise my potty mouth. But I've created a second blog here on my site, and tomorrow I'll spend some time making a few backdated posts to get it started. Then I'll tell y'all how to find it, for anybody who is interested in my studio work. And for those who aren't, here are some socks I finished last week:
The yarn is from Sweet Georgia, the colourway is Kill Bill. They were quick to knit and they're form fitted to my legs and I love them. I'm thinking about adding a few matching tiny red "blood" spatters to the shoes so that I look like a real samurai.
There will be some knitting on my new thesis blog as well, by the way (when I say separated, it's not like these things can really be totally separated). But some of you might not like what's going to happen to the sweaters over there.
Posted by jodi at August 21, 2007 10:58 PM | categories: art stuff : sticks and string
Comments
Damn, girl, them's some impressive socks! The shoes are cool too :)
Posted by: nstssj at August 21, 2007 11:24 PM
The new blog sounds like it needs to be rated "KV" for violent acts committed toward knitwear... and I'm so not reading it if you don't say "fucksake" in it. ;)
I've been following along on Flickr with the wardrobe project and I really love the pieces you've created so far.
Posted by: mouse at August 21, 2007 11:57 PM
Good for you Jodi. I like reading all your thoughts, from potty mouth to print making, but I can appreciate that it's sometimes easier to sift through things when they have their own space. I love the socks -- Did you wing the pattern, or is it something I can get my hands on? Oh, and those shoes are HOT!
Posted by: Em at August 22, 2007 09:28 AM
I can understand the need to separate and I will read with great interest, as always. The new socks are so violently beautiful :) The blood splatter idea is a good one!
Posted by: Lolly at August 22, 2007 09:37 AM
I am seriously in love with your socks and shoes. In a perfectly *normal* way, of course.
Posted by: Janice in GA at August 22, 2007 10:43 AM
More power to ya! I'm only wondering when that blog, too, will become more, beyond, extra it's original intention - should we be looking forward to a third blog in a few years? ;)
Also - loving the socks. I may need to knit me a pair of them.....I like the blood splatter idea as well.
Oh, and I was going to send you some handspun cause hey why not, you're a student and it's nice to get things in the mail, maybe some bookbinding things as well, etc. Will you email me where to send to?
Posted by: NJStacie at August 22, 2007 12:47 PM
I love the socks! Are those shoes Fluevogs? If they aren't, they could be.
Posted by: chris at August 22, 2007 02:21 PM
You're on a total ROLL, girl.
I love how the professor probably thought she was being so innovative to suggest to you that you start a blog. Heeheeheeeeeee. They have noooo idea! XOXO
Posted by: Norma at August 22, 2007 06:39 PM
I was wondering when those socks would show up. They look awesome.
I'm so glad you're starting a blog. It'll be so cool to read about your art. heh heh.
Posted by: Steph VW at August 23, 2007 10:00 AM
Love the sockies! Windsor CBC radio? Do tell! Must look that up now.
Posted by: Kikipotamus the Hobo at August 23, 2007 11:27 AM
the socks are good, but I need those shoes!!!
Posted by: Rachel T at August 23, 2007 01:27 PM
Wowzers, I love me those socks. Hmmm I might need to make a pair of those, and I LOVE that color combo. I told Em that we should both make a pair and then when you come to visit, we can all go out in our matching blood splattered socks and take over TO. A blog just for documentation and thoughts is a great idea. I hope it helps get all your creative thoughts flowing. Your clothing project is just amazing. Hey if I send you some wool I spun can you use it to make something or can it only be from stuff you actually produced yourself. Send me your new address when you a great chance.
Posted by: Krista at August 23, 2007 02:22 PM