http://chancehappening.com A line is a dot that went for a walk. Tue, 19 May 2009 18:35:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm very fond of my moleskine notebook. I keep one in my office, one in the living room, and there is a third I drag around with me wherever I may roam. I may use Evernote a LOT but I still like the touch of pen to paper for some ... http://chancehappening.com/index.php/2009/05/19/russian-moleskine/ All the usual caveats about works in progress apply here. I've made about 11 of these so far and they are destined to be worked into 4 pieces. I've not added colors yet but they will be muted when I do add them. I've trying to come up with  something which ... http://chancehappening.com/index.php/2009/05/14/also-in-the-hopper/ Simplicity. Even the sound of the word is beautiful to me. Socrates said that the fewer our wants, the nearer we resemble the gods. St. Thomas Aquinas said the God was infinitely simple. St. Francis could imagine no better or greater life than a simple one. Lao Tzu said that simplicity ... http://chancehappening.com/index.php/2009/05/14/sim-plis-i-tee/ I hesitated to upload pictures of work in progress because I take so darn long to actually finish my work sometimes. For example: (clicky to embiggen) The above picture is not a bad example of a piece I've started and will likely not touch again for 1-3 months at the soonest. It's ... http://chancehappening.com/index.php/2009/05/14/work-in-progress/ Jamie Ribisi was tweeting the other day about about a strange method of using wax paste to beef up acrylic painting. Ok - so it was weeks ago. I've been busy. I can't be positive but I believe he was talking about wax emulsion. It's not exactly encaustic but it does ... http://chancehappening.com/index.php/2009/05/12/encaustic-emulsion/ ... and picking up almost exactly where I left off before my little "get lots of rest, change your diet, and at least think about exercise if you don't want to die" sabbatical. The break has done well by me though. Plenty of time to think, sketch, and plot my ... http://chancehappening.com/index.php/2009/05/12/back-in-the-saddle/