Sunday, January 20, 2008

Forgotten Ways, The


It's been a while since I was in the habit of knocking out a few books. So here is an update of one that I am tracking with.

[Taken from my moleskin] 20 Jan 2008
Reading: The Forgotten Ways, Alan Hirsch.

"I've had good intentions of reading this book since it came out -- and now, coming off of Exiles by Frost; it only seemed fitting. Alas - I do not read nearly as much as I should - nor do I finish all of the books that I start.

I had this book for the entire Winter break, and simply had not read it - I renewed it from the library without reading a single word.

I cracked it on my flight to PDX last Friday, but didn't make it very far. I ended up chatting with the guy next to me. Today on my return flight I am sitting here with a mix of emotion. First, excitement, joy, wonderment, awe; but all of that is tempered by a tepid fear and a creeping anxiety.

I remarked to Jake [a fellow mobilizer here at ITeams] that this book is going to change my life, and I truly believe that after reaching about a third of the way in."

... So there you have it [minimally edited] straight from my personal journal. I'm only to about page 70, and there are 295 pages [includes table of contents, and addendum's/glossary/bibliography - btw, I hate when publishers do that!].

Saturday, January 12, 2008

Creation.

These guys had showed me how to stencil. [Jake B and Matty S]

These guys gave me the tutorial, gah! I love teh interwebs1!

So - I created. Here is my offering.


[first some photoshop fun, i grabbed a pic of some church doors that snapped in voronezh russia and put it through the process. came out with this, and added a couple words in stencil friendly font.]






[therapeutic]







[orth. cross stencil... yes, i understand that this design almost defeats the purposes of stencil. i get it you crazy 'scene' kids... i'll step it up on the next one, so bugger off.]


[final design]








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So what do you think?? I will get another up soon, this weekend is crazy busy.