Making Time

i woke up this morning to one of the strongest earthquakes i’ve ever felt. normally, they start, and i’m surprised but strangely bemused and bedazzled by the weird rocking motions… but it went on for so long this morning that i actually felt a cold basic fear i have never felt.

then i went back to bed and had some strange dreams which i kept waking out of. one was about a doll i made that came to life. since i had not finished sewing eyelashes on, i watched as she transformed into a little girl, with no eyelashes on one eye. i was really freaked out by her, but i could see she was not malicious, and was completely innocent- she had no idea that she was freaky. i asked her to stay there in the room, making ’stay’ motions, because i needed to figure out what to do with her. like a little pinocchio. oh dear, if all your dolls came to life!
and on that note, a diversion: some pretty artwork by tamao, a japanese artist. i came across this in kurikuri くりくり vol 6! those little magazines are cheapish, they have wardrobe refashion how-tos, little finger toy how-tos, and pics of artist’s work. it’s a cool publication. and yes i want them all.

tamao world!

my notes on her work shown in kurikuri (くりくり）: very colorful work, lots of odd shapes, bright yarns, kinda wonky stitching… charming and imperfect. black drawings from the notebook of a 1970’s highschool student; colored stitching, pompoms and crocheted yoyos.
see her blog and her website:

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