Gone, Man, Solid Gone

I've been wanting to paint the Umbra OH chair I got at a garage sale (for $5!) for quite a while now. I liked it's odd, sickly ghost green colour, but I didn't know if I liked it enough to keep the entire chair that colour - I wanted more of a subtle hint of *pop*.  So I decided I'd paint it white, but keep some of the original colour showing by sticking a design on that I could peel off after spray painting with plastic fusion paint. I wanted it to have a mid-century modern feel, but I knew I was too lazy to work hard at it.  I had some Helvitica 2" adhesive letters and numbers, so I took all the "O"s and Zeroes, the insides of the sixes, nines, and eights, and cut a few eights in half and stuck them on in what I hoped would be a design reminiscent of fifties atomic olive patterns. And it's awesome! I love how it turned out! It's so rare for me to like what I create, but I keep tip-toeing into my bedroom to stare at it in delight :)

If Only

Word

I've been trying to add a dynamic tag cloud generator to this blog - not a static one-time-shot, but one that would continually renew the image as new posts were added. I guess my html expertise of four days isn't enough to accomplish that yet. But it's been fun playing with all the different widgets and gadgets. The results remind me of Magnetic Poetry but more sophisticated. I'm thinking a lovely piece of art could be made by inputting a favorite poem or an old love letter. Or maybe an individualized gift for someone by entering words from their life history? Or sweet baby words to hang in a nursery. I can tell I'll definitely be playing with Wordle a lot more in the future; give it a try!

(poem image via the awesome Hank Conner}