2022 My Book of Days - in multiple volumes

Volume 1 of 'My Book of Days' in 2022 is now in the printing process! As a year-in-review effort through Facebook posts, it includes an integration of blog posts. The reason is that the blog posts displaying photos of my completed art were linked to Facebook posts. Unfortunately, because I didn't directly upload photos to the Facebook posts, the post doesn't include the complete images of the art from the blog post. In addition, all the narrative about the art is in the blog post (e.g. inspiration image with artist and date created, substrate and materials used, what I liked about the piece, etc.).

The maximum size of www.blurb.com magazines is 240 pages with a page size of 8.5"x11". This is the format the magazine will be printed in. Volume 1 maxes out the 240-page cap, and now I'm on to producing a second volume -- to complete the year's look-back in this way.

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Movie Review: Four Hands, Two Sonatas

Netflix has been advertising this limited Korean series recently added to the site's line-up. The title peaked my interest. So, I started watching it with no expectation other than knowing it was about two pianists. I really liked how this Korean production was dubbed in English. The English speakers (voice sound/tone/character) were terrifically cast as well as the timing of the spoken words' consistency with the mouthing of the Korean actors on-screen dialogue. This series' storyline has a number of facets: bullying, wealth vs poverty and access to arts training, musicianship, stage fright, competition, friendship, rivalry, sabotage, lack of confidence, revenge, etc. The music is primarily classical and is lovely. Four Hands, Two Sonatas is an off-beat show. That said, I really enjoyed it (and the piano playing is terrific too)! As a prior musician--there are many topics it brought up that I understand. Overall, the...

Free Online Creative Retreat: Art Oasis 2026

I haven't participated in this retreat series before. But I learned about it through an artist I follow, and she will be leading one of the sessions. The retreat starts October 17th and runs through October 23rd (2026). If you're interested in an opportunity to play artistically, here is the link for more information and where you can sign-up: https://jessicaswift.com/pages/art-oasis

New Project in Progress

I'm working on a new project with multiple layers and shapes of different colored organzas. It is an interpretation of lighting on an ice rink...from a show I recently saw. There is a lot more stitching to do, but I like how its coming along. I'm learning organzas are not easy to work with especially when you layer them and have overlaid edges. The fabric also tends to ravel easily. This post also linked to http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.com .

Cay Denise

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