It’s a new year. Mine has had exactly one positive experience so far and a handful of tragedy. It’s time to take the best of 2013, hold it close, learn the lesson, wish it well and let it go.
Hello 2014. I guess I’m ready. Proceed…
I’m sort of getting back on track with papercuts following my hectic work schedule throughout December followed by a nice New Year mini-vacation away from home with six great friends. I’ve got 2 more cuts ready to go that I will hopefully have cut out over the weekend. One is another Cock Robin inspired image and the other is more typical of what I’ve been doing lately. That, ‘forsaken children left to their own devices’ kind of thing.
I’d also like to say goodbye to Damen, the fluffiest little orange kitty in the world. Your love of silk pink ribbons knew no end and always made me smile. Goodnight little man…
Kim Belyeu (1969-2014)
I will really miss you.
I’m still working out some more ‘Death & Burial of Cock Robin’ images. I designed 4 versions of this. A couple of them were very complex, incorporating (I think) too many complex and hidden meanings. I designed a village background for this last one, but unfortunately the maudlin colors I had on hand just wouldn’t do. Maybe this will give me the opportunity to develop the remaining verses. I already have one for the fly.
I woke up this morning to find that my cats had knocked a book of nursery rhymes off the shelf. It was on the floor and had opened to the page with the murderous sparrow. I made some tea, stared blankly at my computer and decided to make a remorseless sparrow.
….”I”, said the sparrow, “with my bow and arrow”
I thought this looked best on chipboard but I’m going out paper shopping tomorrow and if I find something I like better I may change the background. If I do that, I’ll probably put something here. I actually made two cuts between the last posted one and this one. One was called “Keening With Bay And Oak” and the other was an updated version of “Hit The North” that I also made for the solstice. Unfortunately my computer crashed and I lost all of my saved images of them. If you happen to be the person who bought either of them, a picture would be greatly appreciated.
I recently started a public Facebook page for my papercuts that is separate from my personal page. I will be posting most of these things there from now on instead of on my personal timeline. You can find that new page here.
I love archaeoastronomy and just about any ancient site featuring a celestial alignment. I’ve never been able to visit a location on its significant day, but I hope to. The girl up there is supposed to be Brighid, daughter of the Dagda. I made another papercut for Yule that I hope to post later today.