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RTBTCKI Wall o’ Paper

Posted By on July 29, 2020

We did get the paper out for recycling this morning. It made a small wall of boxes with paper and magazines. 

Day 22 of the Cautionary Tale. Being Wednesday July 29, 2020.

Saturday is the beginning of the month of August. I am still trying to wrap my brain around that. I have to remind myself what day it is, so I don’t feel lost.

One of my favorite poets is T. S. Elliot. Recently “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” has been going through my head for a variety of reasons. This morning I had a peach and it went through my head again. It is a poem about what could have been and what might be if only. Kind of describes 2020 to me in a nutshell.

Goals, I have them. 

Yesterday I hit a bit of a bump in what I wanted to get done so I am a bit behind on what I wanted to do. I have a plan to try to catch up, but glue only dries so fast. I did get everything ready so I can bang out what needs to be done to repair the bookshelves.

Inky has a new favorite toy to drag around. It is twice as large as her normal toys, so she looks pretty funny when trying not to drag it on the ground.

There is a meme going around attributed to McCarthy as a propaganda poster that says, “Beware of Artists! They mix with all classes of society and are, therefore, the most dangerous.”

It is actually a paraphrase from a letter from King Leopold the first to Queen Victoria who said, “The dealings with artists, for instance, require great prudence; they are acquainted with all classes of society, and for that very reason dangerous.” 

Artists are the one group of people who find themselves dealing with all of society rather than the strata they are in. You have to be able to speak the language of all. 

I was lucky to be raised in an academic setting where you get uses to dealing with all kinds of people from all kinds of places. I can speak to just about anyone and find some common ground.

John Lewis said that if you were going to make trouble, make sure it is good trouble. As an artist, I occasionally try to do that, but I feel that I need to do it more often. It is the way I can express my frustration and anger through a creative medium, so I don’t destroy something or myself.

I am an intellectual who will never apologize for my brain and what it can do. I am smart and clever and refuse to dumb myself down to make others feel more comfortable. Catch up or ask me what I am talking about since I am more than willing to teach what I know.

I am, at heart, a teacher. I believe that one of the reasons I am a puppeteer is so I can teach others. I love teaching people what I can do and see what they do from what I taught them.

Never apologize for the ability to think. 

Intellectual and Educated are not evil words. Let’s reclaim them.

I am grateful for new things to learn and explore and wood glue. I am very grateful for wood glue.


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