Monday. Meaning the weekend has come and gone with nothing done at all in the work line. I am still hoping for an appearance of the French handmade paper as promised. Knowing that they offered to make two Imperial sheets especially for me I feel a bit vulnerable. I shall feel happier when I have them with me.
This morning I spent some time looking up TB; lots of chest X-rays on Google images which fascinated me. Skeletal, but they reminded me of medieval wooden crucifixions where the ribcage is so prominent.
I also watched a medical video looking at a TB patient’s X-ray – such little changes visible and such huge consequences. So fine is the balance of Life and Death, and so arbitrary ………looking at the images I was struck by the medical possibilities of today’s world – so far away from the ‘sea cure’ of yesteryear……..
After much deliberation and trying out of X-ray images beside the moths I made the decision to draw the x-rays and the moths together on my paper. Immediately I had done a couple I had that frisson of excitement that means I am totally engaged and excited by what I am doing. Not sure how others will view the juxtaposition but I feel happy to defend my choice so that usually means it will be ok.
And I have been offered a box of moths……yeah! Ask and it shall be delivered unto you…………….
Meanwhile the Hobby Horse Project saga goes on, two venues still not having got back to me after seemingly being very excited to host us. How often can one phone/e-mail hoping for some sort of definitive answer? As we need a team of people to install them each time it does all get a bit wearing when we are left hanging and we look chaotic our end……….hopefully all will work out fine but it’s all so time consuming ………………now I just want to draw moths……..and X-rays.
