relaxation.
it’s been a long, quiet, productive, lovely weekend. i always wish the weekends would never end. this one is no exception.
*yawn*, says girl.
thursday we cooked an organic, offbeat thanksgiving dinner for ourselves and a friend we knew from florida way back when, who happens to live in the mission. a spread of a few artisan cheeses and fuji apples, pork roast with rosemary and garlic, homemade macaroni and cheese (from a roux…it’s the secret to making it taste orgasmically good), yams with molasses topped with a gouda tinged with blue, and a spinach salad.
yesterday we participated in buy-nothing day…and instead, i dug deep into my mending basket and hemmed and fixed a myriad of things. things i bought ages ago and have been meaning to get wearable. it felt SO GOOD to do that…and rather than buying a bunch of crap that stores foist upon us every holiday season, i made great things i already own more awesome and wearable.
today we took a short bike ride over to the de young museum, which is in golden gate park (and actually visible from our house here on the hill), and i got another look at the gee’s bend quilt exhibit, and the amazing wire sculptures by ruth asawa, that almost look like they were knitted or crocheted, in some cases (they very well may be, but it did not seem clear from looking at them). her sculptures were often fashioned in these organic shapes that reminded me very much of sea creatures, or alien life forms i would imagine floating and undulating in a serpent-like fashion through the atmosphere of someplace like jupiter, if that lovely large planet actually supported life.
(photo from the de young website.)
the art that so often moves me is the kind that is made of fibers or akin to fibers. somehow, there is always a thread connecting back to fashion, to the clothes i (and you!) wear on my/our back(s)…somehow, some way.
November 25 2006 | Posted in amazing art, it's personal.
November 26 2006 at 12:01 am
*azi love the quilts by the women of gee’s bend. i saw the exhibit in NYC awhile back. ruth asawa is new to me. i’m inspired and intrigued. thanks!
November 26 2006 at 12:18 pm
CaseyYour “off-beat” Thanksgiving day dinner sounded so yummy! Pork with rosemary and garlic makes my mouth water…
lol.
Love the cat picture too!!
November 26 2006 at 1:11 pm
stephanie scat mouths are the best mouths! Great shot
i am remiss in seeing the deyoung show but must do so before it goes away…
we’re still working our way through our thanksgiving food, and it is oh so gluttonous!
thanks for the nyc recommendation–i wish they were not booked. unfortunately i’m still searching, ack!
ruth asawa has awesome hair.
November 26 2006 at 1:28 pm
SwanDiamondRoseyour weekend sounds like heaven
November 26 2006 at 1:37 pm
ambikaThe cat looks so funny! Your dinner sounds awesome as does the follow up. I’ve been knitting like crazy all wkend as I refuse to deal with the insane crowds that insist on going out after Thanksgiving. Just not for me.
November 26 2006 at 4:16 pm
nicholaThat photo is fantastic!
November 27 2006 at 10:49 am
Su-YingThe cat face is freaky. It took my eyes a while to focus and see it.