In my life i have gone often back and forth between considering myself an avid reader to not picking up a book in three months. Sadly the second state of reader-dom is where i find myself currently.Last Christmas I received every last Tom Robbins book that exists in this world, and three months ago i read the second to last in my collection. I think i've simply been avoiding an in-avoidable end to an engagement that i have been so pleased to be a part of. Many people complain that Robbins while wholely absurd ,is altogether unimaginative. They say that each book ends up telling the same story. Too much similarity from one character to the next. If this is true, I can say that I have fallen for his tricks,( been seduced and tickeled by his language and prose.)Because I just cant get Enough of this guy. I dont mistake him for any super-valid resource( referencing fact and swearing by his name) but appreciate him at face value for providing a valuable source of stimulation and entertainment.
In an attempt to re-engage the books that ive already read, perhaps in preperation to take on the final novel, I began documenting things that stood out in my memory from each book and drawing these iconic images onto mugs. From Sailor the Naked Parrot,to the turkey leg airstream, the drawings came to life, as singular epithets, and plural scripts.
These drawings have provided quite a bit of practice in identifying images and designing them in a more simple ( basic and trimmed down) way. seeing these line drawings so successfully reference much more involved realities has spurred myinterest in graphic representations.I am currently just in the beginning stage of documenting other more personal relationships in teh same way.
And to fulfill my promise.
"a little bit of pot pie"
