The longest nights: 2008

The days are dark the nights are white

mysteries of depths are muted set in icicles

afraid to step on the slippery questions,

how do we grasp the answers?

For my cousin Lori,

You and I saw a meteorite fall to the forest. We didn't really know what it was, we don't know where it landed, and we never went back to look. 

Lori, at 38 you disappeared, having died alone in your sleep and left us baffled. I never saw an undertaker work so hard to glue the pieces of a family together. 

What happened?

 

By Melody: 

Journal of Animals

 Published in 2008

Table of Contents including

 Wildebeasts and Prologue

Widows and Orphans

Who thought up these typography terms? 

These terms make me pause seeing as between the two of us, I'm the widow and she's the orphan. Even in these days, it seems unusual to be walking this path. 

Wonder what it was like in the early days of typesetting  for real-life widows and orphans? Were there superstitions? Where they to be feared?

 Coming Soon...

                                      

CN Tower and Night Sky

strange diner: 2 views, across from train tracks

Towne & Country Buffet Lunch

                   
strange diner across from train tracks, originally uploaded by hurricane_cat.

can of learning

can of learning, originally uploaded by hurricane_cat.

What's in the can?

Legacy of Learning Book Cover

dont_hangup

dont_hangup, originally uploaded by hurricane_cat.

From a brochure assignment exploring the problem of school violence in Toronto: Will provision of anonymous hotlines be helpful?

The Latest: News update from Galit Solomon of CTV News Sun Dec 7 , 2008 6.37 pm 

"Student hotline mostly fields calls about bullying              ctv.toronto.ca

Eleven months after a student hotline was set up at the Toronto District School Board, officials say it is proving to be a success. Since it was established, 625 calls were place to the hotline. Of those calls: 95% were made during the school year, 70% came from elementary school students, 50% provided enough information for follow-up action"  http://toronto.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20081207/TDSB_hotline_081207/20081207/?hub=TorontoNewHome

100_0222

100_0222, originally uploaded by hurricane_cat.

eagle

eagle, originally uploaded by hurricane_cat.

Animal Spirit: Eagle Motif

enigmatic toolbox

enigmatic toolbox, originally uploaded by hurricane_cat.

This toolbox was orginally meant to transport graphic design supplies. It travelled a fair bit, eventually becoming a special effects makeup kit. Finally it became a real toolbox and I was able to organize it well; all those little screws and nuts and bolts nicely sorted, great pliers, foreign screwdrivers. I put a lock on it so that the baby wouldn't play with the contents.
The last time I saw this toolbox, I was feeling compelled to do some building and catch the sunrise at the same time. It was halloween and I got spooked, left the toolbox at a cafe. Later I returned to retrieve the toolbox, confirmed found at this same cafe, but apparently whoever found it and took it home, tossed it away as well.
The drawing in the creepy polish poster style reveals a mystery: whatever did happen to that red tool box?

OF recent interest to me, is the astronauts toolbox, accidentally released into space. It's moving really fast--takes about two hours to orbit the earth. You can see the path the toolbox is taking in space by clicking on the following link: http://www.n2yo.com/?s=33442

If you want to read about the astronaut's toolbox mishap: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/lost-in-space-the-astronauts-toolbox-1025056.html

My Pontiac

sols_slideshow, originally uploaded by hurricane_cat.

I was impressed that a pontiac -solstice 2007-could have the look of a luxury concept car.

budweiser- hailing taxi scene

budweiserpaint, originally uploaded by hurricane_cat.

homework assignment: a still from storyboard for beer commercial

The drawing was made from my imagination last fall. People wanted to know where is this club? Now I have a clue.

Thanks to my mother who told me about this place she went for lunch when she was in Edinburgh this summer. Edinburgh is my first home. And this place is called The Dome, which is previously Royal Bank of Scotland. Now it's a Restaurant and Bar. I googled it and thought it was surprisingly similar to the picture in my imagination that became the Budweiser drawing.

http://uk.archiseek.com/scotland/edinburgh/dome.html

2008 questions about race

2008 questions about race, originally uploaded by hurricane_cat.

A questionnaire loaded with questions about race was sent home to parents so the school could get a better idea of the student body.
Not sure how to answer these questions, and have a few of my own like why the race card in this day and age?

my singer

my singer, originally uploaded by hurricane_cat.

pots and pans

pots and pans, originally uploaded by hurricane_cat.

orpheus descending

orpheus descending, originally uploaded by hurricane_cat.

darkpickapples

darkpickapples, originally uploaded by hurricane_cat.

pickandchooseapples

pickandchooseapples, originally uploaded by hurricane_cat.

carrot cake

carrot cake, originally uploaded by hurricane_cat.

The day I finally got my carrot cake right-
hand shaved carrots and with cream cheese icing.

gelato

gelato, originally uploaded by hurricane_cat.

august sunrise

august sunrise, originally uploaded by hurricane_cat.

House Arrest

Well, not quite house arrest but it would be hard to tell the difference. In the beginning I would sit in the window sill, early evening, and watch people go by. Each day was worthy of a large X on the wall and the prize was to make it to the next. Really I was thinking it would be temporary. After a few weeks, I would feel freedom, go flying out the door. 

Its been six years now, wings clipped and barely leaving the neighborhood by day and never leaving the house at night. And I like it this way.