Rare hang out out in the kura barn (while wife’s band rehearses inside so a bit too much commotion for me) So instead, I’m putting away books and *trying to* tidy up stacks of scrapbook materials, ephemera, maps, passports, other treats / so much goodness! But first need space on the…
Workbench:
What follows are artifacts, mildly documented, in situ, with brief annotations.
Map:
Rec’d: Capital Reef/Fruita area map and guide from Larry Sensei at Dark Star Ranch, Torrey, UT
Vinyl:
Playing: Charles Lloyd in Europe… Album cover looks like it was designed by me :-) Playing: Arkells “Michigan Left”(on beautiful white #vinyl no less)Playing: St. Vincent, Daddy’s Home… came with a poster and exquisite gatefold packaging, clear vinyl etc via @milk_records
Exhibition cards:
Scrapbook’d: two exhibit cards from artist Noriko Miyake “start from myself” etc at Love Sanctuary Café
Scrapbook items:
Scrapbook’d: #Kerouac card from Aki “Maybe one day… A girl can always hope “Scrapbook’d: miscellaneous small packet postal rate note Scrapbook’d: poem for Jack #Kerouac‘s 100th birthday by Ron Whitehead (using luggage shipping label as pouch)Scrapbook’d: “wisdom enclosed” and “hello call me by some method” a secret story, don’t readScrapbook’d: The Sweat pome by Gary Snyder Scrapbook’d: notes for a video prezo i riffed about scrapbooking, postcards etc. very #metaScrapbook’d: “eight scenes from Gifu” by Jason Emde #Stapled#SwingLine
Wallets:
Hempstead gear from Guam 1994/5 – still stunningly great condition (including the “warning” label inside) larger one now loaded up with gear, zipper still running smooth1980s era OP wallet for a stealth mission and found $1000 inside, $1000 Jamaican that isFound: while this Tintin wallet holds no currency, gets points for its handmadedness, blanket stitch, bootleggedness and general charmWallet, another: hemp racing team, alas only a single US nickel
Payphone (for #io):
Ichiro rolled in to play drums and make a few phone calls on this pink beauty
Project complete (for now):
I tamed the mess – everything in stacks: personal correspondence, dossier of artifacts, scrapbook odds and ends, cancelled stamps etc. all stacked up *and* got to play with the scissors, glue and double sided tape for a little bit w/ records #Flow
Scrapbook cover: “poetic tonics” // handed-crafted w/ Aerogramme cover // shown with magnificent scissors purchased at The Papery in Victoria, BC (price tag still attached because very cute & still thrilled i have such a magnificent pair of scissors, purchased new)
