lately i keep thinking about how much i love my painting apron. this started a mental list of other things that make me glad, which i wrote down today. i think we should all make lists of loves from time to time.
1. aprons
2. carrying things around in aprons...like apples or puppies
3. speech impediments (i don't have one, but i like when other's do)
4. dust particles in light
5. word combinations that stick in my mind and repeat themselves till something new comes along
6. peanut butter (especially when melted), thai peanut foods, and peanut m&ms
7. this combination: music, coffee, and a fire
8. terribly large messes when cooking, or painting, or playing in mud
9. stories with pictures
10. people who read the words aloud while i'm looking at the pictures
11. anything feathery or furry i can hold
12. the noses of cows, camels, horses, llamas, etc...
13. warm colors
14. children when they sleep
15. showers that are at the same time baths
16. having some things upside down, backwards, or in the wrong places
17. dramatic weather
18. thumbs--their shape in general and their muscle pad on the palm
19. pretending when it makes drudgery enjoyable
20. silliness
21. knee high socks
22. colored barettes
23. large odd sculptures in public places
24. being very high up, like on a rooftop
25. unexpected discoveries
26. figure drawing and abstract painting
27. red clay in a newly plowed field
28. names and their meanings
29. lanterns, mobiles, window stars, and candles (anything that glows or hangs from the ceiling)
30. personality tests
31. symbols
32. the egyptian profile
33. places to be with people that don't involve shopping
34. the world inside rust on an old truck
35. episcopal churches
36. incense
37. hiding places
38. the things that can be found under rocks
39. moods where i'm content to watch light and shadows
40. fog over mountains that makes me think dinosaur heads just might pop out of the clouds
41. naps, but not alone
42. cancelations
43. the idea of the desert
44. walking to the mailbox
45. costume jewelry
46. suggestions of books, films, and music (from people who know what i would like)
47. riding trains, planes, and boats
48. being the passenger
49. moments
dust particles in the light make me feel a little clausterphobic, like i can't breathe...i hate them. but i do share your love of animal noses.
Posted by: Courtney at January 28, 2005 01:52 PMi love newly plowed fields. but black dirt rather than red clay. the rich browny black of ohio. makes me want to eat it or look for arrowheads in it. do you mind if i make a list and post it?
Posted by: hill at January 28, 2005 03:13 PMhill. please do, so i can read it. if i ever meet you we should eat dirt together. i feel the same way about the clay. and i love arrow heads. i made one once with a rock from a creek.
courtney. think of dust particles from a distance, but i understand sneezy associations.
Posted by: kelly at January 28, 2005 05:59 PMi love your list.
as a kid, i was an obsessive rock turner-over. i wonder if it's a tallahassee thing? the rocks in atlanta are not nearly as alive underneath.
Posted by: amy at January 29, 2005 09:22 AMamy. my favorite are rocks near water. in the creeks here we look for salamanders. when i was a kid i spent much of my time on beach trips turning over rocks. i liked tallahassee rocks too, except for when they were hiding red ants.
Posted by: kelly at January 30, 2005 02:08 PMWhat an absolutely wonderful list. Your creativity never ceases to amaze me.
Posted by: Deb at February 2, 2005 08:49 AM