On the art front, here is a spirograph that I created last night. There are several that I have scanned, but this is the only one that I have made the background white and cleaned up the pin holes. I think there is a different quality to the art created by hand than computer. I love both, but the variation in pen movement and pressure and the texture of the paper create variences that I can not reproduce with a computer. I hope to soon create a Cafe Press store with various fractals and spirographs as well as some nature shots of repetitive and recursive objects such as ferns.
Tuesday, December 20, 2005
Of Bikes and Driving in Boston
The day is drawing to a close, and I have begun to knock off some of the things on my list. Calling artisans has happened, straightening the house, and the beginnings of looking for an exercise bike. I went to two exercise equipment stores, and their entry level bikes were around $800. Online, reviews seem to suggest that a reasonable exercise bike can be had for $300-$600. More research is needed. The stores were across Boston from Cambridge where I live. I am relatively new to this area, and after driving through rush hour traffic to get to the stores, I then detoured to go to the excellent Cambridge recycling center and promptly got lost. I made it before the 7:30 closing time, barely. Learning a new area is a process of getting progressively less lost more often. Boston, however, is a little more demanding of the driver, and I have take quite a while to get the minimal mental map of the region that is currently in my head. Plunk me down anywhere in the greater Boston area, and I probably would not even know I was in Boston unless I could see downtown.
On the art front, here is a spirograph that I created last night. There are several that I have scanned, but this is the only one that I have made the background white and cleaned up the pin holes. I think there is a different quality to the art created by hand than computer. I love both, but the variation in pen movement and pressure and the texture of the paper create variences that I can not reproduce with a computer. I hope to soon create a Cafe Press store with various fractals and spirographs as well as some nature shots of repetitive and recursive objects such as ferns.
On the art front, here is a spirograph that I created last night. There are several that I have scanned, but this is the only one that I have made the background white and cleaned up the pin holes. I think there is a different quality to the art created by hand than computer. I love both, but the variation in pen movement and pressure and the texture of the paper create variences that I can not reproduce with a computer. I hope to soon create a Cafe Press store with various fractals and spirographs as well as some nature shots of repetitive and recursive objects such as ferns.
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