First Crochet

So even though the crochet is wonky and I missed and added some stitches, I have to say for a first time I am very happy.

My next attempt is going to be a flower and maybe a hat...practice practice practice!

A Room of One's Own

I am currently reading A Room of One's Own (ROO) for my Literary History class at CUHK.  Before this we read Mrs Dalloway, which I found very difficult to read the first time.  This is not the case with ROO, probably because Woolf wrote it as an essay, instead of a piece of fiction.  As I read through the book I find very entertaining thoughts going through her mind, that I totally agree with, such as:

"One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well" (which may just become my new motto in life)
 or
"Why are women, judging from [a list of books written about women], so much more interesting to men than men are to women?" -maybe because we have better things to do!

And after this thought she concluded with:
"It seemed pure waste of time to consult all those gentlemen who specialize in women" because they could not provide her with the answer to her question - why women (of her age and previous periods) were poor, and so could not afford either a college or a room of her own, through which they could produce fiction.

"Yet it is in our idleness, in our dreams, that the submerged truth sometimes comes to the top" - I love the romance of this quote, and I find it is most surely accurate.

I am sure there is plenty more interesting and entertaining thoughts in this essay, I just have yet to discover them considering I am only half way through.  While I should be working on my Mrs Dalloway essay which is due very soon, I find myself preferring to pick up ROO.  There is a reasonable amount of just weird thoughts and one or two garbage conclusions, but most of the essay is completely enjoyable and really every person (every woman at least) should read A Room of One's Own.

Photos by Erik Johansson

Just browsing the web and came across these.  Damn this guy is good!  I really love the way  he combines pictures.  Well that's my randomness for today.

Both photos from here.

Real Books

Obviously someone making this video loves books just as much as I do. Watch and enjoy.

I found this video on Tui Sutherland's blog - which is actually quite entertaining and I am going to have to keep up with now.


In other news...I just like this video :-)

Fairy

My newest painting - I have to say I am very proud, this took a while to finish :-)

Room

I just finished Room by Emma Donaghue. When I picked it up I thought she was a new writer, and actually she has written a couple of books, so I am going to have to pick those up eventually.

Room is about a five year old boy whose whole world is a 11x11 room which he and his mother live in. Most nights at 9 pm a man comes in the room, but Jack (the boy) thinks that he is only half-real because he lives outside the room for most of the day. He calls outside - Outer Space.

Over the course of the novel he finds out the truth, in a very interesting way. His discovery of the world outside Room is fantastic. Everything that we take for granted he has to learn again. Like how in Room everything is his and his mothers. Outside he steals a book (without knowing) thinking that the book is his from his Room, only cleaner. He has to be told about the fact there are thousands, millions of books and everyone can buy a copy. His idea of waste is really interesting too.

It always surprises me what comes out of author's heads, and the way the communicate it to paper. A really beautiful read!

Monument Valley

So I finished a new piece of art, well its finally dry at least, so here it is:

I found a photo of Monument Valley, Utah online and thought the colors were amazing. This photo is a little blurry because I can't figure out how to use my husband's camera, but I sort of like it this way, it softens some of the lines.

Along with school I am back in an art class once a week for now.

Must get back to reading the Hobbit!