More stuffed animals and scenics. The older labels mention the artists, which is a nice little posterity nugget.

Love me some good vintage stuffed animal displays with scenics

It was a cozy 6 hrs without electricity, in a dramatic blizzard event that sent temps tumbling and snow sideways. Not too many limbs down, but the roof leak patch at the Expo is no longer holding. Spring work list is building itself! On the up-side, there are new shelves full of books at Woodpecker.

This could be why we're all feeling weird today...

Just got an email from Government Bookstore about the new prez and VP portraits available for pre-order, so I clicked through and ordered a big ol' Obama official portrait poster.

Faith Ringgold "The Flag is Bleeding"

Last year, my sister and I got to see a giant retrospective of Faith Ringgold's work in Chicago, and a few years earlier, I got to hear her talk about her worth during a textiles symposium in Kansas. Powerful work, that I'm hoping inspires me to keep going.

Happy Kansas Day!

From Adam Moss' "The Work of Art: How something comes from nothing"

There's a great discussion, too, about when artworks are technically "published"

Pantone 17 1230 Mocha Mousse, color of the year for 2025. Thoughts?

Yet more great insights from Adam Moss's "The Work of Art: How something comes from nothing", from his piece on Gerald Lovell

In today's mail! It may just be a small inclusion, but always nice to have the WLCoWSVoWLT show up in books focused on curious museums. It's imported!

From Adam Moss's interview with Marc Jacobs in "The Work of Art: How something comes from nothing"

Appropriate.