Tortured Artist

Above is a clip of Jeff Tweedy (Wilco) talking about the idea of the tortured artist. I really like what Jeff had to say about the "tortured artist" myth and where he is now creatively as an artist.

Below is "Born Alone" from Wilco's latest album. Some of the lyrics were inspired by Emily Dickinson of all people*.

*Nicole, Anna actually watched this band perform on You Tube over Christmas while you were gone. She was dancing on my lap and then we got to this song and she was quiet.  I looked down and her eyes were huge while she just listened. It was cute.

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Einstein...Yarn Bombed?

Although I didn't take this photo (I work about 3 blocks from this statue), I wanted to share this "yarnbombing." Einstein usually looks like the photo above..but for a few hours he was yarnbombed. I told my best friend about it and the next thing I know she wanted (me) to knit Einstein a hat with earflaps.

A look into a Toddler's Brain....

Earlier this week I shared the image below with my sister in law. My two year old niece saw the image and immediately reacted by saying, "ELMO ELMO ELMO LOOK MOM ELMO ELMO ELMO LETS DRAW ELMO ELMO"
I think the image is pretty accurate. 

E.T.

While in Seattle/Tacoma this Spring I had the opportunity to watch the walruses at the aquarium/zoo there. I remember this guy and after this video I'm guessing you will too.

Log or Predator?

Book #45--Stealing Trinity

I don't usually read thrillers, but this book grabbed my attention. The author spins a tale about why the U.S.S. Indianapolis was sunk immediately after delivering one of the nuclear bombs. This story involves an american born German spy who was recruited to unite with a Nazi Scientist who was working at Los Alamos on the Manhattan Project. I found the story to be fast paced fun, but the one qualm I had was I wasn't sure if the characters were sufficiently motivated. That being said, if you want a quick, fast, enjoyable read, this is the novel for you.