I went to my desk, looked at it, found it strangely pretty, and decided to say something about it on Facebook before I got back to the numbers. Usually I wouldn't say something about something as innocuous as a tea sachet, but I'd posted something unusually political earlier in the day and I felt like it was time to put something a little lighter up, so this was perfect. Into facebook, and type type type, and: "..And now for a complete change of tone: A co-worker just gave me a tea sachet that's so pretty I don't know whether to make tea with it, or just hang it from a shelf as a decoration. It is made out of gauzy white fabric and to my eye the form vaguely resembles a 1960's mod dove design." Aaaah, much better. Right, back to the report --
except oops, a tea-loving friend wants a picture.
"No camera" I said.
"Bah! This is why people have smart phones..." he said.
"Have you seen my phone? My phone cracks people up" I said (true, I can ALWAYS get a laugh when people start showing off their phones - it makes and receive phone calls when I remember to charge it and that's mostly what I wanted).
"But it plays Tetris!" I said (also true, woohoo, go stupidphone go!).
"PS - Tea sachet will be reserved from teacups until proper photographic rendition can be offered up" I said.
And then I turned back to the job at hand and picked up a pen. And that's when it finally hit me -
Wait, wait, what did people do Before Camera?
Viola!
Anybody else ever find themselves so sucked in by these nifty devices that they completely forget that there are still old-fashioned ways to do the same thing?
Analoguema!*
*A term that I think was dreamed up by the Peconic Puffin on a rather hysterical comment exchange of takeoffs on the name of this blog!
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Bravo. But what about people who are artistically incompetent like me? And my handwriting is totally illegible too. Computers and smart phones are meant for people like us.
Oh, I'm not saying everybody should throw their gadgets away. I loooove my camera. And actually one of the reasons I stick with a stupidphone is because I think I would become addicted to a smartphone. It was just funny that being a person who does like to draw, I totally forgot that that was even an option - everything I want to show on my blog or facebook, I almost always take a picture.
As far as other people arting on their blogs, well, Bowsprite's a big favorite of mine of course but I also really enjoy Sam Chapin's occasional doodles (I'm always amazed at how his drawings of Lasers are so nice and simple and always look exactly like Lasers, how does he do that?) and then not too long ago I stumbled across the finest stick-figure art I've ever seen at Something About Rowing. Of course the minute I stumble across her blog she stopped blogging - was it something I said? Anyways, I look at Sam's stuff especially (I think that the stick figures work because there's a sense of humor that's way way quirkier than mine, plus she's such a good storyteller) and think "You know, I'm not that good at drawing but if I practiced some..."
Maybe if it's cold this weekend I will try to draw a Sunfish.
Another funny thing is that the drawing was good enough that my tea-appreciating friend looked at it and responded "Oh, a proper sachet". I've never graduated from Tetley's but I do know there's a very interesting world of tea out there. If I like this one he said I should go to Harney & Sons sometime. Could be fun!
Here is a great blog with crappy pictures.
I'm agogma.
That is the best blog with crappy pictures I ever saw. She's fantastic. In fact there was going to be a Fish on Friday post featuring the Fishguru of Piermont Pier (not kidding!) today but he'll have to wait because of the crappy distraction.
If it snows this weekend maybe I'll read her blog all weekend and then draw a crappy Sunfish!
Oh, and now I have to link to the Ogma Ogma Ogma post that I made out of that comment thread - that was fun.
Spring Flowers, A Veddy Fancy Fish, And Ogma Ogma Ogma.
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