Tuesday morning the sun, which had now swung right around, was casting great shadows through the trees onto the fence.
More about synesthesia, now in US spelling, in response to S. When I first realized my experience wasn't universal, was in my last year of high school. We got a new French teacher, new Oxford graduate, Daphne Nutbrown, great name and interesting teacher.
This was an advanced class, doing explication de texte, a kind of close analysis, and she introduced us to Rimbaud's poem Voyelles, on the colors of vowels. Here's an extract
I was thrilled about this, though my own colors were different, and plunged into discussion. I noticed a couple of other girls looking completely baffled, then one said "I've no idea what any of this means".
Then I realized most of the group agreed with her. Oh. To me it seemed obvious. I remember being amazed in my turn! Up to then I'd never discussed it, any more than you discuss other senses, so normal. I thought. But Daphne was on it, and her colors were different, too.
About what senses are involved for me -- some, not all, of them. Every sensation or sound doesn't have a corresponding reaction. Many sounds evoke color and shape, color evokes taste, but taste doesn't evoke anything, names evoke color, shape, movement. Touch doesn't evoke anything, I think.
So that's my best try for now.
I decided to skip the knitting group this week, a weird superstitious feeling that I'd rather not drive the car, just in case. I wanted it to be in good shape for Friday.
And I thought I'd wait on a ride service till next week, when I'll drop off food then go to the library to pick up my expected book and attend the group, all in one sequence.
Also I'm hopelessly congested, sneezing coughing. No it's not a cold. It's boyz with toyz.
Six guys with noisy tools and vehicles rounding up leaves and filling the air with dust and mold spores. I skipped walking, too. That's not fog, it's dust.
Textiles and Tea featured Andrea Blackmon, multi talented crafter, who aside from weaving, beading, crocheting, doll making and quilting, teaches weaving to young students with a range of learning issues.
Here the focus was on her own work which she has exhibited, and these pieces are from a joint exhibit with another weaver based on squares. Her smallest one, the beaded tree, is 4" and her largest is 30" square.
She uses a table loom, and it needs a skilled weaver to grasp what she said about weave pattern and structure. There's a lot of double weave here.
Happy day everyone, do what you can, don't pressure yourself the way I do!
