lost friends found

I found caribou32 on Instagram and now jj hamon and I are back in touch! What a delight. He's a musician, instrument maker, artist, dad, teacher, etc., who lives in St Louis, MO. Google jj hamon, Demon Lover, Jonas Lyn, Magic City, Theodore, etc. (And while you are at it, drift over to https://www.bethbombara.com/  )

jj and I used to collaborate. We did this video together, over 14 years ago. I still like it.  https://vimeo.com/1482557

 

 

And speaking of videos, the catalogue for Seeds Fine Art's exhibition "Epitaphs" which includes a video I made about and including my mom.

https://www.facebook.com/SeedsFineArtExhibits

  

Wanna see art and goats? Instagram - lara.scott.art

Wanna buy cards with art? Zazzle https://www.zazzle.com/store/slipperyslide

or Evergreen Gallery and Gifts in Hamilton, NY. 

Wanna tell me something? please contact me!

happy valentine's day - wishing you joy every day.

We are old, Father William...

Issue #13, a zine, "No One Tells You When to Shout", has finally begun shipping. Which is to say, put in envelopes, sent to subscribers.

“The world found nothing sacred in the abstract nakedness of being human.”

 Hannah Arendt, quoted by Lyndsey Stonebridge

 

“Identity would seem to be the garment with which one covers the nakedness of the self: in which case, it is best that the garment be loose, a little like the robes of the desert, through which one's nakedness can always be felt, and, sometimes, discerned. This trust in one's nakedness is all that gives one the power to change one's robes.”

 James Baldwin, from The Price of the Ticket: Collected Nonfiction,

1948-1985

 

 

I know why the caged bird sings, ah me,

    When his wing is bruised and his bosom sore,—

When he beats his bars and he would be free;

It is not a carol of joy or glee,

    But a prayer that he sends from his heart’s deep core,  

But a plea, that upward to Heaven he flings—

I know why the caged bird sings!

from “Sympathy”, a poem by Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872–1906)

 

 

 

So, I say to you, as others have told to me, hold fast to what is good, and

seek to return no one evil for evil.

Strengthen the faint-hearted, support the weak, help the suffering.

Let each of us not be proud, but instead welcome help when

we are in need.

Let us always honor all people, tempering justice with mercy, as we

indeed desire for ourselves. Find something sacred in

the abstract nakedness of being human.

 

 

 

Lara Scott             metamer@protonmail.com

The Metamer Quarterly, Issue #13 “No One Tells You When To Shout”

https://themetamerquarterly.blogspot.com/

ArtistSupportPledgeUSA

I've been posting work for sale as part of the ArtistSupportPledge. The #ArtistSupportPledge is a movement to help artists support one another. Begun by a UK artist, Matthew Burrows, it is now active in the U.S. To participate, artists post pictures of their art for sale, costing $200, or £200 or less, with the hashtag #artistsupportpledge. For every five sales an artist makes, or for every $1000 or  £1000, they then pledge to purchase a work from a fellow artist.

I think it's a great idea, and it is excellent timing for many of us. I am posting on Facebook, but also including the art for sale here. They are priced at $140 to $180, plus shipping and handling. I will charge the buyer for shipping and handling, but count it towards the $1000 goal. All are ready to hang without framing. Email me at metamer@protonmail.com if interested.

I have been moving between a pc and a mac, and some of the photos are slightly darker than the actual paintings.

Gerber daisies

16x16", oil on board, $180

Butterfly

24x24", acrylic on board, $150

Snapdragons

16x16", oil on board, $180

Summer flowers

16x16", oil on board, $180

Summer flowers, II

16x16", oil on board, $180

SOLD

Falling Tulips

10x10", oil on board, $140

for more info on this movement, search on #artistsupportpledge

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/artist-support-pledge-instagram-1807881

https://www.houseandgarden.co.uk/article/artists-support-pledge

The Metamer Quarterly Has a Storefront on Zazzle

The Metamer Quarterly Store is now live. Cards, so you can send a bit of the Metamer to a friend. If you have suggestions for images, or items, please do let me know.

The Metamer Quarterly Store

The Cabin and The Stone House

The full pages of Issue #7, The Cabin and The Stone House. Click on images to see larger, and to read text. Questions? Please email me here:  metamer -at- protonmail.com

Metamer Years Three and Four

No Subject

Issue #5, Time, has shipped.

Five issues complete, and three more to go. Whether The Metamer Quarterly will continue for a third year, I do not yet know.

I've been requesting submissions for Issue #6, No Subject. Anyone can send something in. I guarantee that I will put at least one of your works, whether a b&w drawing, or a piece of writing, in the issue. If you send more, I might include more, depending on the final portfolio of material.

Can you submit anonymously, in the event that you are worried about preserving your professional reputation in another area? Absolutely. Can you publish under your full name, because you would like to add to your publishing record? Again, yes!

Please send your submissions to the usual address (see below); handwritten is fine.

L Scott / The Metamer Quarterly
P.O. Box 725
Sherburne, NY, 13460

Please send by February 5th.

Need some prompts? See below:

1. Write an acrostic on any of the five previous subjects of The Metamer Quarterly. (Metamerism, Maps and Diagrams, the Book of Love, The Sea, or Time) An acrostic is a form "in which the first letter of each line makes a word or message that relates in some way to the poem's subject." (Michael Ann Courtney)

2. Three stanzas that can be sung to the tune of Amazing Grace. Or the theme to Gilligan's Island. Each stanza must contain one of the following words: fjord, platonic, tympanum, bower, telos, widdershins, buoy, loupe, quark, haver, soothe

3. A haiku containing at least two words from the list above.

4. Write a poem of 18 to 32 lines about a family member who meets a famous person. (this exercise stolen from MAC, who stole it from David Wojahn.)

5. An Then / Now poem. 4 to 8 lines, in pairs that begin:

"I used to......
But now I ....."

An alternate version:

"I used to be like....
But now I am...."

6. Draw a map of the dark side of the moon.

7. Diagram any sentence in this post.

8. Draw a picture illustrating or prompted by any three or more words from list above.

9. Submit a brief news report on anything that happened to you in 2017.

10. Draw a map of how to get from where you lived when you were seven, to where you live now.

11. Explain the theory of relativity.

12. List the five most important questions to ask when purchasing a mode of transport.

casting a net

endless summer

I tell you, the relationship is its own reward

More pages from The Book of Love.

Various front and back covers, and first pages

I've capped the edition at 35. Fourteen are out in the world, either waiting patiently on the living room coffee table, or already winging their way to their proper owners. If you would like one of your own, there are 21 available. The cost is $110; international orders are $150. For a custom made box to store it in, add $45. Please write to me (Lara Scott) at The Metamer Quarterly, P.O. Box 725, Sherburne, NY, 13460.

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The Book of Love Comes Together, Right Now

I am back from an amazing bookbinding class with Erin Fletcher, who runs Herringbone Bindery, and is a graduate of The North Bennet St School in Boston. She's amazing, my classmates were lovely, and I learned a ton! And, got some advice on how to get out of the sticky corner I created for myself. So, Issue #3 is late, but moving!

Here are two versions of two spreads:

Color Wheel Preparation - Oils

Oils Drying, preparation for color wheels
click here to get your own color wheel in oils

three pages, reverse, middle

Two prisms, one (left) refracting the light refracted through the other (top/center).









Metamerism ships with just one prism, but you can buy more at many scientific and education supply sites, such as eNasco.