tree limb with lichen

This is what I love about scanners -- they open for anything and anybody.

I've eyed this limb for a few weeks now. It fell, barely missing my car, next to my studio shed. The contrasts and textures are irresistible. Just had to see if I could get a scan of it. So, I dragged it (about 4.5 ft long, 15 in. around and maybe 10 lbs.) into my workroom, cradled it within an inch of the scanner's glass, held my breath and hit SCAN.

Perhaps this is my answer to the dwindling supply of SX-70 polaroid film?

Along those lines, you may want to check out what folks are doing with phone cameras -- Photo Technique article March/April 2010 by Dan Burkholder http://www.phototechmag.com/index.php/past-issues/marchapril-2010; also www.iphoneartistry.com/

Go to your studio!

pencil nub

Gail Godwin writes --

"The artist Philip Guston told me this once when he was having a bad patch:

'I go to my studio every day, because one day I may go and the angel will be there. What if I don't go and the angel came?'

What if, indeed. I was in my studio this very morning and it was filled with wonder.