miniatures

just spent about two and a half hours going thru just about everything in this craft store, looking at miniatures. it was pretty cool. some of the stuff is crud, but i found some decent pieces. so i'm walking around going through every shelf display, and suddenly wonder why i'm doing this. it's like ... i SO don't need more stuff, you know? its just more stuff that the dog will try to eat, or i'll accidentally knock over getting something off the shelf.

... yeah, but i really do love miniatures. someday i want to learn how to blow tiny glass figurines. not the glued together junk (i don't CARE if its crystal, if its glued together it isn't the same thing, you know?) ... not that kind of stuff, but the good stuff you used to see a lot in small stores ... the stuff you look at and okay, it's not perfect, but you KNOW just looking at it, that somebody made it by hand, you know? it's like ... patterns are okay, and craft books, yeah ... but you can tell when somebody sat down with a bunch of stuff and just ... well ... their brain just lit up with creative fire, you know?

there used to be this cool store in colorado springs that had these glass animals. the artisan started with a glass marble, and then melted more glass onto the marble to make these little animals. awesome ... expensive, yeah, but awesome. i love looking at stuff people create.

i also love reading suki's writing, even if she thinks i don't. i can read her stuff and get an amazing sense of the story she's telling, you know? it's like ... some people have to do these intricate action packed giant novels to get their message across, and more power to them. but i just love sitting back with a cup of coffee and reading suki's latest work. some of it is very dark, some is just pure fantasy, some is really crazy fun to read ... but all of it's good. even the stuff she's just in rough draft on. amazing.