Nope, didn't feel a thing! Up here there's so much bedrock that we would rarely notice. I get a weird disorientation when earthquakes happen - I was in Kitty Hawk, when that one in Central Va hit - and I thought there was something wrong with me!
I have survived the trial of matching skulls & roses in a 5x8 bathroom with a big vanity across the back wall. I'm opting for "feature wall" now... and in a bit, Knuckles & I will go back out and I'll paint the wall opposite the paper.
Looking back at yesterday, I think I revisited "the zone" while papering. Took my time sorting out prep... picking out music... planning... and then just doing. By the time I remembered I hadn't eaten or had anything much to drink... Knuckles let his needs be known. I keep some snacks out there and the fridge is stocked with plenty to drink... but I was workin'. Knuckles has some treats there.
That's more my style of working - getting all organized first, with room to work - than Hol's just dive in and then have to locate supplies, tools, etc. That's a great approach for demo, but not so much for "creation". But she does good work with a total swirl of bits & bobs, piles on top of tools, etc when she's designing... it's just not my process. AND my process is solitary - I'm used to spending hours, most of a day alone working.
It'll take half an hour to paint this wall. Then I can spend the day shopping online for appropriate art prints. I have a couple of small erotic art prints... one is framed; the image is 1x2". But I'm looking for Fin de Siecle posters, small prints, a collection of things. The illustrations I mentioned previously. And not just for the bathroom. Gertrude Stein style salons are something we use the studio for, from time to time. Out here in the boonies of WV, with little to no perception of the "outside world" there will be gatherings of Amazons - some well behaved men allowed - where we empty out our heads, support each other, lead, push, guide, and laugh at everything including ourselves - and continue the ancient traditions.
Sometimes it's a sad time, sometimes it's warm & happy, sometimes it's hard - and easy times too. Just depends on what people are bringing with them. When I moved in, this room was already an art studio. BUT, it was all one color of what can only be called "dirty white", it was hot in summer, cold in winter, and the overall ambiance was dreary and institutional - no matter how much Hol & I tried to dress it up. We've mostly fixed that. And there are still ongoing decisions.
I have a couple of solid oak bookcases (Costco, no less, back in the "old days" of the early '00s.) And I have pared down the library to some classics, my gardening, sewing & art reference books - some Whole Earth catalogs & homesteading references - and Hol doesn't like the bookcases because they're tall (and extremely heavy). That wall space would be better used with art, she believes. I can't part with the bookcases, mostly because it's almost impossible to find solid wood furniture these days. But, I did get a couple low shelves to provide a home for Micheal's album collection (it's huge; the Zappa section crosses over two cubbies). And I see her point of view about how the height is closing in the room. There are windows at waist height all the way around and even though the bookcases are between two windows... the vertical height DOES read like a stop sign. So I imagine that over time, there will be ongoing changes & upgrades in there.
We still have a lot of tools and supplies in that room, and it's hiding the custom cabinets I had built. Boy do they suck up and keep safe a LOT of fabric! Maybe I could retain the same cabinet maker to solve the bookcase issue? I'll think on that.
Looks like we're going to get a lot more rain next week - so gardening might have to happen between raindrops! But at least we'll be done in the studio except for "arranging" and cleaning.
