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January 2, 2025
Jan. 2nd, 2026 08:35 amI’m happy to report that switching the box spring out for our tatami mats and shikibuton really improved my sleep last night. In fact, I managed to sleep in late.
We didn’t have time to totally rearrange the room by the time the carpet was dry post carpet cleaning. So, we just plopped it all on the floor where the western style bed was sitting. As such, I plan to take a significant potion of the day fixing the chaos we couldn’t manage last night.
I’ve decided that for painting I need to move back to boards and photo paper. I just don’t care for canvases I think. Nothing ends up as smooth as I want and any reductive work gets… sort of gritty when I use certain solvents. I’m not sure why I started with canvases again. I think maybe it was due to an increase in monetary resources. In my 20s when I had less access pressboard was cheap then later when I could afford canvases I switched, my art suffered and until now I didn’t really take the time to realize it might be a preference issue.
We didn’t have time to totally rearrange the room by the time the carpet was dry post carpet cleaning. So, we just plopped it all on the floor where the western style bed was sitting. As such, I plan to take a significant potion of the day fixing the chaos we couldn’t manage last night.
I’ve decided that for painting I need to move back to boards and photo paper. I just don’t care for canvases I think. Nothing ends up as smooth as I want and any reductive work gets… sort of gritty when I use certain solvents. I’m not sure why I started with canvases again. I think maybe it was due to an increase in monetary resources. In my 20s when I had less access pressboard was cheap then later when I could afford canvases I switched, my art suffered and until now I didn’t really take the time to realize it might be a preference issue.
