An engineer, a physicist and a mathematician are...

Yes, I like math jokes. Does that make me a nerd? I hope so!
http://www.math.utah.edu/~cherk/mathjokes.html
..has some nice jokes I hadn't read before.

I found the site while searching for a poem I read some time ago. It was about a person who made two wooden boxes - one with sides 1 foot long and another with sides -1 feet long and the interesting thing that happens when one box was placed inside the other. If anyone reading this knows what I'm talking about (first of all, welcome to insanity) please leave a comment if you can help me find the poem again.

Mathematicians make the best poets.

The Exquisite Corpse

I just found out about a creative game called "cadavre exquis" (exquisite corpse). It is related to the parlor game Consequences. I love the name and the concept is fun.

Cadavre-exquis.net is an online version. Check it out.

Leonardo da Vinci quote

"Art is the Queen of Sciences, communicating knowledge to all the generations of the world."

This is a da Vinci quote I first ran into on ArtLex's merchandise page. As I would like to do scientific illustration someday, I can relate to the quote. I want to use art to explain biology to people.

2006 Student Art Exhibit

Wow. I just got home from the awards ceremony for J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College Student Art Exhibit. I had submitted several pieces to the exhibit and four were accepted. This evening, I was awarded 2^nd place in the Drawing category and 1^st place in Design and Digital!

My drawing was “Angora Portrait,” a self-portrait in which I wore my Angora-blend Mobius scarf. Said scarf was hand-spun and handknit by me. It won third place in the Montpelier Fall Fiber Festival several years ago. (It must be a better scarf than I ever imagined, it’s won two awards!)

My digital piece, an abstraction of an art history piece, was one I made for a color theory class. I call it "Moonstruck." It seems as if the pieces which disturb me the most, the weirdest, multi-media collage/digital pieces I make are the most well-liked. I like it, too, but don't ask me what it means because I still don't understand.

I know, it's a digital piece, I should be able to show you a better picture than this, but I'm tired and that file isn't on my hard drive so here's a photo from the exhibit.

Seventh Sanctum's Beauty Contest 2006

This is my entry for Seventh Sanctum's Beauty Contest 2006 in the female category.


The Deity Generator gave me this description:

This goddess of summer takes the form of an adult woman. She is very tall and has a busty build. Her deep-set eyes are white. She has ruddy skin. She is usually portrayed as wearing an attractive costume made from the skin of an ancient monster, and a locket. She carries a scroll. She can impart knowledge of the seasons.

My First Post

This - my first post - is just to let me see how my new blog looks.