Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Summer Reading (colorwash technique)

Continuing with my celebration of quotes for this week, here is a great one from Cesar Chavez.  The whole quote reads:  Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who feels pride. You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore. We have seen the future, and the future is ours.”  But I have always loved the one sentence on today's art journal page best because it contains such a strong, basic truth. To join in the celebration of quotes and have a chance to win a prize, check out my post here.  I made the page when I tried (and failed miserably) this technique from Dina Wakely.  But, while trying it, I did find that I loved dipping a fine point paintbrush into Adirondack colorwash inks and painting with them! 
It's a childlike page, but I thought it went with the quote and also thought it worked for a post about summer reading lists.  My book group doesn't meet during the summer, and during our last meeting before our break, we share suggestions for summer reading.  Here's what I've got to offer so far:
Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly (pure fun lawyer fiction);
Bangkok 8 by John Burdett (spies in Thailand; more pure fun);
Into the Beautiful North by Luis Alberto Urrea (recommended by Karen - a novel of Mexican immigration and its effects on Mexico; I might also pick up Urrea's The Hummingbird's Daughter, fiction based on a Mexican curandera);
Swim Back to Me by Ann Packer (two novellas and a few short stories about parenting and beyond set in Northern California; by the same author as The Dive from Clausen's Pier);
The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry (set in Salem, gothic-ish, possibly about witches);
Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks (ok; I bought it last summer and never go to it); and
Still Missing by Beth Gutcheon (from Sian's pass the book project).
{In the started and may return to this summer pile, I have The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver; Lark and Termite by Jayne Anne Phillips; Fieldwork by Mischa Berlinski; and Await Your Reply by Dan Chaon.}
What's on your summer reading list and any suggestions you want to share?

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