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Oct/ 4/07haiti
today is thursday, october the 4th, and it is time for the blog. Blog, fog, dog, nog -- i hate writing the blog. i can't tell you how much i admire people that have the intelligence and wit to write clever daily blogs. and there are lots of them out there. amazing. more power to them. but i am certainly not one of them. I don't mind drawing everyday, but trying to think up ways to entertain cyberspace taxes my small brain.
here's what i should be writing about: haiti. but i can't. it's too depressing. such an unbelievably, eye-poppingly beautiful, natural setting. dramatic mountain ranges that run right up to the gorgeous Caribbean. fabulous, freaky, tropical vegetation. beaches that look like a travel agency poster -- stunning, really. but not as stunning as the poverty. and the people are so pretty -- tall and muscular, gorgeous shining skin, beautifully shaped heads, and such lovely carriage. and the art is amazing -- even the street art. everybody can paint. how is it that an entire country gets the creative gene? so weird. and so sad, because there is no one to sell it to.
haiti is on my mind because billy and i were there last week working on new designs. our papier mache products are made there. actually, it is better than when we were there last time -- haiti, that is. more stable. less gun-fire. and that's good. and if it continues to stabilize it will prosper. let's hope so. it would be lovely to see haiti and it's lovely, charming, creative people really shine.
Posted by Stray Dog at 12:57 PM
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