Pencil drawing, “Loft Bedroom”, sold
It is a frightening realization that I am very very dependent on electricity. My neighborhood was warned of a 2 hour power outage, and we were even told the time to expect it. Suddenly we were racing around to take care of everything that needed to be done before the power went off. Is the garage door open so we can get to our vehicles? Will the water boil for coffee before the power is off? Gotta fix my hair before my power tools are inaccessible! Better forward my studio phone to the cell phone while there is power so I can receive phone calls while down the hill! (no cell service where we live) Quick, check my email in case there is something urgent!
What is this all about? Don’t I draw with pencil and refuse to use an electric sharpener? Yes, but if the sun isn’t shining, it is too dark to see the details without a lamp, preferably a magnifying one.
I have lived very comfortably for months at a time without electricity in the past. Is this part of aging? Part of the creeping tendrils of technology, worming its way into my life in more ways than I care to admit?
Probably.
This California artist needs to go knit a few therapeutically unwired rows of a non-electric sweater.
6 Comments
Diane, your folks actually took a tv to Silver City??
Cheryl, if I just used plain old #2 pencils I might also use an electric sharpener. When I am using a soft black pencil, those electric things just grind it up way too quickly!
Joel, does a driver’s license fit in a money clip?
I hate wallets. Too bulky in my pants. And we’ll stop that discussion line right there!
Love this drawing, Jana. You do such great work in pencil!
p.s. I confess to using an electric pencil sharpener 🙂
The first thing I thought of was Silver City … no electricity … no cell-phone … no answering machines … no television (well … mom & dad’s bw tv did run on two 12-volt batteries … only San Luis Obispo on a very, very clear day) … coffee made on the gas stove … and I could go on and on and on … heaven –
Wow, Joel, I’ve never met anyone who uses a money clip before! We dig around in our pockets for squished up bills, or maybe go scrounging around in the console between the car seats for quarters so we can buy the local paper.
For you, electricity is “too wired.” For Joel, I’d realize I left my smartphone at home before my money clip. =( But at least I’ll have pants on………..unless that’s the reason I forgot my clip.
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