Aunts, ants, and chance
At the Community Integral Transformative Practice grouop I'm a part of, this past Saturday's "assignment" was to bring in an artifact of some kind that spoke to your soul, or symbolized something important to you. Had I gone to the group, I would have brought a 1959 Action Comic that portrayed Superman on its cover in apparent self-exile, underwater in the ocean, but sill doing good deeds and fixing a floundering submarine. What a guy!
It wasn't the story that made the comic book significant to me. It was the fact that this was one of the "original comic books" that my Aunt gave me in 1960, ("Here! Take them all!") when she opened up a drawer in her basement and I was nearly blinded by primary colors. My mind was blown permanently, and I was on the road to becoming a cartoon artist. I can't tell you that I still have that comic book; I re-purchased it some 15 years ago, but its significance staggers me to this day. And, yes, I did subsequently thank her (she brushed it off).
We have now been invaded by ants, due to rain and colder weather. They're in the kitchen, and down in the basement. Now, every pepper corn, or coffee ground that has spilled on to the counter looks like an ant, but it's the ones that move that get my attention. I'm waging war on them, and, while I have the size, they definitely have the numbers. Maybe the 10 ant-traps that are supposed to poison them and their nests will discourage them from coming in. I'll keep y'all posted on this drama.
And, I've spent a few hours filling out cards to former clients who purchased art from me over the last few years. I'm taking a chance that a few of them will get their memories jogged and come to me again, for more art. It's all part of the marketing campaign.....Happy New Year!
It wasn't the story that made the comic book significant to me. It was the fact that this was one of the "original comic books" that my Aunt gave me in 1960, ("Here! Take them all!") when she opened up a drawer in her basement and I was nearly blinded by primary colors. My mind was blown permanently, and I was on the road to becoming a cartoon artist. I can't tell you that I still have that comic book; I re-purchased it some 15 years ago, but its significance staggers me to this day. And, yes, I did subsequently thank her (she brushed it off).
We have now been invaded by ants, due to rain and colder weather. They're in the kitchen, and down in the basement. Now, every pepper corn, or coffee ground that has spilled on to the counter looks like an ant, but it's the ones that move that get my attention. I'm waging war on them, and, while I have the size, they definitely have the numbers. Maybe the 10 ant-traps that are supposed to poison them and their nests will discourage them from coming in. I'll keep y'all posted on this drama.
And, I've spent a few hours filling out cards to former clients who purchased art from me over the last few years. I'm taking a chance that a few of them will get their memories jogged and come to me again, for more art. It's all part of the marketing campaign.....Happy New Year!
posted by Rich Sigberman at
12:06 PM
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