Wednesday, April 27, 2011

My Travel Fund!

Hey everyone! A quick update!

I'm officially starting to raise money for my travel fund, and I've confirmed with the Leather Archives and Museum - the Women's Leather History Project is going to receive 20% of all the money I raise this year!

I have more formal language, plus a "what does this mean, kd?" blog coming up, I promise! I'm just traveling until Sunday and need two seconds to sit still and get it all together. I'll update y'all with more information as soon as possible!

In the meantime, you can click here to donate now!






Friday, April 22, 2011

Bootblack Doodles

Not many folks know this, but I had been considering running for IMsBB for two years. I've been attending the event since 2008. Last year, on the flight back across the country after IMsL, I started a sketch-diary to organize my thoughts on bootblacking. Here's one of the pages! I'll be sketching and updating throughout my title year.

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

It begins

Our flight was delayed by 5 hours in Phoenix yesterday, which means we didn't arrive in the great state of Maine until about 3:30 AM. I was lucky, and got to sleep till noon today, but found myself unable to be productive... The exhaustion was overwhelming, but the main sensation was mostly surreal.

My house looks the same. My kitchen is the same. My car still has a bizarre unexplained semi-flat tire. I still have a mountain of work to do in the next few days for several clients, and my email inbox is utterly terrifying.

Yet something has changed. I can't quite explain it, perhaps it will become clearer as this year goes on. I feel calm and directed, and perhaps more pensive than I have been before. Not like I needed help thinking! Sometimes I think too much.

I know--not the sexiest first post! But there you have it... I'll be using this blog as a platform to post pictures, thoughts, and other magic about my journey. Feel free to comment and repost things as you wish!