Otohime

Of course, I don’t mean that politically.

But emotional isolation is some form of cushioning.

a solipsistic exhibitionist?

“Community”, like “family”, might be overrated.

((((((((what’s wrong with solipsism?))))))))

Have you noticed how, with new babies, it’s always “adoration of the magi”?

Happy one-year wedding anniversary to me and my fella, who had to go to the dentist today, poor darling. What a long strange trip it’s been!

An art idea came to me on reading this quotation in the New York Times this morning: “Nobody did drip paintings after Pollock.”

How about doing miniature drip paintings, so tiny and precise but still with some kind of calculated abandon, using wee little brushes and paintpots.

I think they could be cunning — as long as they didn’t look like refrigerator magnets.

They would certainly turn the tenets of “abstract expressionism” on their heads///

I can almost visualize myself on my deathbed, saying, “My wardrobe did this to me…”.

More dresses:

Will anyone else out there admit that they are a compulsive shopper? It’s a shameful thing. Gary and I are both compulsive shoppers. This is something I’m extremely concerned about as I worry we are compromising our retirements (although someone pointed out that we will have a lot of great CDs to listen to), not to mention crowding ourselves out of our perfectly sufficient 850 square ft. apt.

I’m interested in the relationship of shopping to neurotransmitters. I couldn’t find much online about it, but here’s an interesting paragraph that confirms my suspicions:

Recent research also indicates that there is a link between the release of endogenous neurotransmitters in the brain and other obsessive behaviours such as compulsive gambling and compulsive shopping. This could explain why shopaholics are often compelled to buy things they neither need nor want — their behaviour may be based less on the desire to acquire more possessions and more on a strong physical craving for the surge of chemicals that their bodies produce as a result of environmental cues (in this case, the complete shopping process).

And indeed, who has not felt the frisson of acquisition? I suppose that’s what the world runs on now. Shameful. Shameful.