Harald Sohlberg: Flower Meadow in the North (1905)
Good evening, Kibitzers!
I’m afraid it might be getting to be air-conditioning season here. It’s not even that warm outside, and if this were fall, I’d certainly open my windows at night. Now, however, there is so much pollen that, even with windows closed, I wake up thinking I’m sick, or even that I’m having some kind of slow-moving heart attack because I’m so short of breath. The “tell” is that, when I put on my faithful N-95, the heart attack goes away, which I don’t think is a thing heart attacks do.
Sadly, I can’t sleep in the mask, and I also can’t eat breakfast and drink coffee in it. I’ve already got more air cleaner machines in here than you can shake a stick at, but I admit that the temptation to turn on anything else with a filter in it is strong. Meanwhile, we’re not even at the “cars turn all green” stage outside, so, wish me luck.
Here’s another diary whose theme changed quite suddenly. I wasn’t looking to make a change, but when the algorithm suddenly showed me a new thing that was appropriate for the moment, I put aside what I was working on for next time.
Noam Oxman is a composer and artist who runs a YouTube channel and website/business called Sympawnies. Here’s a little Dodo article about him, since he unaccountably has no Wikipedia page. To introduce himself on his channel, he writes:
In the search of new ways to express my art, my passions, and my music I created 'Sympawnies' - a new type of art form that combines three of my biggest loves - animals, music, and drawing. 'Sympawnies' is a collection of my original musical scores, which I draw in the shapes of different animals. All animals are welcome - pets/farm/wild.
At least 20% of the profits are used to feed and give medical treatment to stray cats.
There’s a video introduction too, below the fold.
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