Urrrgggh

Am now back to human again - yesterday I had a Migraine from Hell of the like I hadn't had since January 2007. ( cut for details )

And in non-migraine-related news...

...I am about 99% sure that I'm going to avoid all con artist alleys this year, stand back and regroup, and see what, if any, I'll do next year. Part of it is that I'd like to do some more original stuff so that I can sell prints of it online, and part of it is that I'm tired of the grind, plus I don't have enough new stuff each year. If I take some time off, I should be able to come back with a bunch of new works the next time I do it.

I'm not stopping doing kanzashi, either: my stylist told me flat-out the last time I saw him that when they move to their new digs in march, he's got this shadowbox he's going to put on the wall to show off my stuff and asked if I wanted to do the easy thing of him just flat buying the kanzashi from me and selling them, or if I wanted to do the more complicated route of consignment. XD I picked the easy way - I could get more money potentially the other way, but it would require both of us to do a hell of a lot more record-keeping. :)

But the decision of artist-alleying or not artist-alleying will be made by Friday, as that's the sign-up day for A-Kon's Artist Alley.

AKICILJ(ADW)*

In traditional Japanese funeral custom, I am told by the internets, the kimono is wrapped around the dead person in the opposite way from the living. Does this also occur in traditional Chinese funeral rites? (I assume there are as many different traditional rites as there are ethnic groups in China - assume that you're in a historical fantasy wuxia movie: what would be likely for that?)

I have a painting in the works that was inspired by a Japanese story, but as it appeared in my head as a Chinese novel cover style painting, I've decided to move it over to more of a Chinese fantasy feel, rather than its current awkward amalgam of Japanese and Chinese.


* All Knowledge Is Contained In Livejournal (And Dreamwidth)

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From the iPhone camera. Just 2 pics. :)

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