pencil jar
Post #206 • February 4, 2004, 8:39 AM • 4 Comments
I have a holder that allows me to use pencils after they've become too small to hold comfortably in the normal way. Finally, once they become too small to turn in a sharpener, I put them in a jar to which I've taped a quote from Hokusai, a postcript he wrote for the first volume of One Hundred Views of Mt. Fuji:
From the age of six I was in the habit of drawing all kinds of things. Although I had produced numerous designs by my fiftieth year, none of my works done before my seventieth is really worth counting. At the age of seventy-three I have come to understand the true form of animals, insects and fish and the nature of plants and trees. Consequently, by the age of eighty-six I will have made more and more progress, and at ninety I will have got closer to the essence of art. At the age of one hundred I will have reached a magnificent level and at one one hundred and ten each dot and each line will be alive. I would like to ask those who outlive me to observe that I have not spoken without reason.
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February 10, 2004, 9:15 PM
hokusai's quote is comforting to me franklin, in light of your previous observations regarding one's usefulness or relevance to our local market after the age of 35.
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February 10, 2004, 9:15 PM
hokusai's quote is comforting to me franklin, in light of your previous observations regarding one's usefulness or relevance to our local market after the age of 35.
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February 22, 2004, 6:42 AM
what a beautiful quote.
(Is this a staedtler HB?) : )
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Jack
February 5, 2004, 3:31 AM
You know, Franklin, you could go conceptual with this pencil thing. Just come up with a suggestive title, and write a couple of pages of wall text to explain everything, or at least make it sound good. It's got definite potential.