Solstice: quote of the week

"There's a light
over in the Frankenstein place.
There's a li-high-li-high-light
burning in the fireplace.
There's a light
in the darkness
of everybody's li-hi-hi-hife."
--The Rocky Horror Picture Show

May light return to everybody's life.

Sort of a visual quote of the week: C-ya later, tater

Walking around the neighborhood a few days ago, I found this. We live close to a high school; one of the kids must have drawn it. Speaking clinically, it's kind of a scary drawing. There's a lot of attention paid to accessories and style, but not much connection with, oh, how legs attach to the body, nor how the head and the neck negotiate their support. Fashion and style details dominate, but the shirt doesn't exist, and forget about drawing hands--no sense that this kid feels effective about anything except maintaining the veneer. The eyes that see are hidden; the eyes that can be seen don't seem to see anything at all. Transparent skirt and black panties, and ungrounded feet complete these floating figures. The most positive thing I see is that they are holding hands and connecting with the departing tater. I do realize that no one asked me to interpret this drawing; I realize also that, had this kid been in my office for an evaluation, we might be looking at quite a different drawing. Context matters. Anyway, this upset me, so I thought I'd dilute it by posting it here.

Quote (song) of the week: Soft Kitty

Heard on "The Big Bang", a surprisingly non-formulaic TV series:

Soft kitty, warm kitty,
little ball of fur,
happy kitty, sleepy kitty,
purr purr purr.

To be sung to whomever needs soothing.