April 07, 2004
8.5 Hours, a small room and a journal.
Jury duty. The room was so small, it eliminated the possibilty of drawing people, though they were quiet, docile folk!
I had a small mishap with one of my rapidograph pens, I inserted an image of my right, middle finger so you could see the damage. The ink went all the way through the precious Moleskine page, but I didn't mind (authenticity, I say).
I am sckoochidy, having sat for so long in such a quiet room. At one point I wanted to start a sing-along, query if anyone wanted to play hangman, I eyeballed everyone wondering what we would discuss if invited to the same party. It would have been a sedate party.
When I first started to draw the chair I got frantic that I had ruined the page. I love drawing chairs but my perspective leaves something to be desired. There is a point in drawing when I need to say; reality be damned, I am doing the best I can! Not a bad drawing either way.
I wasn't picked for jury duty. I am now exempt for three years.
Knitting news... I bought the Royal Purple yarn and the Must Have pattern, it is zooming my way now!
Nice art Melanie. Wish I had that gene. Thanks for stoppin' in at my place. Your welcome anytime.
Posted by: Julia at April 7, 2004 11:24 PMI like your page. Lucky you for not getting picked. I wonder if they would have let you draw in the courtroom. I'm not sure they allow that. Did you do any other pages that day?
Posted by: Karen Winters at April 8, 2004 01:20 AMI also say congrats on not gettng picked (although, perhaps you would not mind.). I have to go in on Monday to sit and wait and hope not to be picked, myself. I don't draw but I will take a journal for possible writing, a book, and my iPod and noise-canceling headphones.
I sincerely doubt they would let you draw in the courtroom! A friend of mine got off jury duty once by asking "Can I take notes? I am a trained observer and scientist and it's important for me to take notes". At about that point the lawyer said "You can go". I've heard some judges allow jury members to take notes but NOT to take them into deliberations. What good is that?
If I get that far, I'll ask the notes question; I've trained myself to take almost verbatim notes...
I wonder if they'd let you knit? You could sit ikn the front row and play Madame DeFarge :-)
I'm a little confused about the image of your fingers as it's at the bottom of the page and the blotch is at the top right... Thought he fingers are interesting in their own way and lend scale and "realness" to the image!
By the way, I love the word "sckoochidy". I can sort of guess the meaning from context... what's the etymology?
Posted by: Vicki at April 8, 2004 01:59 PM