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(last few weeks) Hours of writing everyday, mostly at night to midnight, 1:00, or later. Work related efforts of communication, correspondence, public relations, efforts to maintain and generate extra income for family, and standard papers for school. Watching film, Beauty is Embarrassing (2012).  Some illustrative work for kids.

1) identification, 2) creation

(during the last week) Hours on work related websites, pleased to have daily efforts have immediate audience; frustration this artifact log charts the efforts but not the content. Thoughts to stop this or change it and post an actual piece each day, without reference/correlation to placement within ...fence posts rotting in the acreage.... Illustration work and reading, The Information: A History, A Theory, A Flood, by James Gleick - I had started it once before but had not found momentum, now I have my own copy.

2) creation

(today) Writing the summary of the last chapter of The Great Falling Away, which will be a transitional piece between the rowing columns of ...fence posts rotting in the acreage... and what comes next.

2) creation

(today) Slight editing and work on ...fence posts rotting in the acreage....

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(last two days) Tracking long and pervasive dream. Illustration work nearly finished on fowl in rippling water, seeing the effect of color pencil to pull it together.

2) creation

(today) Illustration work, refining feathering, ripples in water, and light on water.

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(today) Copying old journal into new one.

1) identification, 2) creation

(today) Finished Phillip K. Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?. Copying an old journal into current journal.

1) identification

(past two days) Fully invested in Phillip K. Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

1) identification

(today) Listening to Phillip K. Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? I've heard for years about his work and of course identified with the themes we worked within as represented by Blade Runner. Pleased to finally be setting off.

1) identification, 2) creation, 3) community

(last few weeks) Creating and polishing several websites for work. Watching Side by Side by Chris Kenneally, especially interested in comments on taking digital manipulation too far and the issues of archiving. From the film, writing a few notebook quotes relevant to my efforts.

1) identification, 2) creation

(today) Pages of journal entries, most reflective. Plans to copy old journal fragments in steno graph journal into current journal and to create easy digital copy by photographing pages. Watching Swans: "The Seer" video (sent by Teeple) - always kicking me into working on artifacts, especially the scenes of opening vinyl, signing the sleeves, and repackaging - the handling of completed artifacts.

2) creation

(today) Journal entry on possible accidental poisoning of the boys by melting nine pounds of dry-ice, fun in closed in kitchen.

4) housekeeping

(today) Backing up phone to primary computer, hundreds of voice memos of conversations, routines, environmental sounds, dreams, et cetera.

2) creation, 3) community

(today) Split ...fence posts rotting in the acreage... on-line version back into the two books I originally intended.  Added back in link to book 2 on website and did slight revision on www.timcoalman.com.

4) housekeeping

(today) Cleaning and organizing garage to create space for piano that has been precariously balanced atop a horizontal furniture dolly. Placed and playing, especially vivid moment with my oldest son, playing off of each other in note progressions and rhythmic patterns.

2) creation

(last few days) Illustration work on fowl in pond, an unfamiliar piece attempted now because of student request. Using the opportunity to experiment with brush pens I have not had much success with, but here the strokes re-present the feathering nicely. Decision to sell Zoom H4 and buy Q3HD for better video work and similar audio quality. Also, will split ...fence posts rotting in the acreage... back into two smaller books.

2) creation

(today) Finished slight revision of The Rear and created PDF copy for website. Revised website www.timcoalman.com so both ...fence posts rotting in the acreage... and The Rear have links to full digital copies of each book, downloadable.

2) creation, 4) housekeeping

(last few days) Editing of The Rear to create PDF and post on main website, short story idea written, tracking frustrating workplace encounters, and illustration work for students. Some file management to section off and add to stray story bits and comic strips. Notebook entry on all the recent progress being made.

2) creation, 3) community, 4) housekeeping

(today) Backing up all material from laptop, finished superhero illustration for student in class, made decision to combine book 1 and book 2 of ...fence posts rotting in the acreage..., and working hours to finalize revision and create finished PDF file of chapters 1-10. Great quote from oldest son in notebook. Revised website and included new link to download ...fence posts rotting in the acreage... as a complete book, PDF, 412 pages. Planning to duplicate availability and process for The Rear.