Forward

 

Do you like ^ one version better?

Yesterday’s 1st print,  above, left, w backwards “a”.

Above, Right—cleaned up final version. (Decided against a heart or anything in the “O”—Open like this, I see it holding open space.)

I rushed too fast to “fix” the first carving : this morning I love that 1st version! I wish I’d printed a whole bunch of them – – (maybe fixing the “a”—or not even that). I like how chunky and crowded it is. 

I texted it to a woman I know from the store  yesterday, saying I’m going to post them up in the store’s  neighborhood. (Their oil ink has to dry first.) 

Her reply practically made me cry: “Not much makes me happier than guerrilla art that makes you smile (or rally)”

And she recommended this book by Cory Doctorow, an author/journalist/sci-fi-er I like: Enshittification: Why everything suddenly got worse and what to do about it (2025)

“Enshittification, as defined by Doctorow, is a process that online platforms undergo from being user-friendly and valuable to gradually turning into revenue-driven platforms at the expense of user experience”. 

Doctorow is at craphound.com.

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I’m learning: in printmaking and life, you can make duplicates … but you can’t go backwards.

So—on we go, forward!