My Constant Companions
copyright Rose Welty
colored pencil on Ingres paper
(note that this was done from life, without my glasses on!)
copyright Rose Welty
colored pencil on Ingres paper
(note that this was done from life, without my glasses on!)
I think I can finally declare myself an uber-nerd. Tell me what you think after you hear this true story.
The other day I was thinking of shirking the daily exercise routine on the elliptical. (OK, that's making me sound better than I am: I am trying to get into a daily habit of working off the pounds on the elliptical, I'm nowhere near daily yet. Perhaps ten times in the last few weeks.) But then I remembered, the Holbein book.
I've been treating myself to a read of my new book only when I am exercising. So, I quick changed my clothes and happily hopped on and went to sweating. As I got off later, disappointed that I had to stop reading and gawking and start stretching, I realized it. What sort of nerd are you if you motivate yourself to exercise by reading art history? Not even with a musical backdrop, just flat out reading. That, my friends, is an uber-nerd for you.
Even after this revelation and noting the social impacts, I was disappointed to realize that I have finished the Holbein book. Thankfully, I've got a few more of those "can't put it down" art history books waiting for me and the elliptical!
Have a good weekend everyone, whatever your reading pleasure!
The other day I was thinking of shirking the daily exercise routine on the elliptical. (OK, that's making me sound better than I am: I am trying to get into a daily habit of working off the pounds on the elliptical, I'm nowhere near daily yet. Perhaps ten times in the last few weeks.) But then I remembered, the Holbein book.
I've been treating myself to a read of my new book only when I am exercising. So, I quick changed my clothes and happily hopped on and went to sweating. As I got off later, disappointed that I had to stop reading and gawking and start stretching, I realized it. What sort of nerd are you if you motivate yourself to exercise by reading art history? Not even with a musical backdrop, just flat out reading. That, my friends, is an uber-nerd for you.
Even after this revelation and noting the social impacts, I was disappointed to realize that I have finished the Holbein book. Thankfully, I've got a few more of those "can't put it down" art history books waiting for me and the elliptical!
Have a good weekend everyone, whatever your reading pleasure!
2 comments:
You comments make me smile.
I am steeling myself to get back into the exercise routine of the treadmill or elliptical. I use an iPod, listening to podcasts on art and knitting!
Move over for your northern ubernerd kiddo!
Jeanette, you make me laugh! I've done a small bit of knitting, but I can never stay with it long enough to remember what I'm doing. And now my spare moments are all sucked into the art/blog world.
I have an MP3 player, but find that it just distracts me from reading! I'm not hip enough for podcasts.;-)
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