I spent a large part of the day on this.
I read that J.D. Salinger died today. I suppose he was able to live on the royalties of his tiny output of books. That's impressive. I read he wrote, just didn't publish.
Harper Lee never wrote another book after"To Kill a Mockingbird". She's still alive. She didn't write a book before that, either. The book was expanded from a magazine piece that she had written. Truman Capote, her best friend, helped. He was Dill in the book. It was semi autobiographical.
After that she helped him with the research for"In Cold Blood". You see her character in the two movies made a couple of years ago about it.
Capote estranged all of his society and Hollywood friends in the last few years of his life. He was an addict with a sharp, bitchy tongue and a poison pen. He wrote a book about his friends and they dropped him. One of the things he said was that he had written"To Kill a Mockingbird". No one believes it because he was such a dick.
I wouldn't totally discount what he said, though. I'm intrigued.
I decided to make a Lady Gaga statue without knowing much about her.I spent some time looking at her videos this morning. I really admire her costuming. She's even braver than Bjork. I hope I do her justice.
I'm just about done with this custom order. I had to redye the red silk. Otherwise I'd have to order the silk over the internet and hope for the best if I wanted red. Fabric stores are becoming few and far between. Silk is hard to find. I've bought fabric online before and it worked out, but buying from a picture is dicey.
Here is a pile of skeletons. Here is a great creepy scene from "Blue Velvet" with Roy Orbison's voice. Dennis Hopper is terminally ill. Sad.
I am going to make skeletons instead of penguins for now. Some people have asked for them. One wanted a red cloth skirt, so here I am dying white silk. I won't know if it's red enough until it dries. With all the fabric I have, you'd think I'd have just what I want(maybe I do and I don't remember)
