As of late, my artwork has begun to revert to our most primitive drawing tool:
The Crayon.
you know, that brightly colored little stick of wax that you used when you were two years old,
and usually ended up on the walls or in the toilet.
i remember a long time ago, i loved drawing even more than i do now.
so one day, my mom took a huge piece of white paper, and put it up on the wall for me to draw on. i was ecstatic, and immediately began drawing things that were supposed to be people,
but looked more like a deformed Mr. Potato Head. Nevertheless, i was happy,
and kept drawing for what seemed like only minutes, but was probably hours.
then my grandma scully walked in. unfortunatly, the wall back then was the same color as the piece of paper, so she thinks i'm writing on the wall. thats as far as my memory goes,
but i'm sure that whatever happened afterwards was funny.
no one really appreciates the humble crayon anymore. they are regarded as a childish and primitive way to draw, something for children six and under. however, the crayon is underestimated, as i will now demonstrate: the only thing i can see wrong with a crayon, is that it is noneraseable, and i have no doubt that the technology to erase crayons will be invented someday, or even already has without my knowing. after noneraseability, it's pros are near endless. first of all, Crayons come in all sorts of imaginative colors, even the color of skin, thus making your creations even more vibrant and beautiful. i have no idea what vibrant means, but i'm pretty sure it fits into this sentence. second of all, many crayon boxes nowadays come with sharpeners on the back, to help your crayons lead long happy lives. third of all, even if you are a truly enthusiastic artist and are eventually left with a "nub", (the short stump of wax you are left with when a crayon is past it's prime) modern technology has invented a machine that you, yes you can use to melt the crayons together and create a rainbow, or to melt nubs of one color together and create a new one. yes, crayons truly are misunderstood. like the seemingly lowly rat, or the supposedly lazy sloth. (that's right, sloths are not really lazy. they sleep about as much as you or i, but sleep in small cat naps throughout the day, instead of one long period at night.) so the next time you see a crayon, if you are compelled to, give in to that primitive instinct left over from your early days, and draw!
now then, before i start talking about Spice Shelves, i would like to inform everyone that i am bringing the polls back. they will be stationed to the right of the posts, and i hope you will all vote on them. thank you.
now to explain what i mean about spice shelves. today we went to Stop and Shop.
it started out as an expedition for pie ingredients, but turned into a full scale shopping trip.
as we were walking down one of the aisles, i noticed something. the spice thingies, you know, those contraptions that roll down a new spice bottle every time you take one, were askew.
i found pepper in the cumin, curry powder in the garlic powder, bottles not evenly packed in together, but piled on top of each other, and one Contraption without any spice actually in it, but with a few small jars of pepper just sitting there. so i happily stood there rearranging them until my brother dragged me away. not literally dragged me, but the verbal equivelant of such.
and that is the end of my story. but before i go, i would like to ask the readers of my blog to comment about any interesting crayon facts they know. tip: sure generic crayons are cool, but crayola is a goldmine of facts. thank you!
1 comment:
My favorite are Prang crayons. I always thought they were brighter than Crayola. I don't think we have any left though.
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