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Neuroimaging findings suggest that the lateralization of prefrontal cortex activation associated with episodic memory performance is reduced by aging. It is still a matter of debate whether this loss of asymmetry during encoding and retrieval reflects compensatory mechanisms or de-differentiation processes. We addressed this issue by the transient interference produced by repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS), which directly assesses causal relationships between performance and stimulated regions. We compared the effects of rTMS (a rapid-rate train occurring simultaneously to the presentation of memoranda) applied to the left or right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) on visuospatial recognition memory in 66 healthy subjects divided in two classes of age (<45 and >50 years).
In young subjects, rTMS of the right DLPFC interfered with retrieval more than left DLPFC stimulation. The asymmetry of the effect progressively vanished with aging, as indicated by bilateral interference effects on recognition performance. Conversely, the predominance of left DLPFC effect during encoding was not abolished in elders, thus probing its causal role for encoding along the life span. Findings confirm that the neural correlates of retrieval modify along aging, suggesting that the bilateral engagement of the DLPFC has a compensatory role on the elders' episodic memory performance.
- long-term memory
- neuroimaging
- transcranial magnetic stimulation
- rTMS
- prefrontal cortex
- hippocampal formation
- aging
Frontal lesions moderately disrupt learning and memory but are not associated with classic amnesia (Alexander et al., 2003), typically caused by bilateral hippocampal damage (Squire et al., 2001). Nevertheless, several neuroimaging studies involving both verbal (Buckner and Wheeler, 2001; Fletcher and Henson, 2001) and visuospatial (Brewer et al., 1998; Kirchhoff et al., 2000; Buckner and Wheeler, 2001) memoranda have indicated an engagement of prefrontal cortex (PFC) areas in episodic memory, with different patterns of activation during encoding and retrieval. Namely, the neuroimaging-based Hemispherical Encoding Retrieval Asymmetry (HERA) theory (Tulving et al., 1994) proposes a functional specialization of the left PFC for encoding and of the right PFC for retrieval. According to its most recent formulation (Habib et al., 2003), the HERA pattern is not absolute and can be affected by the nature of the presented material, as well as by memorization strategies, task difficulty, and item familiarity (Buckner et al., 1999; Wagner et al., 1999; Ranganath et al., 2000; Johnson et al., 2003; Miniussi et al., 2003).
The ability to learn and remember new information declines with aging (Grady and Craick, 2000), and PFC activations in elders tend to be less asymmetric, as conceptualized by the so-called HAROLD [Hemispheric Asymmetry Reduction in OLDer adults (Cabeza, 2002)] model. This model is based on the finding that aging is associated with a reduction of the lateralization in the pattern of PFC activity during cognitive performances, resulting in a loss of the HERA pattern in case of episodic memory. It remains an open question, however, whether asymmetry reductions reflect a compensation mechanism, helping to counteract the age-related cognitive decline, or a de-differentiation process, reflecting the age-related failure to allocate functional resources in a selective manner. Recently, Cabeza et al. (2002) proposed that high-scoring elders, compared with low-performing elders and young subjects, engaged the PFC bilaterally to a functionally useful degree in a source memory task. High-scoring elders also showed preserved left frontal and enhanced right frontal activity versus the young during encoding (Rosen et al., 2002). Using event-related functional magnetic resonance imaging, the PFC activity observed during encoding, predicting subsequent successful recognition, was left-lateralized in young subjects but bilateral in older subjects (Morcom et al., 2003).
However, functional neuroimaging data cannot prove the necessary role of PFC activation in episodic memory because an activated area may be simply correlated with, rather than mediating, task performance. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS), causing a brief and reversible decline of performance only if the stimulated area is causally engaged in the task (Rossini and Rossi, 1998; Walsh and Cowey, 2000; Walsh and Pascual-Leone, 2003; Rossi and Rossini, 2004), can provide a direct answer to disentangle the compensation/dedifferentiation issue. Hemispheric specializations of the dorsolateral PFC (DLPFC) during long-term memorization have been successfully demonstrated by rTMS (Rossi et al., 2001; Rami et al., 2003; Sandrini et al., 2003; Floel et al., 2004). In particular, we demonstrated that rTMS of the left DLPFC mainly interferes with the encoding of complex pictures and of the right DLPFC with retrieval (Rossi et al., 2001).
Here, we addressed the effects of aging on the lateralization of DLPFC activity in long-term memory using the same rTMS paradigm.
Materials and Methods
Subjects. Sixty-six healthy right-handed volunteers gave their written informed consent for the study, after the approval of the protocol by the local Ethical Committee. Their medical history and objective neurological examination were normal, and they had never taken neuroactive drugs. No other significant medical conditions were present. Depression was excluded using standardized rating scales.
A first cohort of 24 "young" subjects <45 years of age (12 males and 12 females) was used to replicate our previous findings (Rossi et al., 2001). After verifying the reproducibility of results (see Fig. 1), the current cohort was pooled with the 13 young subjects from the previous study to allow a reliable regression analysis between functional asymmetries and individual age. Thus, the young group consisted of 37 subjects (21 females and 16 males; mean age, 29.3 ± 5.4 years; range, 20-43 years), and the "over 50" group consisted of 29 subjects (17 females and 12 males; mean age, 61.5 ± 8.4 years; range, 50-80 years). All subjects had at least a high school education. They were studied while comfortably sitting on a reclining chair, with their head stabilized, in front of a 17-inch monitor. They kept their forearms resting on armchairs, with their right index finger resting between two buttons spaced 6 cm. A 10 min training, performed with a different set of pictures, let the subjects practice with the task and with both sham or active rTMS (both left and right DLPFCs) before the actual experimental session.
Experimental conditions. As in our previous study (Rossi et al., 2001), the experiment included six blocks of encoding, followed by six blocks of retrieval, pseudorandomized and counterbalanced between subjects as order of presentation. For each block of the encoding phase, 16 complex colored magazine pictures (representing eight indoor and eight outdoor scenes) were randomly presented on the monitor for 2 sec, with an intertrial interval of 10 sec. Images were preceded by a visual warning stimulus (a red spot lasting 1 sec). Subjects were instructed to press, with their right index finger, one of the two buttons (left, indoor; right, outdoor) after the presentation of a green circle in the middle of each picture (the "go" signal), which appeared 1 sec after the picture presentation.
The six encoding blocks had six corresponding retrieval blocks (1 hr later); each one containing 16 pictures of indoor scenes were again presented randomly: eight of them had been seen previously (tests), whereas eight were novel (distractors). The timing of warning and go signals, picture presentation, and intervals were the same as the encoding. Subjects were again asked, in a yes-no recognition task, to answer by pressing one of the two buttons (left, "old" or test; right, distractor) after the go stimulus. The six encoding/retrieval blocks were labeled according to the type (active or sham) and the side (left/right) of the rTMS applied on the DLPFCs (see Table 1 for the complete labeling of the experimental conditions).
Procedures of stimulation. rTMS was delivered through of a focal coil (outer diameter of each wing, 7 cm) connected with a standard Mag-Stim Super Rapid stimulator (maximum output, 2.2 Tesla). As detailed previously (Rossi et al., 2001), individual resting excitability thresholds for left and right motor cortex stimulation were first determined by using the same coil and stimulator. The use of individual threshold instead of prefixed intensity of stimulation prevented that anatomo/technical factors attributable to age (i.e., skull thickening, eventual subclinical cortical atrophy) would bias the real efficacy of stimulation. Once the individual thresholds of stimulation were determined, the intensity was reduced by 10%. Thus, the left and right DLPFC were stimulated, when required, with a subthreshold intensity for eventual motor cortex activation (mean intensity of stimulation used, expressed as percentage of the maximal stimulator output: 57.4 ± 5.8% for "below 45" and 61.5 ± 8.8% for over 50 subjects, without significant interhemispheric and between-groups differences), which would have overtly interfered with motor actions required for the response. The left and right DLPFCs were stimulated on F3 and F4 (labeling of the 10-20 EEG international system), respectively, according to a previously detailed anatomical localization procedure (Rossi et al., 2001; Miniussi et al., 2003). A mechanical arm maintained the coil in a fixed position. The handle of the coil was angled backward ∼45° away from the midline in that position (marked on the scalp), and its correct positioning was repeatedly checked before the appearance of each warning signal. Trains of 10% subthreshold rTMS (500 msec, 20 Hz) were delivered, when required by the experimental design, simultaneously with picture presentation. The same intensity and timing of rTMS was used for sham stimulation. In this case, the coil was still centered on F3 and F4 but it was held perpendicularly to the scalp surface, so that scalp contact and discharging noise were quite similar to the active stimulation, but the induced magnetic field did not activate cortical neurons (Rossi et al., 2001).
Data analysis. ANOVA for repeated measures was applied to hits-false alarms. Previously, we had used two psychometrics measures (C and d′) (Rossi et al., 2001) deriving from the signal detection theory. However, we observed that many subjects of the present study (mostly belonging to the young group) did not make any false alarms or any recognition error in some conditions (mostly baseline and sham). In this case, C and d′ can be computed only assuming a small proportion of errors, to avoid plus-minus infinite values. Because this proportion should be arbitrarily small and the choice could affect the results, we adopted here the traditional "hits" and "hits-false alarms" rates.
The first analysis addressed the differences between the two age groups across the six experimental conditions by means of two-way ANOVA ("condition" as within-subjects factor, "age-group" as between-subjects factor), followed by planned comparisons. In addition, after verifying the differences between groups within control conditions (baseline and sham), a three-way ANOVA for repeated measures ("hemisphere" and "rTMS stimulation" as within-subjects factors, age-group as between-subjects factor) was applied to directly address the HERA model and its relationship with age. Finally, two indices of interhemispheric asymmetry were computed as simple differences between hits-false alarms found in R-Enc and in L-Enc [hemispheric encoding asymmetry (HEA)] and between hits-false alarms found in R-Ret and in L-Ret [hemispheric retrieval asymmetry (HRA)]. These two indices were regressed against actual age (not grouped). A curve-fitting algorithm was applied to verify whether higher-order model (quadratic, cubic) could be useful for a significant increase of the explained variance. The level of significance was set at p < 0.05.
No side effects of stimulation were reported. rTMS did not evoke muscular responses or saccadic movements in any subject. The previously described HERA pattern (encoding hindered mainly by left stimulation and retrieval strongly interfered by right DLPFC function) (Rossi et al., 2001) was confirmed in a new group of comparable right-handed young subjects. As shown in Figure 1, two similar patterns were found in the two groups of "published" and "new" young subjects (<45 years old). No group X experimental condition interaction was found (F(5,175) = 1.362; p = 0.241). In addition, when ANOVA was focused on the HERA hypothesis, with rTMS stimulation (during encoding vs during retrieval) and hemisphere (right vs left) as within-subjects factors and "group" as between-subjects factor (published vs new), no triple interaction was found (F(1,35) = 2.019; p = 0.164). The only significant source of variation was rTMS stimulation × hemisphere (F(1,35) = 17.647; p < 0.001), thus providing a robust confirmation of our previous findings.
Given these results, the two groups of young subjects were pooled (n = 37) and compared with a cohort of over 50 subjects. The first ANOVA (taking into account all the six experimental conditions) indicated a significant age-group main effect (F(1,64) = 11.177; p = 0.001) and a clear experimental condition × age-group interaction (F(5,320) = 3.565; p = 0.004). The differences between the two groups vanished in baseline (planned comparisons; p = 0.492), indicating a similar performance in the absence of any interference (Table 1). No behavioral differences were found in R-Ret (p = 0.494); in this condition, young subjects performed even worse than the over 50 subjects, confirming the strong age dependency of the right DLPFC function in retrieval. However, young subjects performed better than old subjects during sham rTMS (p < 0.001) (Table 1).
For a better comprehension of the experimental condition × age-group interaction, we defined contrasts between each block and the two control conditions (baseline and sham) in both groups and found the following significant effects (after Sidak correction): in young subjects, L-Enc and R-Ret versus baseline (p = 0.029 and p = 0.002, respectively) and L-Enc, R-Ret, and L-Ret versus sham (p < 0.001, p < 0.001, and p = 0.022); in old subjects, L-Enc and L-Ret versus baseline (p = 0.011 and p = 0.030) without any significant difference versus sham. When considered as a function of age-group, however, the contrast L-Ret versus baseline did not result in an overtly significant difference (p = 0.063). No significant difference was found between sham and baseline neither in young (p = 0.202) nor in old (p = 0.991) subjects.
Focusing the ANOVA on hemispheric asymmetries of hits-false alarms, the main finding was the significant triple interaction age-group × rTMS stimulation × hemisphere (F(1,64) = 4.456; p = 0.039) (Fig. 2), in which distinct age-related patterns were clearly identified: in young subjects, hemispheric asymmetries compatible with the HERA model (Rossi et al. 2001) were statistically verified (F(1,36) = 15.230; p < 0.001). Conversely, functional asymmetries were lost in the older age group (F(1,28) = 0.435; p = 0.515).
To address more specifically the effect of age, hemispheric right-left asymmetries during encoding (HEA) and retrieval (HRA) were also separately computed and regressed against the actual subject's age. The polynomial regression analysis did not allow us to identify any relationship between age and HEA (<1% of variance was accounted for a linear model, and no significant changes were found with higher-order models). As shown in Figure 3a, in the majority of subjects, a positive right-left asymmetry was found, suggesting that, during encoding, a more disrupting effect was observed when rTMS was applied on the left PFC areas with respect to the right ones. In terms of effect size, we found an overall HEA of 12% (95% confidence interval, 5-19%), and the regression line remained almost constantly above the symmetry zero reference line. In other words, a significant and persistent encoding asymmetry (indicated by the consistent higher number of recognition errors after left stimulation) was found in the whole sample, without age-related variations.
In contrast, the factor "age" exerted a significant effect on HRA. A polynomial model with linear and quadratic components accounted for 11.7% of HRA variance (p = 0.02). As shown in Figure 3b, the symmetry line (reference value = 0) entered the 95% confidence interval of the regression curve near the age of 40 and remained within its boundaries up to the highest age values. According to this finding, the functional asymmetry seems to be specific to young subjects more than the functional symmetry typical of the oldest people, >65 years of age. However, individual values shown in Figure 3 allowed to observe that, even in the young group, an opposite pattern of asymmetry can be observed eventually.
Imaging studies addressing in vivo the neural mechanisms underlying age-related episodic memory decline are limited. In general, modifications of prefrontal activation in elders, compared with young people, have been reported frequently during encoding and retrieval of both verbal (Cabeza, 1997; Grady et al., 1999; Cabeza et al., 2000; Logan et al., 2002; Morcom et al., 2003) and visuospatial (Grady et al., 1995, 1998; Kelley et al., 1998) information. In elders, reduction of left PFC activation has been linked to reduced performance (Stebbins et al., 2002).
The present rTMS results provide direct evidence that the functional role of the PFC in episodic memory undergoes age-related modifications (Grady and Craick, 2000). Episodic memory performance declines with normal aging (Lamar et al., 2003). Several cognitive factors, such as decline in attentional resources, reduction in processing speed, and defective inhibitory control, have been suggested to be responsible for this decline (Cabeza, 2002). Imaging and electrophysiological studies have assessed the possible underpinnings of these age-associated modifications: in the case of encoding, normal elderly subjects have shown decreased activations in comparison with young subjects in multiple brain regions (Grady et al., 1995; Cabeza, 1997), including the left ventrolateral PFC (Grady et al., 1998), the hippocampus (Grady et al., 1995, 1998; Kelley et al., 1998), and the temporoparieto-occipital regions (Grady et al., 1995; Cabeza, 1997). For retrieval, some studies reported a decline of activation of the right PFC (Cabeza, 1997; Trott et al., 1997), with left PFC compensatory hyperactivation (Cabeza, 1997; Cabeza et al., 2000), whereas others suggest that the brain activity during retrieval is unaffected by aging (Grady et al., 1995; Mark and Rugg, 1998). In these studies, the performance level was generally comparable between young and elderly subjects, thus excluding that the activation differences simply reflect defective memory abilities.
In line with this concept, in the current study, young and old subjects performed similarly in the baseline block. In the sham rTMS condition, young subjects showed a superior performance, suggesting an aspecific alerting effect, probably linked with the auditory stimulation. Behavioral facilitatory effects (i.e., a sort of "priming" effect) in the frame of multisensory stimulations (as auditory clicks in reaction time paradigms) have already been described (Nickerson, 1973). This intriguing phenomenon, which needs to be additionally investigated with ad hoc experiments, did not affect the main target of this study (i.e., the level of functional PFC asymmetries), however.
An attempt to integrate neuroimaging findings in episodic long-term memory within a general model of aging effects is the so-called HAROLD model (Cabeza, 2002). According to this hypothesis, normal aging is associated with a reduction of the lateralization in the pattern of PFC activity during cognitive performances. Our findings are in partial agreement with this proposal. At a general level, they indicate that the HERA effect, observed in right-handed young adults for visuospatial material (Rossi et al., 2001), is modified during aging. More specifically, however, we demonstrated, in the same experimental context, differential effects on encoding and retrieval that were not predicted by the HAROLD model. Namely, aging does not influence the role of the left DLPFC during encoding because the left rTMS during encoding consistently decreased the probability of a successful retrieval in both age groups (Fig. 3a). This points to a clear functional relevance of the left DLPFC for encoding along the life span, at least in this experimental context. Conversely, the predominant role of the right DLPFC during retrieval is age dependent, as indicated by the lack of asymmetry in the effect of the left and right rTMS during retrieval.
The former result must be evaluated in the context of imaging findings that suggested a link between decreased left PFC engagement and the age-related impairment of encoding (Grady and Craick, 2000). It is noteworthy that most studies on aging effects use verbal rather than visuospatial tasks. Right hemispheric-dependent processes have been suggested to be particularly sensitive to aging effects (for review, see Dolcos et al., 2002), especially in case of the acquisition and early retrieval of new information (Small et al., 1999a), as in the current study. The persistence of prevalent left rTMS disruption of encoding during aging might thus actually reflect a compensatory increase in the role of the left hemisphere for the encoding of visuospatial material, resulting in a preserved asymmetry. This would suggest that the HAROLD model is hardly applicable to encoding processes of visuospatial material.
The reduction of asymmetry during retrieval follows, prima facie, the HAROLD conceptualization and is amenable to several, nonmutually exclusive, interpretations. Moreover, the present findings help to clarify that the age-related reduction of hemispheric asymmetry may reflect, rather than a de-differentiation process in the right hemisphere, as predicted by the right hemi-aging model (Dolcos et al., 2002), a compensatory engagement of the left hemisphere to support a comparable level of performance (Cabeza et al., 2002; Logan et al., 2002). This is a still open question that cannot be solved by traditional neuroimaging investigations, the results of which are merely correlational rather than directly indicating brain regions that mediate task performance (Price et al., 1999). Although with mechanisms that still need to be fully elucidated (Walsh and Cowey, 2000; Walsh and Pascual-Leone, 2003; Rossi and Rossini, 2004), rTMS interference of a specific region support its causal role in behavioral performance. Thus, the present results are in line with the hypothesis that the additional activations reported in the older subjects, and resulting in loss of asymmetry, have direct functional significance. In particular, the presence of bihemispheric effects of rTMS on memory performance may represent a direct evidence of a compensatory role rather than a de-differentiation mechanism, of the left PFC to support effective retrieval. This concept was put forward, but not yet directly demonstrated, in previous studies on high-scoring elderly subjects (Cabeza et al., 2002).
Such evidence, however, does not solve another important question, which is whether compensatory changes could reflect anatomofunctional reorganization or the application of individual, age-related, different cognitive strategies. For example, in working memory tasks, age-related bi-hemispheric activation versus the hemispheric asymmetry of the young has been interpreted as a compensatory mechanism similar to what happens for the execution of simple motor tasks (Babiloni et al., 2000; Reuter-Lorenz et al., 2000; Smith et al., 2001; Mattay et al., 2002).
Finally, it is necessary to acknowledge that these compensatory changes taking place in the left PFC may be associated with "nonselective recruitment" of additional regions (Logan et al., 2002) that are unaffected by the rTMS of the right DLPFC. Indeed, it is essential to bear in mind that growing evidence highlights the importance of interactions between prefrontal and medial temporal lobe structures during the encoding and retrieval of both verbal and nonverbal material (Buckner and Wheeler, 2001; Simons and Spiers, 2003). A possible candidate for additional recruitment, therefore, is the hippocampal formation, which plays a crucial role in visuospatial episodic memory, especially in the elderly (McIntosh et al., 1999). Although neither hippocampal function nor its possible disruption by prefrontal rTMS can be directly addressed in the frame of this experiment, at least according to the current knowledge of TMS effects on deep brain structures (Walsh and Pascual-Leone, 2003), it can be speculated that in normal aging these circuits could be somewhat potentiated to maintain an acceptable level of performance in episodic visuospatial memory and to compensate the functional decline of the right PFC. In agreement with the prefrontal HAROLD model, bilateral, rather than left-sided hippocampal activation, has been observed in older adults during autobiographical memory retrieval (Maguire and Frith, 2003). Finally, decreased activity of medial temporal structures in elderly individuals is a good predictor of successive cognitive decline (Small et al. 1999b, 2002).
In conclusion, the present study confirms that rTMS is a useful complementary tool to traditional neuroimaging approaches in the investigation of age-associated modifications of the causal engagement of cortical brain regions in human long-term memory. Our results strongly support the hypothesis that retrieval processes in elders is associated with a functional de-specialization of the right DLPFC, with left DLPFC compensation. In contrast, the predominant reliance on the left DLPFC for encoding appears to be preserved along the life span.
- Received February 27, 2004.
- Revision received July 17, 2004.
- Accepted July 19, 2004.
This work was supported in part by Ministero della Sanità (Progetto Finalizzato 1999) and by Fondazione Telethon Onlus (E.C0985). We thank F. Carducci, F. Babiloni, F. Pauri, C. Fracassi, and C. Busonero for experimental help.
Correspondence should be addressed to Dr. Simone Rossi, Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Sezione Neurologia, Brain Stimulation and Evoked Potentials Laboratory, Università di Siena, Policlinico Le Scotte, Viale Bracci, I-53100 Siena, Italy. E-mail: Rossisimo{at}unisi.it.
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- Unknown said...
If you want cornflakes then eat cornflakes!! As always impressive home fries. There's still tomato left?? Must have been the size of a bowling ball... I don't think i've ever been to carneige deli, katz and other bring a bowl of pickles when you sit down instead of bread. Also considered one of their uh...two? Vegan options. Not my favorite place.
I'm impressed you had any more of the ice cream left. Does the Mr just know to keep his mits off of it?
Today was so crazy i never did get green symphony for lunch (thank goodness i have a well stocked desk snack drawer!) my co-worker returns from vaca tomorrow finally-good thing too, i'm goddamned exhausted.
- June 3, 2015 at 9:29 PM
- Unknown said...
I agree - eat whatever you want!!
- June 4, 2015 at 12:28 AM
- vegan power said...
The potatoes do look delicious, but now I have a craving or cornflakes! Ha. I love Just Mayo sooooo much, I think it is hands down the best vegan mayo out there.
- June 4, 2015 at 1:27 AM
- The Shenandoah Vegan said...
Hey Now!!!!
Unknown, the Tomato was a one pounder. There is still some left. I was at the NYC delis in my pregan days (eating Blintzes. We need vegan Blintzes!) No freakin way Mr. SV will ever get any of my Cashew Milk Ice Cream. It is way too precious. I hope your coworker does your job for when you are off. guess your parents will be coming soon to visit.
Other Unknown, thanks. If I ate what I wanted, it would probably be Veggie Burgers and Tater Tots every night, just from laziness.
VP, I feel bad foresaking Vegenaisse after all their great years of service, but Just Mayo is the better product.
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American History: How AMC's Underrated Javelin Shocked the World
Everyone loves a good Cinderella story, especially in the world of auto racing. A seemingly unheard of vehicle, finding itself up against the big boys, and figuring out a way to make it work in the end. That description rang true for a number racing teams throughout history, but non more so than the American Motors team of the late 60s and early 70s. RELATED: See Photos of the 1970 AMC Javelin SST Mark Donohue Edition
The Beginning
It was in 1967 when American Motors began development of its highly-anticipated Javelin muscle car. A finger in the eyes of both Ford and GM, the Javelin was not only as quick and competent as the competition, but also safer, and more spacious. Not that those things mattered to most enthusiasts.
In 1968, Road & Track said the Javelin used a "big, heavy, super-powerful engine," and that it was "an asset in such a small vehicle." The accolades poured in, and with the success of the road car, AMC turned its focus to racing the very same year.
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Red, White and Who?
The American Trans-Am series of the late 60s and early 70s was, to say the least, loaded with talent. Ford, Chevy, Plymouth, Pontiac—it truly was a golden age of racing. But one competitor entered the field with no experience, and no accolades to back up any chances of being successful.
In 1968, AMC signed on with Kaplan Engineering to field two Javelins in the SCAA Trans Am series. Behind the wheel of these two vehicles were George Folder and Peter Revson, though Revson was fired nearly halfway through the year and replaced with Lothar Motschenbach.
Strifes aside, the team found success. Placing third in the over-2-liter class in 1968, the competition was left scratching its head as an unknown team with an unknown car found themselves near the top of the leader board consistently. That success was so respected, in fact, that it garnered the interest from one racing's most reputable names.
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The Penske Years
AMC signed with Penske in 1970. The new deal meant that Penske would be dropping his successful Camaro program in place of the newcomer. Selling off the previous Kaplan cars, Penske campaigned an all-new design, an all new racing suspension, and an all-new 5.0-liter engine.
The switch for AMC proved fruitful. The Javelin took home second place in 1970 behind the Mustang Boss 302. The overall success on the track, and per Trans Am rules, lead to AMC promoting even more heavily a race-focused Javelin off the track to consumers.
About 100 Trans-Am series Javelin's were produced for consumers to purchase, featuring a big 6.4-liter V8, and a healthy amount of racing features as a nod to the Javelin's on track performance.
The Penske AMC team went on to win the 1971 and 1972 Trans-Am seasons, which eventually lead to the introduction of the Trans-Am Victory edition Javelin. And again the team took home the title in 1976.
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Muscle Car Fallout
Though Penske and AMC found success on the track all the way through 1976, AMC Javelin production ended in 1974. Chrysler and Ford were both easing away from the 'muscle car' ideology. By 1973, you may remember, Ford had introduced the Mustang II, and other automakers were following suit as the oil embargo of that year forced automakers to rethink big power.
Stricter fuel standards were put in place, and AMC needed a full overhaul of the bumpers to meet regulations, which would have set them back an estimated $12 million. Eventually the Javelin went the way of the Dodo, as did the entirety of American Motors in 1985.
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It was Thanksgiving day back in 2002. I was only 23 years old and my life forever changed on that day. I had a placental abruption and Brendan was born at 33 weeks. He lost oxygen during delivery due to incompetent care but was a fighter and turned 17 this year. My journey in life over the past 17 years took many turns I was not expecting but I try to stay strong and have my husband by my side even when I am not.
Monday, January 24, 2011
Big Boy Underwear and a New School!
Random: Brendan's speech is really coming along. He is creating very complex sentences and thoughts lately which is different for him. The other morning he said to me: "Mommy my belly is telling me it wants to eat" It is hard to believe that my child who could only say a few words 4 years ago can say something like that! I never really knew if or how he would be able to communicate but I have no worries anymore!
Brendan is switching school systems. Since we just moved and I am quitting my job to be with him after school he is switching mid year. I was hesitant at first but honestly he isn't getting the best of anything where he is going now so I think in the end it will all work out. The special Ed team seems very nice. They are personable and call you back and are easy to talk to. He will be in a classroom with 8 kids instead of the 4 he is with now whom of which are ALL non verbal! That is a whole other blog :). I am excited for him to be around children that will motivate him. He loves being the only verbal one because no one denies him line leader every single day but we all know he needs to be pushed. He can be very lazy if you let him so he needs to want to be like the other kids. No offense to the non verbal children out there. I love the boys in his class. Brendan loves them but he also needs to be with children who are communicating with him. He thrives on his sisters and I know he will thrive with a more interactive classroom.
We are starting a very new chapter in our lives and it is exciting. I think the whole family will benefit from all of our changes and we are going to be happier and closer. Life can be good.
10 comments:
- Amy said...
Yay, Brendan! That is wonderful news! I sometimes think Emma could go all night in underwear because she usually wakes up dry. But, once in a while she does have an accident. So, for now...
I am so glad to hear about Brendan's speech. Emma's speech is coming along. Slowly, slowly.
How did you help Brendan's speech along? Or did it just kind of take off with age?
Just curious. Emma has said some 4, 5, and 6 words phrases, but she mostly sticks to 2-3 and even 1. Sometimes she is just too quiet period.
I LOVE, LOVE watching Brendan grow, and I am so glad to have found this website because he is such an inspiration to us.
- January 24, 2011 at 6:43 PM
- Amy said...
Oops! I also meant to say, "Good luck with the new school." I also get what you mean about Brendan needing to be around verbal children. I totally, totally agree. I think that is important for all children, but most especially those who are trying so hard to start talking and communicating as well as those children who are trying to communicate even with AAC devices. I really think it is important to for children like Brendan to be around well spoken peers who can motivate him. I tried to argue this to Emma's school, and they did not get what I meant AT ALL. I didn't have a choice of another school or district, so I am now homeschooling her.
I very much loved hearing his very long sentence. How cute was that? He is very bright, obviously!
- January 24, 2011 at 6:48 PM
- We take it day by day said...
Thank you Amy. I am so glad someone can get something from my blog. I like writing about him and our challenges and our good times too. It is therapeutic to me. I used to write monthly progress paragraphs for myself just to see how far he would come over the months. It was interesting to read a year later.
He is speech came about very slowly. It is hard to remember now but I know at the age of four he was hardly communicating with words. He only said a few words. I think over the next year he started using phrases but hardly anyone but me could understand him. He had his biggest change around 6 years old and he just keeps progressing. Speech therapy has done wonders for him. He really improved last year with sounds. He pronounced a lot of words wrong but over the past year he has really worked hard and even corrects himself. For instance he could never say the f/ph sound. He would say hone for phone. Now he says it clear as day and while he was learning he would always correct himself if he said it wrong. Lately everyone has been commenting on how is speech is improving so he still continues to progress. Family say it is easier to understand him and his sentences are more complex. Can you tell I am just a little bit proud of him?! :)
Another cute sentence he came up with on his own is "Mommy I want to call my dad, I want to speak to him.". I think that is too funny using the word speak.
- January 25, 2011 at 9:54 AM
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- January 25, 2011 at 9:54 AM
- Sheila said...
That's so awesome that he's completely potty trained now! Any tips? Malayna is 6 and I can't get her interested at all! She refuses to even try. She'll tell us when she's gone sometimes but never before so we can catch her. It's so frustrating!
And how awesome is his speech? Brendan is such a rock star and so inspiring! He gives me such great hope for Malayna's future. Her speech is coming along too so maybe she'll have a big change this year too!
- January 25, 2011 at 6:26 PM
- We take it day by day said...
Sheila potty training took years. We started at 4 so 4 years later he is finally good to go. He had a ton of accidents even at school just a few months ago so all the sudden it clicked or something. We did end up punishing him because we knew he could do it. We had to do tough love towards the end to get him where he is now. He still isn't the great at asking to go and waits until the last second and he only wants mommy to take him so he waits until no one is around to ask me lol. Keep trying. Don't give up! Sticker rewards helped about a year ago. He loved getting a sticker when he stayed dry at night. I made a monthly calender and he enjoyed putting one on each day. He was going to get to pick out a toy if he stayed dry every night for a month but he never made it that far. So even this past year he has made progress.
- January 26, 2011 at 7:08 AM
- We take it day by day said...
Oh and good luck with the speech. It takes years for them to improve. He doesn't stop talking which tends to drive me a bit batty! :)
- January 26, 2011 at 7:11 AM
- Sheila said...
Thanks, Steph! You give me hope! I know I need to work harder with Malayna on the potty training and like everything it takes SO much more with our kiddos!
- January 26, 2011 at 6:51 PM
- Amy said...
Does he take himself to the potty? Or do you have to do it. Has he been good about telling you when he needs to go if you have to help him. Emma has trouble sitting on the potty solo, so I have to go with her. It's so hard because I have to get her there in time. Is any of that familiar? We still have a lot of accidents. I think it is mostly me being too slow. Or like she goes on herself because she holds it too long and then I pick her up and there it goes. Just curious. I know that is kind of personal, but I am curious how it plays out. There is no way Emma could get to the potty and up on it without help. So, I am never really sure if I can say she is potty trained because she needs so much help. She doesn't have a wheelchair that she can push yet or a power chair. If I have to take her or carry her and put her on there, is that still potty training or trained. Or does she have to do it all solo to be really potty trained. Any thoughts on this? I know this sounds DUMB, but... Sometimes I think I am the one who is being trained.
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An article recently appeared on the Catholic.com website that responds to my article, "Early Church Evidence Refutes Real Presence." The article was written by Catholic apologist, Tom Nash, who posted it in the website's online magazine section. Here is a link to the article: The Early Church Believed in the Eucharist
My article, "Early Church Evidence Refutes Real Presence" is a contextual approach to the early church writings. The article was written in 2009. I am currently working on a new revision to the article that will provide more background on the writers, an even more comprehensive look at what they believed about the eucharist, and a couple additional works that lend well to the topic, but carry with them a level uncertainty as to their dates, which of course will be fully disclosed.
It is my opinion that Mr. Nash did an inadequate job of refuting the conclusions of my article since he failed on every point to incorporate any context. Essentially, Mr. Nash relied on isolated quotes to suggest to his readers that what these quotes say sounds very Catholic. On that point I agree. It's the reason why Catholic Answers lists strings of them without contextual support. But to me context is everything, and I am certain that every other fair-minded individual out there would agree.
There are four things that are vitally important about early church study. The first thing is to read the works. Sounds kind of obvious, but a lot folks think they understand these writings simply because they have seen quotes. The second thing is to learn all you can about the authors. Get to know their style, passions, and influences. Much of this can be ascertained from reading their works. Third, learn about the period in which they lived and wrote, and most importantly, learn about the heresies they were addressing. This goes a long way in understanding what they are trying to convey. Finally, develop a strong biblical foundation and keep an open mind. The early ecclesiastical writers wrote for various reasons, but none wrote Scripture and none were infallible.
It didn't take long for Mr. Nash to completely mischaracterize my view of the early church works. He stated that I argue Ignatius and other church fathers held a "merely symbolic view of the eucharist and that their words should be understood figuratively." What I actually said was, "Within these writings are clear references to the flesh and blood of Christ in the eucharist being symbolical, and the words, 'Eat My flesh and drink My blood' spoken by Jesus in the bread of life discourse as being metaphorical."
I simply told my readers what they should expect to find in my article. I never imposed a symbolical view onto any of the authors, much less all of them. The idea of the article was to let the evidence speak for itself. I don't offer a great deal of commentary and I only used the word symbolical or symbolically three times. Every time I used it was to simply reiterate what the evidence itself was revealing.
My article is broken into sections, one for each of the ecclesiastical writers. Mr. Nash chose to respond to the three closest to the time of the apostles: Ignatius, Justin, and Irenaeus. This response will address his commentary on Ignatius of Antioch. I will follow with responses on Justin Martyr and Irenaeus in the weeks to come.
Regarding Ignatius, Mr. Nash provides the all-important crème de la crème of early church quotes as far as most Catholics are concerned.
They [the Docetists, early Christological heretics] abstain from the Eucharist and from prayer because they do not confess that the Eucharist is the flesh of our Savior Jesus Christ, flesh which suffered for our sins and which that Father, in his goodness, raised up again. They who deny the gift of God are perishing in their disputes (Letter to the Smyrnaeans 6:2–7:1 [A.D. 110]).
Mr. Nash remarks that my opinion is at odds with the plain meaning of Ignatius' words. I don't know what opinion he is referring to since I never offered one. What I offered was context and facts. However Mr. Nash seems to think that Ignatius accused the Docetists of abstaining from the Eucharist because they denied that the flesh of Christ was truly present in the "elements" of the Eucharist.
Eucharist is a word that means thanksgiving. The bread and cup are the food of the eucharist and often referred to as the Eucharist, much like the our November feast is referred to as Thanksgiving.
The Ignatius quote I provide above is from Mr. Nash's article and it includes a bracketed comment that identifies who Ignatius is referring to and it says, "the Docetists, early Christological heretics." I wonder how many of his readers understand the significance of that insertion and how it being there actually invalidates his opinion of the quote. Put simply, people who did not believe that Jesus suffered and died in the flesh would not abstain from the Eucharist because they objected to the idea He was truly present, they abstained because the whole idea of it was ridiculous to them. They didn't believe the bread was the body of Christ and the cup His blood, because they objected to the idea that Jesus possessed a body; that's what Ignatius meant when he said they do not confess the Eucharist to be the flesh of Christ.
Ignatius went on to say that the flesh they deny is "our Savior Jesus Christ, flesh which suffered for our sins and which the Father, in his goodness, raised up again." The next thing he says is crucial to understanding what he meant, "They who deny this gift of God are perishing in their disputes."
Ignatius' criticism of the Docetists culminates in these words, "They who deny this gift of God." We agree on who they are, the Docetists, what we disagree on is what they denied. We know from the quote that they denied the flesh of Christ in the Eucharist. What we do not get from the quote is whether Ignatius was referring to a denial of real presence or a denial of Christ's physical existence. But if we read the whole letter we will discover that Ignatius himself provides the clear answer.
In chapter two of the letter, Ignatius said this:
He [Jesus] suffered truly, even as also He truly raised up Himself, not, as certain unbelievers maintain, that He only seemed to suffer, as they themselves only seem to be Christians.
And in chapter five he said this:
For what does anyone profit me, if he commends me, but blasphemes my Lord, not confessing that He was [truly] possessed of a body? But he who does not acknowledge this, has in fact altogether denied Him, being enveloped in death.
Then, finally, in the sixth chapter:
They abstain from the Eucharist and from prayer because they do not confess that the Eucharist is the flesh of our Savior Jesus Christ.
There are no references to Ignatius criticizing the Docetists for not believing in real presence because such criticism would not make sense. The misunderstanding of Ignatius by many Catholics stems from an improper notion of the Eucharist. Any reference to the bread and cup as the body and blood of Christ triggers a conditioned response to interpret it as a literal true presence. It's unfortunate that some are so limited and narrow-minded in their thinking. Mr. Nash gives a prime example in a second Ignatius quote. Here is how he presented it:
I have no taste for corruptible food nor for the pleasures of this life. I desire the bread of God, which is the flesh of Jesus Christ, who was of the seed of David; and for drink I desire his blood, which is love incorruptible (Letter to the Romans 7:3 [A.D. 110], emphasis his).
Mr. Nash emphasized certain phrases that seem to tell him everything he needs to know. All he hears is that Ignatius desired the flesh of Christ and to drink His blood. Damn the context I guess. What did Ignatius mean? Here is how the quote is presented in my article:
For though I am alive while I write to you, yet I am eager to die. My love has been crucified, and there is no fire in me desiring to be fed; but there is within me a water that lives and speaks, saying to me inwardly, Come to the Father. I have no delight in corruptible food, nor in the pleasures of this life. I desire the bread of God, the heavenly bread, the bread of life, which is the flesh of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who became afterwards of the seed of David and Abraham; and I desire the drink of God, namely His blood, which is incorruptible love and eternal life. (To the Romans, Chapter 7)
Expanding the quote just a little gives us a better picture of the circumstance. From this quote we can see that Ignatius had something much more profound in mind than the eucharist. The larger context is that Ignatius was a prisoner of the Romans and was being transported to Rome to be placed in the arena, which meant that he would suffer death by being exposed to wild beasts. The purpose of his letter to the church in Rome was to ensure that they did not intercede in his martyrdom. He praised them for their love, but did not want that love to prevent his end goal.
If we go to chapter (paragraph) six, the one just prior to the quote above, we see a key statement. Ignatius said, "Permit me to be an imitator of the passion of my God." Add to this a quote of his found in the writings of Irenaeus, "I am the wheat of Christ, and am ground by the teeth of the wild beasts, that I may be found the pure bread of God." The context make abundantly clear the motivation and desire of Ignatius. It was not the eucharist he was after, rather it was to be an imitator of our Lord and to go to Him in the most profound way.
Taking words from quotes and drawing ideological conclusions not only dishonors the works, it dishonors the author of the works.
Next time I will address Mr. Nash's response to my article's section on Justin Martyr.


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What is your place of birth?
Joy – Laramie, WY
Wendell – Port Arthur, TX
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We moved from Lewisville to Allen in 1999 so that Wendell would have a shorter drive to work.
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- Rascal – we adopted from the ASPCA last year (terrier mix) – he is the youngest but the largest and loves people and playing with Peaches
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Naples, FL – We went there for an awards ceremony and partied the entire time. We went deep sea fishing and the captain couldn't seem to find the fish to save his life and one of the passengers was sea sick. We went on our first Catamaran ride. Wendell stepped on a 9 legged starfish and found his first sand dollar – the beach was covered with them. We got to ride in a little plane that reminded us of the plane in Air America – no AC, flies, cramped.
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Joy – after 9-11 on TV. Wendell – from Joy
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Dr Art Hister said the other day that earning a bronze medal is better for you than silver. When someone wins a bronze, they are grateful and happy to be on the podium, but when they win silver they are unhappy that they didn't win gold. It was very evident in both the women and men's hockey games. They won silver because they lost. That's gotta mess with your head a little.
When Canada's team was lined up with their medals I saw an abstract painting. I grabbed the closest paper and pen, scribbled some shapes and jotted down some notes. I saw an interesting horizontal composition with lots of red and white, movement and excitement. I am not sure if I will paint it or not. But it made me jump up with just as much excitement as when the last goal was scored!
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I was up this morning shuffling through my jewellery box looking for pieces to set up in my next still life. I have all these little odds and ends from my mother and grandmothers collections. They are old and tarnished, I am sure not worth much at all, but interesting to look at. Needless to say I have to keep my studio door closed to stop that little calico varmint from knocking them off the display I so carefully set up.
Speaking of that little cat, she jumped up on my palette yesterday and walked across the whole thing before I could stop her and she actually managed to miss my dollops of paint completely. I was hollering, my arms flailing wildly and she quickly (with ears pressed back) scooted under the small Rubbermaid stepping stool I had set up on the table as a stage for my last still life. The stage was draped with fabric creating a perfect hiding place for her. I didn't dare attempt to drag her out as I knew she would cling to the flimsy cloth with her claws and pull the whole works down. I concentrated on my breath to calm myself down, refocused and continued to paint. Out of the corner of my eye I could see her head bobbing up and down pressed out against the silky fabric. She was making it difficult to pay attention to the work in front of me so I poked (rather firmly) at the bobbing shape with my finger. This resulted in her performing one of those surprised wound up crazy cat things and she would have hit the roof had she not been under the stool. I guess that's what it took to be rid of the brat, because she shot out from under the shelter onto the floor and left the room in a huff of indignation. I closed the door behind her. Good riddance.
These are a couple of paintings I put into my 50 gallery yesterday. Snow and Ice is sort of a made up scene, which started out to be union bay, and the other is from Pipers lagoon where I painted last week. Hmmm the pipers Lagoon looks a little crooked. Its the photographer....not the artist!
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I am working on those paintings I told you about that needed to be resolved. I may have a few finished 8x10s by the time the day is over. I have changed 50-6 again. I had taken out the small brown vase completely (see 50-4-fifty studio), and it looked better, as well as adding a flower. But it was still bugging me. So I took out the black fabric triangle in the bottom left corner, and also the black like in behind. I need to change the angle of the red fabric now. It's all about the composition. I should just paint over it and start again with a better plan. But I am too stubborn. I love the vase and the stems and the red fabric. It is keeping me going. I am having fun with it.
Well, my omelette is gone and my berry smoothie down to seed laden bottom of the glass. I must get back to it!
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I am sneaking away from the hockey game to write in my blog because it has been a few days since I wrote last. I usually never watch hockey, when people ask me what is my favourite sport I answer "Watching my husband mow the lawn". I usually get a few laughs out of that one. This Olympic hockey game is pretty exciting though. Canada against Russia. Go Canada!
I added up the weeks left before November, and I had better get going on my 50-4-Fifty series. I am already behind. I am not too worried though, I have a handful of unresolved paintings that I will probably figure out one day and will catch up quickly. I was painting in the TOSH studio again today, and have an 8x10 almost finished. It is turning out good so far. I don't want to hex it and say it is the next painting.
I am really tired for some reason. I think there must be allergens in the air again. I don't get classic hay fever symptoms, I just get really run down and tired and wonder what is wrong with me. Then I hear something about allergy season and its like "Oh yah, that's what is going on. I have no energy, but I have to find it somewhere because I am getting my paintings ready for my show at Artfitterz.
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I finished my commission and it went over extremely well. I have started a new studio to showcase these particular pieces. Hopefully I can pick up some work this year.
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I managed to get a little painting done of the tip of the island with its little buildings. A nice couple with their two small dogs came over to see what I was up to. It is always nice to have people come by when I am painting. I told them all about my 100 painting spree and that I was showing those works at Artfitterz in March. Hopefully they will come to the show.
A strange thing was happening to me today though. Every person I saw, reminded me of someone. They all looked familiar. I was sure I saw people I used to know, or people I have seen before. All day this went on. I don't know what it all means. Then to top it off, a woman was walking towards me in Costco, and I thought she was maybe someone I knew and she looked right at me and I thought well finally! This person does know me, and she said "JENNIFER!" ..... Sigh...I smiled and replied "no" with an apologetic look. She looked very disappointed, or maybe embarrassed. Perhaps she was having the same day as I was and thought she finally found someone she knew. The universe is a strange place some days.
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Here is a painting that I finished today. The flowers (the ones you can't see) were my valentines gift. I thought the stems looked interesting. The flowers were really beautiful and I DID try to paint them. :)
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I had tried to get up at 5:00 am this morning, but it seemed as though my "internal waker-upper" malfunctioned. I just couldn't stay awake long enough to get out of bed. I must have needed the sleep. Hopefully tomorrow I can get up, as I lost a whole morning of painting. I went to the Old School House Gallery in Qualicum Beach today and worked out of my shared studio. It was fairly busy and I spent a lot of time chatting to people. I had brought in a couple of my "dogs" to work on, gave up on one and changed the colors in the other so many times I cant remember what it looked like when I started. That's ok, I think I am getting somewhere with it. I don't like to take anything too serious to the studio; I would rather talk to people as they come in.
I am working on another still life between studio days and grandbaby days. Hopefully I will finish it tomorrow. You will be the first to know!
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I promised I would put up this 35-40 "partial Object" painting that I have reworked for the show in March. I tried to put together the old images, but couldnt figure out how to do it and save it in a jpg format. I really don't like the old one anyways, so I gave up on it gladly. These paintings are 6"x6" each and are sold separately. I had alot of fun. One in particular looks like a party to me. I am not sure why, it just does! I just went to my page and took a look at this attachment. It is so small it almost gave me a headache. If you would like to get a better look at it, go to the 100 painting studio and click on the image. Much easier on the eyes.
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There is an article about my 100 painting spree in the qualicum/parksville news, friday edition. The reporter, Fred Davies, did a nice job, didnt put any words in my mouth,(which happened to me once years back in another town and made me feel like an idiot) the only thing that wasnt quite right was that I have far more than 100 hits per day now. I have at least 400 and growing. So far this month I have had 5300 "plus" hits on my blog. Last month total was 6300 'ish, so I am way ahead! This is great fun. Now part of my challenge is to see how many hits I can get at the end of each month. So, if you know of anyone who would be interested in my site, please pass on my web address. Thanks! I will keep you posted. (who knows, maybe I can get on Oprah! joking....)
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I went to a wonderful Thai restaurant in Sooke yesterday as well. Nut Pop Thai. Oh my goodness! The food was so delicious that I took one sip of my soup and pushed the bowl across the table to my sister in law exclaiming "YOU HAVE GOT TO TASTE THIS!" To top it off, the spring rolls were the best I have ever tasted in my life. I was still thinking about art while in the midst of the relaxing and "earthy d�cor" ; I took out my notepad and drew the teapot while waiting for the food, which by the way was served by a wonderful cheerful waitress. The whole experience was great! I will be back!
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I am in the midst of changing six paintings I did back to back for my 100. For any of you that have been following me, they are the 6x6 canvases of the oil lantern that I begrudgingly posted on the site (because I had to put something up). If you noticed, they were the first ones I took down at the end of the show! As soon as they are all done, I will post them up for you to see, along side what they used to look like.
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This is another one of those "gothic" type still life paintings. This time I tried to paint it that way (rather than the last painting that took on a life of its own) and it came out with more of an edgy feel. I think so anyways. Maybe it didn't like to be controlled...Hmmm...neither do I!
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The background of this piece "assorted glass" took on a gothic mood. Sometimes paintings "morph into their own" as you go along. This one definitely did and I am very satisfied with the outcome. "WHOOP!"
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Today is the third of February and I have already had 866 hits on this blog so far. Last month I averaged 200 per day. This is a good start! I would really like to reach more people to see just how high the numbers will go. It has been a wonderful surprise. When I started the 100 paintings, the blog was just an after thought. Now it seems to be the crowd drawer. (Little play on words there)
I was going to get up early and paint this morning, but I have a neurotic calico cat (if you follow my blog I have mentioned Maggie before), who has decided in the last few nights, to howl mournfully outside our bedroom door. Three different times last night if you can believe it!! It is really difficult to swing open the door with a "FSSSSSTTTT" and a stomp...quietly. It hardly sounded scary enough to chase her away. It was a long night. (Especially when I accidently flipped on the bedroom light and burned out my husbands retinas...) I am going to bring my spray bottle out of the studio and put it beside my bed. That should fix her. Needless to say, I slept in this morning and now I am having a grandbaby day so painting is out.
You have probably noticed that I have not posted many new paintings lately. It�s not for the lack of trying. I have been producing mediocre work that I am not satisfied with which I will either work through or paint over. At the time I have 5 of them in the works. It�s ok, I am not worried. I know it is just some kind of creative stage and eventually I will break out with "flying colors". I learned that lesson from my 100 in a row. I don�t "sweat" it anymore.
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I have a piece of paper beside me at my easel, and I jot down things to talk about in my blog as they come to me while painting. Today there were two words on my paper. "Elusive ruler". I actually have three elusive rulers, one I don't like because it is purple plastic and you cannot see the measurements. I use it for drawing lines only. Another is 18" long, perfect for those larger canvases and the last, a regular 12", clear plastic; nice and easy to read. Oh yeah, and I will add to this list. Two meter sticks. One metal, the other wooden. They are all elusive. They come and go out of my studio at their own whim. I cannot keep tabs on their "free spiritedness". I believe they travel in packs. One week they all seem to hang out in the studio, the next they are gone...who knows where. It seems that when I really need one of them, they are nowhere to be found. I have tried hanging them on nails. Their own personal nails even. The nails stick out of the wall....empty.
I have to make due when the rulers are not "in the house". Today I used the edge of a pencil crayon. Some days I'll use a scrap piece of cardboard if I have one handy. One way or another I'll end up with a straight line.
Signed; Disorganized in denial....
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I rewrote my biography; the old one was just a little stale. I also had my daughter take a new bio photo. I have to admit, I am not comfortable having my photo taken. We had a few giggles and she was getting rather exasperated with my bigger than life gestures and silliness as I tried to cover up my discomfort. I was planning to Photoshop the tree that is growing out of my head, but cannot for the life of me figure out the program. One day when I have more time I will tackle the project or I will just wait till my daughter figures it out and get her to do it for me.
I was downstairs at 5:00 am again this morning, pacing around not knowing what to paint. I reluctantly chose a couple of reference photos I had tucked away and just dug in. The magic took over and I was having fun in 20 seconds. It doesn't take long, after the first initial hurdle. The hurdle of doubt. It's not so big now that I have been practicing my "leaps".
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