Category Archives: Ephemera

Sampling

Posted on September 24, 2009 by Francois Lachance

This piece of older news from a chili contest gives some spice to the concept of mash-up and deserves some further savouring. Don Eastep took a sample spoonful from each of the 80 other competitors’ chilis, mixed them up in … Continue reading →

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Triples

Posted on August 30, 2009 by Francois Lachance

From an old signature block *If pastry making is to chemistry **and if bread baking is to biology Then gardening is to physics *** And another “structure, content, format” — not just nouns — And why not a third? “cohorts … Continue reading →

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Imperfections

Posted on August 26, 2009 by Francois Lachance

Leonard Koren. “Exquisite Decay” Utne Reader Sept.-Oct. 2001. p. 52 All things are imperfect. Nothing that exists is without imperfections. When we look closely at things, we see the flaws. The sharp edge of a razor blade, when it is … Continue reading →

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Carr, O’Keefe, Kahlo

Posted on July 27, 2009 by Francois Lachance

The Drama. The Passion. THE ESTROGEN. Reads the ephemera announcing the show. Few North American women artists have achieved the legendary stature of Emily Carr (1871-1945, Canadian), Frida Kahlo (1907-1954, Mexican) and Georgia O’Keeffe (1887-1986, American). […] Places of Their … Continue reading →

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Of Positioning

Posted on July 16, 2009 by Francois Lachance

A segment preserved from a much larger piece now destroyed. belong blown OF ambiguity of: coming from as a messager of: belonging to longing to be desire as possesion of position deposit_i_on I like how the visual (the first “of” … Continue reading →

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Disciplined Patience

Posted on July 10, 2009 by Francois Lachance

Sometimes how we write things is as important as what we write. I remember asking Marilyn Capreol about how to develop patience which she seemed to display abundantly. She said “The key to developing patience is discipline.” which I wrote … Continue reading →

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Cowboy Miranda

Posted on July 6, 2009 by Francois Lachance

Some people tuck flowers and herbs into books. In my inherited (from Peter Blake) edition of Nina Clark Powell, Japanese Flower Arrangement for Beginners I have placed a picture of a uniquely poised bouquet. It is a photo of the … Continue reading →

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Smart Design

Posted on July 2, 2009 by Francois Lachance

My library card sits in my wallet and peeking up is the top line from my Toronto Public Library card. It reads: “think read listen enjoy”. And when I lift out the card it explodes into a drama of colour … Continue reading →

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Home

Posted on June 26, 2009 by Francois Lachance

From sometime in the 80s, an illustration I produced for a poster for a fundraiser for an interval house or shelter. Here juxtaposed with a poem by Li Po “Quiet Night Thoughts”      Before my bed there is bright moonlight      So … Continue reading →

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1846

Posted on June 14, 2009 by Francois Lachance

I recently found myself recommending a neat site for the grandchildren of my sister. (Parks Canada has great site on the Burgess Shale with a virtual submarine ride. See http://burgess-shale.rom.on.ca/en/index.php). My repeating this here serves as a pretext to introduce … Continue reading →

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