Milk Duds and Starburst must be added with caution.

They do taste good, despite the way the candy melted into a hideous mess all over the cookie sheet.

The before:

This is the tidiest definition of contemporary painting I have ever seen:

The cardinal feature of all painting since Impressionism is the conviction that art must be an act of subjective interpretation.

I can’t think of a case where this is false. Even contemporary realism contains subjective interpretation.

(from Still LIfe Painting by Charles Sterling)

I’m reading a dull book called “Country House Treasures of Britain.” Mostly descriptions of furniture, ornamental plasterwork, etc– pleasant reminders of Britain’s rich cultural past.

A less pleasant reminder of the past are the gibbeting irons and the medieval scold’s bridle for malicious gossips.

Gibbet: an upright post with an arm on which the bodies of executed criminals were left hanging as a warning or deterrent to others.

Scold’s bridle: also known as a “brank,” an instrument of punishment for a scolding woman, consisting of an iron framework for the head and a sharp metal gag for restraining the tongue. (It has these little spikes- to stab the tongue if it moves.)

The Scold’s Bridle:

I’ve decided to spend more time working in Watercolor.

Here are the results.