Immortality...Immateriality, Perfectly Poignant 19th Century Penmanship Practice Page iowa folk art and a few tiny white

and a few tiny white spots

I looked John up and learned that he was a farmer

Backed with very old board that I have not touched--stable and sturdy but changing it out with an acid free backing might be a good long term plan:)

A nice filagree of geometries

which together have the effect of making this young woman

Immortality...Immateriality, Perfectly Poignant 19th Century Penmanship Practice Page iowa folk art and a few tiny whiteYou know I love penmanship practice notebooks of many sorts, and I don't ever break them up but this single page I found alone, and is a perfect found object as far as I am concerned: what could be more poignant than the pairing of "Immortality" and "Immateriality" written many times over? A pure (and rather existential feeling) found poem, which one might interpret resolve in any number of ways depending on one's disposition. And with Horticulture