{"id":7623,"date":"2021-01-14T16:57:02","date_gmt":"2021-01-14T16:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/?p=7623"},"modified":"2021-01-14T17:00:56","modified_gmt":"2021-01-14T17:00:56","slug":"too-good-to-pass-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/too-good-to-pass-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Too Good To Pass Up"},"content":{"rendered":"

At times books feel like lifeblood; never more so than now.
\nAnd while I’m not yet at the point of thinning out my library, I am making a real effort to not bring too many new books onboard…unless they’re digital.<\/p>\n

\"BookShelf\"

Studio books – a drop in the bucket if you consider all the others scattered in every room of our home.<\/p><\/div>\n

As an aside… I love digital books for a number of reasons. First, they take up no physical space so there are no worries about where to store them. This is particularly helpful for reference books — the big, heavy ones that aren’t often needed, but which one still wants to have readily available on the “shelf”.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Embroidery\"<\/p>\n

Digital space-saving also makes it possible to bring a ridiculous amount of reading material along when traveling (remember traveling?) so there are myriad options to choose from on a long flight, during an unexpected delay, or on a rainy day.\u00a0I should have had my Kindle with me on this trip<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Shibori\"<\/p>\n

Finally, I love that because of the back lighting, colored images are enhanced and come alive when viewed on an iPad. The ability to zoom in to see details is a wonderful advantage. I’m embarrassed to admit that more than once I’ve caught myself spreading out my thumb and index finger over an image on a paper page in an unconscious attempt to get a closer look.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Draw<\/p>\n

But I digress.
\nThe main point of this post is that this week, for the first time since I can’t remember when, I actually bought an in-the-flesh exhibition catalog. A Hyperallergic article<\/a> about a show of Aminah Robinson’s<\/a>\u00a0(1940-2015) work, currently at the Columbus Museum of Art, sent me on a search to find out as much as I could about this prolific artist – previously unknown to me, but a cultural icon in her hometown of Columbus, OH.<\/p>\n