{"id":209,"date":"2012-01-26T11:40:03","date_gmt":"2012-01-26T19:40:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/?p=209"},"modified":"2012-01-26T21:20:28","modified_gmt":"2012-01-27T05:20:28","slug":"how-an-idea-occurs-banned-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/?p=209","title":{"rendered":"How an Idea Occurs\u2013Banned Books"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today when I was reading blog posts I saw this image and was off on a creative journey. The image was posted on <a href=\"http:\/\/threads.srithreads.com\/\" >Sri Threads<\/a>, a gallery specializing in Japanese folk textiles.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/SRITHREADSShimaCho1.jpg\" alt=\"SriThreads\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I have been thinking about weaving or embroidering a family tree of important dates using Morse Code. I have woven some pieces for family gifts, but I want to show the connections between the family members. I originally thought that a large wallpiece using coconut fiber, white cotton rope, sisal, and 1&#8243; fence would be the solution. I hadn&#8217;t thought about the possibility of the presentation in the form of a book. I love the intimacy that the book format offers. While the form is quite different, it probably would be better received by my siblings.<\/p>\n<p>Then very quickly I started thinking about words and banned books and my series, <i>Cleanse Your Palate<\/i>. <i>Cleanse<\/i> started with my attempt to remove a particular word from my vocabulary. A versatile word that has multiple functions. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/BannedBooksCYP08.jpg\" alt=\"Cleanse\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In <i>No Regrets<\/i>, the word is embroidered and affixed to the shot glass with a ring that is also in code. The shot glass is filled with clove soap. Yep, wash your mouth out with soap. Clove because of its history in dentistry and I just happen to love its fragrance.<\/p>\n<p>A couple of things of interest\u2013what happens when a code is used to represent a word with negative connotations; can the word appear beautiful when knotted or woven? <\/p>\n<p>From there I hit on using what some folks believe are objectionable words, phrases, ideas weave them up in code and bind them in a book presentation. The series of course would be titled <i>Banned Books<\/i>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today when I was reading blog posts I saw this image and was off on a creative journey. The image was posted on Sri Threads, a gallery specializing in Japanese folk textiles. I have been thinking about weaving or embroidering a family tree of important dates using Morse Code. I have woven some pieces for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/?p=209\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How an Idea Occurs\u2013Banned Books<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,7,20,4,5,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","category-books","category-code","category-observations","category-processes","category-words"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=209"}],"version-history":[{"count":51,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":315,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209\/revisions\/315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}