Comments for June O. Underwood http://www.juneunderwood.com/weblog Art blog for JOU, painter and textile artist Sat, 05 May 2012 17:46:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on The Garret, AKA the Mezzanine Level of Building C by june http://www.juneunderwood.com/weblog/2012/05/04/the-garret-aka-the-mezzanine-level-of-building-c/#comment-5541 june Sat, 05 May 2012 17:46:26 +0000 http://www.juneunderwood.com/weblog/?p=2574#comment-5541 Sheila, Love the quote -- half a secret handshake. Sometimes, the secret gets exposed just a little, too. Sheila,

Love the quote — half a secret handshake. Sometimes, the secret gets exposed just a little, too.

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]]> Comment on The Garret, AKA the Mezzanine Level of Building C by june http://www.juneunderwood.com/weblog/2012/05/04/the-garret-aka-the-mezzanine-level-of-building-c/#comment-5535 june Fri, 04 May 2012 19:55:11 +0000 http://www.juneunderwood.com/weblog/?p=2574#comment-5535 The smells -- oh, dear. I think it was mostly dust. I'll have to think about that. Occasional diesel, of course, but only occasionally. And the pervasive slight toxicity of an industrial area, very slight, so you mostly didn't notice it. But dust -- warehouse type dust. The loading dock doors were always open, regardless of the temps, so sometimes it was a bit dampish dust. But not mold, not bad, big, airy dust. Um, can I paint dust? The smells — oh, dear. I think it was mostly dust. I’ll have to think about that. Occasional diesel, of course, but only occasionally. And the pervasive slight toxicity of an industrial area, very slight, so you mostly didn’t notice it. But dust — warehouse type dust. The loading dock doors were always open, regardless of the temps, so sometimes it was a bit dampish dust. But not mold, not bad, big, airy dust.

Um, can I paint dust?

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