the day before the new year i visited the arizona science center - a very cool, though elementary-student oriented, interactive science museum that convinced me to (a) try to use the left side of my brain more, and to (b) try to pursue a ph.d. in quantum physics upon completing my ph.d. in literature. (haha, kidding. maybe.)
well, but really, this is a resolution that snuck up on me all december: to use my underutilized skills and knowledge (and this includes math and science as well as more embodied skills like art and music. so let's scratch the left brain/right brain thing).
anyways, first task: build a bookshelf for the new apartment.
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let me preface the rest of the post by saying: manual labor is not my strong point. in fact, today's pre-move-in apartment remodeling has consists of my boyfriend ripping apart walls while i sit happily studying japanese and reading about the pastoral. oh, and in a horrible enactment of typical gender roles, baking cookies.
so the bookshelf is proving somewhat of a challenge. not only am i currently terrified of powertools, but i'm not even sure where to begin in design. i mean, i wikipedia'd the golden ratio today! and then i second-guessed how tall it should be! and i'm thinking all this indecisiveness will ultimately lead to my books staying in boxes piled against the wall...
next task: artwork for the walls?
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incidentally i just took a quiz on whether i use my left or right brain more: i use both equally...
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Are you building a bookshelf from scratch...like w/ wood and all? or are you putting one together from ikea?...you should get one of those ikea ones...they store alot of books (and you have alot of books).
PS: what kind of artwork are you going to put up on your walls?
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