"As Luck Would Have It", Kiln-formed glass panel. Kelly Alge ©2013.
This is my entry for Day 2 of Leslie Saeta's '30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge' … I made this 3 months ago, so it isn't exactly old, but it is definitely not something new I suppose. To truly be in the spirit of this challenge I should have made it today, but life got in the way and I didn't make anything art related. (boooooo!) I'll make up for it in the end.
Anyway, in keeping day 2 of my resolution to learn something new everyday, I can tell you that I've learned several new things today…
I learned how many sorts of sutures surgeons have to learn and what each kind is good for the thing you need to suture. I read about all the different filaments that are used, which ones are strongest in certain situations, and I learned that some of the self-dissolving ones are made from catgut or beef tendons. Interesting. The patterns and technical knowledge, along with years of practice develop the suturing skills of the physician until he or she can do them perfectly. Kind of like art, isn't it?
Two weeks ago today I had hand surgery to correct a tendon problem. It's healing nicely, and my sutures were actually pretty interesting to look at. Very precisely done, and surprisingly not like any stitches I'd ever seen. I was supposed to schedule a followup to have them taken out, but instead I got busy with the holidays and such. Deciding to try to remove them myself, I found my tiny scissors and tweezers. When I couldn't figure out where the snips should be, I resorted to the internet. How many things do you think go wrong when consulting the internet? This time things went well and I wasn't "left in a stitch".
Another important lesson from today… as a new user of a smooth cooktop stove, of course I've been freaking out about ruining it somehow. After I made dinner I carefully squirted the polish on, then put my teakettle on the back burner to heat. Wrong burner. When I turned around I noticed that my polish was boiling and the water was not, so in a dash from the sink I instinctively tried to quickly wipe it off with one of my orange dishtowels. UMMMM… I won't be buying anything but cotton dishtowels from here on out. That's all for tonight.
REALLY Special!
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