Monday, 9 December 2024

Housebound

I was housebound at the weekend, heeding the advice to stay indoors while the storm raged outside. No one was coming to the house and I wasn't going out, time for wearing warm and comfortable old clothes. My Nicole Farhi trousers are so old that the backside has worn out. Does it stop me wearing them? It does not. I've patched up the holes because these trousers are so good to slouch about in. The fabric is wool and alpaca. I've got a number of Farhi clothes in a state of collapse, not because the fabric is poor but because it is delicate and I've worn these items a great many times. I understand that she is no longer a designer, having moved her creativity into sculpture. I don't have a problem with patched clothes but I'm aware that some women would put clothes in this state straight into the bin!
I usually make my own cards but had bought some Christmas cards at the museum when we went to see Father Christmas.
I'm amused to read on the back that the artist was a member of the Women's International Art Club. I was put forward as a member when I was an art student. The club was founded in 1900 and had a membership of no more than 150 artists.It was a wonderful opportunity to exhibit my work in various countries and I duly paid my annual membership fee by standing order. After a while I realised that no exhibitions had been planned for quite some time. When I enquired I discovered that the club had been dissolved in 1976! I never got my money back and imagined the collector of fees living it up on the Riviera!
Bad weather is a good excuse for a bit of lounging about on the sofa.

13 comments:

  1. You certainly had the bad weather! What a storm.
    I too have some elderly clothing that ought to be pitched out, but I will wear them to their bitter end because they are so comfy.

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  2. Same here. I just love my comfy clothing and will keep wearing it .

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    1. There is comfy and then there is tattered. Mine has become the latter!

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  3. Your outfit looks super comfy and cosy, except for the bare feet :-D
    The painting is lovely and has a timeless quality about it. How strange that the club was dissolved and their members not told!

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    1. I think it just faded away. But it had been so good for me to have been chosen to join. I exhibited in various galleries at home and abroad with the group. They arranged everything and this was great for me as a student just starting out. I wouldn't have managed shows in Paris and elsewhere if I'd had to take part in them on my own.

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    1. OK, now I know that Shelby's comments are spam and not genuine. "She" has commented on my blog before, probably using ChatGPT or some other AI to create a comment based on the post's contents, and added a link that is supposed to entice people to visit whatever website "she" is paid to promote.

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    2. I've removed the comment from 'Shelby'. AI is going to create an ever-more confusing world!

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  5. our weekend was cold, windy, and wet. so that's what I did. stayed indoors lounging in my girl superhero fleece bottoms.
    I imagine whoever received your dues that they had a birdnest on the ground.

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    1. 'Superhero fleece bottoms' I'm picturing them!!

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  6. You had quite the storm and staying at home in comfortable clothing was a good choice.

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