studio 🎨

notes/art/studio.md

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-And while I'm at it, I'd like to upgrade the old mac mini (<https://davidawindham.com/mac-mini/>), add a keyboard, and integrate the audio and video into my existing system. The 96" space will allow for two people to work side by side. I'm estimating the cost to be under a grand sans mac studio. I'm hoping it'll put my eyes on the canvas as much as the monitors and it'll be much easier to let Iris in and out.
+And while I'm at it, I'd like to upgrade the old mac mini (<https://davidawindham.com/mac-mini/>), add a keyboard, and integrate the audio and video into my existing system. The 96" space will allow for two people to work side by side. I'm also planning on having a lift on the I'm estimating the cost to be under a grand sans mac studio. I'll continue using it as my daily desk for my developer day gig, but I'd also like to venture into some more creative endeavors such as painting, prints, photography, video, and audio. I'm really hoping it'll put my eyes on the canvas as much as the monitors and it'll be much easier to let Iris in and out.
 
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   - premade or cut desktop ready to roll before cabinet install
 - (2)36" prebuilt cabinets (1)w/drawer
   - rack for audio equipment and RAID storage
-- 32" monitors(2) and tv(65")
-- VESA tv mount for swing angle
+  - paint/brush drawer w/organizer
+- (2) 46" drawers
+  - palette drawer with removable/replaceable glass/wood tops
+  - keyboard drawer ( Nord 73 is 40" )
+- 32" monitors(2)
+  - on arm lift w/keyboard tray for standing
+- VESA tv (65")mount for swing angle
 - cabinet cutout for sub-woofer
 - sound dampeners
 - table top easel and draft table
+  - easel on pull-out rotate gear
   - storage for oil, watercolor, mediums, and brushes
 - existing electrical outlets are sufficient
 - additional lighting for easel
-- drawer for peripherals
-- 73 keyboard drawer 42"
 - cable management / mounted power strips 
 - floating shelf above monitors
 - use closet to hold canvas and lighting

posts/2023-11-07-posts.md

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+---
+title: Françoise Gilot
+description: Today I learned Françoise Gilot
+slug: françoise-gilot
+<!--- authors:
+  - name: David Windham
+    title: Something Else
+    url: https://davidawindham.com
+    image_url: https://davidawindham.com/wp-content/themes/daw/img/opengraph_image.jpg -->
+tags: [people, art, artist, writer]
+image: https://davidawindham.com/wp-content/themes/daw/img/opengraph_image.jpg
+hide_table_of_contents: false
+---
+
+Today I learned that Françoise Gilot painted almost daily until the age of 100<sub>1,2</sub>. Although Gilot was known partially for her romantic partnership with Pablo Picasso and marriage to Jonas Salk, she was also a very accomplished painter. I'm not a big fan of the majority of her artwork but I admire her effort.
+
+<!--truncate-->
+
+![](/img/gilot.jpg)
+*Françoise Gilot - Magic Mountain [ 1989-91 Oil on canvas, 73 x 92.1 cm ]*
+
+
+Gilot's estimated body of work was around 2,000 paintings and 5,000 drawings<sub>3</sub>. She worked almost daily and sometimes as much as 20 hours a day. I admire that sort of work ethic and I have the opinion that luck is mostly just a game of mathematical odds. I think you'll find this in every successful practitioner of almost anything. 
+
+I ran into this tidbit while researching various artist studios. I suppose since winter is coming on, I'm thinking more about indoor activities which started me in on the project of reworking the cabinetry for [my studio](/notes/art/studio)<sub>4</sub>. And since I've spent a bunch of time in the car recently thinking about my studio, I've also been thinking about it's purpose. I spend anywhere from three to ten hours a day at my desk in my office. Combining my office desk with a studio means I'll be introducing another set of tools at my table. Although I kinda enjoy being the master of none, I curious as to which will garner the most of my attention.
+
+---
+
+1. Françoise Gilot - <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Françoise_Gilot>
+1. _Françoise Gilot, Artist in the Shadow of Picasso, Is Dead at 101_ - <https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/06/arts/francoise-gilot-dead.html>
+3. _Françoise Gilot, 97, Does Not Regret Her Pablo Picasso Memoir_ - <https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/11/t-magazine/francoise-gilot-picasso.html>
+4. David A. Windham - TIL - Notes/Art/Studio - <https://davidawindham.com/til/notes/art/studio>

src/pages/index.md

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 # Today I Learned
 
 - **2023**
+  - 23/11/07 - [Françoise Gilot](/posts/françoise-gilot)
   - 23/11/05 - [Cat Power](/posts/cat-power)
   - 23/10/30 - [Horror](/posts/horror)
   - 23/10/14 - [Adobe Firefly](/posts/adobe-firefly)