{"id":431,"date":"2010-09-09T01:00:16","date_gmt":"2010-09-08T21:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.clarissarizal.com\/blogblog\/?p=431"},"modified":"2010-09-09T03:46:30","modified_gmt":"2010-09-08T23:46:30","slug":"trading-of-the-tools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clarissarizal.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/trading-of-the-tools\/","title":{"rendered":"Trading of the Tools"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_432\" style=\"width: 385px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.clarissarizal.com\/blogblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Chilkat_teaching_tools.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-432\" class=\"size-full wp-image-432\" title=\"Chilkat_teaching_tools\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarissarizal.com\/blogblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Chilkat_teaching_tools.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarissarizal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Chilkat_teaching_tools.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.clarissarizal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Chilkat_teaching_tools-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-432\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A wooden box captures all the necessary little tools when jumping from weaving loom to weaving loom, whether they are looms in a class setting, or my own looms in my studio<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Artists employ all kinds of tools for their trade and we never really pay homage to the tools that assist\u00a0 us in whatever the art we create.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve taken photographs of few of my most trustworthy &#8220;friends&#8221; who are with me on a day-in day-out basis, making business all that artfully simpler.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_433\" style=\"width: 385px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.clarissarizal.com\/blogblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Chilkat_organization_tools.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-433\" class=\"size-full wp-image-433\" title=\"Chilkat_organization_tools\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarissarizal.com\/blogblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Chilkat_organization_tools.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarissarizal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Chilkat_organization_tools.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.clarissarizal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Chilkat_organization_tools-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-433\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Very Important Paperbooks (VIP):  A Franklin Covey planner and two notebooks, one for computer skill notes and website updates, and the other to list all the projects with &quot;to-do&quot; listings under each project category<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Folks wonder how I accomplish so many things, like where do I find the time for it all?\u00a0 Well, besides not having much of a social life, nor owning a television all my adult life, nor taking vacations or looking for entertainment outside of myself, I have lots of time to organize, speculate, design and create (as well as the bookkeeping, note-taking, email responses, website updates, blogging, etc.).\u00a0 Outside of having creative time, and the usual paperwork, keeping organized is the key to accomplishments.\u00a0 I am a left-brained, right-brained person, can you tell?<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_434\" style=\"width: 385px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.clarissarizal.com\/blogblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Chilkat_organization_tools_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-434\" class=\"size-full wp-image-434\" title=\"Chilkat_organization_tools_2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarissarizal.com\/blogblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Chilkat_organization_tools_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarissarizal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Chilkat_organization_tools_2.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.clarissarizal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Chilkat_organization_tools_2-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-434\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Keep organized.  It&#39;s a joy to reach out and select what you need in the very moment of its need instead of searching through stacks of paper strewn about the desk top - like just reach out and touch...the very thing you need<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_435\" style=\"width: 385px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.clarissarizal.com\/blogblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Chilkat_laptop.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-435\" class=\"size-full wp-image-435\" title=\"Chilkat_laptop\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarissarizal.com\/blogblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Chilkat_laptop.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarissarizal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Chilkat_laptop.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.clarissarizal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Chilkat_laptop-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-435\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Let&#39;s face it you backwoods, artists - get with it!  The wave of this future is right now and guess what, if you don&#39;t have a computer or laptop, the world of business is going to leave you way behind...as much as I resisted for many years to the technological world and the hubbub, I was forced to get on board by sheer pressure<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_436\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.clarissarizal.com\/blogblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Chilkat_printer.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-436\" class=\"size-full wp-image-436\" title=\"Chilkat_printer\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarissarizal.com\/blogblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Chilkat_printer.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarissarizal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Chilkat_printer.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.clarissarizal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Chilkat_printer-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-436\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This HP Officejet 6500 Wireless is not as quiet and smooth as my Canon MX700, but it does the job when i need to download, print and fill out applications to submit on the double!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_437\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.clarissarizal.com\/blogblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Chilkat_weavers_health.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-437\" class=\"size-full wp-image-437\" title=\"Chilkat_weavers_health\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarissarizal.com\/blogblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Chilkat_weavers_health.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarissarizal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Chilkat_weavers_health.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.clarissarizal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Chilkat_weavers_health-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-437\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Peppermint tea English ala creme with Vitamin Bs and C and a dash of cellphone radiation is a way to start a vigorous day<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_438\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.clarissarizal.com\/blogblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Chilkat_spinning_couch.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-438\" class=\"size-full wp-image-438\" title=\"Chilkat_spinning_couch\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarissarizal.com\/blogblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Chilkat_spinning_couch.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarissarizal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Chilkat_spinning_couch.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.clarissarizal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Chilkat_spinning_couch-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-438\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Love seats are a necessary tool to accommodate to sporadic visitors and late-night Netflix videos while spinning Chilkat warp - this is the first time I&#39;ve owned a love seat - they are not sprawling like a couch<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Artists employ all kinds of tools for their trade and we never really pay homage to the tools that assist\u00a0 us in whatever the art we create.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve taken photographs of few of my most trustworthy &#8220;friends&#8221; who are with me on a day-in day-out basis, making business all that artfully simpler. 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