Tatiana Gill’s Blog of Wax

Yesterday on the bus to work, I overheard a conversation between a young lady (maybe 20ish, with punk style) and two much older women. The young one asked the difference between knitting and crocheting, which one had two needles, which one had one. An older woman replied that knitting uses two needles while crocheting uses a hook. The young woman then objected to the very concept, who can just sit there for hours? Who has that kind of patience? The old ladies smiled. Then the girl contemplated how she plays guitar, which takes hours of patience, but at least she gets instant gratification of hearing her song right away. Then it was her stop and she left.

That started me thinking about the instant gratification of knitting. The soothing repetition and patterns. The feeling of nice wool running past my fingers. The feeling I’m a part of something greater than myself, a herstorical loom of skill that’s been woven for hundreds or thousands of years.

And then beyond, is appreciating the gratification that I did not learn to enjoy as a young person, but only in my 30s have I even begun to appreciate. The amazing feeling of creating something that DOES take time, that does take skill and discipline and patience, is so much more infinitely gratifiying than something you can make on the spot with little effort.

Yes, I like getting older. I’m looking forward to my 40s and we’ll talk then about my 50s

Molly Kiely was the first all-empowering, all sex-positive, cartoonist I read, and considering I worked for an erotic comics retailer, I’ve read THEM. ALL. Molly Kiely stands alone as her own awesome stake in the world of Comics, Feminism, Porn, Erotica, Black and White Art, and Sex Positive Empowerment.

 She blew my mind with “Diary of a Dominatrix” and “That Kind of Girl” in the 90s and early 00s. Now I’ve found her on flickr, doing gorgeous pin ups and photography of the gorgeous Molly Kiely in the flesh!

SWOON.

http://www.mollykiely.com/

365 Days of Being 40 on Flickr (Pix and Modelling by Molly)

Cover to the book that changed my sexual insides, “That Kind of Girl”

Hark! Kate Beaton is the funniest cartoonist alive today!

 http://beatonna.livejournal.com/

I don’t think cartoons are allowed to do Sex Ed these days. Correct me if I’m wrong!

Swiped from http://themightyadam.com/

Different cartoonists are illustrating one of my favorite albums, 69 Love Songs by the Magnetic Fields.

http://howfuckingromantic.wordpress.com/

…For a passionate girl! I have started up a Gamer Blog at http://playingwiththequeen.blogspot.com. Do join me there as well, ye followers on RSS! I am looking for contributors so if you are interested, write to my gamer email at rupeegroupie at gmail.com.

What about NEW comix by Tats, you ask? Well I’m writing a fantasy-genre graphic novel and I’m sooo excited about it. It’s the greatest fairy tale I’ve ever read and I love fairy tales. I’ll be making more thumbnails soon, but here’s a sneak peek at my super-scrawly creative process. As long as I know what I mean…

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Onto the thrust of this post: I’ve been digging up some old work to show off online, things I did c. 2000-2004 or so. I hope you enjoy!

Maxiedog Comic

A Biography of Beatrix Potter 

Spookie, the Hottie Teenage Ghost

O-Chaya

The Shambling Mound

Nurse

Misc Short Comics

9/11

Mom’s Recipe

With a whole new direction…rather than trying to capture women I know and admire, I am trying to capture the essence of spirts I admire, inspired by real life women.

Inspired by my pal Lara’s incredible photography and fellow love of cupcakes.

Inspired by my friend Kim’s love of dancing and music.

This one is inspired by my inner cowgirl and my robot dinosaur Charlie the Pleo <3

Tom Gauld print: “Characters for an Epic Tale”

I just surfed up this amazing performance. Tremble in textile awe!

”Mater Matrix Mother and Medium” is process-based temporary public art project created by installation artist Mandy Greer. It combines community action, site-embedded installation and a performance produced in collaboration between myself, dancer Zoe Scofield and composer Morgan Henderson, Summer 2009 at Camp Long in Seattle, Wa.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mandygreer/