It's Time to Write in the Journal
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This year, 2007, marks Tapissary’s 30th anniversary. To celebrate, I’ve been making adjustments to the grammar. The journal is my practice sheet where I merge linguistic invention with my daily experiences.
MINI LESSONS Starting Oct 2 2007, I'm including occasional brief lessons in Tapissary on the Journal. They use the vocabulary and grammar from highlighted journal entries so that you can get more insight into how the sentences work. There will also be a dictionary of the most common çelloglyphs on this site so that you can write your own texts.
The formulae you see preceding each phrase below (such as: [≈] + V ) refer to the cyclic grammar.
Images and Vocabulary. I base these short Tapissed texts on images. The illustrated entries give me daily practice with language, drawing and/or photography. Each day I highlight a vocabulary word, showing how it fits into a sentence.
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tapissed entries
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Oct 4 2007
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MINI LESSON 2
"I see deer in the garden"
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In the first lesson, lower down this page, the plural was introduced. Today, I’ll show two other forms of the plural.
1) If a number or expression of quantity (such as ‘many’ ‘few’ etc...) precedes a noun, the plural bar is not necessary. Ex: Do you have change for 5 euro? There are many pencil on the table. Countless star dot the heavens. The company produces various product. She bought a pair of glove. 2 pigeon landed on the roof. etc...
2) Some of the irregular plurals in English are carried over to Tapissary. For example, ‘person’ becomes ‘people’ with its own çelloglyph. A ‘deer’ is both singular and plural, as in English. Ex: “I saw a deer running in the forest, but you saw 3 deer in your back yard”. In Tapissary, the words such as deer and pair need not receive a plural bar.
Practice:
1. The people are in the garden
2. The garden has many tree(s)
3. The trees have many leaf(ves)
4. I see 4 piece(s) of paper on the table
5. You have many pencil(s)
6. I have 5 pair of shoe(s)
7. The leaves on both of the tree(s) are large
8. People have a pair of eye(s) and a pair of ear(s)
9. All green shoe(s) are expensive
10. The deer have good pair(s) of eye(s) and ear(s)
Try some on your own:
1. The deer has large eyes. 2. The deer have good ears. 3. I have a green pair of shoes. 4. You have trees in the garden. 5. The garden has 5 trees. Note: Numbers are written the same in English and Tapissary.
Correction: In the lesson box above, sentence #3, the word trees should have a plural bar above it.
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Oct 3 2007
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[=] /\+/\ I wetted the paper, +/\ then dripped watercolor in random splotches. +∆ After the piece dried, +/\ I decided to draw a fantasy landscape over it, +| keeping the splotches as tree foliage. [≠] +__ You will not find these trees in your country.
Wewret njôpââper, then drip water otsiceeler in random sploghtch. After iit se piece dryndy, draw a fantasy dziartilaeendscape over it, keeping se sploghtch as tree foliage. These treees fijinds youus in your country.
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Oct 2 2007
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MINI LESSON ONE
“What is in the Painting?”
There have been requests from visitors asking to learn to write in Tapissary. Hence the mini lesson. The "mini lesson" is based on a phrase from a past journal entry, or one planned for the future. I take vocabulary from the entry so that you can read a part of it. Today's lesson will help with tomorrow's post.
The plural is formed by placing a horizontal bar over the noun. (There are 6 ways to write the word ‘THE’. They are easy to use, and will be explained in a future mini lesson).
Some practice phrases:
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.Error: In the yellow box just above, on the first line, you will see the English word 'a' following three verticle bars. My typo. The three verticle bars mean 'IS'
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Oct 1 2007
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[=] /\+/\ I’m learning color pencil techniques through 2 of Bet Borgeson’s books: “The Colored Pencil” and “Colored Pencil for the Serious Beginner”. +<> The write ups at Amazon dot com give her books the highest rating in gold stars for good reason. +∆ She’s a superb teacher. +/\ I’m taking her interactive online class. +| The site is borgesonstudio dot com. [≠] --| You don’t have to be signed up as a student to gain access to tutorials, pencil art galleries and the like. [=] +/\ I jumped ahead to one chapter +∆ where she discusses drawing on toned papers. +| I just happened to have a brown paper shopping bag handy, and +/\ drew this doodle on its receptive surface.
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Sept 30 2007
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[=] /\+/\ I’ve been working on the online tapissed dictionary, +| so today’s entry is a short one!
Owron the on line tapissed wkidistiictionarying, so todayn eentry is a short one!
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Sept 29 2007
Color pencil over watercolor ... 10" x 14"
[=] |+| This is an ugly piece, +/\ but it felt beautiful to draw. +/\ An abstract watercolor underpainting provided the base for the color pencil drawing.
Thiwciis is an ugly piece, but schûhûût beautiful ladraw. An abstract water color under painting provide gvûbââse for se color pencil drawing.
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Sept 28 2007
The çelloglyph in the ochre box above means: ..mallets
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[≠] |+| Originally I was going to make a drawing of mallets falling toward a vulnerable dried leaf. Instead, [=] +/\ I drew Twinky and friends on page 11 of the journal. +| Now that I’m clearing off my desktop of old references, [≠] +/\ I thought I’d post this photo before +__ assigning it to oblivion. [=] +/\ I like the monochromatic study of ochres.
Originally, awca drawing ymaaghlet falling toward a vulnerable dried leaf draw shwemee. Instead, artôtwüünky and frieghnd on page 11 ythe journal. Now that ii clearing off my desk top yold reghference, this photo post thkevremee before iis assigning iits to oblivion. Monochromatic mrôstuudy yoghchre.
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Sept 27 2007
The çelloglyph in the ochre box above means: revolution
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[=] |+/\ I found a comprehensive website about pencils. +| It discusses the history, manufacture, and shows some samples of pencil art. +/\ I was surprised to learn +∆ that a graphite lead contains porcelain or clay, +∆ and is fired to a high temperature to produce a ceramic ware. [≠] --| Colored pencils are not fired, [=] +| but still contain clay. pencilrevolution dot com.
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The photo above is part of my new pencil collection
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