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Control Seeks Control
"Control seeks control" is apparently a quotation from William S. Burroughs.
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rat embroidery aphorism
If You Want People to Treat You Normal You Have to Dress Normal
My mother said this to me after I complained that her co-workers in rural Tennessee treated me weird.
Ezra's Candy Factory
Drawing done by Ezra, about age 6. Transferred to fabric.
Haven't you ever heard of the germ theory of disease?
My mother used to say this to me when I was a teenager and she thought I was being unhygenic.
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Good Spousekeeping Knows No Gender
I remember that this phrase was from a women's magazine from the 1970s. My memory may be flawed. This was the first attempt I made in this genre.
I can't Said the Ant; You Must Said the Crust
My dissertation completion motto.
Waterfall
Drawing by Leo, approximately age 3. Transferred to fabric and stitched.
If you're normal in our family you're weird
Family portrait drawn by Ezra, about age 7.
Everyone Gets Their Ass Kicked in a Different Way
This is perhaps one of my most important personal aphorisms.
How Sharper than a Serpent's Tooth is a Thankless Child
My mother said this to me when I was young, and her mother said it to her. I made this is a mother's day gift for her a few years ago.
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