Ode to My Tools

This is the first of a portrait series to celebrate the tools I use daily, for which I would not be the same. We begin with hot glue. I made the above sign, a charcoal portrait, and a collage to show my appreciation. The procreate process video is below. Chat GPT helped me write the ode. It’s not bad.

Ode to Hot Glue
By Lornaphone and ChatGPT

Oh, humble hot glue, in artist’s hand,
You weave enchantment in every strand.
On cardboard fish, with skillful grace,
You add texture in each glob placed.

But in this dance, where fingers greet flame,
A price I pay, for art’s enduring name.
Burns mark my hands as the cost,
Art’s fiery forge, forever embossed.

Every squeeze sculpts a gentle form,
An artist’s tool, bringing life, so warm.
Hot glue, in each adhesive trace,
You add depth to our artistic space.

So, in this union of pleasure and of pain,
Every burn, my enduring gain.
With you, dear glue, the pain is sweet,
A liquid dance confirms my joy complete.