I do believe I have bitten off more than I can chew.

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"People contort themselves around the terror of being alone, making any compromise against that. It's a great freedom to give up on love, and get on with everything else."

- Barbara Kingsolver, The Lacuna

One day, when I was already old, in the entrance of a public place a man came up to me. He introduced himself and said, "I've known you for years. Everyone says you were beautiful when you were young, but I want to tell you I think you're more beautiful now. I prefer your face as it is now. Ravaged." - The Lover, Duras

This is the first time since right before I opened Blue Ruin Art Gallery back in 2000 that I've been SO SURE of my next move, so happy and positive that the path I'm on is the exact right path. I KNEW that the gallery was the adventure I was meant to go on then. Once we agreed to close it in 2007 I didn't know what I might find that would MEAN as ( Read more... )

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): "It is a tremendous act of violence to ( Read more... )

Sometimes people become infatuated with me in a rather intense way, then just as easily lose interest. For years I used to wonder what was wrong with me (to make them lose interest) but now I know that infatuation is constructed mostly of fantasy. There are bits and pieces of me in there, but the stuff they invent to fill all my gaps is pure ( Read more... )

Is there someone on LJ you think I should meet? Looking to make new friends in these parts....

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): According to my analysis of the ( Read more... )

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