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Hair Cut
Feeling slightly adrift from my usual moorings, I told my long time stylist he could do whatever he wanted when I went in for my overdue haircut. I’ve been wearing variations on the same style for several years and I was curious to see what this artist would do given freedom to exercise his personal aesthetic, but mostly, since Layrinski left, my ( Read more... ) -
Gift of Gab
I can’t think of anything sweeter than the mutual joy of greeting someone who adores you as you adore them. Ecstatic hugs and all night conversations soothe the tender place in my soul where Layrinski and I had to detach a little for her to take the next step into her unfolding independence. So a weekend in A-Town to visit my fledglings, followed ( Read more... ) -
Happiness Is...
...black Doc Marten's (my first pair!) that lace up all the way up to my knees. SWWEEET! -
Not So Empty Nest
This week Lauren took her last load ( Read more... ) -
TURNING THE TIDE part 1
Reflections on mid-life ( Read more... ) -
ALEX GREY VISIONARY ART INTENSIVE, Blowing out the Dust
“Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.” Pablo Picasso
I learned last year that the live figure drawing was less about anatomical precision and more about the dynamic translation of energy into form. Accordingly I relax my grip on the pencil this time, holding it further back allowing a freer flow of the strokes that define the ( Read more... ) -
ALEX GREY VISIONARY ART WORKSHOP
Twenty-seven years ago my father-in-law walked thru my studio for the first time. After peering critically at the intuitive drawings accumulating on the drafting board he sniffed and pronounced that I would (might!) be a good artist once I outgrew this “cosmic stage.” My cheeks burned with the stinging dismissal of my nascent creativity. Even then ( Read more... ) -
Alex Grey Video at Dancy Sunday evening!?!
Fresh off the plane from a triptastic week at the Alex Grey visionary art intensive at Omega in upstate New York, I'm still flying high and want to share the joy. I'd like to screen Cosm, the Movie, a virtual tour thru Alex's psychedelic work at the Dancy house with you all tomorrow evening. I've seen glimpses, fantastic production values, music, ( Read more... ) -
The problem with perfectionism...
is that I have all these projects backing-up, waiting to be tweaked (photos of pallas, flipside, hawaii), made just so, before being shared or filed away as finished. Several of said projects are lj posts going back a few months now, not completed, but not abandoned either, as I continue processing significant events despite the demands of daily ( Read more... )