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reflections on family

today is my niece Rome’s birthday. and it is my sister’s birthing-day. she gave birth to little Rome-a-loo one year ago today. so, congrats to her and hooray, our clan gets larger.

i am working on a family oral history project where i interview mother-daughter pairs to get their reflections, ideas, ad memories on what it [...]

awe inspiring, ginormous art

how tender is this 20 foot tall puppet?!?!
wow. i have been totally inspired and awe-struck by this amazing piece of performance-art-slash-puppetry.

Little Girl Giant Plays in the Park from XINERGY on Vimeo.
a group of theatrical magicians who call themselves”Royal de Luxe” create these awesome, almost spontaneous (it seems) performance pieces based on Jules Vern tales. [...]

battles blasted bumbershoot

holy crap. that was the best way to say goodbye to summer and hello to fall.

battles is my new favourite band.
“People won’t be people when they hear this sound
That’s been glowing in the dark at the edge of town
People won’t be people, no
The people won’t be people when they hear this sound
Won’t you show me [...]

more art

well, i guess it never rains…. you know the rest.
i have had a great day full of supergoodfuntimes today. got to dress two unsuspecting young hotties up and play with the camera.

here’s a sample… more to come!

long time no post

insert bland excuse.
here’s something that i have been working on for school…. in progress…

You who wronged

You who wronged a simple man
Bursting into laughter at the crime
And kept a pack of fools around you
To mix good and evil, to blur the line,
Though everyone bowed down before you,
Saying virtue and wisdom lit your way,
Striking gold meddals in your honour,
Glad to have survived another day,
Do not feel safe. The poet remembers.
You can kill [...]

on erasing

Last night in my visual arts class we had a one hour lecture on drawing, etc. My prof showed a couple quick drawings and tried to describe the difference between utilitarian and expressive drawings… I’m still a little confused about that one, so I’ll do some more research.
Until then, I had to [...]