I was just at the local tiny branch of the Seattle Library picking up some books I had on hold, and I happened to see a collection of audio recordings of poetry by Dorothy Parker, Ogden Nash, and Phyllis McGinley. I checked it out because I wanted to hear them read their own poetry.
So, [...]
I’m taking time out of my busy morning study schedule (I bemoan the complexity of the female reproductive system… christ, how am I supposed to keep all those hormones straight?) to point out this cool photo by Hosang Park, currently for sale at 20×200.com.
I have the following questions about it:
What is up with the paths? [...]
Thursday, February 26, 2009
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I just went to the “Garden and Cosmos: The Royal Paintings of Jodhpur” exhibit at the Seattle Asian Art Museum tonight and it blew my mind. I’ve always loved traditional Indian painting, but I’ve never seen any in person, and I just don’t understand how these were painted.
SAAM provides magnifying glasses because all of [...]
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Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Last night Richard and I watched the movie “Control”, about Ian Curtis, lead singer of Joy Division. Sam Riley, who I’d never heard of, plays Ian Curtis, and is completely convincing and awesome. I say that as someone who has suffered from clinical depression and neurological conditions (Curtis was epileptic)… he sure convinced [...]
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Guess what? My pay-what-you-want sale is still going!
Remaining: 4
Remaining: 6
Remaining: 4
Remaining: 4
The response hasn’t been as exciting as I thought it would be, and I’m suspecting this is for two reasons:
1. Low exposure (I would like to thank the Loyal 13 who subscribe via Google Reader ;)
2. People don’t like it when they aren’t [...]
Friday, November 21, 2008
I just got sucked into a Wikipedia vortex, and came across this painting called The Garden of Eden, from the Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry (a prayer book). It was painted in the early 1400s. (The Wikipedia page containing the Garden of Eden concerns the “international gothic” style of painting.)
I found [...]
Friday, November 21, 2008
So, over a year ago, I started a miniature painting for a friend with off-color humor like myself. I got this idea that I thought was hilarious, and was going to give it to her for her birthday, but I didn’t get it finished in time. I happened to find it again, just [...]
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Dear Internet Diary,
Not much has been happening lately. The leaves are falling all at once, now… I have been raking them into piles over the garden beds. I have been feeling sick from a fibromyalgia flare-up for the last 3 days. This makes me want to throw things.
I have been thinking [...]
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
I just saw e-mail announcing today’s offerings from the 20×200 project. This photograph by Joseph O. Holmes just kills me:
It’s called “amnh #62″ and was taken in a New York museum, I believe.
At this point I do not have room for more art so I will not buy a print. But maybe I [...]
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
I decided that I wanted to give some background on the photos that I’m offering in my pay-what-you-want print sale.
So, today:
Sad breakfast, 2007
I was sitting outside last summer, playing with seed pods from my Chilean glory vine (Eccremocarpus scaber). That vine grows like a mad thing in Seattle and produces the most beautiful brilliant [...]