Bark Bodice
This was handed down to me by my predecessor. It fell off of one of the trees on Palm Drive.
Poetry Envelopes
Here’s a scan of a couple of envelopes I did to help out with Bronwen’s DIY poetry anthology project while I was visiting SF. The pages are from some amusing old novels. The envelope on the left is decorated with cut orgami paper, the one on the right with watercolor and pen. Thanks to Bronwen for scanning!
Upcoming Cool Stuff
Great art by great people coming up around the city…
Come hear Bronwen’s poetry at a Post-MFA / Pre-Book Reading at Cornelia Street Cafe on Wednesday, January 24th at 6:00pm.
The Cornelia Street Cafe
29 Cornelia Street
$6 cover = free drink
Subway: A/C/E/F to West 4th or 1/9 to Christopher
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Take a look at Michelle’s Kinetiscope at the About Glamour Gallery in Williamsburg. (You might also be tempted to buy a necklace from the store in front, like I was.)
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Adam of Adam’s Books, will be reading his poetry at
a Chelsea art gallery, Zieher Smith on Tuesday, February 6th, 6pm.
A really, really old post published for the first time…
Just found a draft for a post I never hit “Publish” on. Oops. It’s really old. For those of you who know me in “real life,” it’s before my hair went blond. It’s also before I moved to Oregon or California. I like the photos, so I’m going to publish it anyway. So there. Seems like such a long time ago, but also really recent. Time is weird like that.
Bronwen, Dustin and I trekked down to Dumbo, egged on by B’s Letterpress obsession. We made successful visits to not one but two Letterpress sample sales, then wandered around the D.U.M.B.O. Art Under the Bridge Festival. Highlights: Baby in a Nest! Help crossing the street! Fries! Our badass selves!
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The nice people with TRYST helped us cross the street safely.
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We lunched at the ever-so-delicions Superfine.
All in all, a great day.
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Those Greeks…
Everyone, and I do mean everyone, must read Autiobiography of Red. I discovered this marvelous book thanks to Bronwen. Anne Carson weaves together a beautiful poem-novel, full of implausible things that one somehow finds oneself saying, “Of course. The boy has wings. Well, naturally.” I don’t think that I’ll ever be able to think of Heracles and Geryon the same way.
Speaking of books influenced by Greek mythology, I finally read The Thief, a novel people have been telling me for years that I must read. It was a thoroughly enjoyable book — great for late grade school especially. It had a great blend of adventure, mythology and plot twists. I felt at times that the characters weren’t quite consistent, but then — when are people really? I’m really looking forward to reading the second book in the series by Megan Whalen Turner.
If both these books get you in the mood to do some research into ancient Greece, check out The Art and Culture of Early Greece. The author, Jeffrey Hurwit, was one of the most memorable profs I took a class from. He took the subject that I was, to be honest, expecting to be a bit dry, and wove amazing stories. He told us about controversies in authenticity and date, and presented conflicting opinions by leading experts. Once in a while he’d slip in “and this piece was restored by me.”
Remember My Little Ponies?
It’s so strange to see the wave of nostalgia toys that are hitting the kids’ stores recently. Strolling through the toy section in Target is a journey to childhood. Transformers, Lite-Brites, Care Bears, who would’ve thought that they’d come back? Now the kids who first played with them are having little ones of their own, and what could be better to play with than the stuff that we loved? I had a huge collection of My Little Ponies. They were an aqua-friendly herd — I remember playing with them most in the bathtub and the kiddie pool in the back yard. The fake terf that we had spread over the deck (Ooh, remember that?) was the perfect field for frolicking. My favorites were, of course, the babies. My favorite, that is, until they came out with a teenager-size (bigger than the babies, smaller than the moms) pony who had delicate, iridescant wings. She was truly beautiful. I must not be the only one hit with such a poignant strain of nostalgia — even some of todays most talented artists aren’t immune, including Annie Leibovitz. Opening October 21st, Milk Gallery will be featuring a set of oversized My Little Ponies (How’s that for irony?)decorated by what they bill as “some of today’s leading female artists.” The project seems a little too similar to the cows, and the set of rather bad copycat projects it spawned for my liking. However, will I be there? Oh yes. Who can resist My Little Ponies? My six-year-old self would never forgive me.