2 years ago
06 January 2009
communion
This is video documentation of an installation I recently completed. The piece is about the complexities of wanting to hold on to one’s self, and about an inability to give enough of ourselves without being lost. It is about giving, receiving, and begging. The hands are asking for communion.
27 December 2008
11 November 2008
Chicken Soup Public Art Style
So, I admit, I've been kind of disappointed in the world recently. (other than the election...so exciting!!!!) Anyway, I was looking at this public art project, http://www.learningtoloveyoumore.com/, for one of my classes this morning, and it's made me feel much better about life. Check it out and read some of the submitted assignments. I've tried one so far, #37 "Write down a recent argument"- a very interesting exercise.
27 September 2008
26 September 2008
I'm back and ready for action!
Dearest Readers (though there may only be one or two),
It's been a good month since I last posted anything. Luckily, LR has been holding down the fort with some exquisite posts complete with fantastic adjoining visuals. August ended with an amazing trip to Seattle and a quick sailing adventure around the San Juan Islands (pictures to come). Then it was a rough couple weeks personally and economically. It might have been hormones, it might have also been the stock market. Did anyone else notice a change in their mood? I managed to sneak in another trip up to San Fran to see LR. We spent a lovely morning drinking tea and discussing the topics we like most, life, art, and feminism or more importantly, the intersection of these concepts and practices.
I know everyone is about Palined out, but I came across this article on the New York Times website I wanted to share. Although I don't quite agree with Ms. Warner's Elle Woods analogy to Palin, I have met a lot of women who suffer from "Impostor Syndrome" (myself included) and wonder when we as women are going to start to be honest with ourselves. Conforming to an image created by the media about how a woman should look, dress, and act does us a disservice at demonstrating what we are truely capable of when it comes to tackling major issues.
Republican women may be rallying around Sarah Palin because she is someone they can relate to, but her brazen self-confidence is one of the things I can't stand about her. She is unwilling and unable to show her insecurities because that would make her appear weak and timid. These are the very things that make us able to relate to each other as human beings. Not to mention that fact that women are generally thought to be more nurturing and thereby better able to encourage and support others who might need some help gain true confidence rather than the false sense of self that makes Palin out to be the "frontierswoman". Call me a bleeding heart liberal, but I am sick to death of this power-hunger, winner-take-all, Manifest Destiny complex that many Americans have and feel like they need to have in order to achieve individual success.
Which brings me to my point. How are we measuring success these days? A failed economy, a country almost 10 trillion dollars in debt to countries like China and Saudi Arabi, a sensless war that continues, an abysmal healthcare system, the list goes on. Conforming to a patriarchal society hasn't really gotten us very far in terms of looking out for everyone's best interest. So let's ditch the "mavericks" and look to the community organizers, because it's all about unification and solidarity baby. I hear socialism calling in the death knoll of corporate capitalism.
It's been a good month since I last posted anything. Luckily, LR has been holding down the fort with some exquisite posts complete with fantastic adjoining visuals. August ended with an amazing trip to Seattle and a quick sailing adventure around the San Juan Islands (pictures to come). Then it was a rough couple weeks personally and economically. It might have been hormones, it might have also been the stock market. Did anyone else notice a change in their mood? I managed to sneak in another trip up to San Fran to see LR. We spent a lovely morning drinking tea and discussing the topics we like most, life, art, and feminism or more importantly, the intersection of these concepts and practices.
I know everyone is about Palined out, but I came across this article on the New York Times website I wanted to share. Although I don't quite agree with Ms. Warner's Elle Woods analogy to Palin, I have met a lot of women who suffer from "Impostor Syndrome" (myself included) and wonder when we as women are going to start to be honest with ourselves. Conforming to an image created by the media about how a woman should look, dress, and act does us a disservice at demonstrating what we are truely capable of when it comes to tackling major issues.
Republican women may be rallying around Sarah Palin because she is someone they can relate to, but her brazen self-confidence is one of the things I can't stand about her. She is unwilling and unable to show her insecurities because that would make her appear weak and timid. These are the very things that make us able to relate to each other as human beings. Not to mention that fact that women are generally thought to be more nurturing and thereby better able to encourage and support others who might need some help gain true confidence rather than the false sense of self that makes Palin out to be the "frontierswoman". Call me a bleeding heart liberal, but I am sick to death of this power-hunger, winner-take-all, Manifest Destiny complex that many Americans have and feel like they need to have in order to achieve individual success.
Which brings me to my point. How are we measuring success these days? A failed economy, a country almost 10 trillion dollars in debt to countries like China and Saudi Arabi, a sensless war that continues, an abysmal healthcare system, the list goes on. Conforming to a patriarchal society hasn't really gotten us very far in terms of looking out for everyone's best interest. So let's ditch the "mavericks" and look to the community organizers, because it's all about unification and solidarity baby. I hear socialism calling in the death knoll of corporate capitalism.
24 September 2008
La Jetée
I enjoyed this film, and not just because it has a bunch of stuffed animals… It’s a science fiction piece about place, memory and loss. I love the stills- because we remember in snapshots, without movement. The stills also give a freedom and anxiety about the direction of the piece. Unlike film,which moves from beginning to end, the stills are unbound from a chronological ordering. They mimic our minds hopping back and forth from present to past to imagined future.
23 September 2008
Blue Dahlia Forever....errr, for drinks only
My brother and I had a dinner date in LA a few weekends ago, and I was set on finding a real LA-ish spot- somewhere he wouldn't stumble upon with his college friends. After some serious yelp research, I settled on Blue Dahlia. The two of us had a lovely evening despite so-awful-as-to-be-endearing service and food/drinks that ranged from "the best burger since leaving the Midwest" (brother) to most disgusting cheesecake of all time (brother and me). Regardless, it was a wonderful evening spent on Blue Dahlia's splendid patio slash fairy garden, and we were too pleased to be in one another's company to mind questionable food.
Cactus
This cactus was among the first things I purchased for my new (living) studio in San Francisco- before a shower curtain for my tub or a number of other rather necessary items. It is my sort of stand in housemate or pet. On my walk home from the flower shop, I told my mom about my cactus, (who is actually 4 cacti living in one nice pot). She laughed at me and then said, "It sounds more like a boyfriend- if you get too close, you might get hurt." Oh, my mom. Anyway, if you live in SF, you should check out PK Art and Floral Design. It is a lovely shop- run by two wonderfully artistic, kind people. Their cacti and floral arrangements are stunning.
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