small feats.

My morning, eh afternoon, musical selection is brought to you by Throwing Muse’s “in a doghouse” so you know I must be in a good mood… “in a doghouse” is a “pick me up” sort of cd for me. I usually get a strange look when telling people that it makes me feel better when I’m down… or just more perked up when I’m already elated. Right now, I needed that Throwing Muses “pick me up.” I’ve had another exciting morning with the fine folks from the Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training… I got to call them twice this week (!) because someone sent me the wrong paperwork and who knows if the issue is resolved, I’ll find out on Sunday when I call to get paid (finally). My bank account is seriously dwindling… Maybe I’ll sell some artwork at the exhibitions opening this weekend at Gallery X…

There’s also the Gallery X Members show upstairs, its a big show and the opening reception for both exhibitions is Saturday, June 26 from 7-1opm.

In other good news, I have this painting I’m working on, that I didn’t really get to work on today, but I am excited about it.. here’s the sketch, just imagine it with more texture and color.  Or just wait until I finish it and post it:

saturday musings…

The Throwing muses, new Throwing Muses… at least one good reason to get up before noon.

Last night while with friends, we watched the movie “Julie & Julia.” Both two true stories… its two intertwined stories. Julie decides she is going to blog about cooking every single recipe that Julia Childs put in her Art of French Cooking book (I think that is the name of it, not so good with names). Its also about how Julia Childs became, Julia Childs. In a side note: Julia Childs spoke at my graduation at UMASS, I didn’t shake her hand while crossing the stage, but I did think it was kind of cool that she was there. Had I knew more about her, I may have shook her hand.. and that’s my three degrees to Julia Childs.

My girlfriend is my Paul or Eric. Both women have/had these significant others who were/are their soul mates, their rock, their lover and best friend. I told my girlfriend. She told me I needed to fail at cooking school first like Julia Childs did. I told her I’ve failed at plenty of things.. I don’t need to fail anymore.

The movie was inspiring as a creative person. It does make me wish to strive for more than just, simply applying to grad school. I think my gf has been telling me to do exactly this, by the way. Maybe strive for a solo exhibit, or at least small group show at a gallery. I haven’t had as solo show at a gallery since, meh… 2005? It was West Side Arts, which moved to the East side then, back to the West Side and has since changed hands.

My goal for this weekend… penis art, for the show at the Diego Rivera Gallery. I seen the open call the other day, I have a very very short deadline but I think I can swing it.

oops no title!

My day has been one of those days in which I needed to console myself with listening to the entire two cd collection of Throwing Muses “in a Doghouse,” I was starting to think I need to just listen to their library in its entirety to feel more elated, or just giggle a bit at least. Amongst other things, I got rejected from an art space that I was hoping against hope to get into as I kind of spent money I shouldn’t on the entry fee. Consider it my contribution to the art world when the art world doesn’t always contribute to me. I was kind of getting on my high horse on my way home from work… thinking I AM good enough and why doesn’t anyone see it?! And about how it seems like the more original you are as a creative person, the less you are accepted and the harder it is for you. Its like that episode of that Project Runway wanna-be show with Tommy Hilfiger; one of the contestants claimed that she didn’t chose another contestant for her ‘team’ because the person seemed ‘too different.’

I was ready to tuck it in with my Buffy dvd, some chocolate zucchini bread made by my Méme and some hot cocoa when I opened an email from Bridgewater Art & Custom Framing in MA, who accepted one of my pieces to exhibit… now I have to buy ink for my printer so I can print out the contract and that proposal I was working on that may or may not change concepts.

in the spirit of Halloween…

I’ve working furiously on sketches for the Lizzie Borden show at Gallery X as well as sewing a very much involved “Queen of Hearts” costume. The costume still needs work and I may need gloves, ladies back then wore gloves. However, the skirt is currently my nemesis.. three layers of skirted craziness.. I’m going to be wearing so many clothes! I hope its not 80 degrees on Halloween. Thankfully, I live in New England and there’s only a small chance of that happening.

On a good note, I’ve finished my Lizzie Borden piece, the biggest obstacle was finding a cutting board at a local thrift store. Any other time, I would’ve found seven, this time it took me almost two months to find one. I was ready to give up and use one of the dozens of wooden boxes one can find at any given thrift store. I was going to call it “Lizzie’s Box,” kind of borrowing the Throwing Muses song tittle “Vicky’s Box.” …because hey, sometimes art imitates life and sometimes art imitates art. True, the song has nothing to do with Lizzie Borden, it just popped into my head when I was sketching the box. The box that didn’t happen, because I found a cutting board, so all is well and no possible law suit will ensue.

linking mania!

Interesting article on LezGetReal.com: Gendertopia After School Program Gives Insight Into Gender Expression

And now I can officially watch bits and pieces of All Tomorrow’s Party! Which in my case seems more like “party I didn’t attend” because I lack a passport – I should get one of those, so that I can leave the country on a whim, to see a cool shows for instance, as nothing that monumental seems to happen here in New England…

The Breeders here are playing one of my favorites “Happiness is a warm gun.” By the way, Lovin’ Kim’s dyke haircut.. hey a gal can only hope right?

And Throwing Muses playing “Speed and Sleep.” Better quality than most, well, most on YouTube …which isn’t saying much because the camera at certain points is all over the place, like the back of people’s heads and such.

This one here also of Throwing Muses, its probably good to watch if you a happen to be high or drunk: its a little blurry, the camera is all over the f’n place, and makes me dizzy to watch it…

living vicariously through others…

Unfortunately, I was unable to make it to England last month to see All Tomorrow’s Party’s (Partys?) curated by the Breeders – one of my favorite bands ever, since I was 15 or so. I’ve also never, ever, ever, ever seen them in concert – unless you count me seeing them play on the MTV New Year’s Special in the 90′s which I watched from my aunt and uncle’s living room. And I admit, I watched it twice. So now, I’m once again living vicariously through through others, or in this case via a few links from 4AD as I could not be there to see one of my favorites bands along with one of my other favorites, Throwing Muses. Breaks my heart. So yeah, they’ve posted some fabulous links to pictures of the show so you can stare longingly at the bands you missed! Though maybe that’s just me… I really need a girlfriend.

The ones here of the Throwing Muses are the best! Kristin Hersh’s face in some of them is absolutely priceless… others she looks just plain adorable. Also, there are clearly not enough pictures of the Breeders on the links posted… there’s a few here, someone needs to tell them to be less camera shy.