Upon Leaving {Give Me The Words}

I woke up with the sound of your voice telling me “I know where this could potentially lead to And I am not afraid.” In a Manner of speaking I just want to say That I could never forget the way You told me everything By saying nothing In a manner of speaking I don’t [...]

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Desde La Habana {Dibujas y Recuerdos}

…. “Music is a total constant. That’s why we have such a strong visceral connection to it, you know? Because a song can take you back instantly to a moment, or a place, or even a person. No matter what else has changed in you or the world, that one song stays the same, just [...]

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Desde La Habana {Imágenes y Son}

  ‘Habana is very much like a rose,’ said Fico Fellove in the movie The Lost City, ‘it has petals and it has thorns…so it depends on how you grab it. But in the end it always grabs you.’ “One of the most beautiful cities in the world. You see it with your heart.” Enrique [...]

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A Moon Over Berkeley

A Moon Over Berkeley [We Became Art for a Moment] There is no need to seek her For she is the Moon Her stunning face hangs over me Never lets a night go without The ache of her beauty Do you see the small star by her? Her shadow is cast over the city Like [...]

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This Is How Violins Are Made

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Art Workshops at San Diego Space for Art 09.25.10

10 AM Roy de Vries- Learn to paint with Windsor & Newton Oil Bar    11 AM Valerie Henderson- Hands on Monoprint Workshop    12 PM Lisa Starace- Screenprinting Demo 1 PM Marcy Gordon- Water Color.  3 PM San Diego Guild of Puppetry- Overhead Shadow Puppetry: Tips and Techniques.   4 PM Chris Warren- Laptop [...]

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The Subject Tonight is Love

A Time for Everything There is an appointed time for everything.  And there is a time for every event under heaven ~ 2 A time to give birth, and a time to die; A time to plant, and a time to uproot what is planted. 3 A time to kill, and a time to heal; [...]

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Arabesque

Serendipity: a stop at Amoeba Records, to buy some CD’s. Then dinner. Drawing *the same* subject as the CD cover, which I did not stop to look at, but my brain obviously recorded. As someone said, ‘ Everything’s connected.’ Musical Journeys:

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Right Brain Drawing and Learning to See

I hope everyone’s having a fabulous beginning of August. I am really trying. I plan to go to some movie under the stars, or at the park, or on a roof, like Cinema Paradiso. A good black and white movie, preferably a noir Hitchcock, would be the cat’s meow. I am officially suffering from wanderlust.  [...]

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Sections of the Brokenhearted [Find another Sun]

Soundtrack of  ‘Apart’ Soundtrack of  ‘The Center cannot hold’ Soundtrack of ‘Spooning (one. is broken)’ More on Gordon Matta-Clark

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In Studio at 12 AM

NaBloPoMo writing prompt of today: What is your favorite poem? #1 By the Ionian sea You pick fresh fruit and seeds From orchard and underwood nearby I fetch seashells Starshaped For you I build a nest of leaves– We spend warm nights with street artists Flame-eaters and sages Fall asleep with fire Yours and mine [...]

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She’s Alive! (too much yin and not enough yang)

My. Oh. My. It is already the middle of the month and what do I have to show for April? Only two posts! Argh. And very little art. Granted, my Hawai’i reportage took a bit of time to prepare–and I guess I was in Hawai’i to take a break–but I have, once again, succumbed to [...]

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