…and finally where it should be, after hours and hours and weeks and weeks of dyeing, cutting, braiding, and sewing every shred of unused blue (or willing to be blue) fabric and clothing in the house….and now that I have finally run out, it is done for the moment, possibly inspiring some upcoming projects, and ..
Archives : January-2012
…pieces of the trunk cut to 18 inch units lining a new primitive 20 foot long table in the garden are the legacy of my fallen tree – now finding new sculptural life all of over t..
…(the Ball of Artists, that is) last night gave us a little preview of some upcoming new work for their big big show at Human Resources next month – yes, we are looking forwar..
…presented a dramatic scene at the entry to tonight’s Ball of Artists – on the very West Side, very Beverly Hills, very opposite side of town from me and my circle, where I was feeling like I had entered another dimension of my typical urban reality here – with a dancer hypnotically twirling a white ..
…are what’s for dinner at a neighborhood friend’s place, so we are talking about my favorite mycology enthusiast ..
…(tiny intimate crunchy veggie local organic sort of deal) is my favorite place to eat in the area, when I actually manage to go out, and tonight I was lucky to have a friend in the kitchen…Eden Batki, who is cooking up some LA food plans herself…
…graces the east windows of the dome – where I am sleeping these days – a sunrise that is new to the house – previously blocked by the tree that fell in the wind storm – though revealing another tree – a super spindly tall pine that had shot straight up to find light above ..
…(so familiar to me from regular pilgrimages during my early years in LA, when I trotted every out-of-town-guest for a visitation to the Pacific Palisades home of Charles and Ray, still one of my favorite places in town) was a strange thing to suddenly come upon when rounding the corner at the Pacific Standard Time ..
…and outdoor shower which I had been scheming for years to place in this strange previously unoccupied corner of the house overlooking the garden – was finally just installed (while in the midst of some serious hard-core nesting, after so long so far from home) – which should be good for soaking those aching bones ..
…is the cozy Los Angeles (but feels like a downtown NYC 1970’s loft, in a good way) dance community space less than two years old, that I wish had been around when I first moved to town..and tonight there was the pleasure of gathering in a seated semi-circle on the wood floor to watch Jmy ..
…the great mid-century modernist residential landmark on the Silver Lake Reservoir now managed by Cal Poly Pomona, hosted small reception tonight (by architect Francois Perrin for French artist Xavier Veilhan – a prelude to his upcoming Paris-L.A. series of events and projects this year) which was a great chance to marvel at the house I hadn’t ..
…is everything you want, using whatever is available, becoming whatever you need it to be, lasting for a while, feeding whoever shows up, and my weekly drill these days – and for dinner parties – gathering up all of the great soup-friendly produce at the local Atwater Village Farmers Market on Sundays, sautéing things like onions, ..
…here was a crazy out of control mess that I first established when I moved into the house 11 years – featuring a lawn, of all things, plus some experiments that didn’t quite work out (like the thirsty kiwi vines which lasted only a couple of years) that slowly evolved into a messed up combination ..
…is the new biannual L.A. journal of performance initiated by Brian Getnick, Zemula Barr and Molly Sullivan – and I’ve got my mitts on the new/first issue…
…provides a literal and figurative breath of fresh air at the edge of the city as it pushes against the mountains to the north, in the wild foothills of Sunland/Shadow Hills just a 20 minute drive northwest from me – surprising proximity from the city to be teleported into a landscape that parts of the ..
…my new obsession which is keeping me busy most evenings – is still small after all of these hours of busy hands, much much much slower than what I had in mind, especially when it comes to hand sewing the braids into a tight spiral, but more satisfying to, as it swirls together into something ..
…is the 1993 John Cage biography by David Revill I picked up at the Strand last week which is now getting a prominent bedside perch as ..
…today and getting ready to embark on a new craft adventure that I think is going to lead my work in new directions and chang..
…which I have been making just about every other day since I first discovered it, was the star of another dinner party the other night, four loaves devo..
…on my way ..
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