…is the book by Susan Morgan that finally takes on the legacy of this influential woman – often overlooked in the supposedly manly era of testosterone fueled modern architecture – which I’ve been hearing about and anticipating for a while, and it just came out in March as the first book by L.A.’s East of ..
Archives : April-2012
…of old clothes from local friends is a new test at home (in shades of brown and a bit of orange for the brown with orange kitchen) with a new loose knotted technique that makes it super thick and cushy and cozy on bare feet, preparing for the new series of Domestic Integrity Field projects ..
…while looking back at January 16, March 2, and April 7th updates gives me new appreciation for the speed of dirt to wild native fields and dense..
…or Cynara cardunculus, are found wildly making their way all over my L.A. hill, and I do my best to encourage their big-leaved purple-thistle-flowered towering drama – and one of these days I have to get around to actually braising those tough stems into somethi..
…or Centranthus ruber, has been creeping around the gardens here for years, looking great and flowering and continually coming back with little encouragement or even a drop of rain through the summer months, and this season it is especially happy – covering the slope at the front steps with it’s happy pink flowers – and ..
…with the San Gabriels in the distance was my welcome home ..
…of Midwestern monoculture are giving me something to look at and think about while anticipating a return to L.A. home at long la..
…is the activity for the day, as we fled the spring rain and cold and leaky drafty dome of the Colony compound to gather in the nearby anonymous modern building, where we made ourselves at home on the floor of the lobby surrounded by piles of old clothes, and scissors, and random creations we weren’t ..
…designed by Zaha Hadid will be opening soon (but not as soon as they thought while battling some construction and eccentrically shaped glass fabrication issues) and cool to see in person, but even more interesting to see a small monument on the adjacent piece of land – that will soon become a sculpture park – ..
…is the title of today’s event featuring farmers, market stands, local honey, fresh produce, and talks (including one by me and also by Bay Area artist friend Amy Franceschini of Future Farmers) organized by the yet to open MSU Broad Museum (to be housed in a Zaha Hadid structure still under construction) here in East ..
…in a gallery space at UNC Greenboro where piles of cast-off clothes are slowly being transformed into a rainbow-colorful rug, braided with the help of students (each making their own personal braid which can be finished and absorbed into the spiral rug when they leave) being nourished with my homemade soup of locally sourced produce ..
…is a local arts space started over 10 years ago by George Scheer (in the buildings where his grandmother ran a thrift store for decades) which I had heard a few stories about but nothing prepared me for the inspiring visit this afternoon, encountering room after room after room after room after insane (in a good ..
…begins today as I arrive to their glass Gatewood Gallery where a mountain of old clothes, fabrics, towels, and sheets have been donated and collected for me in advance of my arrival – so after much thought about this new long-term collective traveling rug-making activity, later to be used as a stage/field/platform/lounge upon which local ..
…is usually the preferred route when I have a choice while navigating the city by foot through that part of lower NYC, which is more and more dominated by NYU lately, though walking through the park today on a warm spring afetrnoon, you still get a sense of of that lively youth culture meeting the ..
…on a steamy sunny summer-like afternoon brought some unlikely activity to the lawns of Princeton University, as we sought out a patch of shade next to the Princeton Student Colony platform for our student guru leader to guide us in some simple asanas for a..
…is the descending rhythmic order of the crosstown two-way streets striating Manhattan you experience in a special way while flying south along the island, looking down the tight rows of streets like crops from a speeding car, occasionally punctuated by those wider streets of that amazing grid – coming to us from the Commissioners’ plan ..
…in the low bushes of my nephews backyard where we get a good view of the skittish somber colored brown mama on her li..
…looms over the house, only for a few days every spring it becomes a blossomy pink giant, reminding us of w..
…is busting out of the trees around the towns of St Paul and Minneapolis – all the more welcome and special and anticipated in a climate where most of the year is getting ready for winter, winter, or the dregs of winter – but lately the winters have been wimpy global-warming versions that don’t come ..
…today brought a busy day running around the city, an evening flight, and a sunset on the way to Minnesota where I’ll be for a few days visiting family and having meetings and hoping f..
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