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October 25, 2005
Snail's Pace
Announcement: The Pods are up on Etsy!!
After all the hubub is over I find myself compulsively checking my email and such for new things, new tasks, when I know what is ahead for me. I guess after a rush like I've had the past 2 weeks I don't want it to slow into mommie land again. Especially since presently, and until major workage is done, we have one car. The smallest car. Yes, the car we bought for $900 is the one gettin us around. I feel a bit strange. I pull up to the library or the playground and all the other moms with one kid have 8 passenger cars and here I am lugging 2 kids out of a 4 1/2 passenger car. I am not complaining. These days when we have stayed home have been really nice. I am stretched to find ways to interact with Josiah that is out of our norm. Finding things that he loves to do that he didn't know he loved to do. Making things, coloring things, throwing, tickling, singing and most of all hugging. I have a hugging relationship with my son. May it continue through til I die.
The crazy thing is I do have things to do. I have to paint 8 plus watercolor studies of clouds, rain, fog, and reflections. I also have a not so normal art history prof who pulls random paper assignments out of the air and I never can seem to get them done on time. Lord help me. Tonight, I will paint rain and fog I guess. I am really turned on by things I have experienced and seen and learned lately. The phenomenon of Pods makes my brain tick. I want to paint more and more of them. Big ones, 3D ones, all kids of experiments come to mind. My greatest idea was to make Eden's quilt be a POD quilt! Man, that sounds awesome. I wanna give those craftsy quilty mom's a run for their money! Eat my Dust! If only my brain images could run like a flickr slideshow all would be so much clearer.
I watched a couple films in Art Survey that got me charged. For one, I never knew it before, but I think I love Jasper Johns.
He uses stencils in so many of his works and they are funky and muddy and great. His brush strokes and layers are exactly what I love. I think I would want to stand three inches from the surface of his painting and just look at the texture because that would be the best part. His Numbers are my favorite. I also love the targets. He is most famous for his Flag, but that's just cool because of the process with which he painted it. He and Rauschenburg have my attention. Back in the day, my day, at Chatty State, Mike Holsomback talked about Rauschenburg and how he was a great influence on him.
I understand why now. I mean these artists lived in very different circumstances than me or Mike Holsomback for that reason. They were in NYC, also at Black Mountain College with John Cage. And they were gay. They were riding the wave of the Dada's and Duchamp. I am appreciating these random symbol paintings and strange pieces with birds attached. I felt inspired by Johns as I painted "Be Still" There are muddy stencils throughout, especially down the right side. I hope I get to see it again. I'm still in love with it.
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hey there, I am a fellow atlantan (and blogger) and delighted to have discovered you...!
enjoyed reading this post about jasper johns and rauschenburg. I am HUGE fan of rauschenburg's work (actually, love that whole gaggle of artists- jasper johns, john cage and merce cunningham)... as a dancer/choreographer, I love the fact that he collaborated with choreographers like trisha brown and merce cunningham... as a visual artist (mainly mixed media/collage), I am crazy about his pieces. they have inspired me since high school, never ever get tired of looking at his work... I am always able to find something new.
anyway, it's just nice to get someone else's perspective on such a ground-breaking group of artists.
Posted by: andrea at November 3, 2005 1:40 AM
Stumbled on your blog...please don't fuss about the cars others drive...You are doing the right thing...use of big cars by USA drivers does nothing for their reputation on the world stage!
Re hugging you children...My boys are all over 6 feet tall and as I always had a daily hug from when they could understand the request, it has been acceptable, and continued thru the teen years,when they didn't realise they needed a hug!Now they just bend down to give the hugs!
Posted by: carol at October 28, 2005 6:02 AM
