kathy wash 2012

before I disappear for 5 weeks. I like to think she'll miss me, but I am pretty sure she'll just be loving on my puppy sitter!0

what’s a hobby? may I have one please.

a fellow artist who was chatting with some of my WASHers (students), told them to get a hobby because their art is not a hobby. I've known this to be true for quite sometime, but I simply haven't found a...

it is not cost effective but it is life effective

running off for 5 weeks to an artist residency is cost effective for some–beautiful room, highly functional studio, drop dead gorgeous environment, chef, comradery, and so much more provided! the poets haul their laptops and journals, painters, paints and canvas,...

no! no! no! don’t leave me behind

aaaawwe. she's getting clingy as I pack truck for residency. yup she's right, I am leaving for a good bit. I promise to come back, Dopty. I've made wonderful arrangements for you here at the hermitage. but my chest aches...

sounds about right

sounds about right "when you take a risk you may lose, when you don't take a risk you always lose." — movie, queens to play0

wrestling with god, gravity and blame!

ok so you helped me get these two up without my flesh going squish squash maimed or dead… I mean, I like being a girl and all, but couldn’t you have given me a bit more strength… really!!! sheesh… pleeeaasse...

poems which aren't really poems just thinkings

flat on my back

13 Jun 2012

flat on my back with the rich blueness ebbing in out I roll curled inward with the scents of morn floating over under I stretch upright in motion with the salts of work flowing trickling, clinging down I bend in...

gnaw that!

13 Jun 2012

we've been through several pine cones, a dog brush, lava soap dispenser, breakfast, and now a stick all on the new deck. it is one of those days.0

a revisiting of my mfa design grad thesis (not boring)

13 Jun 2012

art foundations, poems which aren't really poems just thinkings, poetry, process, teaching, vision

really surprisingly not a boring thesis. much of it already exists in various forms on the initial portions of this blog (back track to 2006). it reminds me both of where i’ve been and that it is time to more...

a gurney! my new best friend

12 Jun 2012

it matches trailer height. OMGosh heavenly deinstallation. I need a gurney!!!0

what a mess

she's dark and digs dusted with dirt I am pale and sew trash and renovate the hermitage darkened with grim she abounds with energy and wiggles like one big giggle I work up to the move and slide slowly into...

stargazing platform almost complete
an edge worth falling off (well not if it’ll hurt)

twelve by sixteen add on. need to trim edges then she's ready for a some kicked back late night stargazing! I may be a smidgen earthy but I really don't want to lay in the grass with the bugs skittering...

the joy of apple nibbling

my previous red pup, devoured apples in about a minute. the Dopt nibbles at them almost human like, savoring it for up to ten minutes or so. :)0

wondering from edge to edge

smart dog.0

naturally one board shy

and, conjoined with the naturally deep sigh (secretly a break), the boards are from lowes in college station not huntsville home depot. they differ a smidgen in size, treatment coloring, and edge cut (rounded corners vs crisp angle). o_O umm...

straighten that!

I thought the top would be the quickest part, slap it down and bang bang with my sweet new nail gun but it seems each board must be pulled or pried as I work my way down each 16 foot...

early morning flop down mid walk.

coloring between the lines has not been a functional advantage

10 Jun 2012

art foundations, SHSU Art, teaching, WASH foundations

art foundations WASH - SHSU, original blog

in exploring cultural production or in art foundations for as long as i can remember (ok well that is not all that long) except within environments that primarily emphasize compliance, though I do recommend driving between the lines (compliance in...