artist + writer + perpetual home renovator

why? don’t know. ha. and then there is why would I bite into the fruit of a plant of only guessed origin. ends up these are not sweet peppers. mouth on fire. ouchy. welp apparently I’ve planted a jalapeño bush at the edge of my...

wait. this is what we all do on Friday nights. right?

10 Nov 2012

ok. well, this Friday night at least. nice.0

content checklists #3 surface visual journal checklist [Nov 12-13]

09 Nov 2012

photographs – white space photo series (4) crit write up – [p4] human comp collab photo – human comp collab collection of team photos as seen on the wall crit write up – human comp collab crit PLUS list 3 1/2 items you learned from...

odd rule of merging

08 Nov 2012

one column political section; one column sports section; two columns aligned to read as one longer column; all direct references to sports and politics removed; unnecessary articles and such removed. poem generated from the remnant now one column, an experiment. —–———-——–———-——–—- one ...

come on boys! must you just toss the carcass out your truck window!

05 Nov 2012

it's gross when my carnivorous Dopt starts competing with the vultures. yuck. sickly, I loved the gnarly photo op.0

waaawhooooooo

05 Nov 2012

I love this time change!0

philosophy–schmalosphy the ongoing refinement of an intuitive mentoring/teaching philosophy

04 Nov 2012

Through the assistance of three friends, I’ve been refining and codifying with words and reason what it is that I do in the teaching-studio environment. One leaning me toward more academic less my poetic impulse, Two to hunt for research backing to substantiate, and Three...

the awkward stranger danger distancing

04 Nov 2012

walking down the road with my four legged shadow beast as is becoming my norm with more frequency a truck slows stops this one a little nicer than the last the occupant a smidge older disposition and acutraments hint of affluence one I recognize for...

8×8. ouchy on the 64 hand twisted securement

03 Nov 2012

pilot holes drilled but my fingers are out of practice and now a bit tender as I prep to hang an older, bahahaaaa, lighter work in the BOX. boards hung, installation begun. half way done.0

WEEKend 10 to-do list

02 Nov 2012

completion, 85-90%, of storyLINE ARTifact, installed in WASH house. interesting well documented process picture POSTED on WASH facebook page by 9 pm (Sunday for MW crew + Monday for TTH crew) progress on imagine collab0

a good kind of early morn brrrr

29 Oct 2012

mentoring/teaching philosophy fleshing out

28 Oct 2012

art foundations WASH - SHSU, original blog

ha! ok. I think this is what I do in the academic environment and why I think it is important. I am intuitive so sometimes it is hard to unpack why I do what I do…but I do trust the heck out of many of...

ha. my teaching philosophy as sound bites

28 Oct 2012

art foundations WASH - SHSU, original blog

deconstructing discrepancies between artist intent and viewers perception disrupting habits–disrupt habits of mind, habits of making, habits of process, habits of materiality disrupting assumptions—perceived cultural, historical and personal narratives enticing to enter the ongoing dialog of contemporary art and practice digging into ideation process through...

WEEKend 9 to-do

27 Oct 2012

Read/Respond/Review Both storyLINEs version 1 + 2 storyLINE ARTifact project sheet Discussed proposal Add to your research (many of you were give specific directives) Make Collect materials for storyLINE ARTifact Observable testing + fabrication on storyLINE (collection of materials does not qualify as observable testing/progress)...

a bit smitten with this iOS 6 panoramic feature. wearing off soon I hope

25 Oct 2012

burn that

24 Oct 2012

looks tiny but is footprint is about same size as my bedroom from my previous life. mr bushee, my magic making hero neighbor with a real tractor. came over again today while I was at work and not only moved more of my electric company...

pano play

23 Oct 2012

last frame in which to stitch my bellows

23 Oct 2012

and then time to build more emptied frames from the remnant of domestic threshold (from doors and windows).0

face off

23 Oct 2012

ummm. grasshopper 0; the dopty a zillion. so what if this is suppose to be an art or life blog. it definitely is residue filled. just be glad i focus on my dig instead of the constant mental stream of my steel sieve. lately, a...

midWEEK 9 – storyLINE ARTifact proposal development

22 Oct 2012

Read/Respond/wRite Review team notes on three ARTifact pitches for your storyLINE. Develop your own proposal for your storyLINE ARTifact (this may be taken from team ideas or your own idea). THIS IS FOR A GRADE. Proposal + Elevator Pitch [a copy in your VJ and...

oh rubber cutting bandsaw, you, oh beautiful efficient one, are my newBFF at least until January 7, 2013

21 Oct 2012

process

I’ve been burning through my non reusable/nonresharpenable Rockwell sonic powered scissor blades at a rate of one per hour of back bending over cutting rubber at 20 bucks a pop! why oh why did I not test my bandsaw earlier. mmmm. cuts like butter though...

do NOT bite me in the butt again!

21 Oct 2012

I am going to need shorter apron strings since she has decided it helps me to yank me around my outdoor studio backwards by my apron strings. and ouchy on her first grab from behind which included a piece of my bum! and besides she...

me and my goober girl

20 Oct 2012

tis for you to figure out which is which.0

SEVEN!

20 Oct 2012

bring seven (7) copies of storyLINE version #2 are needed for Monday/Tuesday! pass this on to your table mates, please. 0

the tendrils of joy brush against my cheeks
I close and open intothe moment

20 Oct 2012

she sits at the edge of myself I feel her beckon, whisper her smell lures me I can caress her nearness allusively she shuffles further as I draw up the more I am in my aloneness the stronger I feel her dance I sense her...

hey! let go of my apron strings I’ve got woman's work to get done

19 Oct 2012

I’ve a few tire tubes to sew. let go goober!0

surface WEEKend 8 to-do list

18 Oct 2012

Reading/Responding/wRiting Identity Essentials self evaluation using crit guide; address each item; be thorough; TYPE up. Due m/t. StoryLINE version #1 revisions/corrections should be in VJ. StoryLINE version #2 write; bring 7 copies next studio [m/t].Options for rewrite (choose only 1): Reverse storyline Write from the...

squish. no doubt. but she is colorful in her squishedness.

17 Oct 2012

mmmm. I suppose it is wrong some of the things that amaze me. I have to admit, she was a pretty car dead toad0

CHANGE for Thursday Identity Essential install

17 Oct 2012

important notice of change due to WIND! pass it on to the rest of your table mates! when prior to 9:30 am. location install will need to be INSIDE on walls. choose a wall area that allows crit access present your work more vertically vs...