Field Notes | The blurring of art, text + life

took scenic route (right thing to do); shorten trip by 50 miles, lengthened time by 1 hour. knew this going into it but always choose scenic over hwy. but the one hour (or felt like) of switch backs and hairpins ranging from 15 to 30...

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omg-osh!!!

07 Jun 2011

kathy wash 2012

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07 Jun 2011

kathy wash 2012

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certain areas

06 Jun 2011

kathy wash 2012

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remind me of a dog0

not a texas rest stop!!

03 Jun 2011

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must be 75 or cooler in the shade!0

eighteen wheeler herds

02 Jun 2011

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I hate being pinned in on interstate in midst of 18-wheeler herd going 75 mph. no I am not texting and driving.0

ha. you know a book is

31 May 2011

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good when you suddenly realize you’ve underlined almost every line and have a plethora of words circled and the margins begin filling up with notes! this book is more useful for living but I recall my Debord’s Spectacle text, which I read in 2005 while...

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hmmm

29 May 2011

kathy wash 2012

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how long will a woodpecker continue to work at the urban metal tree that we experience as a street light? how long til they dull or chip their beaks? or get really hungry? how long? or my friend Cynthia has a male bird that continues...

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they aren't very big but pretty they are

27 May 2011

kathy wash 2012

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thought I would test a couple of freshly harvested red onions in an arugula salad today. I've grown several varieties of cherry tomatoes and the best tasting ones so far are the husky's I picked up at home depot. they are also prolific. the banana...

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the digital age is an amazing gift

26 May 2011

kathy wash 2012

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I find it quite awe inspiring in the digitized intricacies, adaptabilities, maneuverabilities, down right beauty and the oppositional forces at play. wow. I am thankful I live in a digitized body i couldn’t help myself. sorry. I just think fingers and fingerprints are so beautiful...

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the unmendables

25 May 2011

kathy wash 2012

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regularly, daily, by the momentand then againmust i re-release the unmendablesthe ununderstandablesthe unrelationshipsthe unundones from that which lingerswithin my inner flowsof heart and mind I re-untwist the way they weave and braid through my soul these fibersreally aren’t undoable unravelablethey are to twined to my...

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rumble

25 May 2011

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will miss the water fowl, hidden greenspace, and such from the eastend hood, but probably not the continuous 24-7 rumble of I45 drove by the property the other day and meandered about a bit. I saw there was a four wheeler alongside the dirt road,...

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testing testing 1, 2, 3

24 May 2011

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three pieces of rough hewn 4×4 scavenged oak–left, stained with opaque white, middle, translucent cape cod gray, right, raw. though I like raw, it is to similar to floor color. plus top is going to be made from dark gray/slate like concrete. combining old/rustic with...

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spiritual fortune cookie

22 May 2011

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kind of interesting, I get this thing I call my enneagram fortune cookie each day by email from enneagram institute. the fortune (advice/suggestion) is specifically chosen base on personality(5)/type/nature. this morning my fortune read, The three elements of spiritual practice are becoming present and aware...

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you know it's been a warm and humid day

21 May 2011

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when you take your easy bake oven (toaster oven) outside to cook chocolate chip cookies so you won’t overheat your studio! ha. though it’s cooled off a good bit and the moon hides. must be my easy bake oven. Location:S Wayside Dr,Houston,United States0

the seagull voices

18 May 2011

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I think I will miss their dialog… but there will be new sounds and songs heard, new bugs to slap, bambis to keep clear of my arugula, and sweaty work to be done in the shade of my micro forest. I look forward to hearing,...

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nicely mooned

16 May 2011

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Thank you Sarah Fisch. I am flattered!

15 May 2011

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excerpt from “Texas Biennial” at 816 Congress: Office Space by Sarah Fisch posted on Glasstire.com. “…I’ve visited lots of art in corporate spaces, but this was a freaky li’l experience, somewhere between gallery visit and Being John Malkovich. I went on a Saturday, and was...

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MONDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY

08 May 2011

kathy wash 2012

WASH 2011

MONDAY, MAY 9 – Installation and housekeeping 9:30 am divide into install groups; install exhibition [leaving room for TTH WASHers]. You should have received an email requesting specific works and we have some we’ve held onto for exhibition. Please bring projects and materials to install...

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VISUAL JOURNALS: Morgues due Monday

08 May 2011

kathy wash 2012

WASH 2011

REMINDER: your morgue should include images of your projects, process pictures, preliminary sketches, proposals, printout some crit write ups, storyline, etc. If necessary, add pages. Blogs should be completed with inclusion of Big idea project and crit write up. If I asked you to bring...

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Now that is mark making (Tony Orrico: Penwald)

07 May 2011

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found on web; but of interest.0

Now that is mark making (Tony Orrico: Penwald)

07 May 2011

kathy wash 2012

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hmmm. have to contemplate this one

06 May 2011

kathy wash 2012

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“When we undervalue ourselves, we literally bury ourselves in lives not our own.” — Julia Cameron hmmm… so to value oneself leaves room to discover and live a life that is ours. and if we live out of our own life does not that really...

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Big Ideas TODAY
from video to installation
from shadows to mirrors
from drawing to crayons

04 May 2011

kathy wash 2012

WASH 2011

gracefully arcing across the plains as far as the eye can see and six hours past herds in the full onset of total numb bum!!!!0

that is hilarious

24 Apr 2011

kathy wash 2012

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I have ultimate flat tire and a truck bed load of unusable tubes. that is very funny to me. fortunately I heard the thump thump thump of the big metal object that impaled my tire before it went flat. the loud hiss was also bad...

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