artist + writer + perpetual home renovator

… Now she snaps her wings open, and floats away. I don’t know exactly what a prayer is. I do know how to pay attention, how to fall down into the grass, how to kneel down in the grass, how to be idle and blessed,... Read More0

sure two weeks straight of stitch, stitch, stitching, shoving metal wire piercingly through thick multilayered rubber and clip, clip, clipping hundreds of times a day should result in sore digits. need to find a sustainable pace. saturday i slowed, sunday full on break, today carefully... Read More0

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hmmmm. an hour? admittedly only 34 miles to retrieve a passel of balls @ 2.34 a piece. ok. well I also went to Home Depot, buying only what was on my list. Good Kathy! We’re provided with great food, unlimited diet coke (fountain) and fresh... Read More0

““negative capability” — the intricate art of embracing uncertainty and living with those shaky in-between states, echoing Einstein’s contention that “the most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious.” Still, we’re creatures incredibly susceptible to cognitive dissonance and painfully prone to paralysis in the face of ambiguity, especially when... Read More0

woodpushing but i will shake it off momentarily or at least by the end of the day. as i was writing yesterday, i definitely came to the conclusion that impotence, woodpushing, in a field i excel in and have vested in is one of my... Read More0

i like to think i am lead by the writing but this bout, i am lead by the making. an odd anti-cognitive language in which my body works out in material choices and forms what i cannot cognitively access. this is how i began this... Read More0

make bad. i was reminded of my mantra that set me free. it is ok to make bad art. actually you can’t get to the good stuff till you’ve worked through the bad making. this came to me while dana padgett introduced our postmodern painting... Read More0

stitch, stitch, woman’s work. still working round the way in which i handle memory. exploring new understructure material–electrical conduit bolted together. i think when i fully understand the material, it will be a much quicker and lighter weight understructure to use. my process involves fidgeting,... Read More0

mentoring and facilitating making methodologies and explorations well, has required much. coasting or flying by the seat of my pants never an option though suggested by a colleague. it has made me girl soft! my little digital artifacts are a tad tender. this was to... Read More0

in grad school, i studied graphic communication, design. i literally ate up the language, socio-psych, philosophy, and cultural research along with the manipulation of the flat static space. ha. glasses then bifocals required in support of that munching. pushing back from the computer at professorly... Read More0

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haven’t found a moveable rhythm. unpacking, i am still compressed, much as i was prior to trekking. still need to shake loose, decompress, unfold, decurl. silenced histories threaten to rewind. write to find my way forward. unpacking just needs to happen.  making: the conduit bent... Read More0

funny that my go to stress indicator is not going off at all. so there is forward looking fear, but not stress. perhaps this is why i unpack. my unpacking since grad school has been through language…the art, the making a mere visual gesture from... Read More0