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January 13, 2016
Organizing for the Art Life in 2016, Part 5
How do I stay energized? Minding my diet, my sleep, my exercise is a must. But what makes me sizzle? What makes me want to pop out of bed at 5:30 a.m. ready for work? [Continued here>>>]
January 12, 2016
Organizing for the Art Life in 2016, Part 4
My favorite excuse: I’m getting ORGANIZED! But this year opens with my computers in good shape and relevant website pages updated for mobile users. Processes for writing, drawing, cataloging, dyeing, stitching, etc. are more or less under control. The issue here comes down to TIME and SPACE. – [Continued here>>>]
January 11, 2016
Organizing for the Art Life in 2016, Part 3
If my production goals are about writing and textiles, why did I kick off the year with a commitment to a daily DRAWING exercise? Why did I spend hours reorganizing my photo files? But didn’t I read somewhere that the world was veering away from books and heading (back) toward visual storytelling? Should I even be asking myself these questions in Exploration Mode? Maybe I’ve lumped “experimentation” into the same category as “practice.” Is that a bad thing? (Thinking. Thinking…) – [Continued here>>>]
January 10, 2016
Organizing for the Art Life in 2016, Part 2
I tend to shy away from specific yearly goals. Plans are good but, in my sixties, I also give myself permission to follow shiny objects. However, this year a few projects seem obvious to tackle. [Continued here>>>]
January 9, 2016
Organizing for the Art Life in 2016, Part 1
I’ve been auditioning 2016 for over a week now. I decided to return to a scheme that served me well a few years ago. I organized my “art life” into 4 layers, or modes: production, exploration, infrastructure, and energizing. – [Continued here>>>]
January 5, 2016
Learning: Snow Dyeing Experiment
In winter, you make the best of it. You make snow an ally. Short of skiing, you can use snow to make patterns on cloth… or so I read. Is this really a thing? I decided to test it out. [continued here>>>]
January 3, 2016
The Art Life: When Desire Is More Powerful Than Talent
Last night I finished compiling 15 years of digital photographs into a single Lightroom catalog. Over 40,000 images! I was motivated by a full hard drive on my laptop, but I couldn’t help noticing what a giant pile of shite I was diligently preserving. [Continued here>>>]
January 1, 2016
Creative 365 Project for 2016?
Quick! Today’s the day! Is this the year you are going to have one of those cool 365 projects? – [Continue here>>>]
December 31, 2015
Year In Review: 2015
Suddenly, the year is over and I’m sitting down with a cup of coffee to complete my annual review, the 12th since I became my own boss at the end of 2003. This isn’t a Christmas letter reviewing our personal joys and sorrows. It’s my form of public accountability to myself, justifying my choice of the art life over employment and fending off the sleepy temptations of retirement. – [continued here>>>>]
November 15, 2015
Resurrected: THE UNDERGROUND ATHLETIC CLUB
As I celebrate THE SUDDEN SILENCE, a project 25 years in the making, a couple of people have asked, “So where’s THE UNDERGROUND ATHLETIC CLUB? Why isn’t that listed among your publications?” Where, indeed. I must have passed that draft around to everyone, so many people are familiar with it. Continue here>>>
