new wind

new wind

I guess I am simply a voice of my environment and as an artist I don't have a choice, the element just works through me, not me through it. The skys have opened @ the Forest, a new wind is blowing. I just wish there were more hours of the day & right now time is passing just too quickly. I have committed 3 days to helping Brandon and Robert give a facelift to the big circus tents over the E. Forest lounge...and it looks amazing, but I know my work really starts when I move in all the art, decorations, lights and hangy stuff... I cant wait. We have been climbing in the trees, drinking way too much coffee, peeling raw cedar trunks, shit-talking, untieing tangles, getting muddy, getting flustered, getting machete blisters, and running out of rope ...again. Its a blast. I gasp when I see them monkey around way up on the rickety old ladders or shimmy up 20 feet on a small cracking tree. I think it's even more amusing that it hasn't rained here in months...untill we decide to pull down all the old tents and tarps exposing all the couches and kitchen stuff, and tomorrow possibly freezing rain#$@! We will be out there early morning anyway.. it's great working with them. Big new plans are brewing @ the Forest. And trust me Brandon, hanging odd shaped circus tents in this forest is "quite" an art, it's so beautiful. pictures to come.

oh yeah, I finally got to go dancing. Ana Sia played @ the Parish and it was deliciously perfect, and a wonderfully warm night. The chickas were getting down... way down....and it seemed the guys were having problems keeping up with the crispy glitchy goo. I was boggled...whoa. Familia and I raided the stage and held our own, it was to say the least, very, very tasty, Did I mention i am soo thirsty for new music? Me thinks I gotta buy one of these.

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new orleans

new orleans

I just got back from a short trip to New Orleans and Florida with "Juicebox". We had a great time getting out of texass for a bit, and I miss NOLA so much, the good and the bad. There are so many memories for me tied to those streets of some past life I lived for 3 or so years. They are still so much a part of me. We stayed at a gorgeous hotel on St. Charles right in front of City Hall and ate at some of my favourite old haunts. It was really quiet in the city and the cold front kept us inside much of the time.

We drove the beautiful I-90 between Nola and Biloxi along the beach. Hurricane Ike literally destroyed all the old mansions on the shorefront ...wiped them clean. It's rather tragic. I picked up some broken shells and played in the sand, put my feet in the cold Atlantic very quickly and left.

This whole trip I was busy hand wireing all the antique bottles. I estimate that there will be 200+ tiny hanging bottles on my new improved Mandorla Aureola installation. They need some new Lightning inside. As soon as Papr gets back, I'm really gonna go at that piece hard and build flying buttresses, a new huge backdrop and 2 more hanging gaslight bowls....for the love of compound chopsaws and beautiful southern architecture.

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flying frying pans

flying frying pans

Yesterday was spent feeding my fire to keep warm, complete with Brandon's yummy potato and leek soup. I had a lovely day outside, cleaning my studio and burning all the fallen leaves. Miss Baru came over and we all sat around my fire with wine and brownies ...a perfect day.

btw...here's 3 flying frying pans ...I love them, they make me laugh. It's funny how much the loved but rusted old pans and the fan blades wanted to be joined together.

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