December 2019 Events

December 11, 2019.Reading time 5 minutes.

Party Lights!

Closing out 2019 with music by the Lofi Sofias and the Conduits. Turn your party lights on.

New Year’s Eve join me for Oms and Eats in the early afternoon – then in the early evening, a porch party with the Conduits – ending just in time for the Pine Cone Drop (or a decent night’s sleep).

Getting on with Getting on

December 10, 2019.Reading time 8 minutes.

This is a reminder to myself – I posted this last week regarding bereavement: Yesterday was strange and uncomfortable, but in the end, I made sure to paint and top it off with song and community. Music is the balm for all of life’s troubles.

Riding into the Velvet Sunset

October 29, 2019.Reading time 9 minutes.

“Jenny said when she was just five years old
There was nothing happening at all
Every time she puts on a radio
There was a nothin’ goin’ down at all, not at all
Then one fine mornin’ she puts on a New York station
You know, she couldn’t believe what she heard at all
She started shakin’ to that fine fine music
You know her life was saved by rock ‘n’ roll
Despite all the amputations
You know you could just go out
And dance to a rock ‘n’ roll station
It was alright (it was alright)
Hey baby, you know it was alright (it was alright)”

– Lou Reed

photo of the Lofi Sofias playing as The Velvet Underground by Paul Perreault

AFP Breaks My Heart ~ American Sentence (lost) Day 85 of 108

October 25, 2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Amanda Fucking Palmer blows my mind and my heart. She is relentless in her raw vulnerability, an inspiration, an ardent champion for humanity in all its passion and messiness and ugliness and real-ness.

There is no intermission. Only life.

Photo of Amanda Palmer in Ireland by Stephanie Zakas

Never Forget – People Have the Power ~ American Sentence Day 108 of 108

October 1, 2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Was there ever a time when imagination and love are not more important than ever?

Image: Detail of Sky Pixel 4 – in progress

If I could drive away with you . . . ~ American Sentence Day 106 of 108

September 16, 2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

One of the first bands to captivate my young imagination – I spent countless hours studying the album cover while listening to Candy-O.

music is medicine ~ American Sentence Day 105 of 108

September 14, 2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

bring it down, into the body . . .

Gripped by Love!

September 4, 2019.Reading time 1 minute.

Trippin’ down memory lane, finding new things along the path, and feeling hopeful for the future.

Change, Art, and Meaning across Generations

August 29, 2019.Reading time 10 minutes.

This week, I posed for three local artists after taking quite a long break from the work. I had forgotten how my mind sort of spins as my body becomes a landscape. There is a shift in my perception, like I am taking in light.