Wednesday, October 15, 2008

We be jammin'.


My dinner tonight was pretty much... chlorophyll.

I ate kale for the first time yesterday and now I'm addicted.

Have I mentioned I like salads.. alot?

In other news, I'm still needling away at that portrait.. about ready to add the next face. I'm a little stuck as to whether I should make it a ridiculous wall of self-portraits, or whether I should stick up random faces, or should they be random? Or of people I know? Parts of me? I would explore all of these options if it wouldn't mean weeks and weeks worth of hours of commitment. This could get dangerous..

Meanwhile, I'm still wandering around plain-old-portrait land. Instant gratification keeps me inspired during this trying time..

Thursday, October 9, 2008

Sometimes tiny changes can have a big impact.



I lost the cord to connect my camera and my scanner to my computer. That's my excuse for lack of update. It's not a great excuse though, my sister has the same camera and, therefore, the same cord upstairs. Lately I've been working away on this piece. I'm planning on submitting a proposal to have a show at Carnegie Gallery and submissions are due in May. It's probably going to take me that long to finish up this baby.

A major thing for me lately has been media exploration. I'm not going to go on to give you another half hour lecture on it's importance.. I'm just having so much fun with it. I recently discovered a magazine [http://www.frankie.com.au/] that is so perfectly me, but it's an out-of-date issue and the most recent one is nowhere to be found. It's ok though, it's coming from Australia, so my August issue was talking about the approaching summer. It was my luck that I scored an old issue, the knitting pattern was a super cute hat - I don't know if I would have felt the same had I been handed a crocheted bikini that I wouldn't make use of even in an Australian December.

I like hats, and I ramble a bit too much.

I'm back into complete Chuck Close obsession mode again, and I've fallen in love with Rob Ryan's lovely cut-outs.

I've also done a little bit of part-time career switching around.

I've started a Christmas list already.

I'm playing guitar again..

and I drew with a pencil for the first time in over a year.