So as you can tell from my massive hour post, I am cleaning out my "drafts", publishing some and deleting most. I have a couple of days off before me and I feel completely relaxed today. Not thinking I need to get everything done today and tomorrow and then work ... now thinking, I have one day or two to relax, play, clean, maybe even sunbathe!
Sydney over at Living Juicy has tagged me for 7 random facts ... one made up and you will need to guess which one. I am not feeling very creative right now so coming up with random facts that are interesting or things you don't already know about me ... so my list is a little boring.
1. I can sleep for a very, very long time -- if allowed to. 2. I need lots of time alone. 3. I love corn dogs with mustard and "frito pies" (the Texas coming out in me) 4. I would own 10 or more dogs if I could have them. 5. I love history programs 6. I watch all the reality tv shows 7. I have a hard time throwing anything away.
My son longs to be a graffitiartist. Living in a house with two artist, he never exhibited much interest until he discovered the art of graffiti and he was hooked. He spends alot of time online searching out sites and creating graffiti online. I spend alot time trying to figure out how he can apply that to his time off this summer without getting arrested for defacing property. He is really quite good at it and comes up with some great looks and "throw-ups". I know that graffiti can be very collectible and I would love for him to paint something he can keep. Create a font? Cards? T-Shirts? We have bought and set-up boards at the house for him paint on. Go looking for "free walls". So while looking for some urban art classes for him during the summer, I ran across some great sites. Students create urban archive and The Vera Project.
Daniel Smith's "Paint Your Garden" Postcard Contest. D bought me a little traveling water color set and some postcards ... we will see if I can paint something to submit.
I heard a piece about Stile Antico on NPR last night driving home. Etheral music. You can hearmore here. After participating in the cd swap I have been considering all the music that moves me ... which spans many genres. But thinking about 16th century music makes me want to dig out my Gregorian Chant cds ... yes, I have more than one.
Yo Yo Ma plays Ennio Morricone and Bach. I can't listen to Ennio Morricone 's The Mission without crying. If you have never heard it, you need to. Forget all of your cares while listening to Bach - Air on the G String. Reinventing the cello -- Apocalyptica and their video on YouTube.
Our wonderful friend Shirley, passed away yesterday after a terrible battle with cancer. She was the most talented, heroic, wonderful friend. We will miss her so very much.
I love the paper-like quality of the petals. I love how all of those petals can emerge from such a small space. I love the colors. I love the long stems holding the flower to the sky ... little hairs covering it. I love how the unopened bud will bow its head while the flowering one has its moment in the sun. I love the shape of the seed pods. I love the way the seed pods are channeled, the way they release their seeds. I bought some more to plant. Some from last years crop have disappeared from the garden.
"Viola held her sister's head gently while Rose camouflaged herself as a love offering to their abusive father". Not a pleasant subject, but child abuse goes on and on and on.....
I have been listening to book on tape, Adams vs. Jefferson, The Tumultuous Election of 1800. Reading about Texas getting hit with rain (Lake Travis is looking pretty good). Wondering how you could kill your own son, steroids or no. Thinking I am not taking a road trip on my couple of days off during July 4th holiday. Talking to my friend, Gerrie about Jane Wynn's wonderful art and us pre-ordering her new book! And looking at Gerries's new cloth, paper, scissors issue.
I always wondered where they got those incredible little figures. Guy Limone has lots of them, do you think he would share?
I bought a little Woodland Scenics kit at ArtFest just to play with ... I tried one, calling it Green Thread. I need to take some time and put a little scene together with some thought. I definitely want to do more of these. I think I found the mother lode of those little people.
I have been drinking a good bottle of "Code Red", a nice "Content-Type" Syrah, a medium #DC143C in the {/body}, this code has a nose of #FF00FF. #8B008B, and #D2691E. In the mouth it tastes of * html body; position: absolute; and spiciness that rides max-height: 100%; with excellent acidity. There's a uniqueness of #maincontent in this CSS that if possible to maintain into the {div class="bottle"}; will make this one of the best Syrahs 2.0 I have ever written. Self-portrait of me after CSS class.
I had this same idea about 10 years ago! Fireflies in a jar ... I never made it, but I have it sketched out and mailed it to myself. A jar, leds, all the guts of the stuff hidden in the lid .... I thought it was brilliant and still do. Thank you Keso for the great instructable.
Hillman Curtis's film on Carson and lots more videos here. A few favorites, Big Magazine, a high definition short produced for Adobe's CS2 Campaign, Milton Glaser -- excellent, look at his space, I love it!
My friend Sherry had been buying some Japanese fabrics from Kimono Flea Market Ichiroya, I think she is particularly fond of shibori. I love this one but you could literally spend hours searching out fabrics.
The one good thing about my commute home is I have KUOW. I need to share some things I heard the last couple of days.
Listening to Winged Wildlife in the Arctic Refuge; Young Fiddler Performs with Top Artists. Of course, many of us have blogged about Paul Potts, watching him made my cry, several times.
Which made me start thinking about the sounds I miss from Texas and San Francisco. We do not have the music of insects at night here in Seattle. No frogs, no crickets, no cicadas, no june bugs buzzing around a porch light and sticking in your hair. This one sound I really don't miss, but we have them here. The train that would pass by my mom's house in Arlington.
We don't hear the loud clap of thunder, the one sound I miss the most (of course, you need the smell to go with it).
I have been witnessing this heart-breaking phenomenon for some time now. Dads leave a family for a new life (wife) and forget the first kids in favor of the second chapter. I get so mad when my friends recount these distressing stories. This image comes to mind for Illustration Friday's rejection challenge.
Edmonds Art Festival was this weekend, the usual -- rainy, cold weekend in Edmonds ... enjoying lots of great art in our backyard. I was slightly hungover this morning ... and almost didn't even go but the thought of seeing Judy Wise pushed me forward ;) and I was glad I did.
Mom: "What is this noise?" Me: "That is a song on the cd from my cd swap." Mom: "You like that?" Me: "You need to listen to the lyrics"
Okay, the cd swap was a little more work than I anticipated. I just have not had to time to concentrate on it. I always make everything harder than it should be ... a personality quirk that I should change! But designing and making the cd covers --- fun! Listening to my favorite music -- fun! Getting lots of music -- fun.
If I get home early enough, my neighbors, Rick and Laura, call out to me to visit them in their front yard for a glass of wine. (They always have a clean glass waiting for me). We relax in the setting sun, underneath this remarkably beautiful tree, a Japanese Snowbell. It is the sweetest smelling ... AND it is alive with visiting bees. You know how the bees are disappearing ... I kid Rick that all of the bees are at his house. Branches are literally alive with bees. The other night I tried taking a little video of the action ... I find this fascinating, exciting, I laugh out loud watching them. You can sit underneath a sweet smelling tree with an excellent glass of wine ... white petals falling on your shoulders from the extreme fanning of so many bee's wings ... look up and watch this "thing" happening ... bees, so many, you can't count them. So there is an extraordinary thing to report in my life this week. ;)
I am soooo late with my cd creations for Shash's cd swap! But now I am rounding the bend of completion. I have received the most marvelous cds all ready! Will blog about them more when my life settles down! Some great music and very inventive cover designs. I opted out of making a dual cd package because of time and just made two individual cd envelopes ... I know, LAME ;) I used this wonderful jellyfish photograph by Tom Murphy VII (I really couldn't resist!). Thank you, Tom, for making those wonderful images available to the public. And for cd no. 2, I used a background treatment by Vered. So the music is almost ready for the sleeves! Sorry I am late everyone. I am really enjoying the variety of music. It is so funny, 13 completely different themes ... mine seems a little more hard core in comparison ... will add a "warning" to my cover. ;)
I receive very sweet email. I am so appreciative of them, even though I am terrible about answering -- especially lately. But I wanted to share this one
Hi! I'm a botanist and landscape architect from Montreal, Canada. I'm absolutely enchanted by your wonderfull detailed pictures of plants. The capacity you have in capturing their graceful beauty reminds me of the reason why I chose this path. Thanks for bringing to light this life's blessings!
I've found this blog while looking up in google how silk was discovered. I was taken in by your picture shot at the The Weaving Works (the one that read "silk in my hands"). The internet reminds me of the times you are looking for a word in the dictionnary and end up finding someting totally different and exciting.
I stood in the shadow of the parking garage ... a chilly breeze pushing me backwards a little, the sun shone brightly just a couple of feet away and someone was mowing the grass over the hedge. The scent was so delightful, I stayed very still, my eyes closed and breathed in as heavy as I could. This was the closest I had communed with nature since I started working my new schedule. With cut grass scent heavy in my brain, I felt good. Content, for the first time in many weeks. I am not the only one that loves cut grass smell. I could wash my clothes with cut grass. I was thinking of all the scents I adore like tuberrose, sweet peas, peonies, grass, honeysuckle!
Honestly, I have never been so disgusted with us, as news providers, as a country, as human beings ... as I was yesterday with the "Paris is ordered back to jail" fiasco! Even KUOW had a little blurb on this ... and I thought, NO, please, stop. I have heard and seen enough. Stiff upper lip, Paris, do your time and get on with your cushy little life ... and Please, stay out of the news. We can't stand much more.
I got lost clicking from one creative image to another. I got lost in the internet for a couple of minutes this morning. Lots to do today and not much time.
We have the most amazing interns fly into this place during the summer. Sara is one! Her final on Family Rights. Please read all about her travels and talents on her contact button.
"After I graduate, I hope to work on deeper, more meaningful projects that will ultimately improve the lives I encounter. One of my goals is to educate the general population by focusing on those people that deserve the same amenities we Americans enjoy daily. I hope to find an employer who is empathetic and compassionate toward the lives of others. I believe working for a multimedia-conscious employer will give me the opportunity to develop my video and storytelling skills, and fulfill my dream of documenting life to improve life.""
My son was on several baseball teams this year ... got this photo from another obsessed baseball parent the other day. My son, the catcher. I have seen him so calm, so collected, so together ... under pressure as a pitcher and catcher.
These clouds scare me and I am from Texas ... I have seen some very scary cloud formations and storms! {later} My husband grew up in Kansas and said he had seen these clouds before ... so it is not "end-times".
In light of Paris being jail and having her mug on all news channels today, I thought we should revisit other, more glorious mugshots. And of course, Libby today, yawn. This is the most most amazing collection of "least wanted" (you must go look at all of his sets) by Mark Michaelson also showcased in the Smithsonian Magazine. How many times of this guy arrested for his misfortune event? If you haven't had enough, a MORE rich, famous and all in between mugs. And on the "not-so-funny-side", The Downward Spiral of an addict.
Reading all about Isabella Blow who was a stylist once described as one of the 20 most important people in fashion. Died May 10, 2007 of cancer. OH! to be that sort of hip, fashion trend-setter. I am SO in love with this hat. Via All Purpose. "Burning Down The House" for Vanity Fair By David LaChapelle. She was classic, elegance ... perfected here.
Someone from Silver Spring, Maryland was my 200,000th visitor today. Not a big number for most of you ... but a big milestone for me and my little blog. Thank you all for visiting, reading, commenting! I am sorry I have been so busy the last month to answer most of my mail, or leave comments ... I am working on it. But blogging and taking my beloved photos have taken a back seat to life right now ;)
I don't think they make a screen large enough to contain a "to-do" widget for me. I wish I had known there was a "shut down" day, I would have taken advantage of that! i_wake (you up). I love Yahoo Widgets. Webware 100 Community Finalists -- a great resource for sites out there you might not have known about.
This is really a "grand-mother" post. (In case grandma is reading this in Kansas ;) M played at the Triple Door and he was great. I really don't think he realizes how good he is at music. I am afraid it will be too late when it all dawns on him. But he really loves playing these kind of gigs. And he was great, the band was great.
Do you ever squeal out "I wanna do that"? (But in a whining small voice?) I did that when I saw the logo treatments by Brody Neuenschwander, this beautiful piece and He is not here.
Waiting for my mom in the car and driving to work. Photo Friday, "how you see yourself" ... Sad, frustrated, industrious, innovative, creative, lost ... More than I am living my life right now!
I look for the beauty in nature, patterns, the ordinary. This is my place where I save wonderful discoveries since 2004. Please contact me at kimberlycarney AT hotmail DOTCOM.
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