Saturday, March 12, 2011

108 at the Hive

last night was Marlene White's "108" show opening at The Hive.

It was a great turn out and a lot of fun.
Below is my favorite!


Yours truly and the artist in charge!
Marlene had a video showing part of her process in creating the "108" show. Watch out folks.. Marlene is a double threat with her video/editing talents as well.


Just a short snip it.

Congratulations Marlene on a very successful opening!

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

brilliant

I ALWAYS have this movie in my mind:

thank you sofia coppola.... so brilliant!!

the soundtrack is amazing!!

seriously can not stop thinking about this movie.

brilliant!!

the distorted moments continue

My glasses are still making me feel wonky not sure it that's normal. I picked up my new contact, put it in and to my surprise it's not the right prescription. I'm wondering what the hell happened here.. I had to make another appointment to fix all this craziness. gah!

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

glasses

picked up my new glasses yesterday. They are cute and very hard to get used to. I know that my doctor wants me to wear them all the time but this will take some time to get used to.

Here I am modeling them for the first time.
 
I love this picture for the fact that it reminds me of how I looked during my childhood. One eye is a bit squinty and the closed mouth smirk smile.

This picture was taken with a computer camera. Computer cameras are strange because it's like looking into a mirror since you can see yourself looking back Hence that unsure sideways glance.
Well.. that's it. Again, I'm not sure if I will end up wearing them all the time but they do sharpen things quite nicely. I didn't realize that I wasn't seeing things as clearly as maybe I should be. Perhaps my art will change?

Saturday, March 5, 2011

art murmur fun

ventured into the art murmur last night with a friend and had some photo fun

On gallery was a room filled with mirrors that said "facebook" on them. Couldn't resist snapping some pics. This one was our favorite.

Next door was another quirky little gallery with various different works.One sculpture had this strange distorted glass so we took a couple more pics through the glass.


This picture is my favorite!! it's just strange and awesome! We visited several galleries and sipped on wine with up turned pinkies.

It was a fun night and we managed to avoid almost all of the downtown Oakland madness..I don't like having young hipsters surrounding me, I feel suffocated, antsy, and old. Yes - I said it old.

I did see one artists work that caught my attention:. Jody Medich.
   
These were amazing! These pictures are small but these drawings were very large (36x48") and all were done with watercolor and a bic pen. GAH!! so great!

Here's my date and I in front of one of those amazing drawings.
It was a lovely evening really.

serenading this blog post:
on vinyl! takes me back to living in PDX

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

a whole new/old perspective

I went to the eye doctor yesterday and had my full exam which was way overdo. I was surprised to learn that on top of the contact (have to get a new one of those as well) and lens implant it is recommended that I wear glasses.

My optometrist kept saying things like "well now that you'll be in school you will really want to be able to see not only your book but the chalkboard", this is after I mentioned going back to school. I have an unnecessary habit of saying useless random information to anyone who will listen.. like my eye doctor, or that lady in line at the store, or anyone really. I guess those embarrassing moments as a child listening to my mom divulge any information to strangers didn't wound me enough not to do it myself.

So yes.. the optometrist, the receptionist, and the technician in eye wear shop had to hear a string of nervous stories about my life. Through all of my chatter I did manage to pick out a pair of modest glasses that were reasonably priced. Of course my sights were set on the Gucci, Lucky's, Coach, and all other designer glasses but knowing that my life is on the verge of change I thought I should be modest.

They look something like this:

not exactly... but similar.

I pick them up in a couple weeks and have to have a consultation about "learning to wear them". My doc. suggested those fancy gradated glasses... so I can see far away and read in one lens. No more reading glasses if I don't want them.

It's been a long time since I've had to wear glasses full time but I'm sure it will just come right back to me. My inner geek can't wait to get out and just in time for school.

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

impromptu monday night sketchy session


One pad of paper - one girl and a pen.
















I was partially drawing others conversations as well as my own stuff.

scratchin' at the speakers: