I get it. Really.

Hey JT, in NYC,

[Mid-life crisis] I get it. Really get it.
The other day this guy insulted the needle books that I'm trying to sell on ETSY (Ugh. Long story.) Suggested that I'd sell them for, what?, $5.00 each. I'm thinking +$30.

Then a b*tchmom at ballet asked me if my GRANDDAUGHTER was in the class. I looked pretty damn hep that day too. She was sloppy & preggo but I wasn't going to be so classless as to ask her when she was due. Then, when she found out that darling M is my DAUGHTER she crassly said, "So, tell me about M. What's THAT on her head?" Young idiot.

At a party for the Chinese New Year every single conversation descended into yet another laundry list of C's heath issues. I kept excusing myself, finally just waiting in the car, big day the next day.

On Thursday, coming home from the hospital with C, I saw a huge billboard advertising Blue Oyster Cult! They are playing Wendover, NV. I am NO fan of BOC, nor Wendover, but suddenly it seemed like a great idea. Just get me outta here!

The 40's are rough. That feeling of relentlessly putting one foot in front of the other is wearing on the bones and soul. Greatness though, is wasted on the young and also not exclusively theirs. Keep writing. Keep loving. Keep moving forward. 

xoxo
H
Glad you liked the card. Would have liked to see you more while in UT.

A note to Julie T. re: hosiery

Yesterday at Sundance I saw a woman wearing tights, which is a good thing these days. {I don't get the pasty leg look, with dress clothes. AND! I DON'T GET WHY hosiery manufacturers don't make comfortable, stay-up-able tights! I get why women don't wear them...} One leg was striped and the other polka-dotted. :) At first I thought, now that would be uncomfortable, worth complaining about, then I realized [duh.] they were MADE that way. Then I thought of you, your girls, my girls and me needing some. Later, at a pharmacy, I spotted an older woman in sheer white tights with a lattice/checked[?] pattern on them. Very cool. Looked great with her cream (cashmere?) skirt and off white  red flats.

F is Monday's FASHION extra.

My pal Julie posts about Fashion in NYC on Mondays. Taking a page out of her book, so to speak, this post is dedicated to her.

I took this at CCA -- didn't know whose derrière I was admiring. Turns out it is Arthur Gonzalez's. Later C and I went to a lecture and he made a comment about the medium, whether paint or clay or this or that needs to fit the intent of the artist, not the limitations of the medium's history. Really enjoyed seeing his assignments posted about the clay studio and talking with him, and his fashion sense!

J is for Julie T reading.

This is my pal Julie T. She is reading her prose at our friend Christian's house in Provo. Christian organized the Salon. The entire combination was a rare treat. (Thank you Christian!) Alex Caldiero was also there. C used to perform with him, until family obligations put the kibosh on that effort.

Julie's stories were a lot of fun to listen to. Great flow. The location in the story just seemed so real. As if I was there! Hey, I WAS!

Tangent: haven't seen the doll but a new American Girl Doll is coming out soon. A 9 year old girl, growing up in San Francisco, in the 1970's. How odd. I was there too!

Going through papers on several tables and desks and tubs in my studio... just found a few notes from that night:
Duane C did a great job talking about his art. Which I appreciated because it was created out of the creative "freak out." To use Duane's term. He apologized too much though, which is sort of endearing but not necessary. I don't care what he paints on or with, I liked the Work. Again, is it the content or the craft? Is he doing crafts? Hmmm. That subjugation is usually reserved for women...

They are recording.
Wow. Huge sound.
Would Christian want the sound hard? w/o carpet? [Yes. And the carpet was u-g-l-y!]
Isolating sound to control it?
This sounds more like a recording in a cathedral.

I'll have to excavate my printer/scanner so that I can scan some of the images that I drew while I listened that night. Alex was especially fun to draw as he had a drum in front of his face, making his head the circle that so many heads start out as in drawings.