ST. VINCENT - "Marrow"

It's here.

Assignment 6f - Collaborative Creature #1 -- 3 separate body parts by 3 separate artists (Andy - Head, Laura - Body, Lisa - Legs) [[ Click to make LARGER ]]

Assignment 6e - Collaborative Creature #2 -- 3 separate body parts by 3 separate artists (Andy - Head, Laura - Body, Lisa - Legs) [[ Click to make LARGER ]]

Assignment 6d - Collaborative Creature #3 -- 3 separate body parts by 3 separate artists (Andy - Head, Laura - Body, Lisa - Legs) [[ Click to make LARGER ]]

Assignment 5c - Draw a head

Assignment 6b - Draw a head

Assignment 6a - Draw a head

I'm not sure I know the lyrics to this song - but the energy is unmistakable. I think my mom goes to this class.

How apropos that M83 would introduce their next video in such cinematic fashion.

An inspiring quote from Virginia. We had tea this afternoon, in my head.

VISUAL JOURNAL ENTRY: Nature in all its splendor has landed on my grill. Inspiration has found me today.

Another Eno - he always puts me in a good place..

One of my favorite Brian Eno songs.. pure bliss..

"Because I always feel like running | Not away, because there is no such place | Because, if there was I would have found it by now | Because it's easier to run, | Easier than staying and finding out you're the only one...who didn't run | Because running will be the way your life and mine will be described | As in "the long run" | Or as in having given someone a "run for his money" Or as in "running out of time" | Because running makes me look like everyone else, though I hope there will ever be cause for that | Because I will be running in the other direction, not running for cover | Because if I knew where cover was, I would stay there and never have to run for it | Not running for my life, because I have to be running for something of more value to be running and not in fear | Because the thing I fear cannot be escaped, eluded, avoided, hidden from, protected from, gotten away from, | Not without showing the fear as I see it now | Because closer, clearer, no sir, nearer | Because of you and because of that nice | That you quietly, quickly be causing | And because you're going to see me run soon and because you're going to know why I'm running then | You'll know then | Because I'm not going to tell you now"

"I did not become someone different, that I did not want to be. But I'm new here... Will you show me around?"

Jamie Xx of The Xx gives us a summer-infused track.

Vidalia, 2003 - a watercolor painting I created in college.. dug up from the archives...

Al, 2012 --- Collaborative drawing with Synergy Kids over the Summer of 2011. 3 separate kids drew the 3 components.

Dev, 2011 --- Collaborative drawing with Synergy Students, Summer 2011.. Fun with any age..

Keep going back to this one..

Assignment 5c - Draw a tattoo you would consider getting, ball-point pen on paper

Assignment 5b - Draw an eye. (I saw the future. It was dark,) ball-point pen on paper, 2012

Assignment 5a - Draw a mushroom - (Portabella,) ball-point pen on paper, 2012

“Growing up is losing some illusions, in order to acquire others.” ― Virginia Woolf

Assignment 5c: draw a lamp post,felt-tip pen on paper 2012

Illustration by Sophie Blackall from Missed Connections

Illustration by Sophie Blackall

Illustration by Sophie Blackall from the book Missed Connections ... "In a given day there are so many things to draw and stories to gather. It's hard to choose between feathers and armor, scallops and sailors' tattoos. I pick up anything handwritten and crumpled. I eavesdrop shamelessly on buses."

From the blog "I Still Don't Know What Love Means."

I swoon over Halloween antiques - no matter the time of yeaaarrr..

Great video (but not if you're prone to seizures)..

Assignment 5b: Draw something with a pattern - felt-tip pen on paper

Assignment 5a - Draw an ear, 2012 - felt-tip pen on paper

Sharpe Hill Vineyard - Wine Tasting. Such a beautiful day for it!

There must have been some 'outsider art' stuff going on in Putnam. The more I looked around, the more I realized some things were a little off... Except for the simple message "just love." A lot of truth in that.

Antique shopping - Putnam.. Such a variety of stuff in this place!

Mother's Day lunch @ Turtles Taco Shop in Putnam.. It's always fun to discover new places. This place definitely had an authentic flavor with a variety of sauces: salsa verde, chipotle sour cream, sweet & smokey salsa and aged red pepper sauce... So gooooooood... Highly recommend the marinated chicken quesadillas and the carne asada fries with gaucamole and cheese.

For Mother's Day we played Bonnie Raitt's Luck of The Draw Album and sang along to the song Papa "Come Quick (Jody And Chico)." It brought back memories of when we were 10 or 11 and my mother would play the album alot. We would sing along to this one because it was the only on that had words like "bitchin'" and "damn" and we thought it was cool that we were aloud to sing along with it..

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY to all the cool moms out there... As you can see in the background my father is turning the music down. He can't handle loud music or cool moms.

Another one from Blood Orange..

Prince-influenced jammmm by Devonte Hynes - This is his side project "Blood Orange."

Truly magical.. I think they used this for a Walgreens commercial around Christmas a few years ago.. Then again maybe it was Kleenex...

Philosophic Self Portrait, 2012

Do the things you think you cannot do. You may surprise yourself.

So true.. haha.. Now, if I am eating pizza - that is a different story

This one was done by a friend in college.. I came across it and thought - he looks kind of like me (and later found out, it was) : )

Assignment 4c: Draw a shoe, 2012

Assignment 4b: draw a lemon, 2012