Pith and Kernel - 2007
ANNA BETBEZE
Twiggy, photo: Terry O’Neill via: The Impossible Cool
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Battle Royal: part 1
The Battle Royal's typical form called for six black men
to fight each other. The last man standing was the winner. via: www.cyberboxingzone.com
Monday, May 23, 2011
Studio May 2011
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Dorothy Parker
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Thursday, May 19, 2011
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Shoot your Mouth off Panel this weekend
I'll be in Dallas this weekend at Plush Gallery for a panel discussion in conjunction with The Gun & Knife Show at Centraltrak. Should be an interesting conversation based on guns, knives, art, Texas and so much more. If you know Heyd Fontenot or Julie Webb then you know it will be good. Here is a great review that just came out in Frontrow if you want to know more about the exhibition: What an Art Show Says About Gun-Obsessed Texas, by Peter Simik.
Its been a while since I've been back to DFW so I hope you can make it out. It would be great to see you!
Flutter. 2011. Ceramic and liquid graphite.
Monday, May 16, 2011
Strangers, Gods and Monsters
"Strangers, gods and monsters are the central characters of my story. Their favourite haunts are those phantasmal boundaries where maps run out, ships slip moorings and navigators click their compasses shut. No man's land. Land's end. Out there, as the story goes, 'where the wild things are'. These figures of Otherness occupy the frontier zone where reason falters and fantasies flourish."
Strangers, Gods and Monsters- Richard Kearney -p3
Strangers, Gods and Monsters- Richard Kearney -p3
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Monday, May 9, 2011
Sunday, May 8, 2011
is it a sin, is it a crime
loving you dear like i do
if it's a crime, then, i'm guilty
guilty of loving you
maybe i'm wrong dreaming of you
dreaming the lonely night thru
if it's a crime, then, i'm guilty
guilty of dreaming of you
what can i do?
what can i say?
after i've taken the blame
you say, 'you're through
you'll go your way'
but i'll always feel just the same
maybe, i'm right, maybe i'm wrong
loving you dear like i do
if it's a crime, then, i'm guilty
guilty of loving you
Saturday, May 7, 2011
Friday, May 6, 2011
labdanum
Gum Labdanum resin - Cistus villosus var. creticus - from Spain. The fragrance of Labdanum is very complex. This waxy resin produces a balsamlike, woody, earthy, marshy, smoky, ambergrislike, leathery, flowery, honeylike, mintlike fragrance with hints of plum or oakmoss after a rain.
Labdanum has fascinated people for many centuries. It is said to reach deep into our subconscious and bring back memories, pictures, feelings and moods.
Labdanum originates from the rockrose bush, which emits a resinous dark brown mass from its leaves and twigs. To this day it is still gathered by driving goats into the thick forests overgrown with labdanum bushes. The goats eat their fill from the branches and the sticky resin gets stuck on their beards. When they return, their owners carefully comb the resin our of their beards. Also used is a rakelike instrument with long strips of leather attached to it, which they drag across the bushes to collect the resin.
Labdanum strengthens the body and provides warmth and sensuality. It is very grounding.
The Japanese use Labdanum in their Neriko mixtures, which are used during tea ceremony. Egyptians used it in their Kyphi mixtures and the Hebrews burned it in their temples. Today the perfume industry uses labdanum to add a note of moss and leather to its products.
Labdanum has fascinated people for many centuries. It is said to reach deep into our subconscious and bring back memories, pictures, feelings and moods.
Labdanum originates from the rockrose bush, which emits a resinous dark brown mass from its leaves and twigs. To this day it is still gathered by driving goats into the thick forests overgrown with labdanum bushes. The goats eat their fill from the branches and the sticky resin gets stuck on their beards. When they return, their owners carefully comb the resin our of their beards. Also used is a rakelike instrument with long strips of leather attached to it, which they drag across the bushes to collect the resin.
Labdanum strengthens the body and provides warmth and sensuality. It is very grounding.
The Japanese use Labdanum in their Neriko mixtures, which are used during tea ceremony. Egyptians used it in their Kyphi mixtures and the Hebrews burned it in their temples. Today the perfume industry uses labdanum to add a note of moss and leather to its products.
Thursday, May 5, 2011
A NOVEL AND NONSENSICAL EXHIBITION
"Honoring Nell Saunders" - a later Police Gazette's illustration
Nell Saunders gets the prize (silver dish) for the victory over Rose Harland who is still unconscious after knockout.
via and this link too.
"For example, Nellie Smith and Jennie Collins, regulars at Hill’s, were often ejected for causing a ruckus. One night they showed up with Fanny Kelly in tow, and, after being ordered out of the joint, Kelly stabbed Harry Hill with a penknife, first in the face and then again in the forehead near the temple, hard enough for it to remain there with the handle jutting out of his head. Understandably chagrined, Hill promptly punched her, knocking her teeth out and sending her tumbling down the steps. The women fled outside and were arrested by New York’s finest. New York Times, November 6, 1869"
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Monday, May 2, 2011
The female combatants 1776
Anonymous engraving from the beginning of the Revolutionary War, 1776.
"The Female Combatants," an English woman vs. America, an Indian woman. The English woman says: "I'll force you to Obedience, you Rebellious Slut," to which America replies: "Liberty, Liberty forever, Mother, while I exist."
Image Courtesy of the American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts.
"The Female Combatants," an English woman vs. America, an Indian woman. The English woman says: "I'll force you to Obedience, you Rebellious Slut," to which America replies: "Liberty, Liberty forever, Mother, while I exist."
Image Courtesy of the American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts.
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