Sunday, May 31, 2009
Edition of 36: BabyGatheringThanksCollages
For those who made happen, came to, or sent something for, the recent Baby Gathering, or in another way supported Baby: an edition of 36 Thank You collages created by Baby Daddy Donn Davis & Baby Mommy Halona Hilbertz. Shown in sequence, each collage is approximately 5.5"high x 8" (or 8"high x 5.5"). They will be mailed out tomorrow. Thanks, Everybody!
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Zombies: Exchange between an Artist and a Musician
Upon seeing my Glitter Zombies posted here, my brilliant musician friend Damon Ketron wrote that his upcoming album will be titled "Repel the Undead". I asked what Zombies signified to him. He wrote:
"Yeah the Undead for me with my next album "Repel the Undead" is like things you've wished you could've said or opportunities missed before you turned into a zombie, unfeeling, Not living now in the moment, the arrogance of thinking we'll be alive tomorrow and living a life of fear and being afraid to live now which is like dying twice. I don't know, lots of things, but mainly just being numb and not living I guess and repelling those thoughts and dead feelings."
Damon asked what Zombies represented to me. I wrote:
"The undead - zombie - that whole word / idea only came up when my brother saw the started paintings in my studio, which were a continuation of that drawing you aptly called "gestural"; and he called the painted creatures "zombies". The paintings are about a subjective feeling - about being "out of it", numbly unhappy, in a dull pain - feeling you have no control over your body, over what's happening - a mind / body disconnect.
Have been thinking I might be a total control freak without ever having realized it. Maybe that's a given for any active creative person, any artist/musician/writer. One of the hardest parts of being pregnant has been to not be in control of my body. Here I am, producing something I don't have any creative say in! Realized I like to use my body as a "tool" - derive energy from movement - go anywhere I please - dance - be flexible - know why I feel the way I feel, and change it if I don't like it. Having an "alien" in you that you cannot control - because this is a whole new being of its own outside of yourself, even though it's in you for the moment! - changes all your possibilities. And I felt the limiting aspect of that more than the miraculous one...so far.
So, the idea of the "zombie" didn't even come up til my bro mentioned it, and I liked the word, and juxtaposed the zombie with its glittering surroundings that it didn't feel part of...glitter: nyc, my creative active friends, an adventurous life."
"Yeah the Undead for me with my next album "Repel the Undead" is like things you've wished you could've said or opportunities missed before you turned into a zombie, unfeeling, Not living now in the moment, the arrogance of thinking we'll be alive tomorrow and living a life of fear and being afraid to live now which is like dying twice. I don't know, lots of things, but mainly just being numb and not living I guess and repelling those thoughts and dead feelings."
Damon asked what Zombies represented to me. I wrote:
"The undead - zombie - that whole word / idea only came up when my brother saw the started paintings in my studio, which were a continuation of that drawing you aptly called "gestural"; and he called the painted creatures "zombies". The paintings are about a subjective feeling - about being "out of it", numbly unhappy, in a dull pain - feeling you have no control over your body, over what's happening - a mind / body disconnect.
Have been thinking I might be a total control freak without ever having realized it. Maybe that's a given for any active creative person, any artist/musician/writer. One of the hardest parts of being pregnant has been to not be in control of my body. Here I am, producing something I don't have any creative say in! Realized I like to use my body as a "tool" - derive energy from movement - go anywhere I please - dance - be flexible - know why I feel the way I feel, and change it if I don't like it. Having an "alien" in you that you cannot control - because this is a whole new being of its own outside of yourself, even though it's in you for the moment! - changes all your possibilities. And I felt the limiting aspect of that more than the miraculous one...so far.
So, the idea of the "zombie" didn't even come up til my bro mentioned it, and I liked the word, and juxtaposed the zombie with its glittering surroundings that it didn't feel part of...glitter: nyc, my creative active friends, an adventurous life."
Friday, May 1, 2009
What I'm Working On Right Now: ZOMBIES IN GLITTERLAND
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