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Chez Michelle

Some thoughts after back surgery

1. My back itches so much! The surgeon said I could keep the bandage off, but I have to keep one on my incision so I won't accidentally reach back there and start scratching. 2. Since I can't bend at the waist, I LOVE my grabber. I'm using an old one that my Mom used years ago. It is absolutely...

Monkey Gate

Things I Learned this Week

- to always pay violation tickets in a timely matter - That Cloverfield sucks... and I WANT MY 84 MINUTES BACK!!! - According to some fans the Ewoks aren't cute cuddly creatures, they're actually carnivorous and were going to eat Han, Luke, and Chewie... :P - That a ghost ship with living walls...

Minister D

Ignoring the Obvious

It never ceases to amaze me how mankind can miss the obvious. As I go through my daily living I consistently run into people who are struggling with problems that have visble solutions. For example I was in the gym this morning listening to a brother discuss a relational issue. It is interesting to...

Monkey Gate

Mmm... Scully... Yay!!!! Heath!!!

Ok, so I'm about to head out in a couple of hours, after spending a long hot night in a hotel room that was quiet, yet very very warm... got a chance to catch up with Remy yesterday, and hopefully I'll be catching up with him tonight at Dark Knight, but before that I'm heading out with Andrew to...

Zac

As if God beheld you

"Live among men as if God beheld you; speak to God as if men were listening." ~ Seneca

marquisdejolie

Try Charity Car Living

White Rhino's Homeless Tips #7. This episode: My homeless attorney explains the speculative value of buying and living in a charity car. A series. Distributed by Tubemogul.

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15 minutes of Fame

As an artist I have talked of us being historians, and this past Sunday I had the opportunity to put my artistic historian skills to the test, to capture and tell the story of a tragedy . What was a wonderful Sunday afternoon at the an airshow turned tragic as a thunderstorm ripped through the...

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Art as an ambassador

The sharing of joy, whether physical, emotional, psychic, or intellectual, forms a bridge between the sharers which can be the basis for understanding much of what is not shared between them, and lessens the threat of their difference. -Audre Lorde As artist we are ambassadors for our world and our...

Charmagne Coe

A glimpse

There are moments when one peers into the face of the future and it is so good and so fine and it completely makes clarity of what must be done right now. The past is a trickster and we have to reckon with it, tinkering around with it to pull out the good and relinquish that which hinders. This is...

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Making the common profound

We make the common moments of life profound by pausing. As artist we take moments in time and tie them into individuality, otherwise life goes by as a constant stream of events one blending into the next without detail. As artist we are privilege to express those individual moments and return the...

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Inspiration: Smile

Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy. -Thich Nhat Hhan Capturing smiles in art is tricky business, because so often what we get is the obligatory cheese smile. You know the one I am talking about, I am doing this because it is...

Jazz

Is it the Decadron talking?

Getting up early is always amazing to me. I'm not a morning person, so it's difficult, but I get alot done around the house. Of course it could just be that I'm on pre-chemo steroids (and am pushing myself as usual). The aftermath of Betsy's sudden passing is a keen introspection I can indulge for a...

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Artist as collectors

Our lives are a flood of images and as artist we are the creators of collections of moments that create those images : moments of extreme emotion, pain, beauty, and fear. The difficult part of creating that collection is deciding whose emotions you will capture. As artist we look at life from a...

rodricar

Living in the Dominican Republic

Before I open my mind to this post let me say that I left the island about 19 years ago. I have visited many times and most of my family still lives there. What I am about to write is coming from someone who fortunately had a financially stable family, something many Dominicans do not have....

Saucy!

Six Word Memoir

I was tagged by the luscious, fabulous and deliciously delectable Everyone Loves an Irish Girl ... (only like almost TWO WEEKS AGO) but, hey, I have a new job and I've been trying to keep up with the learning curve ... excuses, excuses, I know... So - here's my six word memoir for y'all: EVERY...

Annie

I am subcontracted....

I've got subcontracted by one of my colleagues to knit a home for her naked cell phone. What a honour!!! :-) Now I have browsed enough to decide which pattern I want to go, though there were ideas passing through my mind from Fair Isle colour work, to beaded work, then to loopy design, then cable...

Chimaobi

Just in Case

Hypothetical situation #1: You have a student who honestly tries hard to do their work, consistently comes to school and turns in assignments on time, and is never a behavior problem. They are one of the "smart" kids and participate in a number of after school clubs because one of their best friends...

Jenjen

Myspace sucks ass.

Saturday, May 10th 3am I hate that my enemies are so accessible. I want to be able to just forget about them. The problem is, we had friends in common. So now, when I go to some of my friends' profiles she's just staring at me from the Top 8 box, grinning. Letting me know that I still haven't...

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The myth of Security

Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing. To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the...

Steve Chambers

Shark Attack!

No, I'm not talking about lawyers this time. Yesterday we had a shark attack off Solana Beach. My daughter was nearby, although not in the water and I frequent that beach (although the water is still too cold for me, I like it above 60 degrees and it's hovering at a bone chilling 59 deg.). It was, I...