I attended the annual Mookiejam benefit event last night, and wow. My face hurt from all the smiling. It was such a high level of feel-goodery that one would think that nothing might stop the wave pouring over everyone.
I was saddened to see my shirt that was part of the silent auction not really holding anyone’s attention, nor garnering any bids. And I was up until that point very pleased with it. Then I realized something about the medium. It’s a shirt. It’s on a hanger. To some of the less discerning eye, might it just be only so much laundry? This is a little disappointing, but gives me more impetus to try to improve display, whether it be in the studio, or out at events. Also, to remember if the shirt is by itself, and not part of a larger show of my work, that it needs to range in the ‘less subtle’ variety. Chalk it up to learning. Hopefully by the end of the evening the bids went in and up, for the cause more than for my ego.
And when the MC of the evening said something about the next performer doing beat box…I said, “really?” and was honestly only token apprehensive, but mostly interested and confident, as everyone there was a talent goldmine. And then Yuri brought it.
I can only recommend seeing this guy live. Holy holy. Just amazing. In a long free form segment he beat box from Sant’N'Peppa to Soft Cell to Iron Butterfly. Now that’s a medley. Hot damn.
You know what I mean, is this going to work as a batik? Can you tell who it is?
I’m going to attempt to batik this in a few days, using dowel rods of various sizes, of all things. Should be interesting. I was going to do the only dye bath in a dark green, so the black dots you see here would be white, and the white areas would be green.
October 23, 2007 at 5:26 pm · Filed under inspiration
You’ve got to love a band called The Happy Bullets, and if that doesn’t sell you, how about the fact that in the title track of their first album, The Vice and Virtue Ministry, they manage a sweet rhyme with the word ‘bourgeoisie’.
So, now there is a video now for said song. It’s got some interesting visuals, including what I would say is a nod to Douglas Adams, namely some large whales falling from the sky…
October 17, 2007 at 5:07 pm · Filed under events, works
There is a Mookiejam on the horizon, on October 29th. It’s going to be a ’spookiejam’…heh. If the past few years are any benchmark, I can say that this should kick some ass.
Recently I embroidered a shirt to be worn in the Chicago Marathon, the one during a record heat wave, and I’m not even certain if it was worn. Here’s hoping it went well one way or the other, and that much monies was raised for this excellent organization.
This year I’m donating the new squid shirt to be auctioned off the night of the spookiejam, so if you like squids, or have seen this shirt and think it’s beesknees, you are going to dust off your Vader costume, and show up the night of.
Their site has all the details, and as always, call for reservations, space is limited. Lots of people are going to want to get in on this one…a good time for a good cause. Rock on. Spook on. See you there.
October 5, 2007 at 11:37 am · Filed under inspiration
I have two excellent Katy Horan prints yet to be framed and hung. This most excellent video takes some of the sting of the guilt of that away, but mostly due to it providing salve against the world with its subtlety and beauty. This is a motivation to see them finally framed, that they might salve every time I pass them.
The video is quite wonderful, and they do us all the favor of not putting on youtube, so that we might see some of the depth of the work they’ve put into it. I wanted to take screen capture after screen capture, but I think everyone should just go see. Now I want to get that album too.
