a blurry Jax with RF's shoesThursday, November 5, 2009
Robert's shoes
Robert gave the Seattle team the gig shoes he has worn for many, many years.
a blurry Jax with RF's shoes
a blurry Jax with RF's shoes
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
learning music, crows
Lesson with Curt today. We have been working on the bouree of one of the Bach cello suites. This has been slow, measure by measure work offering me opportunities to learn many things simultaneously. I have prepared for the lesson by finding the sheet music online and struggling through learning the notes for the next two measures. While the notes have been nominally learned, the phrasing and musicality is absent. (Well, to be fair, I got a tiny, tiny taste of the flavor of the first measure, but absolutely none of the second.) Despite my efforts to understand the sheet music (even studying a recording) it is only a series of notes. At the lesson, Curt infuses them with music. Still, it takes many, many repetitions before any of this musicality moves into my hands. I listen to him and in my mind's eye, I see the sheet music I have been studying - trying to leap the chasm between the black marks on a page and the sounds I am hearing. Before leaving the lesson, I have managed a dozen or so executions of the new measures. Later, arriving at the office, I pull the guitar from its case and remind myself of what has just been learned. At lunch, I do the same, but I find that the second measure is lost! I can only play it as I was able on arriving to the lesson - a dry series of notes of equal weight and emphasis. I am a human sieve for musical knowledge. It takes ~fifteen minutes of exploring to find the door back to the music.
Departing from the office in the thick atmosphere of storm clouds at the verge of sunset, the landscape is covered in cawing crows. They fill the trees and line the tops of buildings like snipers. Their caw, caw, cawing is so strange. not quite menacing; a raucous gravitas. I am tempted to linger. As I write this, I wonder why I didn't.
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Departing from the office in the thick atmosphere of storm clouds at the verge of sunset, the landscape is covered in cawing crows. They fill the trees and line the tops of buildings like snipers. Their caw, caw, cawing is so strange. not quite menacing; a raucous gravitas. I am tempted to linger. As I write this, I wonder why I didn't.
Monday, October 19, 2009
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Sunday in Seattle
energy is returning slowly.
housekeeping, weekly lunch & dinner prep, (wild rice salad & apple coleslaw)
reading (Gurdjieff Third Series and Fagle's The Odyssey)
guitar practice
sensing a photographic impasse - embarked on a self-assignment - to make images in the style of two photographers familiar to me. a mixed result. still, it was good to see.
housekeeping, weekly lunch & dinner prep, (wild rice salad & apple coleslaw)
reading (Gurdjieff Third Series and Fagle's The Odyssey)
guitar practice
sensing a photographic impasse - embarked on a self-assignment - to make images in the style of two photographers familiar to me. a mixed result. still, it was good to see.
Friday, October 16, 2009
Oct 15 2009
some images from tonight's pre-show:
David lent me a couple of lenses he's selling. Of the two, the wide angle (17mm) held the most promise for me. However, being a financial realist, I have returned both this evening until some plan for payment might be devised.
Assuming, of course, that he doesn't find a buyer elsewhere first.
After the show last night, a huddle appeared over the piano. It seems Ingrid brought a book she made of Guitar Craft images over the years. Tony, Bill, Jax & Diana huddle for a closer look.
David lent me a couple of lenses he's selling. Of the two, the wide angle (17mm) held the most promise for me. However, being a financial realist, I have returned both this evening until some plan for payment might be devised.
Assuming, of course, that he doesn't find a buyer elsewhere first.
After the show last night, a huddle appeared over the piano. It seems Ingrid brought a book she made of Guitar Craft images over the years. Tony, Bill, Jax & Diana huddle for a closer look.
Saturday, October 10, 2009
A cold, gray Saturday in Seattle
Tony oversees the metronomeTonyG. is in town for the next few weeks! He dropped in for the rehearsal this morning and had great observations about the sound in the space. With the way sound moves in this space, there is a real question about what it measn to play 'in time'.
An afternoon house circle at Curts. Circulations in A Minor.
Planning to make prints donations. In the process of researching the considerations.
An afternoon house circle at Curts. Circulations in A Minor.
Planning to make prints donations. In the process of researching the considerations.
Friday, October 9, 2009
This you know what it is that you see? Well think again.
Beau Lotto: Optical illusions show how we see
Thursday, October 8, 2009
This article was worth it for this phrase alone....
The reason the world is still waiting for the Messiah is that most people don’t actually want one...
from an article on healthy food in the NYTimes:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/11/magazine/11Oliver-t.html?pagewanted=all
from an article on healthy food in the NYTimes:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/11/magazine/11Oliver-t.html?pagewanted=all
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Hartstine Island
just home from a refreshing weekend at Hartstine Island. that makes two great weekend trips in two weeks. would love to spend the next week in the studio, but the day gig prevents this.
Friday, October 2, 2009
Monday, September 28, 2009
a whirlwind weekend
Saturday night was the debut of the Undercover Blue Band: Curt, Igor and Bill.
And just back from a micro trip (~27 hours) to the Bay Area for another salon meeting.
And just back from a micro trip (~27 hours) to the Bay Area for another salon meeting.
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Friday, September 25, 2009
We might as well get fired for doing something fun.
Another day at the day-job from hell. The powers-that-be notified us that we were required to provide an updated department photo for our department website. We decided that since we are very likely on the verge of getting fired anyway, we'd have a little fun with it.
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Housewarming at Igor & Lianne's
printed the final print for the Texas art consultant (whose deposit check arrived earlier in the week!) and set up the printing for two others i am giving them on consignment.
while the printer chugged away, i hightailed it over to fremont abbey to make photos of the team in the new space.
Bob arrived toward the end of the session and i snapped (at Igor's encouragement) a photo of Ian showing Bob his zither chord.
back home to finish printing. one of the images I printed today had been printed by the controversial printer back in California (the very same printer the art consultant tried to insist that I use.) this gave me yet another side-by-side comparison - and there is no question that the Behemoth produces the superlative print.
baked several loaves of bread and walked over to Igor & Lianne's new place. (it is only 10 blocks away!) while i am there, Igor tells me he had a dream and 'saw' a photograph of he and Lianne on the back porch. in the dream he was playing his 12-string. he asked if i would take the photo, so i obliged.
while the printer chugged away, i hightailed it over to fremont abbey to make photos of the team in the new space.
Bob arrived toward the end of the session and i snapped (at Igor's encouragement) a photo of Ian showing Bob his zither chord.
back home to finish printing. one of the images I printed today had been printed by the controversial printer back in California (the very same printer the art consultant tried to insist that I use.) this gave me yet another side-by-side comparison - and there is no question that the Behemoth produces the superlative print.
baked several loaves of bread and walked over to Igor & Lianne's new place. (it is only 10 blocks away!) while i am there, Igor tells me he had a dream and 'saw' a photograph of he and Lianne on the back porch. in the dream he was playing his 12-string. he asked if i would take the photo, so i obliged.
Friday, August 21, 2009
Another Friday
yesterday a shipment arrived that was supposed to contain a badly needed ink cartridge - but it was a different color than the yellow one that was ordered.
up late last night printing and then packing the print order for the Palo Alto gallery/art consultant. two of the prints had pinhole-sized flaws. this is a common problem with large-scale inkjet printing. finding a technique to repair such flaws has eluded me - until last night. using water-soluble pastels and a moist, fine-tip paint brush worked well. yes!!!!!
the Behemoth is now reporting that it has more yellow ink than before printing these prints! but it still reports that it is 'low' on yellow.
a day at the office:
my major task of the day? developing a history of the events leading up to the mr.b explosion over translation costs.
up late last night printing and then packing the print order for the Palo Alto gallery/art consultant. two of the prints had pinhole-sized flaws. this is a common problem with large-scale inkjet printing. finding a technique to repair such flaws has eluded me - until last night. using water-soluble pastels and a moist, fine-tip paint brush worked well. yes!!!!!
the Behemoth is now reporting that it has more yellow ink than before printing these prints! but it still reports that it is 'low' on yellow.
a day at the office:
my major task of the day? developing a history of the events leading up to the mr.b explosion over translation costs.
Friday, August 14, 2009
Sunday, August 9, 2009
Sunday, August 2, 2009
his wolfeness visits seattle
wolfe making friends with Tyson...
sharing videos of the family reunion made on his new iPhone.
sharing videos of the family reunion made on his new iPhone.
Zs' birthday party
DavidE's daughter turned 3 in July and yesterday was her birthday celebration. Taking quite seriously my role as a non-parental, adult influence in Z's life, I included a kazoo in her 5-part gift.
Z's cake goes beyond the usual birthday greeting and says 'Elephant!!!' It also includes an illustration of an elephant nestled in with the icing roses.
Z's cake goes beyond the usual birthday greeting and says 'Elephant!!!' It also includes an illustration of an elephant nestled in with the icing roses.
